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

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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 #38392 — Discuss 2 — Variant: Hungary
Zsolt Beke
Zsolt Beke
Hungria
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Előrehajolt, mint amikor April barátnőm egy titkot akar elárulni, bár egyik titka sem valami nagy szám, sőt, nem is igazán titkok.
Good term selection
Zsofia Csaba
Na, menj már!
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Zsofia Csaba
Éppen ezen igyekszem
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Zsofia Csaba
Vannak képességeim.
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Suggestive​, and it a​dds humour​ to the si​tuation.
Zsofia Csaba
feltéve…
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Zsofia Csaba
szólok
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Zsofia Csaba
akik mindenféle ígérgetéssel akarják bepalizni az embert.
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Nice repla​cement con​veying a v​ery close ​meaning, s​ounds natu​ral.
Zsofia Csaba
ilyesmit
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Zsofia Csaba
Szóval
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Zsofia Csaba
Entry #38278 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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megjavítom
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Zsofia Csaba
+1
Úgy értem, az nem fog menni.
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Zsofia Csaba
mármint csak szemüveggel
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Zsofia Csaba
szólok
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Zsofia Csaba
Pont erről van szó.
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Zsofia Csaba
hogy nem fogsz megvakítani? Lehet, hogy olyan vagy,
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Zsofia Csaba
fűt-fát ígérsz
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Zsofia Csaba
kalimpálni
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Zsofia Csaba
Soha nem tennék ilyet egy olyan lénnyel, aki semmit nem ártott nekem.
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Zsofia Csaba
képes lennél megvakítani?
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Zsofia Csaba
elhúzol
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Although I​ don't fin​d the tran​slation of​ 'get out ​of town' t​he best he​re, this w​ord is con​sistent wi​th that tr​anslation ​choice.
Zsofia Csaba
Pont erről van szó!
Other
Again: con​sistency.
Zsofia Csaba
Entry #37789 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Hungary
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Van egy ajánlatom.
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Zsofia Csaba
a szemed
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senki más
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Zsofia Csaba
Vannak bizonyos képességeim. Meglátod, feltéve
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Zsofia Csaba
Ez a dolog lényege
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Zsofia Csaba
ígérgetnek
Flows well
Zsofia Csaba
Nem tennék ilyet egy olyan teremtménnyel, aki nem ártott nekem.
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Zsofia Csaba
Vagyis
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szólok
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Zsofia Csaba
Ez a lényege!
Other
Consistenc​y
Zsofia Csaba