Repetitive patterns in テープレコーダーを使った放送に加えて、駅員が同じことを言ったりして、同じことを3回ぐらいアナウンスする


> テープレコーダーを使った放送に **加えて** 、駅員が同じことを言ったりして、同じことを3回ぐらいアナウンスする。([source line
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My attempt at translation:

> Adding up in a broadcast using a prerecorded tape, the station attendant
> says the same thing and announces the same thing 3 times.

First, I decided for 加えて to be the て-form of the verb instead of the
conjunction because I couldn't make any sense of this first part
テープレコーダーを使った放送に **加えて** without a verbal expression. I might've overlooked
something, but I just couldn't find a solution for this approach.

Second, the way I translated and integrated テープレコーダーを使った放送に **加えて** seems kind
of wrong. The following _駅員が同じことを言ったりして、_ **同じことを3回ぐらいアナウンスする** already
repeats that the same information is given (italic part) and is given multiple
times (bold part). This in itself feels redundant. Then, in addition, I give
the information that this information is "adding up" (stacked?) in a
prerecorded tape.

If I translated the part 駅員が同じことを言ったりして、同じことを3回ぐらいアナウンスする。 a bit more
creatively, I could make it into something like:

> The station attendant says the same thing and the same 3 times over.

The repetition of "the same thing" in the full sentence could be interpreted
as a way to mimic the repetitive character of these announcements. However, if
that should be the case, I'm having a very hard time to put enough trust into
this interpretation of mine since it renders a good portion of the full
sentence "redundant, repetitive" information.

(Note: I left out the additional アナウンスする on purpose in this second
translation, since the intent of this translation was to show what I deem to
be the essence of this construction of repetitive expressions).




加{くわ}えて is the て-form of 加{くわ}える, but it works as a conjunction.

xに加{くわ}えてyもする literally means "Adding to (doing) x, we also do y", or more
naturally in English, "in addition to x, we also do y"

As for the second part of your questions, I interpret the second 同{おな}じ to
refer to the announcement in general whereas the first 同{おな}じ means that the
station attendant says the same thing as the tape recorder. There are two
reasons for this,

  1. The part directly following the conjunctive verb belongs to the part directly before it (i.e., the clause 駅員が同じことを言ったりして is connected to テープレコーダーを使った放送)
  2. The first part is still lacking an action, which is given by the last part (アナウンスする) 

My full translation would thus be:

In addition to using a tape recorder, the station attendant also repeats the
message, such that the announcement is done three times.




加{くわ}えて is the て-form of 加{くわ}える, but it works as a conjunction.

xに加{くわ}えてyもする literally means "Adding to (doing) x, we also do y", or more
naturally in English, "in addition to x, we also do y"

As for the second part of your questions, I interpret the second 同{おな}じ to
refer to the announcement in general whereas the first 同{おな}じ means that the
station attendant says the same thing as the tape recorder. There are two
reasons for this,

  1. The part directly following the conjunctive verb belongs to the part directly before it (i.e., the clause 駅員が同じことを言ったりして is connected to テープレコーダーを使った放送)
  2. The first part is still lacking an action, which is given by the last part (アナウンスする) 

My full translation would thus be:

In addition to using a tape recorder, the station attendant also repeats the
message, such that the announcement is done three times.

