--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > かつては熱々（あつあつ）だった相手（あいて）と冷�= ��さ）め果（は）てた関係（か �"�`い）�'延々（え�"え�"）と持続（じぞく）する�"と= の方（ほう）が、�'々（さむざ む）しく耐（た）え難（がた）いように思（おも）われ= た。 > > "She thought that the idea of continuing a heartless, meandering > relationship with someone one had passionately been in love > intolerable and desolate." > > This is my translation, which is not quite complete (and probably not > right) because I have a few questions: :) > > > 1) What word is かつて? Amazingly I can't find this word in any of my dictionary.
"Katsute" or "katte" is an adverve meaning "once; before". It's a common word which should be listed in any Japanese dictionary. > 2) 関係�'延々 > > I've never seen an adjective (延々) being used like a transitive verb > like this. Am I not seeing the bigger picture here? "Enen (to)" is an adverve, not adjective. It means "endlessly". > 3) �'々しく耐え難い > > Is this a compound verb ? The しく confuses me. For some reason I > expected する, not that this would make it any better, just that I've > seen it more often. No. It's two adjectives, a conjunctive form of "samuzamushii" and "taegatai". It means the relationship is both "samuzamushii" and "taegatai". > 4) I translated 冷め果て to be "heartless." Is this an accurate translation? I don't know. It means the relationship has died and become completely cold. I think there is some word more appropriate for this case. > 5) Why 思われた and not 思った ? I need the whole passage to answer this question. "Omowareta" means "it seems (to me/him/her/them) that ..." > Have fun in Britain, and I hope you can reply before you go. :) Thanks. Actually I'm writing this in an internet cafe in London now. I'm afraid I can't replay for the next four weeks. By the way, doesn't your English translation need a verb like the following one? > She thought that the idea of continuing a heartless, meandering > relationship with someone one had passionately been in love > WAS intolerable and desolate." Kamui ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
