「国家の品格」の英訳版には覚えたい英語表現が満載です。この単語 Logic Alone Will Drive the World to Ruinの章にありました。
I asked the students why their English was so poor, and they told me that their English classes had been used to learn typing. What was anyone doing teaching them typing when they should have been learning their native language? I imagine that the argument of the authorities would have gone something like this: "Whether they graduate from high school or from university, everyone in America has to be able to type when they go out into the adult world. Ergo, teaching typing in English period is useful."
"Ergo" は原文では「かくして」となっています。 平易な英語なら "So"、私の知っている硬い単語だと "Therefore" ですが、"Ergo" は全く知りませんでした。 一応辞書の説明を見てみます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: (used as a sentenced connector) therefore or consequently
・The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Latin word meaning “therefore”; usually used to show a logical conclusion: “Birds are warm-blooded animals, and reptiles are cold-blooded animals; ergo, no bird is a reptile.”
やはりラテン語由来の硬い単語の様です。
I asked the students why their English was so poor, and they told me that their English classes had been used to learn typing. What was anyone doing teaching them typing when they should have been learning their native language? I imagine that the argument of the authorities would have gone something like this: "Whether they graduate from high school or from university, everyone in America has to be able to type when they go out into the adult world. Ergo, teaching typing in English period is useful."
"Ergo" は原文では「かくして」となっています。 平易な英語なら "So"、私の知っている硬い単語だと "Therefore" ですが、"Ergo" は全く知りませんでした。 一応辞書の説明を見てみます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: (used as a sentenced connector) therefore or consequently
・The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Latin word meaning “therefore”; usually used to show a logical conclusion: “Birds are warm-blooded animals, and reptiles are cold-blooded animals; ergo, no bird is a reptile.”
やはりラテン語由来の硬い単語の様です。
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