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I think your translation is slightly imprecise. It’s unclear in the English whether the “you” in “you are free to express your opinion” is being used as the 2nd
by umanwizard 5y ago
I think your translation is slightly imprecise. It’s unclear in the English whether the “you” in “you are free to express your opinion” is being used as the 2nd-person pronoun (i.e., equivalent to German Sie) or as the generic pronoun (i.e. man).
For those who can’t read the German version: it’s the latter.
Unfortunately there is no way to distinguish these two in English other than using the somewhat dated pronoun “one”. It usually doesn’t cause any confusion but I think in this particular case, the answer is different depending on the meaning. I might feel safe to say my opinions, because I don’t believe anything particularly controversial, but still think “one” might need to be careful depending on the particular content of “one”‘s views.
- tobessebot 5y agoGood point, however the more important question is what is meant by "careful".