Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
所有A他都喜歡看
English translation:
He likes to read [all/every] A
Added to glossary by
Roddy Stegemann
Jun 22, 2006 10:00
18 yrs ago
Chinese term
所有A他都喜歡看 (2/2)
Chinese to English
Science
Education / Pedagogy
Grammatical Analysis
Sentence: 他對天文學很有興趣,所以所有有關地球,月球,星球,等等的書他都喜歡看。
1st Attempt: He is very interested in astronomy. Therefore, he likes to read all books having to do with the earth, the moon, the stars, and similar subjects.
Question 1/2: I am a little disturbed by the construction 有關B的A. Is there something missing, or is this perfectly standard written form?
Question 2/2: Before completing my translation I attempted to translate the pattern 所有A他都喜歡看 and came up with two possibilities.
i) He likes to read all A, and
ii) He likes to read any A
I selected i, because of the 所有 ... 都 construction, but I was very attempted to select ii, because of the 地球,月球,星球,等等 included in A. Which would you have chosen? Or, would you have chosen something completely different? ... And why?
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1st Attempt: He is very interested in astronomy. Therefore, he likes to read all books having to do with the earth, the moon, the stars, and similar subjects.
Question 1/2: I am a little disturbed by the construction 有關B的A. Is there something missing, or is this perfectly standard written form?
Question 2/2: Before completing my translation I attempted to translate the pattern 所有A他都喜歡看 and came up with two possibilities.
i) He likes to read all A, and
ii) He likes to read any A
I selected i, because of the 所有 ... 都 construction, but I was very attempted to select ii, because of the 地球,月球,星球,等等 included in A. Which would you have chosen? Or, would you have chosen something completely different? ... And why?
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/contents.html#p...
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Proposed translations
(English)
3 | He likes to read all (books) in A |
Nai-Ching Ting
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Proposed translations
4 hrs
Selected
He likes to read all (books) in A
Basically, I agree with your selection of possibility i.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Final rendering: He is very interested in astronomy. As a result, he likes to read every book having to do with the earth, the moon, the stars, and other similar subjects.
Discussion: Please see http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-9b-g.html#s12 for further discussion.
Acknowledgement: Thank you Nai Ching for your entry. I just wish you had provided a little more discussion. I did notice that you received indirect support for your entry in the next question related to this sentence.
Best wishes from the land of no mountains surrounded by sea on many sides.
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