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33rd translation contest: "Back to the playground" » English to Romanian

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Source text in English

[...] “I have a proposal.” It leaned forward like my friend April does when she wants to tell a secret, even though none of her secrets are any good. Or even really secrets. “If you don’t tell anyone I am here, I can fix your eyes.”
“Get out of town!”
It blinked a couple of times. “That is what I am attempting to do.”
“What I mean is you can’t do that!”
“Why not?”
“Well, no one else has been able to fix my eyes, besides with glasses.”
“I have certain abilities. You will see, provided…”
“…I don’t tell anyone about you?”
“That is the heart of it, that is the nub.”
“How do I know you won’t blind me? You could be like one of those telemarketers making promises but totally lying.”
It started waxing on, waxing off again. “I would not do such a thing to a creature who has done me no harm.”
“Meaning if I harmed you, you could make me go blind?”
“That’s on a need-to-know basis.”
“And if you fix my eyes, and I don’t tell anyone about you, you’ll leave our fields?”
“That’s the heart of it!” [...]

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Entry #38158 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Romania
Iulia Parvu
Iulia Parvu
Ρουμανία
Winner
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5012 x41 x20
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— Vreau să-ți propun ceva
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Good use o​f punctuat​ion: the d​​ialogue i​s indi​cat​ed by dash​es.
Link: https://gr​amaticalim​biiromane.​ro/punctua​tia/semne-​punctuatie​/linia-de-​dialog/
Elena_F
niciunul dintre secretele ei nu e interesant sau măcar secret în adevăratul sens al cuvântului
Flows well
Elena_F
decât cu ochelari
Good term selection
Elena_F
anumite puteri
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Elena_F
care promit marea cu sarea, dar mint de-ngheață apele
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Elena_F
Asta o s-o afli doar dacă situația o va impune
Flows well
Elena_F
Entry #37973 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Maria Tulbure
Maria Tulbure
Ρουμανία
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181 x47 x20
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  • 1 user entered 3 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
– Îți propun ceva
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Good use o​​f punctua​t​ion: the​ d​​ialogu​e is ​indi​​cated​ by​ dashes.
Link: https://gr​​amaticali​m​biiroman​e.​ro/punc​tua​tia/se​mne-​punct​uatie​/lin​ia-de-​dia​log/
Elena_F
decât cu ochelari
Good term selection
Elena_F
care promit marea cu sarea, dar în realitate mint cu nerușinare
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Elena_F
Entry #37855 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Romania
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2002 x1
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agenții ăia de telemarketing
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Elena_F
creaturi
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Elena_F
Entry #38120 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Romania
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2002 x1
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creaturi
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Elena_F
Entry #37900 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Romania
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1001 x1
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Și nici măcar
Good term selection
Elena_F
agenți de telemarketing
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Elena_F
creaturi
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Elena_F