I’ve been dating a great guy, “Max,” for about a year. Not too long after we met (we weren’t dating then), we started talking about family, siblings, etc. I mentioned I’d had a sister who died at a young age in a car accident. He said he’d lost a brother, “John,” the same way. It bonded us in a way, and it wasn’t long after that talk that we began dating.
Over the Memorial Day weekend I went with Max to visit his family. They live in another state, and it was the first time I met them. Max’s mother was showing me some family pictures, and there were several of John. I know how hard it is for mothers to talk about their dead children, so I was as sympathetic as I could be. I mentioned my sister, and her car accident. Max’s mother looked at me kind of strangely but didn’t say much. Later I was talking to Max’s sister and again mentioned John’s death in a car accident. His sister corrected me and said it wasn’t a car accident, it was an OD. Apparently John OD’d when he was 18. This isn’t something I’d mind or find shameful. I know some addicts, and they are good people. It is the addiction that is bad. What I don’t understand is why Max lied to me. I can see lying to a stranger. I don’t like people in my personal business anymore than Max does.
I don’t like people in my personal business anymore than Max does.の和訳をよろしくお願いします
I don’t like people in my personal business anymore than Max does.の和訳をよろしくお願いします
私は、マックス同様(他)人を、個人の関係に引き込むのを嫌う。(私だって同じだがマックスにそう他人扱いされるのが了承できない)という意味でしょう。
>I don’t like people in my personal business anymore than Max does.の和訳をよろしくお願いします
⇒does の本動詞はlikeでしょうから、直訳すれば、
「私は、個人的なことに立ち入られるのをマックスが好むより以上には好まない」
となりますね。
しかし、これだとあまりよく分かりませんので、前後の脈絡に照らして「私」の言いたいことを推測しつつ、意訳するとこんな感じだと思います。
「(私が理解できないことは、なぜマックスが私に嘘をついたかです。見知らぬ人に嘘をつくなら分かります。)私だって、マックスに負けず劣らず個人的なことに立ち入られるのは好みません。(ですから、彼が他人に嘘をつくのは分かりますが、なぜ恋人の私にまでそんな嘘を、麻薬で死んだジョンを交通事故で死んだなどという嘘をつくのか理解できないんです)」。
I don’t like people in my personal business anymore than Max does.
than Max diesは
Max like people in his personal business
マックスが、他人が彼の個人的なことに立ち入ることを好む。
don’t like people in ~ は
他人が~に立ち入ることを好まない
合わせると
「私はMax以上に他人が自分の個人的なことに立ち入ることを好まない。」
お礼
ご回答ありがとうございます