相手が子供 / 上 / お金が必要だ / とで / になるもの

Hi,

1. 相手が子供だからといって、油断していると負けるかもしれないよ。（必ずしも力がないとは限らない）

My translation: "Even when your opponent is a child, you can still lose if you're unprepared. (It doesn't necessarily mean that the opponent is weak.)"

Is this right? Is this likely to be referring to playing a game/sport against a child?


2. ブラウンさんは我々の財政上の相談相手です。

Translation given: "Mr Brown is our financial adviser."

What is the meaning of 上 in this sentence?


3. This is an exercise in which one is supposed to complete the part ＿＿＿＿ using the expression といっても・・・（という）わけではない。

お金が必要だといっても、＿＿＿＿。来年の春に大学に入る時に入学金とか授業料を払わなければならないのだ。その時までにはなんとかしたいと思う。

My translation attempt: "Although money is said to be essential, it doesn't mean that ＿＿＿＿. When I enter university next spring, I will have to pay the matriculation fees and course fees. Until then, I want to do something, I think."

a) I don't understand what sort of thing is expected to go in the place ＿＿＿＿ so that the whole passage makes sense.

b) Is the subject of all the verbs likely to be the speaker, as I translated?

c) I don't understand what the last sentence means. Could the speaker be implying that he wants to do some kind of work to earn money?


4. 「ボディランゲージ」：日本とあなたの国とで異なる意味になるものがあれば教えてください。

My translation: "'Body language': If there are different meanings between Japan and your country, please explain (them)."

a) I don't exactly understand "と ... とで". I guess "と ... と" would signify "between ... and ...", but then the combination とで puzzles me. I'm not sure I'm parsing it correctly.

b) What is になるもの adding? How would the meaning change if になるもの was deleted?

Hi eeky,

1. Your translation and interpretation are correct.

2. ブラウンさんは我々の財政上の相談相手です。
Translation given: "Mr Brown is our financial adviser."
What is the meaning of 上 in this sentence?

In this case, you can use literal translation of 上
Mr. Brown is our adviser on finance.
～上 (～ jou) or ～の上での（～no ue de no) means "about ~", "on ~".

3. This is an exercise in which one is supposed to complete the part ＿＿＿＿ using the expression といっても・・・（という）わけではない。
お金が必要だといっても、＿＿＿＿。来年の春に大学に入る時に入学金とか授業料を払わなければならないのだ。その時までにはなんとかしたいと思う。
My translation attempt: "Although money is said to be essential, it doesn't mean that ＿＿＿＿. When I enter university next spring, I will have to pay the matriculation fees and course fees. Until then, I want to do something, I think."

a) Honestly I have no idea either...
b) Yes.
c) どうにかする means "to manage" "do with ~".
In this case, the speaker intends to make money available by the time he has to pay.

4. 「ボディランゲージ」：日本とあなたの国とで異なる意味になるものがあれば教えてください。
My translation: "'Body language': If there are different meanings between Japan and your country, please explain (them)."

a) 日本で ＋ あなたの国で ＝ 日本とあなたの国と で
b) 異なる意味になるもの＝異なる意味になるボディーランゲージ
異なる意味＝different meanings
'Body language': If there are any body language which has different meaning in Japan and in your country, please explain (them)

Thanks undrentide.

undrentide said:

c) どうにかする means "to manage" "do with ~".
In this case, the speaker intends to make money available by the time he has to pay.

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Sorry, I think I am misunderstanding something here. The original sentence was その時までにはなんとかしたいと思う. How does どうにかする relate to this? Did you possibly mean なんとかする?

undrentide said:

b) 異なる意味になるもの＝異なる意味になるボディーランゲージ

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Oh yes of course. I keep making this same mistake of failing to identify when もの refers to actual things/items.

eeky said:

Sorry, I think I am misunderstanding something here. The original sentence was その時までにはなんとかしたいと思う. How does どうにかする relate to this? Did you possibly mean なんとかする?

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Oh, sorry, sorry!
Somehow I switched it in my brain... どうにかする and なんとかする mean the same and for the reason I do not know, I quoted どうにかする instead of なんとかする!

1)
I think it's more likely 「相手が子供だからといって、油断している」と負ける かもしれないよ, i.e., "if you're unprepared just by the reason that your opponent is a child, you can still lose".

2) a)
An example
お金が必要だといっても、今すぐに、というわけではな い。
I need money but it doesn't mean "(I need it) right now".