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Sentence #100959

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Hans_Adler Hans_Adler March 19, 2011 March 19, 2011 at 7:17:29 PM UTC link Permalink

The sentences that are currently linked as French and English translations have opposite meanings. One of them needs to be unlinked, but I don't know which.

saeb saeb March 19, 2011 March 19, 2011 at 7:45:55 PM UTC link Permalink

ok did some fidgeting, hope nothing went wrong...

Hans_Adler Hans_Adler March 20, 2011 March 20, 2011 at 6:01:58 AM UTC link Permalink

Now two English sentences with opposite meanings are linked to the same Japanese sentence. Is that correct?

saeb saeb March 20, 2011 March 20, 2011 at 9:35:41 AM UTC link Permalink

idk, they seem to say roughly the same thing to me

Hans_Adler Hans_Adler March 20, 2011 March 20, 2011 at 1:56:28 PM UTC link Permalink

He is no less qualified for the job than she is. => He is as qualified or *more*.

He's no more qualified than her for the job. => He is as qualified or *less*.

The statements are opposite. One is said by a person who wants ''him'' on the job, the other is said by a person who wants ''her'' on the job. Sometimes people get confused when there is too much negation, so a fixed expression can get the opposite meaning. (As in "I couldn't care less", which some people nowadays pronounce and write as "I could care less", although that literally means that they do care a lot.) If that is not the case for the Japanese sentence, then only one translation can be correct.

saeb saeb March 20, 2011 March 20, 2011 at 7:46:18 PM UTC link Permalink

the jp lit. says: he's to her not inferior...
as for the eng (as I see it):
-he's no less...
>neither he||she is worse than the other
>implication: both are equally good for the job
-he's no more...
>neither he||she is better than the other
>implication: they're both equally good for the job
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I'm too confused to deal with this set now :P
I think I'll leave it to you or any eng natives out there

BraveSentry BraveSentry March 20, 2011 March 20, 2011 at 7:54:06 PM UTC link Permalink

i cut off the "he´s no more"-version, as it may fit in meaning, but is not really a direct translation.

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彼は彼女に劣らずその仕事に適している。

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