"Tolken förstår troligtvis vad han säger."
Translation:The interpreter probably understands what he is saying.
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I translated it as "The interpreter probably understands what he says" and its wrong - why?
I find this ambiguous. Does it mean:
1.) Does the interpreter understand what he (himself) is saying?, or
2.) Does the interpreter understand what he (someone else) is saying?
In English we might say, "Do you think he understands what he's saying?" meaning, does the speaker understand the gravity of what he (himself) is saying? Or, is the speaker babbling on without actual knowledge?"
From what I understand it is that the interpreter probably understands what the person he is talking to is saying. If it were as your first example it would use sin rather than han.
You cannot use "sin" in this sentence. It is just as ambiguous as the English one.
Tolken förstår vad han själv säger/ what he himself is saying
Is "The interpreter apparently understands what he is saying" really wrong? Doesn't troligtvis mean "we believe it is so", "it seems so"?
Yes, but "apparently" means e.g. "it would seem so", not "we believe so". The Swedish word for "apparently" is tydligen.
Why is my typo wrong? Does it make such a difference? I typed understand instead of understands...
