[求譯] up to 3 days before

作者: kaichien517 (kaichien)   2016-04-28 01:08:05
大家好,
想請問下面這句:
You can collect the ticket up to 3 days before the show-don't leave it too late.
意思是
1. 表演前三天要取完票 or
2. 表演前三天才開始取票?
謝謝大家
作者: priv (鍵人就是攪琴)   2016-04-28 02:20:00
是期限
作者: Tomwelcome (唐先生)   2016-04-28 02:48:00
我覺得文法上兩個解釋都有可能,但2.不合常理,沒有票這麼晚才開始取的。再加上它都提醒你不要太晚取票了,所以應該是1。
作者: CookieNCream (Cookies'n'Crème)   2016-04-28 05:54:00
是2
作者: Tomwelcome (唐先生)   2016-04-28 06:26:00
如果把up to解釋成up until那就會是1.
作者: CookieNCream (Cookies'n'Crème)   2016-04-28 06:38:00
yeah i think you're right!
作者: kaichien517 (kaichien)   2016-04-28 19:24:00
謝謝大家,看來兩種都有可能?但兩者差好多啊><還是謝謝大家!我覺得T說的滿有道理的,但這個取票方案是給外國人,因此我覺得2也是滿有可能的
作者: priv (鍵人就是攪琴)   2016-04-28 19:51:00
up to 是 limit or boundary我會覺得方向性不可能是從表演當天當起點往前算到第三天截止所以說文法都可以,我不同意。描述時間性方向性不會是用倒流的
作者: kaichien517 (kaichien)   2016-04-28 19:59:00
所以priv也覺得應該是1囉?
作者: Tomwelcome (唐先生)   2016-04-28 20:53:00
Up to 本身應該沒有方向性,方向是 before 賜予的,所以我還是認為文法上兩者皆通。http://www.maybebaby.com.au/help-falling-pregnant/understanding-ovulation(抱歉我不會縮網址)請參考這篇文章的最後一段,其中有一句“ If you have intercourse up to 3 days before ovulation, those sperm can still be viable and capable of fertilising the egg.”。從前後文可以判斷,這邊的 up to 就是 no more than 而不是 up until 的意思。
作者: tacada (enlightment)   2016-04-29 18:34:00
在跟時間有關的句子中,"up to" 的確有可能被解釋為 "upuntil",不過若當 "up until" 解的話,跟在其後的應會是"a particular/specific point in time or the eventmentioned",我們來看看「朗文英語聯想活用辭典」對此的說明:〝If something happens 'up until' or 'up to' aparticular time, date etc, it happens continuouslybefore that time but no longer happens after thattime.〞,例句: She continued to write poetry, up tothe day she died.; 而 "up to" 在跟時間有關的句子中當"not more than" 解釋時,跟在其後的通常會是 a generalterm covering a span of timeCCALD 8th對此的說明為: amount "You use 'up to' tosay how large something can be or what level it hasreached.", 例句: It could be up to two years beforethe process is complete.LDOCE 對此的說明為: "as much or as many as a certainamount or number but not more",例句: a process thatcan take anything up to ten daysODE對此的說明為: "indicating a maximum amount",例句:the process is expected to take up to two years因此,綜上所述,若原po這句話要做1.來解釋的話,它長的應該會像下面這兩個網頁中有出現 "up to" 的句子,節錄其中一句: "Currently, such alterations may only be madeup to the fifth day before the day of poll."參考網址: 1. http://tinyurl.com/jmeeps3 (最下面兩句)2. http://tinyurl.com/zk8grqa (第74點的最後一句話)(P.S. 皆為政府網站,一為美國、一為英國)
作者: kaichien517 (kaichien)   2016-05-02 05:11:00
謝謝大家的回答,和各種參考網站和例句!感謝!

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