How to translate 'She got him bitten by the dog'?

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Can I translate it as: 彼女は彼に犬に噛まれさせた？

Also, how should I translate 'She got him bitten on the hand by the dog'?

Can I translate it as: 彼女は彼に犬に手を噛まれさせた？

suzuki · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-20 14:26:08Z

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I am a native speaker of Japanese but not of English. So my English may not be natural but I hope to be helpful.

If you translate directly, it would be 彼女は彼が犬に噛まれるようにした。 In this sentence 彼女(=she) is the subject and ようにした(=made) is verb.

answered Mar 20 '19 at 14:26

suzuki

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Thank you so much! Now I realize 〜させ isn't the only way to translate 'make'. 〜ようにする can serve more complicated situations. I would also like to ask, does this sentence make sense at all: 彼女は彼に犬に噛まれさせた? Is it possible to make a sentence with 噛まれさせた? (I mean any sentence.) – Jo H Mar 20 '19 at 14:58
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My pleasure! 噛まれされた is not grammatically correct because れ cannot connect with された. As another example, 騙された is correct but 騙されさせた is incorrect. – suzuki Mar 20 '19 at 15:18
そうですか、分かりました＾＿＾ – Jo H Mar 21 '19 at 3:37

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King Chan · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-20 12:56:45Z

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"She made him bitten by the dog" is meaning She is the reason why he got bitten by the dog.

So it would be 彼は彼女のせいで犬に噛まれた。

彼女のせい = Because of her

answered Mar 20 '19 at 12:56

King Chan

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Thank you so much! But what about a direct translation without reinterpreting the original sentence? – Jo H Mar 20 '19 at 13:03
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@JoH The original isn’t grammatical or meaningful, so you have to interpret it as something else to understand and translate it. – snailcar♦ Mar 20 '19 at 14:56

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