核心问题
(1)He persuaded his daughter to change her mind. 他说服女儿改变主意。(《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》,p.1097)
(2) We persuaded him to try again. 我们劝他再度尝试。(《牛津现代高级英汉双解词典》, p. 836)
(3) Who persuaded you into writing that letter? 谁劝你写那封信?(同上)
(4) We persuaded him to go. 我们说服他去。(《钱伯斯英汉双解词典》,上海人民出版社,p. 588)
从上面的译文看不出 change(1), try again(2), writing(3) 和 go(4) 的动作是否发生, 也就是说, 看不出“劝说”成功了没有。
词典解答
过去时 persuaded 的语义是“劝说”+“成功”的意思。因此,在翻译时应把“成功”这层意思给表达出来:
(1)他说服女儿改变了主意。(2)我们说服了他再试一次。(3)谁劝你写了那封信?(4)我们说服他去了。