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I have the phone app for Italian. I just did this exercise and I wrote the translation above. It gave it to me as correct but indicated there was a typo. Saying it should have been He is not an common architect. That is of course incorrect english, so I came here to see what you have given for a translation, as the report for the phone app, is extremely limited. Just thought you would like to know.
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I was coming here to leave this same response! It's still happening as of 7/16/20 on the app.
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nobody reads our comments - after two years you would think this simple answer would have been fixed. I also got 'You have a typo. He is not an common architect.'
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Looking at "comune" on wordreference.com, it looks as if it could also be translated as "public" or "municipal", which makes more sense.
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I did try 'he is no ordinary architect' because it sounded so much better and surprisingly it was accepted
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I myself would have translated as "not an everyday architect" or "not a conventional architect". Did not check whether it would have gone through.
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Ordinary architect = architetto ordinario. I believe "common" relates to things rather than people.
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If the "an" typo problem is only mentioned here it will not get fixed. Everyone needs to use the "report" function to submit it for correction.
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A better English sentence would be "He is no common architect". But I did not dare to try it!
I see the same error, saying that "an" is correct, when it clearly isn't. But I have another point to make on this translation. What is the intended meaning of the statement "he is not a common architect"? Do they actually mean to say "he is not a conventional architect"? That is, he is a bit different, and perhaps a bit special?
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Nobody reads it, I think. This mistake is here for two years! They don't want to correct anything.
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It says I have a typo and the correct answer is "He is not an common architect." There's problem with correct suggestion.