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Виктория Шамаховаasked for translation 6 years ago
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blind one's eye

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If a superior man should blind the eye of another superior man, they shall blind his eye.

Если вышестоящий человек хочет ослепить другого, то ослепить нужно его самого?

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grumbleradded a comment 6 years ago

Это вы авторов закона спросите или переводчиков с шумерского.
Да, по сути это "глаз за глаз", “an eye for an eye", но с should непонятно.
http://www.henrydoktorski.com/essays/Hammurabi_and_the_Declaration_of_Independence.pdf

Вообще-то у should есть и значение "если", но не в такой конструкции, тем более с if.

•-<(||=ULY=||)>- •added a comment 6 years ago

Exactly, Grumbler, SHOULD in a hypothetical if-statement serves to reinforce the randomness of the proposed scenario. I’ve often wondered if the уж in если уж serves the same function.

Alex Svadded a comment 6 years ago

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