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Fri 9 Nov, 2007 05:28 am
The rule that terms should be productive of derivations poses the need to bear in mind, for example, that whatever rendering we might choose for a term such as "qing re", in this text rendered as "clear heat," we ideally need adjectival and noun forms.
Question 1)
What's the main structure of the above sententence?
My take is:
The rule poses the need (to bear in mind) that whatever rendering we might choose (for a term
..), we ideally need adjectival and noun forms.
Question 2)
What does ideally mean here? (theoretically?? Does it make much sense to you?...
Thanks in advance!
question (1) - yes, agreed.
question (2) - "ideal" can mean "existing only in the mind" (as an idea) but it can also mean "An honorable or worthy principle or aim". This meaning appears to be the one intended.
"The rule poses the need to bear in mind that whatever rendering we might choose (for a term
..), our aim should be adjectival and noun forms."
Thank you very much for this help!
". . . we ideally need adjectival and noun forms."
means
we need adjectival and noun forms for everything to be at its best.