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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
What does the bonus in this context mean?
Given the sentence:
Hermione was now refusing to speak to Harry and Ron, but she was such a bossy know-it-all that they saw this as an added bonus. (Harry Potter)
A Korean has translated that ‘an added bonus’ was for Harry and Ron, for they weren’t going to be interfered by her. But I think, for a bossy know-it-all can accompany with refusing to speak to, the bonus indicates the kind of behavior from Hermione. Am I wrong?
Hermione was now refusing to speak to Harry and Ron, but she was such a bossy know-it-all that they saw this as an added bonus. (Harry Potter)
A Korean has translated that ‘an added bonus’ was for Harry and Ron, for they weren’t going to be interfered by her. But I think, for a bossy know-it-all can accompany with refusing to speak to, the bonus indicates the kind of behavior from Hermione. Am I wrong?
Top answer
The Korean translation is correct.
- The Korean translation is correct.
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Hi
I can see what you mean - sometimes bossy people are not good at speaking to others, so that seems like an extra thing that you get with their bossiness
But, in this case, the translator is right - it is a joke. Hermione wasn't going to speak to them. That might sound like a bad thing but - because of the kind of person she was - it was a good thing - a bonus!
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I can see what you mean - sometimes bossy people are not good at speaking to others, so that seems like an extra thing that you get with their bossiness
But, in this case, the translator is right - it is a joke. Hermione wasn't going to speak to them. That might sound like a bad thing but - because of the kind of person she was - it was a good thing - a bonus!
(I thi
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