問：Such
that二字，是用來帶出結果的嗎？以下一句是甚麼意思？── The sums of money were
such that sort of intervention was not required。
答：單看這一句，無法斷言說的是什麼，只能照字面翻譯如下：「論所涉金額，那樣的干預並不必要。」
Such
that 常用在be（即is、was
等）之後，意思是「如此……以致」，和讀者「用來帶出結果」的猜想差不多，例如：（1）Their greed for money and power is such that you cannot
expect them to listen to reason（他們那樣貪錢貪權，你不可能期望他們聽取道理）。（2）The heat was such that I was soon sweating like a pig（我不久就熱得汗出如漿）。讀者示下那一句，略去了一個that字，句子全寫是The
sums of money were such that that sort of intervention was not required。
問：小說、劇集中的對話，常常有 literally一字，字典的解釋則似和對話內容不合。這個字究竟是怎樣用的？
答：我不知道讀者說的literally用於什麼場合，確實是什麼意思。但literal和literally是指「嚴格按照字面意思」，所以「直譯」叫literal
translation。英文常用literally一字，表示「所言並無誇大」，例如：（1）There were literally hundreds of thousands of protesters（抗議者以十萬計，絕無誇張）。（2）I am literally
penniless（我的的確確一文不名）。
