Are the Translations Correct?
- Westerners dislike questions about affiliation but ask many questions about opinions and choices.
- Making decisions for others, even in small matters, is considered presumptuous and rude.
- People who are reluctant to express their opinions or preferences are looked down upon as wishy-washy.
- ベストアンサー
英文訳があります。訳は正しいですか？
Although Westerners dislike being asked questions of affiliation ("What group do you belong to?"), t hey ask many questions involving opinion and choice. It is considered presumptuous and rude to make decisions for other people, even for seemingly minor things like choice of drink or dressing, since it would be considered an infringment on the other person's independence. It is even worse to make arrangements for a meal or an outing without consulting the person concerned. As a result, people who are reluctant to express their opinion or preference are considered not to have any and are thus looked down on as wishy-washy or even stupid. 日本語訳 西洋人は所属（どのグループに自分が入っているか）について聞かれることを嫌うけれども、彼らは意見や選択については、たくさん質問をする。他人のために意思決定をすることはたとえ、それが飲み物やドレッシングを選ぶことのような小さなことであったとしても、 自立した個としての相手の侵害することになるであろうと考えられているので、あつかましくて失礼なことと考えられている。 その人の意見も聞かずに、食事や外出の計画をすることはもっと良くないことである。その結果、自分の意見や好みを言うことを嫌がる人は、意見や好みを持っていないと考えられ、したがって、 決断力のない人間かもしくは愚か者であると見下されるのである。
- 阿部 結唯（@iwano_aoi）
- お礼率88% (2878/3254)
- 英語
- 回答数2
- ありがとう数1
- みんなの回答 （2）
- 専門家の回答
質問者が選んだベストアンサー
以下のとおりお答えします。ほぼ完璧な訳文で、間違いもないと思います。 （ところで、一連のご質問、内容が面白いですね。いつも、「賛成！」とか「納得！」の感想を抱きながら拝見しています。） ＞Although Westerners dislike being asked questions of affiliation ("What group do you belong to?"), they ask many questions involving opinion and choice. It is considered presumptuous and rude to make decisions for other people, even for seemingly minor things like choice of drink or dressing, since it would be considered an infringment on the other person's independence. It is even worse to make arrangements for a meal or an outing without consulting the person concerned. As a result, people who are reluctant to express their opinion or preference are considered not to have any and are thus looked down on as wishy-washy or even stupid. ＞西洋人は所属（どのグループに自分が入っているか）について聞かれることを嫌うけれども、彼らは意見や選択については、たくさん質問をする。他人のために意思決定をすることはたとえ、それが飲み物やドレッシングを選ぶことのような小さなことであったとしても、自立した個としての相手の侵害することになるであろうと考えられているので、あつかましくて失礼なことと考えられている。その人の意見も聞かずに、食事や外出の計画をすることはもっと良くないことである。その結果、自分の意見や好みを言うことを嫌がる人は、意見や好みを持っていないと考えられ、したがって、決断力のない人間かもしくは愚か者であると見下されるのである。 ★dislike being asked questions of affiliation ("What group do you belong to?")：「所属を問われる質問（『どういうグループに属していますか？』）を嫌う」。細かいことですが、引用符つきの部分は、「質問」の内容ですのでその直後に置き、「直接話法」ですのでカギカッコに入れました。 ★they ask many questions involving opinion and choice：「意見や選択に関する質問はたくさんする」。involving「（～に）関係する」は「質問」にかかっていますので、日本語としておかしな文にならない限りは、なるべく原文を尊重した語順でいきましょう。 ★make decisions for other people, even for seemingly minor things like～：「他人に代ってその人の意思決定をすることは、たとえ飲み物やドレッシングを選ぶというような、一見小さなことであっても」。for other peopleは「他人のために」というより、「他人に代って」でしょうね。 ★it would be considered an infringment (→infringement) on the other person's independence：「自立した個としての相手を侵害するとみなされるだろう・みなされるかも知れない」。訳文はお訳のままでよいと思いますが、誤植が１つありましたので…。 ★without consulting the person concerned：「当事者の意見も聞かずに」。person concernedを明確に訳せば、「関係者、当事者」でしょうね。 ★people who are reluctant to express their opinion or preference：「自分の意見や好みの表出を嫌がる人」。お訳の「自分の意見や好みを言うことを嫌がる人」の「－を～を」という形は、やむを得ない状況でなければ避けたいですね。 ★are considered not to have any：「まったくそれがないのだとみなされる」。このanyは、具体的には「自分の意見や好み」を指していると思いますが、作者の意図としては、「（西洋人の）そういう習慣・考え方・文化」というような意味合いも暗に含ませたいのかも知れませんね。 ⇒西洋人は、所属を問われる質問（「どういうグループに属していますか？」）は嫌いますが、意見や選択に関する質問はたくさんします。他人に代ってその人の意思決定をすることは、たとえ飲み物やドレッシングを選ぶというような、一見小さなことであっても、自立した個としての相手を侵害することになるでしょうから、厚かましくて失礼なことであると考えられています。当事者の意見も聞かずに、食事や外出の計画をすることはもっと良くないことです。結果として、自分の意見や好みの表出を嫌がる人は、まったくそれがないのだとみなされ、したがって優柔不断もしくは愚か者であるとして見下されてしまうのです。
その他の回答 (1)
- mackbogey
- ベストアンサー率31% (32/102)
ほぼ正しい訳で、十分通じるし、良い日本語だと思います。 強いて直すとすれば、最初の「西洋人は所属（どのグループに自分が入っているか）について聞かれる…」の部分を以下のようにしたらどうか、と思います。 「西洋人は（あなたはどんなグループに所属していますかといった）所属について質問されることを嫌いますが…」 また、私だったら、「小さなこと」は「ささいなこと」、「その人の」は「当事者の」、「食事や外出の計画をする」は「食事や外出の手筈を進める」ぐらいの訳にしたいところですね。
関連するQ&A
