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Hi, I need a few help with the following phrases:

1. This is more fun than I thought it would be.
2. Now where could he be hiding?
3. Hah! That will teach them not to underestimate me.

Thank you for your help!

1. Tämä on hauskempaa kuin luulin.
2. Nyt, missä hän voisi piileskellä?
3. Hah! Tuo opettaa heille, ettei minua kannata aliarvioida.

No problem! I'm glad I can help!

Hey, that second phrase: I don't think you can just translate "now" as "nyt" in that context. Unless it means literally right now. I'd say "No niin" or something.

And... I think that third one is too literal? I'd say maybe something like "Tuostapahan oppivat, ettei minua kannata aliarvioida." Sounds more natural and not just translated, you know? ;;;

... And actually, I'd also say "odotin" instead of "luulin" in the first one. Like that it's "this is more fun than I thought" and with "odotin" it'd be "--than I expected". The "than I thought it would be" can't really be translated straight, it'd sound way too awkward.

Sorry... orz Couldn't help myself. Anteeksi kun tulin sörkkimään sun käännöksiäs. Oon vähän tällanen pilkunnussija. ._.;;;

I thank you for correcting me, but I can't fully agree.

At second phrase, I think I'm keeping my side that "nyt" fits better than "no niin". This mostly depents on speaker, but I think it's good as it is.

Maybe the third was a bit too literal, but most fics are written by literary languege, so I tried to make an exact translation. Fics are not usually writted by slang, right?

But I do agree, that "luulin" does sound a bit awkward in this phrase if you say it in finnish, but "thought" is translated as "luulin", to be exact. But again, it depents on speaker and linguistic instinct.

Eipä mitään, hyvä jos joku huomauttaa virheistä. :)

Really? It sounds totally weird to me, that "nyt". An anglicism maybe? =__= I mean, I get it that "no niin" doesn't sound exactly the same as "Now" in English but. I don't think you CAN translate it and keep the exact original feeling.

And with the third I meant that it was too literal a translation, since it was a word-to-word translation from the English. I've never heard anyone say it like that in Finnish. It's usually like "siitäs opit" or something. And I think dialogue should be... maybe not slang or colloquial language, but... it shouldn't be too "bookish" either, in general I mean.

Though yeah, I understand your point: in some cases exact translation is the best... however, I think if it's meant to sound Finnish, I think the naturality of the translation should be the primary goal. Of course if it's a character translating something into Finnish for another character, it's logical, but I'm guessing in Hetalia fic it's usually that the characters speak their own language mostly to themselves. So I think it should be as natural as possible, even if it takes away some of the meaning.

IDK, it's a question of taste of course, but personally I prefer foreign language prases in fics sounding like it's not translated by a machine or a non-native speaker. ;;;

Oh and "I thought it would be", literally translated, would be "luulin, että se olisi" but I suppose you figured the same as I did, that it would sound awkward as hell. ;; IDK maybe someone might say luulin but well... I think it's better to go with what doesn't sound awkward for you?

Oh well, the anon can choose if they want to use an exact translation or not, I suppose, it's their story and all. If they didn't already, of course. ;;

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