He is a good baseball player. 를 이렇게 번역하지 말것?

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  He is a good baseball player.를

「그는 훌륭한 야구선수이다.」라고 번역하지 않도록 주의한다.

What? Why not?

The explanation above arrested my attention.

I thought, 'What the heck is wrong with the translation? It seems quite perfect!'

And the following account is as follows :

참고「~을 잘하다」는 표현은 부사 well이나 형용사 good을 이용해 다음과 같이 나타낼 수 있다.

• He plays baseball well. (그는 야구를 잘한다.)
  = He is good at playing baseball.
  = He is a good baseball player.  

( from a site : http://my.dreamwiz.com/head365/engm/e57.htm )

Do you also see '그는 훌륭한 야구선수이다' is a seemingly correct, but not the flawless one ? Then how can would we able to make up a sentence which corresponds to it --  그는 훌륭한 야구선수이다?

He is a good professional baseball player??

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This is an interesting question. I think the answer from that site is only partially correct. But I can understand why it's saying this--because "He is a good baseball player" can have two meanings: i) He just plays it well (not a professional player) ii) He is a good professional player (선수). The

[유진승]

answer is just emphasizing that the sentence can mean i) instead of ii). But the answer is wrong in implying that the sentence should never be understood as ii). So, your doubts are valid. It can indeed be understood as "그는 훌륭한 야구선수다."

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Once again, this proves, I think, the primary principle that terms like 'absolutely not' or 'definitely incorrect' is quite risky in languages. Thank you for confirming that.