Why do the google translate and the Microsoft bing translate lack a “and” as I think the 慣れ is a continuative form connecting two phrases?


> Original Japanese: やがて、そんな生活に **慣れ** はじめると、今度は物事をじっくりと考えることが苦痛になってきた。
>
> Google translate: Eventually, as I began to get used to such a life, it
> became painful to think about things.
>
> Microsoft translate: Before long, when I began to get used to such a life,
> it became painful to think about things carefully this time.
>
> My own very very rough translation EDITED: In the end, that sort of life
> when I start to grow accustom to it, now without rushing everything my
> thoughts gradually become agony.

Why do the google translate and the Microsoft bing translate lack a “and” as I
think the 慣れ is a continuative form connecting two phrases?




Verb stem + はじめる is a standard grammar pattern which means "to start/begin
doing verb".

So, even though you really shouldn't be trusting Bing and Google translate, in
this case they have got it right.




Verb stem + はじめる is a standard grammar pattern which means "to start/begin
doing verb".

So, even though you really shouldn't be trusting Bing and Google translate, in
this case they have got it right.

