GR translation: You will want cause and effect.

[Jochen Stremmel]

I'm missing the "You" here: if possible the sentence should begin with that
word/sign – do you have one in your language that addresses both one and
more (all) persons?

2017-01-14 8:55 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:

> The Chinese idiom is 前因后果, which works perfectly here. Ordinarily it
> would be translated as 因果 or 因果关系, and it could be further modified
> depending on the context.
>
> 因 = cause, reason; 果 = effect, result; 关系 = relation.
>
> 前 = before, earlier; 后 = after, later.
>
> Thanks a lot for responding, John and Jochen.
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Me, too. "You" addresses the reader(s), I'm sure.
> >
> > 2017-01-12 10:26 GMT+01:00 John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> Sounds like you're on the right track Mike. "You will want the events of
> >> this narrative to make sense according to conventions of science or
> realist
> >> literature". Can you describe the Chinese idiom? (Even if it doesn't
> >> translate easily, interested to know!)
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12 Jan 2017 10:07 pm, "Mike Jing" <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> V663.19-22, P676.24-27   You will want cause and effect. All right.
> >> Thanatz was washed overboard in the same storm that took Slothrop from
> >> the Anubis. He was rescued by a Polish undertaker in a rowboat, out in
> >> the storm tonight to see if he can get struck by lightning.
> >>
> >> What does "cause and effect" refer to here exactly? I assume this is
> >> directed to the reader and it refers to the happenings in the story
> >> that follows. There is a perfect Chinese idiom for it, and I want to
> >> make sure I have understood it correctly.
> >> -
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> >>
> >>
> >
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