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> ボブはそんなに遠くにいる母親に電話し、支払いが多いのにほとんどはなせないという
のはばかげているとおもっている。
> Bob thinks it is a silly idea to call her so far, to spend so much, and to say
so little.
> it is a silly idea > it's silly
I tend to agree.
> It's unlikely that someone would propose doing this, so it's
> not an idea, but rather Bob is responding to something that
> someone does. In any case, "idea" isn't in the Jp text.
> to call her so far > to call a mother who is so far away
I suppose that just because someone else is calling the mother in question, doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't Bob's mother as well. I don't really like 'a mother' though.
Without context it's difficult to pin it down exactly, but I would think something along the following lines. With 'your' being the general term (like "one's") in this case. Perhaps he's responding to a general practise of people working abroad / away from home?
Bob thinks it's silly to call your mother who's so far away, spending so much yet saying so little.
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Bob thinks it is a silly idea to call her so far, to spend so much, and to say so little.
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Bob thinks it is a silly idea to call his mother who was so far away, to spend so much, and to say so little.
edited by CK, May 20, 2010
Bob thinks it is a silly idea to call his mother who is so far away, to spend so much, and to say so little.
edited by Scott, May 20, 2010
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