Hungarian term
néhányszor
| 5 +8 | couple of times |
Katalin Szilárd
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| 5 +2 | a few times |
Ildiko Santana
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| 4 +2 | repeatedly |
Ilona Roberts
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Jul 20, 2010 21:08: Katalin Horváth McClure changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Ildiko Santana, Jim Tucker (X), Katalin Horváth McClure
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Proposed translations
Hungary
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Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: English to Hungarian, Hungarian to English
couple of times
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-07-20 11:17:03 GMT)
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vagy: "a few times"
Press the "Go" button a few times.
Norway
Academic Translator
Native in: Romanian 
, Hungarian
Works in: Romanian to English, Hungarian to English, Swedish to English
repeatedly
press G (a) couple of times azt is jelentheti, nyomja meg kétszer...
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Note added at 41 mins (2010-07-20 11:51:10 GMT)
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vagyis go... :) nem G
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Eva H.
: A couple jelentheti, hogy kétszer, de ha hangsúlyoznák, hogy ennyiszer, akkor szerintem ezt írnák.
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Jim Tucker (X)
: (sounds frustrating!)
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I am so sorry...
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JANOS SAMU
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John Detre
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United States
Accurate / Fast / Cheap -- Pick Two
Native in: Hungarian , English
Works in: Hungarian to English, English to Hungarian, English, and 1 more.
a few times
"Push the "GO" button a few times";
however, "nyom" can also be translated as "press" (more often used for "lenyom") and "gomb" might as well be "key" (i.e. "billentyű"). We would have to know what tool/appliance/gadget this text relates to. I find the categories indicated above a little confusing, "Art/Literary - Art, arts & Crafts, Painting"? Is this perhaps a hand-held painting tool? Please specify.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-07-20 15:11:47 GMT)
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"Couple" generally indicates a pair of something, i.e. two, so using "a couple times" in the translation might be misleading and be interpreted as "two times" / "twice," therefore I don't recommend it. The unambiguous English translation of the Hungarian word "néhányszor" is "a few times."
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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-07-20 18:49:36 GMT)
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Use of "a few" as opposed to "a couple" in this context is recommended not only to avoid ambiguity but because of the formal nature of the text. The Hungarian verb "nyomja" indicates that this is *not* an informal context, as the verb is in the form of "önözés" that is not used in informal settings. If the verb was "nyomd" (used on friendly terms) then the informal "couple of times" variant might be acceptable, although still ambiguous.
See Merriam-Webster:
a couple of (functioning as singular or plural)
a. a combination of *two*; a *pair* of /a couple of men/
b. Informal - a small number of; a *few* /a couple of days/
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Katalin Horváth McClure
: Definitely "few times", not "couple of times". Before settling in the US, I thought they were interchangable, but I learned they are not. "Couple" in "a couple of times", or "a couple of apples" always meant TWO to all the natives I talked to.
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Köszönöm.
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Annamaria Amik
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Köszönöm.
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juvera
: Lehet, hogy ez UK-USA nyelvi eltérés, de a UK angolban az olyan kifejezés, ami így kezdődik: "a couple of..." leggyakrabban azt jelenti, hogy: több mint egy, de nem sok, egy pár, néhány, stb.!
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Egyetértünk, csakhogy nem tudni, kiknek készül a fordítás, így miért kockáztassuk a félreértést, ha az elkerülhető az "a few times" megoldással?
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