すれども

English translation: although...

13:36 Jun 20, 2012

Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cosmetics, Beauty

Japanese term or phrase: すれども

Hello,
I need help with some Japanese expressions.
「するども」does it mean 　したけれども　or　しても

セールス増を尺度に年間の業績に対しボーナス支給のプログラムを導入すれども巻き込み度無く不発

gauri tembe KudoZ activity Questions: 40 (4 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1 India
Local time: 08:07

English translation:although...

Explanation:
It is talking about a past, so したけれども.

Selected response from:

Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 19:37

Grading comment

Thank you very much
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

although...

Yuki Okada

(did sth.), but...

Nathan Takase

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

although...

Explanation:
It is talking about a past, so したけれども.

Yuki Okada
Canada
Local time: 19:37
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thank you very much

1 hr confidence:

(did sth.), but...

Explanation:
I agree with Okada-san, but here is a bit of explanation.

This is a classical Japanese construction. すれ is the 已然形 of する. The 已然形 was used in classical Japanese to show that an action had been completed. You add ども to the 已然形 to express 逆接の確定条件, or a condition that has already happened acting as a contradictory conjunction (i.e. past tense + but). So in your example it means したけれども.

If this were actually classical Japanese, this construction could technically also be translated (into modern Japanese) as しても, but when you see classical constructions thrown into modern Japanese like this it's usually just for style and will be used in the most easily understood (most obvious) meaning.

By the way, in modern Japanese grammar the 已然形 is often referred to as the 仮定形 because it's pretty much only used in the ば (hypothetical) conditional construction.

Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B2%E7%84%B6%E5%BD%A2
Reference: http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E3%81%A9%E3%82%8...

Nathan Takase
Local time: 11:37
Native speaker of: English

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

すれども

English translation: although...

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

すれども

English translation: although...

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language