這種句子該怎麼翻譯?

Question

When considering the purchase of a company.

這是要翻當 考慮購買一家公司還是要翻成當一家公司考慮要購買?

有沒有多那個 a有差別嗎?

Answer 1

最佳解答

It shall be translated as "考慮購買一家公司".

since company is a noun, you shall have an article in front of it. In this case, since "company" is in single form, so you can only add "a" or "the". However, it is not a specific company, so you use "a". However, if it is for a specific company, then you use "the". On the other hand, if it is talking about many companies, then you write the sentence as:

When considering the purchase of companies.

hopefully, this will let you understand it well.

2011-12-08 03:33:21 補充：

I need to explain "the purchase of a company" more:

if you rewrite the entire sentence as:

"When considering to purchase a company", then you will not have the trouble about which translation is correct. Therefore the problem is "the purchase of".

2011-12-08 03:38:53 補充：

In "the purchase of", it treats "purchase" as a noun, so the sentence structure "the purchase of a company" is like "the eyes of a man". it is translated as "一家公司的購買".

Therefore, the entire sentence shall be translated as "考慮購買一家公司" or "考慮一家公司的購買".

2011-12-08 03:40:15 補充：

By the way, i am NOT able to type Chinese, those Chinese characters are done by cut and paste.

參考資料： self

Answer 2

這個句子不完整，所以沒有辦法確定哪一個翻譯才是正確的。但是比較可能的答案應該是"考慮購買一家公司"。

Answer 3

當考慮購買的一家公司。