"Мне только что подарили огромный торт."
Translation:I have just been given a huge cake as a present.
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Why could it not be подарил? If it's an unknown actor is it by default plural?
Yes. It is used when the specific actors are not important, so a generalized "they" is used.
Мне сказали, что я должен прийти.
Моё место заняли.
Мне назначили лечение.
Забор покрасили.
У меня украли сумку. (Even if you know, that it was one guy)
Мне дали задание.
Меня назначили начальником.
Мне продали некачественный товар.
It is the most common way of translating the English Passive Voice into Russian
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And also in English, "they gave me a cake" can be used as a (more idiomatic) substitute for "a cake was given to me" while "he/she gave me a cake" cannot.
Could 'I was only just given a huge cake' be accepted? Insisting on the translation of 'given as a present' is a bit harsh...
"As as a present" is indeed redundant. But I would use the Present Perfect tense: "I have just been given".
Because «подарить» means "to gift", but I think your translation shouldn't be wrong.
It is because дарить/подарить means “to give as a present”, unlike «давать/дать» which simply means “to give” or “to lend” (in «дать на время» or «дать взаймы»).
"I have just been given as a present, a huge cake.". Why is this translation not acceptable.
Can someone tell me why "I have just been gifted a giant cake." is not correct?
The word ‘gifted’ is just not used in this context; it should be either ‘given’ or ‘presented with’. In fact, ‘gifted’ is an adjective synonymous with ‘talented’. The verb ‘to gift’ means ‘to donate for charity’ and is not used very often.
I asked myself the same, but from the comments above it seems like the verb 'подарить' implies that there's a gift/present involved, that something is not only handed over, but given for keeps, as opposed to 'дать'.
But I don't know more than I read from the comments here
So literally this would be " They (unidentified) just gave me an enormous cake" ?
No. It should be the translation suggested by DL, or "They have just presented me with a huge cake" or "They have just presented a huge cake to me".
Doesn't the verb 'present' have a meaning closer to 'show' than to 'give'? To me (not a native speaker of English) 'They have just presented me...' sounds like it has a different meaning than 'I have just been given'. Am I right?
Why is I have been given as a present a huge cake marked as wrong ?
I think English translation is wrong in all sentences using "подарить" here. It means "to gift". If you want to say "give" you will say "дать"
Thank you, Kundoo! (Sorry about taking so long to reply, I couldn't figure out how to leave a reply to a reply - IT is not one of my strengths).
"I just have been given..." vs. "I have just been given..." – what's the difference, please?
