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2022-10-01 14:41

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What I mean by it is a fixed belief or idea, good or bad, that spreads from person to person and defines how we see the world.
this sentence is a part of TED talk #nuclear. Google Translate translate the part of the sentence good or bad as that regardless of good or bad. I suppose it could mean as well which it might be good or bad. I'd be poor at grasping talkers intention. please teach me. if you don't mind my asking. I suppose talker wouldn't speak comma in the sentence. whether the comma is necessary or not and where the comma put is that Google Translation would decide? please tell me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESAaz9v4mSU

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2022-10-08 12:11:45

timing = 2:41
what I mean by it is a fixed belief or idea, good or bad, that spreads from person to person and defines how we see the world. timing = 2:41. what I mean by it is a fixed belief or idea good or bad that spreads from person to person and defines how we see the world. with both comma before and after "good or bad" the nuance of the sentence would differ. what I'd see with care is who set the comma before and after the phrase and who would judge a fixed belief or idea, good or bad, in the sentence. For now, let's assume that it's the speaker who set the comma. what I want to talk repeatedly is that she(Isabelle) and Isodope would talk only good/truth/correct. they would never talk about the thing which is obscure about good or bad even if Meme. because of the theme is concerning human destiny. in this meaning the latter sentence is natural. this is not my conclusion with the time passing my thought might change with dissolving my stubbornness.

2022-10-07 21:07:36
Kevin@MusicoLingo

That is fine. This form is trivial, compared to many other aspects of English. I think you will understand it as you learn more. I’m not a teacher. I’m just an ordinary man in the U.S.

2022-10-07 17:12:48

Kevin@MusicoLingo
thank you for your polite comprehensible answer. I'm touched with your way of description as veteran teacher. I'm sorry I suppose it must be impolite that it'd need some time/day to accept your perfect judgement. because of my being stubborn I can't at present give up my thought that it could mean as well that it is good or bad. I'm not going to make you uncomfortable. I would come to understand in some days. due to your explanation about Germany's policy on power plants I could belatedly make a smile.

2022-10-07 05:03:29
Kevin@MusicoLingo

This is a common form inserted in a sentence.

A or B
= regardless of whether [S+V] A or B
AかBかに関係なく

A and B are alternatives. Let’s start with simple examples.

(1)
Marissa likes all kinds of fruits, sweet or sour.

(2)
Marissa likes all kinds of fruits, regardless of whether they are sweet or sour.

The above two examples carry the same meaning, expressing Marissa’s liking of fruits. She likes sweet melons and sour grapefruits. Sweetness and sourness do not matter to her. She likes them all.

We don’t use (2) because it is wordy. We like (1).

Now, look at your other interpretation.

(3)
Marissa likes all kinds of fruits, which might be sweet or sour.

(4)
Marissa likes all kinds of fruits. Fruits might be sweet or sour.

Example (3) is the same as Example (4). You are expressing possibility about fruits. Some fruits might be sweet. Some fruits might be sour. Sweetness and sourness are attributes of fruits. They are not about Marissa.

Examples (3) and (4) are grammatically correct. They just have a different meaning from (1) or (2). To keep this meaning, you do not want to omit “which might be” from Example (3). If you do, it will be the same as Example (1), and the meaning will change to (2).

Let’s go back to your question.

(5)
It is a fixed belief, good or bad.

(6)
It is a fixed belief, regardless of whether it is good or bad.

Example (5) means Example (6). We normally use (5), and it is how the speaker says.

(7)
It is a fixed belief, which might be good or bad.

(8)
It is a fixed belief. The fixed belief might be good or bad.

Example (7) means Example (8).

The comma is necessary. When speaking, you add a very short pause.

The meme in this video is based on a very popular picture. I’ve seen it many times with different labels.

In this picture, a man turns back to look at a pretty woman passing by, upsetting his girlfriend next to him. This picture is funny by itself without words, but people are adding labels to these 3 characters to represent many different kinds of triangular relationship (三角関係).

To understand this meme, you need to know Germany’s policy on power plants. Immediately after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011, Germany decided to stop nuclear power plants for safety and began to develop other ways to generate electricity.

The man is labeled Germany. His girlfriend is Nuclear Power (原子力). The pretty woman is Coal (石炭). Germany is attracted to Coal, which is the source of thermal power generation (火力発電). His girlfriend is unhappy about it.

2022-10-06 15:19:32

Kevin@MusicoLingo
I've received your reply comment dated 2022-09-29 20:17:05 literally with gratitude from the bottom of my heart. I'd like to get your judgement to this question. I'd appreciate your answer.

2022-10-05 00:07:45

timing = 2:41
what I mean by it is a fixed belief or idea good or bad that spreads from person to person and defines how we see the world. before and after this sentence she says clearly good/bad. this phrase means literally good or bad, originally it might not contain a nuance of regardless of". I couldn't understand audience's laughter,perhaps making fun of Germans energy policy.

2022-10-04 11:12:32

I've noticed that time-spaced answering might be one of the good way of answering. during waiting time for answer I could have considered about my question, and I might have spared the time and trouble. more over I've had done something off the mark. but I feel I've gotten something meaningful. I'd like to express my thanks.

2022-10-03 20:24:29

good or bad this phrase is the word in a "meme" which is not the word she had spoken then the phrase would contain a nuance of "regardless of".
A meme is something such as a video, picture, or phrase that a lot of people send to each other on the internet.

2022-10-03 19:48:55

good or bad this phrase means literally good or bad on the weblio dictionary there might not be a nuance of "regardless of". the talker said "I should be a nuclear energy influencer. I wanted to make nuclear energy cool". I suppose she'd not like to say what is not identified which is good or bad so she'd never say this phrase as what could not decide good or bad.

2022-10-01 17:31:47

as one of answer to the latter half of question.
I grasped that It'd be available to utilize automatic captions by Google translation.
but the subtitles on the video would been rewrote or not rewrote might be uncertain.
perhaps it might had been reviewed. I suppose there may be reviewer might make a mistake.
Use automatic captioning
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6373554

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