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Translation - Danish-English - Jeg sad der og ventede

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Title	Jeg sad der og ventede
Text Submitted by Minny	Source language: Danish Jeg sad der og ventede. PÃ¥ hvad ved jeg ikke. Hvis ikke du var kommet, havde jeg nok siddet der endnu.
Remarks about the translation	aforisme

Title	waiting
Translation English Translated by jairhaas	Target language: English I sat there waiting. For what I don't know. If you hadn't appeared, I would probably have been sitting there still.

Validated by Lein - 7 January 2010 19:54

Last messages

	Author	Message
		7 January 2010 15:33
	Isildur__ Number of messages: 276	sans doute - probably? I sat their waiting?
		7 January 2010 15:50
	Sweet Dreams Number of messages: 2202	The first phrase should be: I was seated there, waiting. And the last one: I would be, sans doute, still seated there. I don't know the equivalent expression of "sans doute" in English. If someone could help...
		7 January 2010 15:52
	sgrowl Number of messages: 29	sans doute = doubtless "I sat their" not correct "I sat there" correct
		7 January 2010 15:59
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	sat there About 'probably' / 'sans doute': I know this is not exactly the same but I don't think either word / expression is present in the Danish original - they are just needed to make the French and English translations sound more natural. Am I seeing that correctly, Gamine? CC: gamine
		7 January 2010 16:27
	Minny Number of messages: 271	The word is in Danish: "NOK" = "probably" or "very likely" = sans doute = "vel nok" = "nok".
		7 January 2010 16:56
	jedi2000 Number of messages: 110	"If you weren't come, I would probably ..."
		7 January 2010 18:13
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Hi again, Lein what concerns this one I agree with Minny. The word "nok" often means 'enough' but in this context I can confirm jairhaas' version.
		7 January 2010 19:54
	Lein Number of messages: 3389	Thank you Gamine! @jedi2000: That is what is says in a litteral translation but it is not correct English. Thanks anyway!