- 英文と日本語訳があります。日本語訳は正しいですか？
But foreigners are always asking questions, too! Choice and opinion questions On the other hand, Japanese people also complain that foreigners are always asking them questions that make them feel uncomfortable. Many are questions of choice: "Would you like a coke, juice, or some tea?" "Do you want it in a cup pr a glass?" "What kind of salad dressing would you like?" "Do you want to go to Diseyland or to the beach?" Still worse are questions of opinion: "What do you think is the best strategy for this project?" "What do you thik about the role of women in society?" "What can be done to improve this class?" 日本語訳 でも外国人だって常に質問してきます！ 選択肢のある質問と意見を求める質問 一方、日本の人たちも外国人は自分たちを不愉快にさせる質問をするじゃないかと不満をもらします。（外国人がする）多くの質問は何かを選ぶものです。「コーラか、ジュース、もしくはお茶はいかがですか？」「カップがいいですか、それともグラスがいいですか？」「サラダドレッシングは何になさいますか？」「ディズニーランドに行きたい？それともビーチがいい？」など。 それよりさらに嫌なのは意見を求める質問です。「このプロジェクトにおけるベストな戦略はなんだと思う？」「社会における女性の役割についてのあなたの考えは？」「このクラス（授業かもしれません）をもっとよくするには何ができますかね？」
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 英文を日本語に訳してください。よろしくお願いします
・When two people are asked a question about the past and one is looking up to his right and the other is to her left, on which will you rely? ・It is natural for a person to give some indication when lying. ・If someone`s nose is wrinkled, which occurs naturally when we smell something unpleasant, it indicates that he or she may be telling a lie.
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 英文訳をお願いします
英訳お願いします＞＜ (1)To form a society individuals must be related in a certain manner. For instance,if people do not communicate with each other, if they are perpetually in aggressive physical combat if they do not cooperate with each other, and do so routinely over a period of time,then their interactions are not social and they don`t constitute a society. (2)The fact that animals lose their knowledge of things as time goes by,and consequently their interest in them,accounts for their absurd behavior in many situations. They constantly interrupt one line of action to do something else,and they may come back to the first activity or forget it altogether . Human beings, on the other hand,thanks to language, are able to pursue one purpose or act in relation to a principle or to an ideal over long periods of time. お願いします
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 英文訳お願いします
Some of the fastest-growing scams involve website. One method is for the scammer to create a false identity and make contact through an online dating agency or a chat room. The scammer claims to be seeking romance or a soul mate;they try to convince you that you are in loving relationship and the next step is for them to come and meet you. The only problem is they don't have enough money to travel to see you. They then ask you to send the money through a money transfer agent, such as Western Union, so that they are untrceable. Other reasons they give for needing your financial help include:they are stranded abroad, and need money for plane travel or visa costs;or they require urgent surgery or treatment for a serious illness, and you are the only person who can help. 内容を理解したいので… お願いします。
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 英文の訳をお願いします
以下の文章を訳していただけますか。お願いします。 He deeply desires, a true friend, someone whom he can express his feelings and thoughts to. People and relationships are important to him despite his independent exterior. He is interested in the lives and affairs of those close to him. He is an excellent arbitrator, negotiator and peace maker and meddler in other peoples problems. But not soft B, he is as forceful as he feels is necessary for achieving his own aims and ambitions, and if he feels others are not appreciative of what he is trying to do, then he will consider them unworthy of his time and efforts and he will take back what ever efforts he has made on their behalf, or whatever he has given then, When he gives to people it is not free, even if it just advice, it comes on loan. And at some point the loan is recalled. The favour owed is collected like a debt by him.
