[bingley]

Здравствуйте,
Как переводится?
Christmas was three months away! - Рождество было три месяца назад или Рождество будет через три месяца.
Я думаю, что первый вариант правильный. Развейте мои сомнения, а то у нас тут спор завязался.
Заранее спасибо)

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[arrowan]

Ну какое ж тут "будет", если was.

[Таирни]

bingley, зависит от контекста. В каком времени у вас предыдущие предложения в тексте, к какому времени они относятся?
Вообще, 90 процентов вероятности, что все-таки "было".

[bingley]

When Sherlock had found Molly looking online for John's Christmas present.

Christmas was three months away!

She hadn't even spent that long on his the year before.

Все в прошедшем времени.

[gina w]

До Рождества было 3 месяца

[bingley]

А то что главный герой вспоминает не имеет значения?

[strega verde]

bingley,
до рождества оставалось (ещё) три месяца.

пруфлинк:

www.thefreedictionary.com/away

adj.
1. Absent: The neighbors are away.
2. Distant, as in space or time: The city is miles away. The game was still a week away.

т.е. "До матча было (еще) далеко - неделя". Обратите внимание на употребление still)


пруфлинк 2:

www.nytimes.com/ref/us/questions-canedy.html

это интерью со вдовой военнослущего, погибшего при исполнении долга:

Q: How close was Charles to getting all his soldiers home so that he could come back also?

A: He was less than a month away from bringing his soldiers home. And I was a month away from having him back.

профулинк 3:
www.intelligender.com/gender-prediction-testimo...
речь о средстве для раннего определения пола ребенка:

I was a month away from my gender ultrasound and heard about this product and decided to buy it and try it out..I took the test at 20 weeks and it said Girl..my husband I were super exicted since we were hoping for a girl..but wanted to check it again..so 2 weeks later we bought another test and took it..and it also said girl..had my ultrasound at 24 weeks and it was concirmed..it was a GIRL!

самый релевантный пруфлинк 4, Лос-Анджелес Таймс:

articles.latimes.com/1988-05-14/news/li-2852_1_...
That was last October, and although Christmas was two months away, South Coast Plaza was gearing up for the season and, well, there was lots of room in the Greenville Warehouse.

Видимо, away означает "назад" только в сочетании с back, как в словаре Уэбстера:

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/away

: by a long distance or interval : far

[strega verde]

извините, дайр глючит)
цитата из Уэбстера:
: by a long distance or interval : far away back in 1910

[Таирни]

Да, "оставалось", в таком случае.

[bingley]

спасибо всем большое))) Век живи, век учись!