Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 2
Likewise in the account of the academy of projectors, and several passages of my discourse to my master _Houyhnhnm_, you have either omitted some material circumstances, or minced or changed them in such a manner, that I do hardly know my own work.
同様に、発明家たちの学院の記述や、私の主人フウイヌムへの話しかけのいくつかの箇所において、あなたは重要な状況をいくつか省略するか、あるいはそれらをかくも巧みに削ったり変えたりしたので、私は自分自身の作品をほとんど認識できないほどです。
When I formerly hinted to you something of this in a letter, you were pleased to answer that you were afraid of giving offence; that people in power were very watchful over the press, and apt not only to interpret, but to punish every thing which looked like an _innuendo_ (as I think you call it).
以前、私がこのことについて手紙でほのめかした際、あなたはご丁寧にも、人を傷つけることを恐れていると答えられました。権力を持つ人々は出版物を非常に注意深く監視しており、遠回しな当てこすり（あなたがたがそう呼ぶものだと思いますが）のように見えるものを解釈するだけでなく、処罰することさえいとわないのだと。
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, and at about five thousand leagues distance, in another reign, be applied to any of the _Yahoos_, who now are said to govern the herd; especially at a time when I little thought, or feared, the unhappiness of living under them?
しかし、どうかお教えください。私がはるか多くの年月前に、約五千リーグも離れた場所で、別の治世に語ったことが、今や群れを支配すると言われるヤフーのだれかに当てはめられるなどということが、どうしてありえましょうか。まして、彼らの下で生きる不幸を私がほとんど思いも恐れもしなかった時代において。
Have not I the most reason to complain, when I see these very _Yahoos_ carried by _Houyhnhnms_ in a vehicle, as if they were brutes, and those the rational creatures?
まさにこれらのヤフーがフウイヌムに乗り物で運ばれているのを見るとき、まるでフウイヌムが野獣であり、ヤフーこそが理性的な生き物であるかのように、私こそが最も不満を訴える理由があるのではないでしょうか。
And indeed to avoid so monstrous and detestable a sight was one principal motive of my retirement hither.
そして実際、かくも怪物的で忌まわしい光景を避けることこそが、私がここに引きこもった主な動機の一つでありました。
Thus much I thought proper to tell you in relation to yourself, and to the trust I reposed in you.
これだけのことを、あなた自身に関して、そして私があなたに寄せた信頼に関して、お伝えするのが適切であると考えました。
Vocabulary
- 同様
- dōyō — Same manner; similarly; likewise.
- 発明家
- hatsumeika — Inventor; person who creates new inventions.
- たち
- tachi — Plural marker for people; group of persons.
- 学院
- gakuin — Academy; institute; educational institution.
- 記述
- kijutsu — Description; account; written statement of facts.
- 主人
- shujin — Master; owner; husband; one's employer.
- 話しかけ
- hanashikake — Approach; addressing someone; striking up conversation.
- いくつか
- ikutsuka — Several; a few; some number of items.
- 箇所
- kasho — Place; location; passage; spot in text.
- あなた
- anata — You; second person pronoun; formal.
- 重要
- jūyō — Important; significant; essential; crucial.
- 状況
- jōkyō — Situation; circumstance; state of affairs.
- 省略
- shōryaku — Abbreviation; omission; leaving out.
- する
- suru — Do; make; perform action; auxiliary verb.
- ある
- aru — Exist; have; be present; location verb.
- それら
- sorera — Those; those things; they; plural.
- かく
- kaku —
- 巧み
- takumi — Skillful; clever; dexterous; well-crafted.
- 削っ
- kezut — Delete; cut; scrape; remove by cutting.
- たり
- tari — And so on; et cetera; one after another.
- 変え
- kae — Change; alter; convert; substitute.
- ので
- node — Therefore; because; since; for that reason.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; self; reflexive.
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; in person; personally; self.
- 作品
- sakuhin — Work; literary or artistic work; creation.
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; practically; for the most part.
- 認識
- ninshiki — Recognition; awareness; understanding; cognition.
- でき
- deki — Can do; able; capable; possible.
- ない
- nai — Not; no; doesn't exist; negation.
- ほど
- hodo — Extent; degree; about; approximately.
- です
- desu — Copula; is; am; are; polite form.
- 以前
- izen — Before; prior to; previously; former time.
- この
- kono — This; this one; these; demonstrative.
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; case; affair.
- について
- tsuite — About; concerning; regarding; on.
- 手紙
- tegami — Letter; written correspondence; mail.
- ほのめかし
- honomekashi — Hint; suggestion; insinuation; veiled remark.
- 丁寧
- teinei — Polite; courteous; careful; respectful.
- 傷つける
- kizutskeru — Hurt; wound; injure; damage feelings.
- 恐れ
- osore — Fear; dread; concern; apprehension.
- いる
- iru — Be; exist; stay; remain; present.
- 答え
- kotae — Answer; response; solution; reply.
- られ
- rare — Can; able; passive voice auxiliary verb.
- まし
- mashi — Past tense polite auxiliary; was; were.
- 権力
- kenryoku — Power; authority; influence; political force.
- 持つ
- motsu — Have; hold; carry; possess; maintain.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; persons; folk; humanity.
- 出版物
- shuppanbutsu — Publication; published work; printed material.
- 非常
- hijō — Very; extremely; emergency; extraordinary.
- 注意深く
- chūisabukaku — Carefully; cautiously; attentively; with care.
- 監視
- kanshi — Surveillance; watch; observation; monitoring.
- おり
- ori — Occasion; time; period; while; midst.
- 遠回し
- tōmawashi — Roundabout; indirect; evasive; circuitous.
- 当てこすり
- atekosuri — Insinuation; sarcasm; snide remark; dig.
- あなたがた
- anatagata — You all; you people; plural you.
- そう
- sō — So; thus; like that; in that way.
- 呼ぶ
- yobu — Call; name; summon; invoke; invite.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; one who.
- 思い
- omoi — Thought; feeling; idea; emotion; intention.
- ます
- masu — Polite auxiliary verb; present tense marker.
- よう
- yō — Like; as; manner; way; appearance.
- 見える
- mieru — Appear; seem; look; be visible.
- 解釈
- kaishaku — Interpretation; explanation; understanding; construal.
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; merely; nothing but.
- なく
- naku — Not; without; negation; lacks.
- 処罰
- shobatsu — Punishment; penalty; discipline; sanction.
- さえ
- sae — Even; as much as; so much as.
- いとわ
- itowa — Hesitate; refrain; avoid; unwilling.
- しかし
- shikashi — But; however; nevertheless; yet.
- どうか
- dōka — Please; I beg; somehow; by any means.
- 教え
- oshie — Teaching; instruction; lesson; doctrine.
- ください
- kudasai — Please; I humbly request; polite directive.
- はるか
- haruka — Far; distant; remote; by far.
- 多く
- ōku — Many; much; a lot; frequently.
- 年月
- nengetu — Years and months; time; long period.
- 五千
- gosen — Five thousand; five-thousand number.
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