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Americans tend to move from the specific and small to the general and large. They progress from personal and local issues to the state and finally to the nation ― not the other way around. Many other people tend to move the other way : it is more comfortable for them to state with a general ro universal idea and then narrow it down to specific facts. The difference between two approaches is subtle and usually unrecognized in daily life. actually, however ,it lies at the root of many everyday misunderstandings and irritations among people of different cultures 長々とすいません。辞書無しで問題を解いてから辞書ありで熟読するという よく言われる英語の勉強方法のあとのほうで分からなくなってしまいました。 法政大学の過去問なのですが、第１段落でアメリカ人について。第２段落で その他の民族について。その次の第３段落でこの２者間について述べているのだ ろうとは思うのですがnot the other way aroundの前についているダッシュ 等分からない所が多々あります。 回答お願いします。

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回答No.3

アメリカ人は具体的で小さなものから始めて普遍的な大きなものへと考え方を発展させる傾向がある。 彼らは個人的、局所的問題から始めて州や最後には国家へと進んでいく。逆方向から考える事はない。 他の多くの人たちは別の思考回路をとる傾向がある。 普遍的で一般的な考えから始めて具体的な事柄へと考えを狭めていくのが彼らにとって快適なのだ。 この二つの思考方法の違いは微妙で日常生活では普通認識されない。 しかし、実を言うと異なった文化をもつ人々の間に起こる日常的な誤解やイライラの多くはそれに根ざしている。 意味がわかりやすいように、意訳してある部分もあります。 it is more comfortable for them to state with a general ro universal idea and then narrow it down to specific facts. state→start, ro→orとして訳しました。 ダッシュはそんなに深く考える必要ないと思います。 今の場合、「更に言えば・・・」ぐらいの意味ではないでしょうか？

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回答No.5

ご質問の"not the other way around"は、 手元にある、電子版「ビジネス技術実用英語大辞典（第三版）」の用例集には、次の例が載っています。 One of the main problems of OA equipment is that it is made for man to conform to it, and not the other way around. OA機器の主立った問題の一つは, 人間が機械に合わせるように作られていて, その逆ではないということにある. "the other way around"の方は、以下の通りです。 conversely; contrariwise; vice versa; the other way around (前述のことを)裏返して[逆の面から]言えば; 裏を返せば; 逆の言い方をすれば 問題文の第一段落ではアメリカ人の考え方の特徴を述べています。特別な事例から一般的なことへ、個人的なことから州、国家レベルへ考えを進めていく傾向がある、と。 第二段落では、これとは異なる考え方をする国民が存在するとのべ、 第三段落では、このような文化の差異のため、 民族間の誤解苛立ちが生じるということが述べられています。 そこで、問題の"not the other way around"は、 辞書の訳のとおりでよいと思われます。 答えになっていますでしょうか？ 当方は大学では国際関係学科、比較文化を専攻し 現在技術翻訳（派遣）です。

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回答No.4

Americans tend to move from the specific and small to the general and large. They progress from personal and local issues to the state and finally to the nation - not the other way around. アメリカ人は、特定なもの、小さなものから、一般的なもの、大きなものへ動く傾向がある。彼らは、個人的な問題、あるいは、地方の問題から、州の問題へ、そして最終的には、国の問題へ進む（決して、もう一方のやり方ではない）。 Many other people tend to move the other way : it is more comfortable for them to state with a general or universal idea and then narrow it down to specific facts. 他の多くの人々は、もう一方のやり方で動く。つまり、彼らにとっては、一般的な、あるいは、普遍的な考え方を提示し、それから、それを特定の事実に狭めることがより心地よいことなのである。 The difference between two approaches is subtle and usually unrecognized in daily life. Actually, however, it lies at the root of many everyday misunderstandings and irritations among people of different cultures. 二つのアプローチの間の違いは、微妙であり、普段の生活では、気に留めることはない。しかし、実際には、それは、違う文化の人々の間で、日々の多くの誤解や苛立ちの根源に存在するものである。

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回答No.2

not the other way aroundの前についているダッシュ等 ダッシュは、一通り説明が終えた後、別途not the other way around(逆はないけどね）というコメント（補足でもダッシュは使われます）をつけたかっただけです。 下記の方の意見はごもっともです。判らない所が多々あるとのことですが、どこがわからないか明示していただければ力になれるかと思います。

回答No.1

和訳することは　それほど難しい文章とも 思えないのでさておき 　よくわからなかったのが 大学の過去問を　ここで和訳してもらって どうしようというのでしょうか。 　全訳してもらったところで　役に立つとも 思えません。 　「この文章の構造がわからない」 とか　言う風に　問題文のうちの どこがわからないとかが　はっきりしていて 質問を投げかけるというのであれば 答える方も　答えがいがあるとおもうのですが。 　翻訳サイトでは無いのですから 全文書いて（しかもスペルミスもあり） 「さぁ訳して下さい」は ないんじゃないですか？ 　この文章の　どこがどう疑問なんですか？

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