[求譯] 為啥不直接說是his grandpa就好？

看板Eng-Class作者 (Aru-Ban)時間10年前 (2015/10/04 18:55), 10年前編輯推噓0(0推 0噓 11→)
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原文書有以下這句： Charles Starker was born March 11, 1826,. His father Heinrich and his father before him were both furniture dealers, but young Charles followed a differen t path. 實在看不懂his father before him的意思 是否指 his grandfather的意思？ 如是 那幹嘛不乾脆寫 his grandfather就好 而要寫的那麼迂迴？ 還是我誤譯了此句？@@ 謝謝賜教 -- Sent from my Android -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 114.36.178.49 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Eng-Class/M.1443956151.A.CCC.html ※ 編輯: AruBan (114.36.178.49), 10/04/2015 18:58:07
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10/04 22:20, , 1F
寫兩次father有一脈相傳的意思，呼應後句Charles選擇的別
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的職業
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http://tinyurl.com/ntue4hk (Google Books,專找英文出版
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品) "his father before him"本身是英文習慣用法/習慣表
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達。你的書那句的第二個his代的是Heinrich('s)
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"...迂迴？"-> 我們中文也有很多「字數很多/"迂迴"」的習
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慣用法，只是你讀習慣了，所以沒去注意。
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畢竟讀英文書的主要目的之一就是熟悉「你之前沒學過/碰過
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」的表達方式/寫法
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10/05 09:01, , 10F
感謝因為his father before him的his讓人以為指Charles's
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10/05 09:02, , 11F
不過後來我也發現那個在英文是常見的固定寫法就沒啥好說了
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