1.Yetiwas,bytheendeavour,abetterandahappiermanthaniotherwiseshouldhavebeenifihadnotattemptedit.尤其是哪个otherwise该怎么翻译呢?otherwise插入句中一般该怎么分析呢?2.Foriwasbutabadspeaker,nevereloquent,

Question

1.Yet i was,by the endeavour,a better and a happier man than i otherwise should have been if i had not attempted it.尤其是哪个otherwise该怎么翻译呢?otherwise插入句中一般该怎么分析呢?
2.For i was but a bad speaker,never eloquent,subject to much hesitation in my choice of words,hardly correct in language,and yet i generally carried my points.这里的i was but a bad speaker 该怎么翻译呢?

Answer 1

1.通过努力,我成为一个更好更幸福的人,若是我没尝试的话则不会像现在这样.
2.我是一个不合格的演讲者,不善言辞,不果断,无法正确使用语言,但是我总能做到言表词意.