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- "今日はノートをとらないでいいです。"
"今日はノートをとらないでいいです。"
Translation:You don't need to take notes today.
June 23, 2017
8 Comments
Nothing in this sentence literally equates to "need". The closest natural translation is probably something like "today, it's okay to not take notes".
Personally, I wouldn't go so far as to say that equating "it's okay not to" with "there's no need to" is a "loose translation", but I can see what you mean. It takes a step away from a literal translation (which isn't necessarily a bad thing) for the sake of understandability in the target language (which is usually a good thing).