fun and mystifying thing

Chinese translation: 既有趣又令人迷惑的事

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English term or phrase:fun and mystifying thing
Chinese translation:既有趣又令人迷惑的事
Entered by: Wenjer Leuschel (X)

15:20 Jul 23, 2008
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English term or phrase: fun and mystifying thing
The fun and mystifying thing is that my thankfulness to both groups melds: rarely a day goes by when I do not apply what I learned from mechanics, photographers, electricians, journalists, chemists, and carpenters, as well as all the stuff that translators, lexicographers, philosophers, linguists, publishers, and grammarians have taught me.

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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 18:27
既有趣而又令人难解的(事)
Explanation:
既觉得很有意思、又在不知不觉中发生,至于为什么,还真说不清楚。
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orientalhorizon
Local time: 18:27
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既有趣而又令人难解的(事)


Explanation:
既觉得很有意思、又在不知不觉中发生,至于为什么,还真说不清楚。

orientalhorizon
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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Asker: 这句话不好解的是,fun是从名词转为形容词使用,而mystifying是从动词现在分词转为形容使用的,两者的原本词性差异很大。我想,重点是在is that之后所说的my thankfulness to both groups melds。有些翻译者没有专业的实务经验,所以倾向于信赖后者那个group;有些翻译者原本就是专业出身的,所以倾向于信赖前者那个group;各自感激的对象往往依据翻译者本身的素养而不同。这位翻译者作者说的却是,他对属于两个不同groups的人士的感激已经融为一体,分不清谁对他的帮助更大。那么,把这fun and mystifying thing翻译成“既有趣又令人迷惑的事情”应该是正确的。谢谢!

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