an elementary question ...
The website of the Spanish newspaper El Pais has the following headline:
" Obama ve "prematuro" condenar a Israel por el ataque a la flota "
I translated this as "Obama is premature to condemn ..." If that is correct, why is "ve" used? Is it specific to the verb 'condenar'?@ Xavi and James - Many thanks for pointing out my appallingly careless translation in such a tactful way! (It only took me 2 years to pluck up the courage to ask a question here!!!)
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An accurate translation into English would be:
Obama sees it as "premature" to condemn Israel over flotilla raid
Of course, this kind of sentence would be inappropriate for a newspaper headline in an English-language newspaper, so the following would be preferable:
Obama: Israel flotilla raid condemnation "premature"
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"Ve" is from verb "Ver" (See). (He see - el ve)
But in this case they are using to give a opinion instead of see something.
Obama opine that is premature ... (but I don't know if this phrase is well constructed in English:) )
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"ve" see --------believe(cree)
Obama ve (believe)
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Hi Neal:
Textual translation should have been: Obama sees it premature to condem Israel for the attack to .....(flota....oooops I missed the word)
But to me, sounds more clear if you say: "Obama finds it is too early to critize Israel for the attack. It is when somebody very politely does not want to enterfere with other opinions, does not write his own and leaves the door open to do so any other moment.
Hope this made it more clear for you. Keep going with your Spanish.
A big hug and thanks for my birthday greetings the other day
Carmen
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