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 英文和訳！教えて下さい（ ; ; ）
If a cat enters a room where several people are talking,it is very likely to make for the one person there who has an abnormal fear of felines. To that individual's horrified disbelief,the animal then proceeds to rub around his or her legs and may even jump up on the person's lap. Why is the cat so perverse? 自分では手に終えません。 和訳お願いします(>_<)
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 日本語訳お願いします。
In much of the world, authority is not challenged, either out of respect or out of fear, and, sometimes because a hierarchy of rank has been fixed for so long that people have been trained for generations never to challenge it. In such countries children are not expected to question their teachers in school, and brilliant young scholars or inventive industrial geniuses are hampered in technical research because they hesitate to disagree with their "superiors." Clever researchers may be considered too young to have any right to present findings that contradict the knowledge and wisdom of their elders. The American is trained from childhood to question, analyze, search. "Go and look it up for yourself;’’ a child will be told. In many schools tasks are designed to stimulate the use of a wide range of materials. An assignment to "Write a paper on the world's supply of sugar," for example, will send even a young child in search of completely unfamiliar ideas. Even in the primary grades children are taught to use libraries and to search for new ideas. By the time they are 14, 15, or 16, many young scholars are making original and valuable contributions in all fields of science. Industry is so aware of this untouched resource that each year, through national competitions, it offers awards to teenagers in order to seek out (and later employ) young people with brilliant, inquiring minds.
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 18-5日本語訳
お願いします。 Many people benefit from Q&A sites such as OKWave, as they help solve their problems. This is quite understantable. In fact, this is probably the raison d'etre of such Q&A sites; to provide a space where community members can both seek and offer knowledge to help eachother. Putting it another way, people "take advantage" of Q&A sites for their own benefit, be it for their personal enlightenment, professional gains, or for their academic ends. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with that. However, when "taking advantage" escalates to sheer "exploitation", I begin to wonder. Though a minority, there are those who through in a long passage/text of Japanese or English, hoping that someone will translate it for them. In Japanese, this act is known as "Marunage". It is astonishing that there are even people who do this Marunage repeatedly and continuously. I am in no position to criticize such people who routinely do Marunage, and in deed, there is always a generous, saintly person who responds to the requests. The truth is, however, that those throwing in Marunage questions are academic losers and those answering them, are the winners.
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 英文の訳
The terminology often used in software engineering can be imprecise and misleading. Many software practitioners and researchers mistakenly think that to be meaningful, a measure must be useful, practical, worthwhile, or easy to collect. These characteristics are not part of meaningfulness. Indeed, such issues are difficult to address for any measure, whether it occurs in software or in some other scientific discipline. For example, carbon-dating techniques for measuring the age of fossils may not be practical or easy to do, but the measures are certainly valid and meaningful! Thus, meaningfulness should be viewed as only one attribute of a measure. 長いですが、どなたか訳してもらえないでしょうか？宜しくお願いします。
- ベストアンサー
- 英語
- 日本語訳お願いします。
As seen by members of other nations, this emphasis on questioning and searching is bad for young people's "manners." Foreigners often feel a great lack of respect in our youth. It is true that many do become rude. Foreign visitors are often startled and frequently annoyed to find junior staff members daring to challenge older executives or argue points with them; they do not always like it when these young men or women make detailed but often revolutionary suggestions. One's own blueprints, reports, or analyses may be scrutinized in detail perhaps even challenged by a young person. This is not to be considered an insult or loss of face; nor is it an indication of "no confidence." Our whole approach to research is different. We try not to emphasize the personal. Your ideas are being looked at, not you yourself. To us the two are quite separate. This is the way our minds work. We are seeking facts; we are not challenging you as a person.
- 締切済み
- 英語
お礼
回答ありがとうございました。