Horace這句話該怎麼翻譯 - 英檢

※ 引述《mycamouflage ()》之銘言：
: TPO 7 Ancient Rome and Greece
: " Had the Greeks held novelty in such disdain as we," asked Horace in his
: epistle, " what work of ancient date now exist?"
: 請問那個逗號是要連著後面 " what ....?" 這句嗎?
: 整段來看該怎麼翻譯好呢? 文勇黃金閱讀裡面有翻譯, 但我不知道這翻譯從何而來QQ
: 翻譯:
: "難道希臘人創造出新事物後,我們就會變得如此微不足道嗎?"
: H在他的信中問道"古時候的什麼工作現在還存在呢?"
這是引用句子常見的方法
常見於報章雜誌
連起來就可以了
Had the Greeks held novelty in such disdain
as we what work of ancient date now exist?


如果希臘人也像我們一樣的蔑視創新,
有哪些過去的東西能流傳到現在呢？


Had the Greeks held = If the Greeks had held
與過去事實相反的假設語氣

因為省略If 所以把Had 前置 形成倒裝句

--