which, at any cost, no matter how dear, will not long go unsold to

Question

سلام. به فارسی لطفا:

منظور رو برسونید ممنون میشم خیلی به زحمت نندازین خودتون رو. تشکر

“The King of Portugal, Lord of Spices, has set... prices just as he pleases, for pepper, which, at any cost, no matter how dear, will not long go unsold to the Germans.”
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Answer 1

سلام

ترجمه ضمنی: 

سلطان  پرتغالی ادویه قیمت ها را هرطور که بخواهد/ طبق نظر خودش تعیین می کند، مثلا (در مورد) فلفل با هر قیمتی، فرقی ندارد هر چقدر هم گران، در مدت کوتاهی به آلمانی ها فروخته می شود.

dear: expensive

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dear

not long:for a short time

 http://www.audioenglish.org/dictionary/not_long.htm

Comments

+1

Lord of spices = سلطان ادویه

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I asked the above question on wordreference and stackexchange forum . Seems like a double negative.

will not long go unsold = will sell quickly

SEE http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2997494

 The pepper well not remain (in an) unsold (state) for a long time.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/238327/will-not-long-go-unsold-to?answertab=active#tab-top

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nice +1

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dear karbarghadimi

you're absolutely right. I guessed something is wrong without knowing the reason! at first I read the sentence, I got the right meaning; but I couldn't decide on it! I'll make it correct.

thanks a lot +1

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Thank you.