1. Since all the maid were good and livable from whence come the evil wives?
   既然娘兒們都美好而可愛，雌老虎又從何而來？
2. Since all the maids are good and lovable from whence come the evil wives?
   既然娘兒們都美好而可愛，雌老虎又從何而來？

whence

adv.（副詞）
From where; from what place:
從何處；從哪里：
例句：
Whence came this travelerô
這個旅行者從哪兒來ô

From what origin or source:
出于什么原因或來源：
例句：
Whence comes this splendid feastô
何以舉辦如此豪華的宴會ô

conj.（連接詞）
Out of which place; from or out of which.
從那個地方；從那里
By reason of which; from which:
據(jù)此，由此：
例句：
The dog was coal black from nose to tail, whence the name Shadow.
這只狗從鼻尖到尾巴都象炭一般黑，據(jù)此就有了.黑影.這個名字

來源：
Middle English whennes
中古英語 whennes
whenne [whence] from Old English hwanon * see k wo-
whenne [從何處] 源自 古英語 hwanon *參見 k wo-
-es [genitive sing. suff.] * see -s 3
-es [屬格單數(shù)后綴] *參見 -s3

The constructionfrom whence has been criticized as redundant since the 8th century. It is true thatwhence incorporates the sense of from :
詞組from whence 自8世紀以來便一直被批評為重復且與語義無增的詞。 確實whence 這個詞含有 from 之意：
例句：
a remote village, whence little news reached the wider world.
遙遠偏僻的村莊，幾乎沒有消息可傳到更廣闊的世界。

Butfrom whence has been used steadily by reputable writers since the 4th century, most notably in the King James Bible:
但自4世紀以來from whence 一詞一直被一些很有聲望的作家所使用， 在詹姆士王的《圣經(jīng)》中最為著名：
例句：
.I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. (Psalms).
.我將抬起雙眼望向群山，從那里我的救助將會到來. （贊美詩）。

It is difficult to label as incorrect a construction with such respectable antecedents.Still, it may be observed thatwhence (like thence ) is most often used nowadays to impart an archaic or highly formal tone to a passage, and that this effect is probably better realized if the archaic syntax of the word—withoutfrom —is preserved as well.
由于這樣一些值得尊敬的先人，故而將其歸類為一個不正確的結(jié)構(gòu)就比較困難。不過，仍然可以注意到whence （如同 thence )在今天最常用來給一段文章賦予一種古體的或極其正式的語調(diào)， 并可以注意到如果該調(diào)整的古式構(gòu)詞方式（即不帶有from 這個詞）亦同樣保留的話，該古體且高度正式的語調(diào)的效果則能更好地體現(xiàn)出來