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3 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA   asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	erano stati costruiti che dai Babilonesi
Context:	Ponti di pietra erano stati costruiti che dai Babilonesi, a partire dal VI secolo a.C, ma solo dove erano indispensabili.

 

The answer of Vilma Etchart   was rated best

Stone bridges had been built only by the Babylonians

My comment:

IMHO in the source text there is a missing word: "non". The Italian construction should go: "Ponti di pietra non erano stati costruiti che dai Babilonesi". This concept is true according to history, because in the VI th century nobody but Babylonians were able to build stone bridges, and only where necessary, as they habitually used rafts to transport goods and people along and across the rivers. I wish you find my comment useful. Cheers.

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