When the husband gets a job transfer, the wife follow after him, as if that were a given.
ご質問ありがとうございます。
"In Japan, if a couple does not have any children and the husband gets a job transfer, it is assumed that the wife will quit her job in order to follow her husband. However, if the wife gets a job transfer, would her husband quit his job in order to follow his wife? It is most unlikely that this would happen. I am dissatisfied with this current state of affairs."
ご参考に！
"When a husband gets transferred to another location, it’s just expected that his wife will leave her job to follow him."
「夫が転勤になったら、妻は当然のように夫についていく」という内容を英語で表現するとき、"it’s expected that"や"it’s assumed that"といった表現が便利です。これにより、夫婦間の社会的期待や風潮を示し、強制的なニュアンスも込められます。「妻が夫の転勤について行く一方で、夫が妻の転勤について行くのはほとんどない」という風潮を表現する際に、"almost no husband would follow his wife’s transfer" などの表現も使えます。
- "In Japan, when a husband is transferred, it’s almost automatically assumed that his wife will quit her job and follow him."
「日本では、夫が転勤になった場合、妻が仕事を辞めてついていくのがほぼ当然とされています。」
- "But if a wife is the one being transferred, you’d hardly see a husband quitting his job to follow her."
「しかし、妻が転勤になった場合、夫が仕事を辞めてついていくことはほとんどありません。」
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