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Old August 31, 2008, 01:23 PM
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Bad into good?

How would i translate this sentence?

Won't make a bad translater into a good one?
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Old August 31, 2008, 02:41 PM
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No cambiará un traductor malo por bueno.
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Old August 31, 2008, 04:53 PM
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I don't understand the phrase.

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Won't make a bad translater into a good one?
¿No convertirías a un mal traductor en uno bueno?
I think it's so, but I don't fully understand the "made" thing.
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It won't make a bad translater into a good one?
No hará de un mal traductor uno bueno.
No convertirá un mal traductor en un buen traductor/uno bueno.
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