So there's this scene in 'Gossip Girl' where Blair totally loses it when Serena gets the lead role in their school play. She mutters under her breath, 'I can't believe they chose her over me' while gripping her desk so hard her knuckles turn white. That visceral reaction—clenched jaw, narrowed eyes, barely concealed irritation—that's jealousy in its rawest form.
Native speakers often use 'jealous' when someone possesses something they desperately want, whether tangible or intangible. Like when my cousin got a Nintendo Switch before me, I whined to my mom, 'It's not fair! Why does he always get everything first?' The word carries that mix of envy and resentment, sometimes even when we know we shouldn't feel that way.
日本語に訳す際、'sibling'という単語は文脈によって柔軟に訳し分ける必要があるね。兄弟姉妹というのが最も正確な訳語だけど、実際の会話では『兄弟』と略して使われることが多い。特に性別が不明な場合や、男女混合の兄弟を指す時には便利だ。
例えば『I have two siblings』という文なら、『兄弟が2人いる』と訳すのが自然。ただ、厳密に言えば『兄弟姉妹』と訳すべき場面もある。翻訳の仕事をしていると、こうした細かいニュアンスの違いがとても重要になってくる。特に法律文書や学術論文では正確性が求められるから、省略せずに訳すことが多いよ。