[求譯] 直到...才...

看板Eng-Class作者 (過路人)時間10年前 (2016/02/21 22:04), 10年前編輯推噓0(0推 0噓 27→)
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想翻這句 "直到他來之後，這棟老房子才開始有人住" 我翻是這樣 It was not until he came that the old house has people lived. 請問這樣翻洽當嗎？ 謝謝 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 180.218.233.214 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Eng-Class/M.1456063443.A.FED.html ※ 編輯: yongyang (180.218.233.214), 02/21/2016 22:13:35
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It was not until he came over that there is someone liv
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ing in the house.
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or, Nobody lived in the house before he came.
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02/21 22:23, , 4F
你的原句the house has people lived沒人這樣寫才對
02/21 22:23, 4F
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02/21 22:50, , 5F
感激不盡 難怪一直覺得怪怪的..
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or, Not until he came over did someone live in the old h
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ouse.
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02/22 01:04, , 8F
你的原句本身意思模糊，若沒有前後文搭配，單獨這句子有
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多種解讀:
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1. "他"就是新住戶 (我讀了那句後的第一印象）
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2. 他不是住戶，但是新住戶（的入住）和他有關。比如他
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是新的管理人員之類的/他整修了這房子/...(從這又可以衍
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生出多種相關解讀)
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找come over phrasal verb 及(come around)
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-> 他來這拜訪/晃了一下 （接著離開) 之後..[?]..這老房
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子有人住....這... 這期間發生了什麼事情[?]，能夠讓別
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02/22 01:07, , 18F
人住進這老房子...這....
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換句話說，「他來之後」...到底是怎樣的「來」？我們(中
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文)日常溝通可以用"來"來表達很多意思，但是這都是在有確
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實的context的情況/情境下，換句話說對話的雙方都已經知
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道"來"指的是什麼--這情況才有所謂的"恰當"翻譯
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02/22 01:08, , 23F
這就是用「單獨一句」學英文所產生的問題，不管你如何的
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「翻」都不會「恰當」，因為"source"本身有問題/意思模糊
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/不確定/....
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It was not until he moved in was the house occupied.
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The old house was not occupied until he moved in.
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