Jan 31, 2011 15:42
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Per quei quattro treni che passano
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The sentence goes like this: "Non c'e' mai un taxi alla stazione. Per quei quattro treni che passano..."
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Oliver Lawrence
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For those few trains that roll by
'4' in the colloquial sense of 'just a few'
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Sara Maghini
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(Understandable,) considering the few trains that stop by
I would add something like "Understandable, considering the few trains that stop by".
'Passano' here means 'stop', as a taxi would only be used by people getting on and off trains, not by people jumping from a trains that don't stop at that station ;-)
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Note added at 12 mins (2011-01-31 15:55:40 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant *from trains*, of course.
'Passano' here means 'stop', as a taxi would only be used by people getting on and off trains, not by people jumping from a trains that don't stop at that station ;-)
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Note added at 12 mins (2011-01-31 15:55:40 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant *from trains*, of course.
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The trains that stop here are so few...
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julie-h
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thanks Julie :-)
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Shera Lyn Parpia
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thanks Shera Lyn :-)
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Ernestine Shargool
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thanks Ernestine :-)
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luskie
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grazie luskie :-)
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For the four trains that stop here...
It's slightly more literal, I think, but to me this sounds good. It sort of depends on how the rest of the sentence goes too..
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Pierluigi Bernardini
: Just a note: here "quattro" doesn't imply that they are necessarily four. It means they are just (a) few.
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After all, very few trains stop here.
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After all, there are hardly any trains stopping here.
After all, there are hardly any trains stopping here.
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