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The whole world lay in ruins. Humans are nearly extinct. Radiation makes the ruined cities uninhabitable for humans. ... said, begins an endless scorching desert and patches of mutated
Civilization is dying.
Memories of the bygone greatness of humans grow into tales and then into legends.
More than twenty years ago the last plane left Earth.
Rusting railroad tracks lead nowhere.
I can't do any more. Your translation is too full of errors, it is very difficult to fix. It would be easier for me to translate the story from scratch. HTH.
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Originally Posted by chaika
I can't do any more. Your translation is too full of errors, it is very difficult to fix. It would be easier for me to translate the story from scratch. HTH.
Thanks, that's all i want to hear )
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You did a commendable job, given the amount of text you have translated, that takes some doing!!! :flazhok:
There are a couple of glaring mistakes that you can easily do away with and I'd like to call your attention to them.
For example, if you use a word in the plural, you don't want to use an indefinite article with it:
A human beings -> Human beings.. or A human being
Second on the list is that in 80 percent of the time (except for those rare occasions when we say "a world" or "worlds") the word "world" is used with a definite artcile
Whole world -> The whole world
Also, with words in the plural we use "are", and in the singular - "is/am"
Men, who refuse to believe in that, is not... -> Men, who refuse to believe in that, are not..
Also, don't forget that with countable nouns you use "many/few" (exceptions (see below*) are very few), and with uncountable nouns - "much/little"
*exceptions:
A quick aside: In many American convenience stores with many checkout lanes, you will more likely than not notice a couple of checkout lanes with a plaque that reads "ten items or less", which means that if you have bought a pack of cigarettes, you can avail yourself of this checkout lane and not have to waist your time standing in long lines with people who have picked a great many items. I don't know why they wrote "ten items or less" when it should be "ten items or fewer". But the fact remains
I suggest you get ahold of a good book on basic grammar, so you can bone up on the basics of English grammar and be aware of common pitfalls that nonnative speakers fall into, and that way you can get rid of at least 50 percent of all your errors in your text and it will do a world of good to your English
Best of luck to you, man
:)