By Translation, Paragraphs

Hello Jim, No, in fact the scene takes place in the 70s in London. The author is talking about a suburbian boy (whose father is Pakistaneese and mother English) who left school early but came to know intellectual people whom he admired a lot. So would that change my interpretation of the...

Dear Jim, Where is this paragraph taken from? And is the following your explanation of the text ? The bad condition of his eyes came about suddenly; he was not expecting it.When blindness comes, it will be as if someone shut him up in the dark. (No one is really going to shut him up in the...

In a translation I am proofreading I found the following (in the original): “Likewise, they were liable to pursue further studies under the guidance of a mentor either to sharpen their paper and pencil skills, which involved mathematics and accounting or time-keeping…” “they were placed at...

Hi! I desperately need your help (as this is driving me up the wall...)! I am not a native en language speaker and Ive tried to translate a scientific article for a friend of mine. We were both interested in the actual article, not in a perfect translation. However, there is a word that I...

Yeah, translating this guy is killing me, but that's it, the final version of the paper is going to be sent. Anyway, I must continue with my thesis, where I continue to translate some passages. When one sees the original Greek the relations between words are very clear; as you know, the problem...

Welcome to the Forums, Reporter, First of all, I have to explain something regarding thinking and language. TeacherBrian, this is not my own opinion, actually it is still a debate among language philosophers wheather we can think without the language. You are right, we think about concepts,...

1): “Second, even if one accepted that from the Skeptic’s point of view the distinction in question is completely futile, I do not think this should prevent an interpreter with an interest in understanding the Pyrrhonean outlook from trying to determine what defines it. In my view, the...

hi break away! I am not an expert in english language but I have had some studies in grammar. as far as I know, "about four years ago when I was living in Paris" is an adverb clause of time. adverb and adjective clauses of time should be as close as possible to the word or phrase that is...

Hi, thanks for the answers. Maybe "bad or good in itself". Yes, this sounds better, but it's a translation, so I tried to keep what the Greek says. Anyway, is "relative to its nature" grammatically correct, and understandable? (Not a grammatical point; but it seems to me that if "being...

Hi WhiteLeaf, The two additions you made are very benefical for you but I shifted them in different paragraphs so as to have a proper flow of events. Please check the whole essay and let me know if you need more help. Your essay looks good now though I still have some questions in red. I hope...