Translation request thread (1000)

769 名前: 766 : 2007-02-09 16:37 ID:Ip9i7yTC

>>768
I disagree. Both を and に are used regardless of whether the event is likely(expectation) or not(hope). Examples:

ここではみんな電車が時間通りに到着することを期待している。
Everyone here expects that trains arrive in time.
(The event is likely, but only を is possible here)

彼らのプロジェクトが成功することに期待するしかない。
All we can do is to hope that their project succeeds.
(This sentence is OK even under situations where the project is very unlikely to succeed)

The difference between を期待する and に期待する is whether one expects/hopes the event itself to happen, or expects/hopes some consequence/property of the event/person/thing. In the first example, people are expecting the event that trans arrive in time, not its consequences or something, and therefore only を is possible.

That is not to say that a choice between を and に is not affected by the event probability. If one believes that an event will certainly happen, then she is likely to be interested in the outcome of the event, not the event itself, thus に is common. On the other hand, if one thinks it is uncertain whether the event happens, it is more natural to hope that it happens.

Also, を期待する and に期待する are sometimes interchangeable, because a distinction between a hope for the event and a hope for its consequence is not always clear. The second example sentence above is one of the instances, where 彼らのプロジェクトが成功することを期待する means roughly the same thing.

>>767
I'm a Japanese too, btw.

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