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Ангела 🌙solicitó una traducción 6 years ago
¿Cómo traducir? (en-ru)

If you'd cared to, you could have broken the ice for both of us

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  1. 1.

    Если б тебе было небезразлично, то ты бы мог наладить наши (охладевшие) отношения.

    Traducción agregada por Russ S
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⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Если бы тебе вообще хотелось это сделать, ты мог бы «сломать лед» за обоих из нас. (??)

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

... в прошлом

Tatiana Gerasimenkopublicó un comentario 6 years ago

Если бы ты хотел, ты мог бы сделать первый шаг за нас обоих. ¿

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Maybe хотел will work, but IF YOU’D CARED TO implies that you knew you could have done it, but decided not to for some reason.

Tatiana Gerasimenkopublicó un comentario 6 years ago

- Мама, я провалил экзамен.
- Не может быть! А как же моя мечта, чтобы мой сын стал хирургом?! Я знаю, что если бы ты хотел, ты бы сделал всё как надо. Это ты мне назло завалил экзамен.

Ангела 🌙publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Весьма странные предложения в этом домашнем задании...

Tatiana Gerasimenkopublicó un comentario 6 years ago

Russ, if I'm not mistaken, "to care TO" isn't the same as "to care ABOUT". Did you actually read Uly's explanation?

Russ Spublicó un comentario 6 years ago

Yes, I did. The person knew he could make things right but he did not. And the reason for that was - he did not care much.

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Bingo! That’s it)))

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

It was within his power to do it, but he didn’t give a shit

Russ Spublicó un comentario 6 years ago

thanks. i just wonder in what домашнем задании this phrase was present... School home work? University? College? ..... Ангела?

Tatiana Gerasimenkopublicó un comentario 6 years ago

For some reason, I'd go with если бы ты вообще хотел это сделать - much more natural.))

Russ Spublicó un comentario 6 years ago

если бы ты вообще хотел это сделать - is correct, too. But I would not say it is much more natural. It is just simpler and ubiquitous.

Tatiana Gerasimenkopublicó un comentario 6 years ago

Again, in a real life situation, I'd prefer если бы ты хотел. Небезразлично would sound a little more dramatic, as well as literal, to me. That said, the adjective небезразличный works pretty well, as in Если я тебе небезразлична, то ты сделаешь всё, чтобы мы были вместе.

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Remember, you guys can add as many versions as you want. I think you should add anything that’s correct. Now that you know what it means.

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Tatiana, the original is kind of dramatic/frustrated/sarcastic.

Tatiana Gerasimenkopublicó un comentario 6 years ago

Uly, I'd already have added my translation, but I'm having a hard time interpreting the "for both" part. I like Russ' approach in general, except one thing: мог наладить is more of the whole work towards a good relationship rather than the first step. It should probably be ПОПРОБОВАТЬ наладить отношения, which possibly "breaking the ice" and definitely растопить лёд imply.

Ангела 🌙publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Russ S, это домашнее задание в университете по тексту Salvatore by S.Maugham

Ангела 🌙publicó un comentario 6 years ago

А что насчёт такого перевода :"Если бы вы хотели, вы могли бы сделать решительный шаг для нас обоих"

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

I like решительный шаг!

Ангела 🌙publicó un comentario 6 years ago

😊
But is it a suitable translation

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Yes! Breaking the ice is essentially about taking an initial decisive action to get something started. I love it.

⁌ ULY ⁍publicó un comentario 6 years ago

Perhaps Russ will consider changing the end of his translation to express this nuance 😉

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