English translation of "mi raccomando se dovessero trovarci qui sareb" - ""Please only a few minutes" - "You can come in" - "If they found us here, we'll be in trouble"."

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149 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	mi raccomando se dovessero trovarci qui sareb
Context:	Una donna ancora giovane appareve sulla soglia. "Entrino pure," disse vedendo il mio...
Keywords:	...compagno. "Mi raccomando pochi minuti," disse l'impiegato dall'ambasciate, "se dovessero trovarci qui sarebbero guai. Anche per lei." The guy from teh embassy has taken the protagonist to the young woman's home in Berlin, to see if the protagonist can stay there. The woman is a Jew, the widom of an Aryian, but she's always suspicious that the SS is going to come and take her away, like they have done with some of her other boarders..

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149 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

For heaven's sake, make it quick. Should they find us here we'd be in trouble. You (or she) too

149 months ago

German/italian life wrote:

"I recommend just a few minutes", said the clerk of Embassy" when they will find us here will be a trouble.

149 months ago

German/italian life wrote:

Just be quick about it/ only a few minutes/one sec/should they catch us, there will be hell to pay

My comment:

or there will be trouble-depends how colloquial you can go

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

149 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

I agree

149 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

Thank you, exactly what immediately comes to mind

149 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

Thank you, exactly what immediately comes to mind

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

Just be quick about it/ only a few minutes/one sec/should they catch us, there will be hell to pay

My comment:

or there will be trouble-depends how colloquial you can go

149 months ago

Giorgio Vellani wrote:

"Please only a few minutes" - "You can come in" - "If they found us here, we'll be in trouble".

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149 months ago

Thomas Gatter wrote:

I recommend to make it a few minutes. If they (you) were found here, there would be trouble.

My comment:

The Problem is: doveressero must be a mistake. It isn't really right. It should be either doverebbero (if "they were found here" is meant) or doveresti (if "you were found here" is meant). It should be clear from the wider context which is the correct wording.

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149 months ago

German/italian life wrote:

"se dovessero" isn't a mistake. In the case is "if they were found here, .... there would be a trouble

149 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

I agree with German/Italian life

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