核心问题
“That trumpet player was certainly loud.”
"I wasn't bothered by his loudness ____ by his lack of talent."
A. so much as B. rather than C. as D. than(TOEFL,全国四级,99.6-69)
“这位小号手的确吹奏得很响。”
“响亮得比他缺乏演奏才能更使我烦躁。”(《TOEFL全真考题语法题型分析》，华南理工大学出版社，p.446)
上面的译文我认为不符合原意。但又不知如何译才好。请指教。
词典解答
上面的句子似应译为：
使我烦恼的与其说是他吹得太响，不如说是他缺乏演奏才能。或：
他缺乏演奏才能比他吹得太响更使我烦恼。
更详细的情形,请见 not so much (…) as 。