Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"attracted to discovering it" (AGAIN)
English answer:
My shot
Added to glossary by
Maria Gomez
Jun 15, 2006 15:28
18 yrs ago
English term
United Arab Emirates
Translation is an art
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, Dutch to Spanish, and 1 more.
"attracted to discovering it" (AGAIN)
English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
attracted to discovering it
The sentence in English reads:
"I was surprised by American culture and how different was from mine and that is why I feel so attracted to discovering it."
I dont want a translation. I just need your help to make this sentence sound "more native"
Thanks to everyone!
(Also those who already answered)
"I was surprised by American culture and how different was from mine and that is why I feel so attracted to discovering it."
I dont want a translation. I just need your help to make this sentence sound "more native"
Thanks to everyone!
(Also those who already answered)
Responses
| 4 +4 | My shot |
jccantrell
|
| 4 | none |
Rio Akasaka
|
| 3 | feel a strong urge to explore it fully |
Balasubramaniam L.
|
Responses
+4
18 mins
jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
31
Selected
My shot
I was very surprised by how different American culture was from mine. That is what attracted me and why I am so interested in exploring it further.
The "...culture was from mine" might be changed to 'is from mine' if the person is still here and is still experiencing the culture. If not, use 'was.'
Also, a style note: Some languages tend to denote the level of education by how long a person can make a sentence. This is less the case in the USA. While you may have long sentences, shorter is usually better.
My thoughts from the USA.
The "...culture was from mine" might be changed to 'is from mine' if the person is still here and is still experiencing the culture. If not, use 'was.'
Also, a style note: Some languages tend to denote the level of education by how long a person can make a sentence. This is less the case in the USA. While you may have long sentences, shorter is usually better.
My thoughts from the USA.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot for you help!!!!!"
8 mins
Balasubramaniam L.
India
India
India
Fast, accurate, elegant translation
Native in: Hindi
Works in: English to Hindi, Hindi
Related KudoZ points
:
12
English term (edited):
attracted to discover it
feel a strong urge to explore it fully
American culture surprised me completely, it was so different from mine; that is why I feel a strong urge to explore it fully."
9 mins
Rio Akasaka
France
France
Native in English
&
English
France
Breaking language barriers day by day
Native in: English , Japanese
Works in: English to French, Japanese to English, French to English, and 1 more.
English term (edited):
"attracted to discovering it"
none
I was surprised at how different the American culture is from mine, which is why I am so interested in discovering it.
Although this sentence might warrant a division into two, I think the above does capture the essence of the phrase, and links it together in such a fashion as to make it sound "more native". *Attracted* does not go very well with *discovering* something. Even better than *discovering* American culture would be to *learn more about it*.
... which is why I am so interested in learning more about it.
Although this sentence might warrant a division into two, I think the above does capture the essence of the phrase, and links it together in such a fashion as to make it sound "more native". *Attracted* does not go very well with *discovering* something. Even better than *discovering* American culture would be to *learn more about it*.
... which is why I am so interested in learning more about it.
Something went wrong...