Who can translate one sentence to finnish?

p19 · Post by **p19** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:08 pm

authorized Roosvelt to make his proposal or had in any other way to actuated it

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Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:18 pm

The original quote is "bad" English. To+ past participle is not good grammar...... The whole sentence / paragraph might help.........

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:48 pm

I don't understand it in English either.

Who authorized Roosevelt? What personal tense to use?

...auktorisoinut Rooseveltia/tin tekemään ehdotusta/taan, tai millään muulla tavalla aikaansaanut sitä...

mrjimsfc · Post by **mrjimsfc** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:21 pm

Translating from your language into "bad English" and then re-translating that into Finnish will yield some unusually "bad Finnish". Translating someone elses "bad English" into Finnish is just wasting time.

strawberry · Post by **strawberry** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:23 pm

Hank W. wrote:..auktorisoinut

Valtuuttanut...

PeterF · Post by **PeterF** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:00 am

p19 wrote:
authorized Roosvelt to make his proposal or had in any other way to actuated it

My guess at the original English...
Who authorized Roosvelt to make this proposal, or, had in any other way acted to put it into effect

Not so sure .
a) Is it a question...
b) The tail end of a longer statement where the "who" is earlier stated.
c) Which tense is it in.. the "had" could be "has"

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