Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 22, 2003 03:26
20 yrs ago
Japanese term
間をおいて
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
ところが，すこし間をおいて，この説に対する反論の声がにわかに高まってくる。
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | after a while |
jsl (X)
|
| 5 | leaving a pause/after a little bit (of time) |
Hirohisa Oda
|
| 5 | With some elapse of time |
Nobuo Kawamura
|
| 5 | after a short time |
Mumu Watanabe (X)
|
| 4 | wait any longer (leave any room) |
shhogg
|
Proposed translations
+5
7 mins
Selected
after a while
"間をおいて" (ma o oite) means "after some intervals".
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8 mins
Hirohisa Oda
Native in Japanese
&
English
Bi-lingual English and Japanese team
Native in: Japanese 
, English
Works in: Japanese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
176
leaving a pause/after a little bit (of time)
すこし間をおいて means "leaving a pause" or "...after a little bit (of time)".
9 mins
wait any longer (leave any room)
This sounds like the "Give an inch, they'll take a mile" variety of comment.
Depending on what the topic of conversation is, this could be seen as "Leave any room (for comment) and the voices of opposition will mount", or "Wait any longer. . ."
Depending on what the topic of conversation is, this could be seen as "Leave any room (for comment) and the voices of opposition will mount", or "Wait any longer. . ."
15 mins
Nobuo Kawamura
Japan
Japan
Native in Japanese
Japan
professional translator since 2001
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, Spanish to Japanese, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
483
With some elapse of time
With some elapse of time there was surge of opposition (opposing voices) agaist this theory.
2 hrs
after a short time
This is the translation for '少し間をおいて'.
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