Take a look at how to translate this \"more than\" sentence
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An article written by a foreign distillation expert, discussing the treatment of ceramic saddle-shaped packing before filling. Let’s see how to translate the sentence in the middle Both new and reused ceramic packing should be screened to remove broken pieces. Screening must be performed and watched carefully, otherwise it may cause more particles to break than it removes. In one case, it was found necessary to pick chips out by hand.
Careful screening and close observation are necessary; otherwise, not only will the broken particles not be removed, but more may also get broken. More than…… I think it should be translated as “Rather than…… it’s more like……” It’s just my personal opinion, for reference only
Both new and reused ceramic fillers must be sieved to remove broken porcelain pieces. The screening process must be carried out with great care; otherwise, more broken porcelain pieces will be created than those removed through screening! If necessary, broken porcelain pieces can be separated by manual sorting.
Agree with the explanation on the third floor; it’s very professional! \"Otherwise\" seems to indicate the occurrence of worse outcomes; \"more...than\" should be translated as \"more than.\" . . ”So I agree with the explanation on the third floor.
Please refer to my translation: Both new and reused ceramic packing should be screened to remove broken pieces. Screening must be performed and watched carefully, otherwise it may cause more particles to break than it removes. In one case, it was found necessary to pick chips out by hand. Ceramic filler, whether new or reused, should be screened in order to remove fragments. Screening must be carried out carefully and with close attention; otherwise, it will result in more fragments breaking rather than being removed through screening. If necessary, the fragments can be manually sorted out.
Otherwise, it may cause more particles to break than it removes. The translation on the third floor is quite good, but I think \"more than\" does not imply a comparison here; therefore it should not be translated as \"Otherwise, more porcelain fragments will break than those removed by screening,\" but rather as \"Otherwise, it will cause particles to break instead of enabling their removal through screening.\"”
In one case, it was found necessary to pick chips out by hand. There was once a situation where it was necessary to use hands in order to remove the debris. It may cause more particles to break than it removes; it leads to the fragmentation of more particles than are removed. (This means roughly the same as what was said on the third floor – people express things in different ways; is this how it can be understood?) ）
I agree with what was said above and on the third floor; otherwise, more fragments will be produced than those that can be separated through screening. As explained later, in some cases it is necessary to remove the chips by hand. Translation: Once, we found that it was necessary to pick out the fragments by hand
It seems there are two possible translations: 1) it causes the particles to break apart rather than serving a filtering and removal function; 2) more ceramic fragments get broken apart as a result than those that are removed through filtering. I’m not sure which one is correct, and I can’t find the case he mentioned either, so I can’t verify it. But the meaning is similar; both say that one needs to be careful during screening. Perhaps the foreigner didn’t think much about it when writing; his use of the ‘both...or’ structure in the first sentence seems rather uncommon, as ‘both...and’ is usually used instead.
Well, it really is Ah. For those foreign things, it’s sometimes enough to get the general idea. It’s really tough to truly understand it from a grammatical perspective. . .
I’d like to remind everyone of one thing: foreigners who write may not have English as their native language, so they can also make mistakes