<p>The original sentence is &quot;两位维吾尔警察实际是通过套近乎是要套她的话。&quot;</p>
<p>I think it would be easier to understand/translate if modified as &quot;两位维吾尔警察 实际是 通过&quot;套近乎&quot; 去<strong>套</strong>她的话&quot;</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The phrase 套近乎 originally meant &quot;Use cordial words or gifts to build closer relationships&quot;. Here, it means the police used homogeneity as bait to get closer to her.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The 套 in bold is a verb that means &quot;cheat/trick to get something out&quot;.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The translation is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Actually, these two Uyghur police were to cheat/trick the word out of her by building a closer relationship with her.</li>
</ul>

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r13
<p>The multiple 套 probably confused you.</p>
<p>It has to be parsed this way : 通过<strong>套近乎</strong>，(是)要<strong>套</strong>她的<strong>话</strong>.</p>
<p>通過 = via; by; by means of; through</p>
<p>套近乎 = worm one's way into being friends with sb. (usually
derogatory)</p>
<p>套話 = to coax a secret from (or out of) someone; to trick someone into telling the truth</p>

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Firmin Martin
<p>两位维吾尔警察: 2 Uighur police agents<br />
实际: actually, really<br />
通过套近乎: by means of ingratiating themselves<br />
套话: polite talk<br />
套她的话: trick her into telling (them something)</p>
<p>两位维吾尔警察实际是通过套近乎是要套她的话.<br />
Two Uighur police agents are trying to get the truth from her by ingratiating themselves with her.</p>
<p>Ingratiating is better than torture!</p>

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过套近乎是要套 user suggestion using online dictionaries esp. BKRS:to befriend (be friendly to) (s.o.) in order to get (ferret out) (s.th.), in the present case 她的话 could mean &quot;information&quot;)</p>

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tried to cut 过, which does not belong there, but did not succeed
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Can you please put more effort into this question? It's written like a stream-of-consciousness, with no sentence demarcation and thus unclear details of who is asking what, who is presenting what information, ...
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Translation of 近乎是要套
# Translation of 近乎是要套

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-07-07)

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过套近乎是要套 user suggestion using online dictionaries esp. BKRS:to befriend (be friendly to) (s.o.) in order to get (ferret out) (s.th.), in the present case 她的话 could mean "information")

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> **username_0**: tried to cut 过, which does not belong there, but did not succeed  
> **username_1**: Can you please put more effort into this question? It's written like a stream-of-consciousness, with no sentence demarcation and thus unclear details of who is asking what, who is presenting what information, ...  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-07-08. Score: 1

The original sentence is "两位维吾尔警察实际是通过套近乎是要套她的话。"

I think it would be easier to understand/translate if modified as "两位维吾尔警察 实际是 通过"套近乎" 去**套**她的话"

* The phrase 套近乎 originally meant "Use cordial words or gifts to build closer relationships". Here, it means the police used homogeneity as bait to get closer to her.
* The 套 in bold is a verb that means "cheat/trick to get something out".

The translation is:

* Actually, these two Uyghur police were to cheat/trick the word out of her by building a closer relationship with her.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-07-08. Score: 0

The multiple 套 probably confused you.

It has to be parsed this way : 通过**套近乎**，(是)要**套**她的**话**.

通過 = via; by; by means of; through

套近乎 = worm one's way into being friends with sb. (usually
derogatory)

套話 = to coax a secret from (or out of) someone; to trick someone into telling the truth


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### Answer by username_4 on 2024-07-08. Score: 0

两位维吾尔警察: 2 Uighur police agents  
实际: actually, really  
通过套近乎: by means of ingratiating themselves  
套话: polite talk  
套她的话: trick her into telling (them something)

两位维吾尔警察实际是通过套近乎是要套她的话.  
Two Uighur police agents are trying to get the truth from her by ingratiating themselves with her.

Ingratiating is better than torture!


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