"They are going to publish their book at half past eleven."
Translation:Họ sẽ xuất bản cuốn sách của mình lúc mười một giờ rưỡi.
August 18, 2017
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No.
As far as I'm concerned, you can only omit it for something you only have one (country, body parts, etc) or for people (e.g. father, teacher, friend, etc). Book isn't one.
August 18, 2017
In the English sentence, one nuance of it is "They are going to publish their book, not the speaker's (or the hearer's) own", not as stressed at the possessive word "của" as in the Vietnamese sentence one. But still, it is not possible to leave the word "của" out.
August 18, 2017
The Vietnamese sentence use reflexive "của mình" (meaning "their own" in this case), fyi.
August 19, 2017
