I was to 怎么翻译

[flashlight]

例如： I was to come Canada to work.

怎么翻译，从时态上怎么分析？

 

[博客侠]

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我那时是要来加拿大工作。

 

[KAKAKA]

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语法上看，似乎没这么说的吧？
I came to canada to work

 

[小葡萄]

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我本打算......

 

[小史的妈]

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I was going to come to Canada to work.

I was going to work in Canada.好绕口啊～

 

[health899]

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严格说，上面几个翻译都有歧义，都没表达出这句话的真正意思。楼主的例句也是错的。

 

[health899]

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I was going to come to Canada to work.

I was going to work in Canada.好绕口啊～

was to 和 was going to 的 invisible "going" 区别挺大，还不能等同。

前者是主观意愿，后者多是客观不以人的愿望改变。

e.g. it was going to rain,

但不能说 it was to rain,

反过来说， I was to (come / go? very different in meaning) (to )Canada to work 强调的是主观的安排计划，还是区别于简单的将来时。

 

[health899]

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我本打算......

实际呢？你的意思暗含着不来的可能性，但实际上was to ...只是表达 any time between then and now, 而且是实施了，只是时间问题。如果没有实施的话，应该是

I was to have come to Canada to work

 

[bebeQ]

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二楼正解

 

[OceanReef]

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你想说啥吧

 

[health899]

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我那时是要来加拿大工作。

觉得你这个很接近句子的本意，稍有歧义。

我一直计划着来加拿大工作...

想不出更能达意的词，欢迎拍砖。

 

[sk123]

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我本打算......

++++++1

 

[长江长城]

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was to 和 was going to 的 invisible "going" 区别挺大，还不能等同。

前者是主观意愿，后者多是客观不以人的愿望改变。

e.g. it was going to rain,

但不能说 it was to rain,

反过来说， I was to (come / go? very different in meaning) (to )Canada to work 强调的是主观的安排计划，还是区别于简单的将来时。

实际呢？你的意思暗含着不来的可能性，但实际上was to ...只是表达 any time between then and now, 而且是实施了，只是时间问题。如果没有实施的话，应该是

I was to have come to Canada to work

我认为这位仁兄对BE TO句型的解释是正确的. It indicates something is already planed or determined, has to be done. subjective action.

但最后那例句是否是地道英语表述法似可商榷.

 

[OceanReef]

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我当初是来加拿大工作滴

 

[health899]

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我认为这位仁兄对BE TO句型的解释是正确的. It indicates something is already planed or determined, has to be done. subjective action.

但最后那例句是否是地道英语表述法似可商榷.

be to have done...非常地道的英语表述，我们的学习中不常用这个句型，表达计划没有实现完成。

 

[小雷音]

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在網上看過幾個例句，似乎都是was going to 的簡略

 

[小雷音]

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剛才問了老公，他說是這樣，was to 就是was going to

 

[长江长城]

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be to have done...非常地道的英语表述，我们的学习中不常用这个句型，表达计划没有实现完成。

That's great. thanks.

BE GOING TO DO STH 和 BE TO DO STH 之间的区别, 如 HEALTH 899 所述, 是不能混用的. 需要意会和把握. 这也许也能体现母语非英语者的意会英语能力. 这种区别在翻译成中文时不大容易明白显示. 二楼翻译的"我那时是要来加拿大工作"有那种意思. 如果改成"我那时本来是要来加拿大工作的."可能更明白些. 一己之见, 学术探讨而已, 不妥望谅.

 

[health899]

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That's great. thanks.

BE GOING TO DO STH 和 BE TO DO STH 之间的区别, 如 HEALTH 899 所述, 是不能混用的. 需要意会和把握. 这也许也能体现母语非英语者的意会英语能力. 这种区别在翻译成中文时不大容易明白显示. 二楼翻译的"我那时是要来加拿大工作"有那种意思. 如果改成"我那时本来是要来加拿大工作的."可能更明白些. 一己之见, 学术探讨而已, 不妥望谅.

恩，二楼的译法接近一些，觉得不应该保留“是要”，这个有后来计划改变的含义，“我那时打算来加拿大工作”，

还回一楼问题，"be to" 语法上属于 idiomatic modal verb, 国内语法界习惯叫modal idiom, 情态习语, 类似的还有 be able to, have to, be going to, ought to......

 

[来生要做一棵树]

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1，
I was to work in Canada

=I was expected to work in Canada
= I was supposed to work in Canada
= I was scheduled to work in Canada

在这里， 我是被动， 翻译成汉语：‘我曾经被别人打算来加拿大工作’也就是‘别人曾经计划让我来加拿大工作’暗含我没有来之意。

2，

I was going to work in Canada

= I planed to work in Canada

在这里，我是主动，翻译成汉语‘我本来打算来加拿大工作’暗含我没有来之意


两句话的意思都是我没有来加拿大工作