Dec 7, 2004 10:21
19 yrs ago
Russian term
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Он позвонил мне в начале марта и сказал, что нам нужно встретиться
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Смешно, но не знаю, как лучше сказать: and offered a date, and told me he wanted to meet (see) me?
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Konstantin Kisin
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English, English to Russian
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Russian term (edited):
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he called me in early March, saying we had to meet
i'm for "saying"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Konstantin!"
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
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Russian term (edited):
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he phoned me at the beginning of March and said we ought to meet
More or less literal, but quite OK in English.
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David Knowles
: Yes - "ought" is definitely better than "had to"
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Thank you.
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Tsogt Gombosuren
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Thank you.
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Dmytro Voskolovych
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I worship professionalism
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Russian term (edited):
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he phoned me at the beginning of March and said we had to meet
he phoned me at the beginning of March and said we had to meet
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
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Russian term (edited):
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he called me in early March and told me we had/needed to meet/see each other
Date здесь неправильно.
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-12-07 10:32:12 GMT)
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У коллег хорошо то, что нет повторения me.
Думаю, лучше все-таки оставить \"told me\" - как-то более повелевающе.
Тогда так: \"he called in early March and told me\".
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Note added at 45 mins (2004-12-07 11:06:36 GMT)
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Let me enter a 99% disagree with Jack and David that \"ought\" is better than \"had to\".
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Note added at 10 mins (2004-12-07 10:32:12 GMT)
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У коллег хорошо то, что нет повторения me.
Думаю, лучше все-таки оставить \"told me\" - как-то более повелевающе.
Тогда так: \"he called in early March and told me\".
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Note added at 45 mins (2004-12-07 11:06:36 GMT)
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Let me enter a 99% disagree with Jack and David that \"ought\" is better than \"had to\".
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Yuri Geifman
: I would pick needed to... this is an interesting detail - it seems that "ought" sounds perfectly fine to a British ear, but I don't hear it used very much on this side of the pond
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In addition to that I think "ought to" is a tad too weak. Doesn't drive the point all the way.
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Olga Vlasova
: I was thinking about "need" too. If SirReal didn't offer this option I would have submitted my own answer. :o)
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Thank you Olga. Forgive me for getting in the way :=]]
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Сергей Лузан
: needed is OK here IMHO
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Thank you. Needed or had to. It ultimately depends on one's interpretation of the source.
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