Translation examples
Pahimpia rikollisia ei ole murtovarkaat vaan pomot, ei gangsterit vaan hallitsijat, ei murhaajat vaan massamurhaajat.
The biggest criminals are not burglars but bosses, not gangsters but rulers, not murderers but mass- murderers.
Vaan kuka tietää?
But who knows?
vaan ilman kaipausta
but without longing
On vaan yksin...
But you pretended...
Vaan ei puhunutkaan.
but not now.
Minä vaan hymyilin.
But I refused.
Vaan eipä enää.
But no longer.
Sori vaan, se on totuus.
Sorry, but that’s the truth.
Johtajaksi ei synnytä, vaan kasvetaan.
Leaders are not born, but trained.
Ne eivät ole inhorealismia vaan realismia.
It is not hypocrisy, but madness.
Se ei ole FIB, vaan ULT.
Believes she is not MVD but FSB.
Toiminta ei ollut ympärivuotista, vaan kausittaista.
Not a gap year but a lifetime.
Kirjassa ei ole sivunumeroita, vaan palstanumerot.
It contained no rules, but background material.
Sota ei päättynyt rauhaan, vaan aselepoon.
You are not bringing peace, but a sword.
Bezzera ei ollut insinööri vaan mekaanikko.
Bezzera was not an engineer, but a mechanic.
Tähän ei suostuttu vaan hallitus erosi.
This was not achieved, but the council endured.