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1)言葉は意思の疎通をはかる道具ですが、民族によって伝え方、その内容が少しずつ異なります。即ち、言葉は文化、習慣を反映しています。日本人は兄弟姉妹に拘る文化を持っているわけです。古代より牧畜で暮らす民族と農業で暮らす民族にも差があります。例えば、我々にとって牛や馬がたくさんいる状況は、牧畜民族にとっては馬鹿な表現(或いは子供っぽい表現)です。大人なら「生まれたばかりのメスの子馬が3頭、一才のオス馬が5頭、2才のメス馬が6頭・・・・」と年令、姓別、毛の種類(模様)によって名前が異なります。我々は動物の肉は全て肉といい、魚には細かい名前で呼び分けますね。魚をあまり食べない民族は逆で全ての魚を魚という一般名称で呼びます。 2)日本語でも同じ名詞や表現を繰り返し使うのは避けるべきです。文章にこだわる人は注意しますが、定冠詞のない日本語には限度もあり、一般には欧米語ほど拘らないのが普通です。しかし、大人になって仕事上の手紙(ビジネス・レター)を書く場合に、差が現れますので学生時代から読書の際注意する癖をつけるべきです。慣れれば強く意識しないでも気がつくようになります。 欧米語が繰り返しを強く意識して避けるため、日本人は翻訳に際し、違ったことを さしていると誤解(誤訳)するケースがあります。例えば一行目でa cat,三行目で the cat,更に数行下でthe animalと使い分けたとき、the animalが同じ猫を指していると気がつかない場合があるわけです。

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