一日一文英訳してみましょう！ 以下、解答例と僕の英作文に対してネイティブからもらったアドバイスも載せました。
ムムッ～、このお題、どう訳そうか。
解答例
There will be a fork in the middle that leads down, but don’t go that way.
解説
問題文 途中で下に降りる分岐がありますが、そちらには行かないでください。
・途中で： in the middle, on the way
・下に降りる分岐： a fork that leads down, a branch that goes down
・そっちに行く：go that way
僕の英作文
There will be a fork In the middle that leads down, but don’t go that way.
ネイティブからのアドバイス
This is a well-written sentence!
One person is telling another person which way to go. The person giving directions is using the future tense in order to inform the person receiving the directions about something that they “will” discover on the path or road. It would be perfectly acceptable to use the present tense also. The present tense would indicate that the fork in the road “is” there permanently.
You can also write the sentence like this: “You will see a fork in the road that leads down, but don’t go that way.” The phrase “a fork in the road” means the path or road branches off into two separate paths or roads. By using “you” and directly addressing the other party, “will” is perfectly natural. The other person “will” encounter a fork in the road.
なるほどな！
