Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 6
If the censure of the _Yahoos_ could any way affect me, I should have great reason to complain, that some of them are so bold as to think my book of travels a mere fiction out of mine own brain, and have gone so far as to drop hints, that the _Houyhnhnms_ and _Yahoos_ have no more existence than the inhabitants of Utopia.
もし_ヤフー_たちの非難が何らかの形で私に影響を与えるとしたら、彼らの中には私の旅行記を私自身の頭から生み出した単なる作り話だと大胆にも考える者がいて、さらには_フウイヌム_と_ヤフー_はユートピアの住人と同様に実在しないと仄めかすところまで踏み込んだ者もいるため、私には大いに不満を訴える理由があることになる。
Indeed I must confess, that as to the people of _Lilliput_, _Brobdingrag_ (for so the word should have been spelt, and not erroneously _Brobdingnag_), and _Laputa_, I have never yet heard of any _Yahoo_ so presumptuous as to dispute their being, or the facts I have related concerning them; because the truth immediately strikes every reader with conviction.
実のところ告白せねばならないが、_リリパット_、_ブロブディングラグ_（この語はそのように綴られるべきであり、誤った_ブロブディンナグ_ではない）、そして_ラピュータ_の人々に関しては、彼らの存在や私が述べた事実に異を唱えるほど厚かましい_ヤフー_の話をいまだかつて聞いたことがない。なぜなら、真実はただちにすべての読者を確信へと打ちのめすからである。
And is there less probability in my account of the _Houyhnhnms_ or _Yahoos_, when it is manifest as to the latter, there are so many thousands even in this country, who only differ from their brother brutes in _Houyhnhnmland_, because they use a sort of jabber, and do not go naked?
そして、_フウイヌム_や_ヤフー_についての私の記述に信憑性が劣るとでもいうのか。後者については、この国においてさえ、_フウイヌム国_の同族の獣どもと異なる点といえば、ある種のわめき声を使い、裸でいないというだけの者が幾千と明らかに存在しているというのに。
I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation.
私は彼らの改善のために書いたのであり、彼らの称賛を得るために書いたのではない。
The united praise of the whole race would be of less consequence to me, than the neighing of those two degenerate _Houyhnhnms_ I keep in my stable; because from these, degenerate as they are, I still improve in some virtues without any mixture of vice.
その種族全体の賛辞を一つに集めたとしても、私が厩で飼っている二頭の堕落した_フウイヌム_の嘶きほどの価値も私には持たない。なぜなら、堕落しているとはいえ、この二頭からは今なお、いかなる悪徳も混じることなく、いくつかの徳において私は向上を得ているからである。
Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my veracity?
これらの哀れな動物どもは、私が自分の誠実さを弁護しなければならぬほど堕落したと思い上がって考えているのか。
Vocabulary
- もし
- moshi — if; in case; should
- たち
- tachi — plural suffix for people; group of
- 非難
- hinan — criticism; blame; censure
- 何らか
- nanikara — some kind of; some sort of; any
- 影響
- eikyō — influence; effect; impact
- 与える
- ataeru — to give; to grant; to provide
- したら
- shitara — if; when; conditional form of する
- 彼ら
- karera — they; them; those people
- 旅行記
- ryokōki — travel record; travel narrative; travelogue
- 自身
- jishin — oneself; himself; herself; personally
- から
- kara — from; because; since; out of
- 生み出し
- umidashi — to produce; to create; to bring forth
- 単なる
- tan'naru — mere; simple; only; just
- 作り話
- tsukuribanashi — fiction; made-up story; fabrication
- 大胆
- daitan — bold; daring; audacious; fearless
- 考える
- kangaeru — to think; to consider; to suppose
- いて
- ite — present participle suffix; continuous form marker
- さらに
- sarani — furthermore; moreover; additionally; even more
- ユートピア
- Yūtopia — utopia; ideal place; imaginary perfect society
- 住人
- jūnin — resident; inhabitant; dweller
- 同様
- dōyō — same; similar; likewise; same manner
- 実在
- jitsuzai — actual existence; reality; to actually exist
- ない
- nai — not; no; absence of; negation
- 仄めかす
- honomeakasu — to hint; to suggest; to imply
- ところ
- tokoro — place; spot; point; situation; moment
- まで
- made — until; till; up to; to the point of
- 踏み込ん
- fumikoman — to step into; to venture into; to delve
- いる
- iru — to be; to exist; to stay; to remain
- ため
- tame — for; because of; in order to; sake
- 大いに
- ōini — greatly; very much; considerably; largely
- 不満
- fuman — dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint; displeasure
- 訴える
- uttaeru — to appeal; to claim; to accuse; to sue
- 理由
- riyū — reason; cause; ground; basis; excuse
- ある
- aru — to be; to exist; to have; to own
- こと
- koto — thing; matter; fact; event; situation
- なる
- naru — to become; to turn into; to grow
- 告白
- kokuhaku — confession; admission; acknowledgment; disclosure
- なら
- nara — if; in case; if it is the case that
- この
- kono — this; these; the present; current
- そのように
- sono yō ni — in that way; like that; as such; thus
- 綴ら
- tsudzura — to spell; to write; to compose
- れる
- reru — passive voice suffix; potential form marker
- べき
- beki — should; ought to; must; proper to
- あり
- ari — to be; to exist; to have; presence
- 誤っ
- ayamatt — to make a mistake; to go wrong; error
- そして
- soshite — and; then; and also; moreover
- 人々
- hitobito — people; persons; folk; humans; mankind
- 関し
- sekishi — to relate; to concern; regarding; about
- 存在
- sonzai — existence; being; presence; entity
- 述べ
- noberu — to state; to mention; to describe; to express
- 事実
- jijitsu — fact; truth; reality; actuality; incident
- 唱える
- tōeru — to advocate; to propose; to sing; to chant
- ほど
- hodo — degree; extent; about; approximately; as much
- 厚かましい
- atsukamashii — impudent; shameless; brazen; audacious; presumptuous
- いまだかつて
- imada katsute — never before; not yet; heretofore not
- 聞い
- kiiki — to hear; to listen; to ask; auditory
- なぜなら
- nazenara — because; since; for the reason that; why
- 真実
- shinjitsu — truth; reality; genuine; sincere; honest
- ただちに
- tadachi ni — immediately; at once; forthwith; directly
- すべて
- subete — all; everything; every; the whole; complete
- 読者
- dokushа — reader; audience member; person reading
- 確信
- kakushin — conviction; certainty; belief; confidence; assurance
- 打ちのめす
- uchinomesu — to beat down; to defeat; to overcome; crush
- について
- tsuite — about; concerning; regarding; toward; in
- 記述
- kijutsu — description; account; narration; writing; record
- 信憑性
- shinpyōsei — credibility; authenticity; reliability; trustworthiness
- 劣る
- otoru — to be inferior; to fall behind; to be less
- でも
- demo — but; however; yet; still; even
- いう
- iu — to say; to speak; to tell; to call
- 後者
- kōsha — the latter; the second; the other one
- ついて
- tsuite — following; along with; regarding; concerning
- おいて
- oite — in; at; on; regarding; with respect to
- さえ
- sae — even; even if; at least; as well as
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