It is a great pleasure to tell how I served my apprenticeship as a businessman. But there seems to be a question preceding this: Why did I become a businessman? I am sure that I should never have selected a business career if I had been permitted to choose.
preceding在这是分词做定语吗？
It is a great pleasure to tell how I served my apprenticeship as a businessman. But there seems to be a question preceding this: Why did I become a businessman? I am sure that I should never have selected a business career if I had been permitted to choose.
【翻译】非常高兴对你说我是怎么样做学徒经商的。但在此之前好像有一个问题困扰我：为何我要成为一名商人？我确信，加入我被允许选择自己职业的话，我就从来不会选择商业职业的。
preceding this：是目前分词短语，作定语修饰question。翻译时，可以根据介词before 理解和翻译。
动词 precede：“先于；在......之前”。