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What is the purpose of 作为此 in this sentence:
本指南仅介绍了作为此 CPython 版本的一部分提供的创建扩展的基本工具
It is translated here as
This guide only covers the basic tools for creating extensions provided as part of this version of CPython.
So I guess it means something akin to as in English. Would 作为 also work or is 作为此 required?
Is there an alternative way of wording this sentence to not use 作为此
I think you have slightly misparsed the syntax of the statement.
Let us put some spacing and some brackets around the largest blocks:
本指南 仅 介绍了 [ 作为 此CPython版本 的 一部分 提供 的 创建 扩展 的 ] 基本工具
We can see that 此 modifies CPython 版本 and does not "belong to" 作为.
Pre- translate:
本指南仅介绍了作为此 CPython 版本的一部分
This guide only introduces as/for this CPython version 的 part
提供的创建扩展的基本工具。
provide 的 found/establish/create extend/extension 的 basic tool
Translate:
本指南仅介绍了作为此 CPython 版本的一部分提供的创建扩展的基本工具
This guide covers only the basic tools for creating extensions that are provided as part of this CPython release.
作为 = for
此 = this
作为此 CPython 版本
for this version of CPython
