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Subbing Metal Gear Solid 3

Post 1

Gnomon - time to move on

Hi Tufty

I'm sub-editing your Metal Gear Solid 3 entry at A87764548. I haven't had to make any major changes to it, but there are two things I'm not sure about.

In the first paragraph, you say "the CIA is forced to give him up as a caveat to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis" -- I'm not familiar with this use of the word caveat and can't find it in the dictionary. What does it mean? I thought caveat meant "warning".

The other thing is that you seem to be saying that the Americans smuggled a guy out of Russia and then handed him back. They then have to smuggle Sokolov out of Russia. Is this the same guy who is being smuggled out a second time?

G smiley - oksmiley - booksmiley - galaxy


Subbing Metal Gear Solid 3

Post 2

AlexAshman


"the CIA is forced to give him up as a caveat to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis"

Clumsily worded indeed smiley - blush

--> "the CIA is forced to give him up in order to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis"

Yep, they went through all that effort to get him out, then handed him back, and finally want to smuggle him out again to prevent The End of the World as We Know It (as usual).

Thanks Gnomon smiley - cheers


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