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Does this translation make any sense? So young we were herding the sheep, Hope we didn't grow nor the sheep do.

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Does it make sense? Sort of. Is it gramatically correct? No. It requires alot of assumptions to interpret the meaning, which may not be correct due to the mistranslation. I would guess the meaning to be: We were so young when we herded the sheep We hoped that we nor the sheep would ever grow
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It seems like a translation of a poem. * So young we were herding the sheep => Odd as normal language, but okay as a poetic expression. * Hope we didn't grow nor the sheep do => "hope" is for what may still come true. "wish" is the word for expressing regret for something not realized. The use of "nor ... do" is not correct either. Perhaps you can write it this way: - We were so young then, herding the sheep. I wish neither we nor the sheep had grown. (plain) - So young were we herding the sheep. If only the sheep and us hadn't grown up. (poetic)
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Thanks @Joe @Margherita @J Ríos.
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The translation doesn't make any sense, due to subject/verb agreement and verb/tense agreement. What language was the OT?
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No

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