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What is the function of the two "-"?
Romanian uses hyphens to denote speaking/dialogue, whereas English uses quotation marks.
I think it seems to be two people speaking. They use it in other sentences like "How are you" - "Fine thanks"....So this is "Bye" from person one and "See you soon" from person two!
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Looks like subtitles! O_O
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In subtitles or captions the hyphen is indeed used to show two or more people speaking
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Does pe curând mean "goodbye" as in the "you're leaving and I'm staying" goodbye that some languages have, or is it just another way of saying "goodbye"?
It literally means "through later", so that sentence is really, bye, see you later. I think...anyway!
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Pe curând seems to be sometimes translated to 'see you' and sometimes ’see you soon'. Which is the most appropriate translation?
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Translated as "Bye! - Laters" which is colloquial English and seemed a particularly good fit. Wrong of course!
