Do 「AとしてのB」 and 「BとしてのA」 have symmetry?


  * 「AとしてのB」 might translate as "B as A"?
  * 「BとしてのA」 might translate as "A as B"?

Is there a meaningful difference between the two.

I was just thinking about how to explain how to write documents in English,
and this is the sentence that I was writing:  
「 _分詞としての形容詞や副詞をよく使えば、活発的な文章になります。_ 」  
but then it occurred to me that I perhaps should write:  
「 _形容詞や副詞としての分詞をよく使えば_ 、....」

Is this "six of one and half a dozen of the other"? maybe a difference in
nuance?

original sentence:  
" _The usage of participles as adjectives and adverbs creates more active
sentences._ "




Just as the English "A as B" is not symmetrical, so is Japanese "BとしてのA." B is
the usage/disguise. A is the object to be used.

> 分詞としての形容詞や副詞をよく使えば

does not make sense.

> 形容詞や副詞としての分詞をよく使えば

would be a better translation for your English sentence. However, it is
unnatural to fit everything into a noun. It is far more natural to use an
adverbial expression like:

> 形容詞や副詞として分詞をよく使えば

or even more naturally:

> 分詞を形容詞や副詞としてよく使えば




Just as the English "A as B" is not symmetrical, so is Japanese "BとしてのA." B is
the usage/disguise. A is the object to be used.

> 分詞としての形容詞や副詞をよく使えば

does not make sense.

> 形容詞や副詞としての分詞をよく使えば

would be a better translation for your English sentence. However, it is
unnatural to fit everything into a noun. It is far more natural to use an
adverbial expression like:

> 形容詞や副詞として分詞をよく使えば

or even more naturally:

> 分詞を形容詞や副詞としてよく使えば

