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[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

The hotel's neighbor across had a suit I wanted to try on.

You can find less complicated constructions that parallel their order.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Sure. But if you knew how to construct your scentence to make translation that easy you probably wouldn't need a translator.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Sure, but that sounds clumsier and hides the meaning of the statement at the end which isn't usually how English speakers talk. It may be a less complicated translation but it isn't a better one.

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