Pride and Prejudice — Page 6
The characteristics of Miss Austen's humour are so subtle and delicate that they are, perhaps, at all times easier to apprehend than to express, and at any particular time likely to be differently apprehended by different persons.
オースティン嬢のユーモアの特質は非常に繊細かつ微妙であるため、それらはおそらく、いかなる時においても、表現するよりも理解する方が容易であり、またある特定の時においては、人によって異なる受け取られ方をしがちである。
To me this humour seems to possess a greater affinity, on the whole, to that of Addison than to any other of the numerous species of this great British genus.
私にはこのユーモアは、概して、この偉大なるイギリス的類型の数多くの種のうち、他のいずれよりも、アディソンのそれとより大きな親近性を持つように思われる。
The differences of scheme, of time, of subject, of literary convention, are, of course, obvious enough; the difference of sex does not, perhaps, count for much, for there was a distinctly feminine element in "Mr. Spectator," and in Jane Austen's genius there was, though nothing mannish, much that was masculine.
構想、時代、主題、文学的慣習の違いは、もちろん十分に明らかである。性の違いはおそらくさほど重要ではない。なぜなら「ミスター・スペクテイター」には明らかに女性的な要素があり、またジェイン・オースティンの才能には、男性的なところは何もなかったものの、男性的なものが多分に含まれていたからである。
But the likeness of quality consists in a great number of common subdivisions of quality--demureness, extreme minuteness of touch, avoidance of loud tones and glaring effects.
しかし質における類似は、質の多くの共通する細分類、すなわち物静かさ、極めて精緻な筆致、大きな音調や派手な効果の回避、といったものの中に存する。
Also there is in both a certain not inhuman or unamiable cruelty.
また両者には、非人間的でも不愛想でもない、ある種の残酷さが存在する。
It is the custom with those who judge grossly to contrast the good nature of Addison with the savagery of Swift, the mildness of Miss Austen with the boisterousness of Fielding and Smollett, even with the ferocious practical jokes that her immediate predecessor, Miss Burney, allowed without very much protest.
大まかに判断する人々の習いとして、アディソンの善良な性格をスウィフトの野蛮さと対比させ、オースティン嬢の温和さをフィールディングやスモレットの粗野さと対比させ、さらには彼女の直接の先達であるバーニー嬢がさほどの抗議もなく許容した凶暴な悪ふざけとさえ対比させる。
Yet, both in Mr. Addison and in Miss Austen there is, though a restrained and well-mannered, an insatiable and ruthless delight in roasting and cutting up a fool.
しかしながら、アディソン氏においても、オースティン嬢においても、抑制されて礼儀正しいながらも、愚か者をじっくりと焼きあぶり解剖することへの、飽くことなき冷酷な喜びが存在するのである。
Vocabulary
- ユーモア
- yūmoa — Humor; wit and comedy.
- 特質
- tokuşitsu — Characteristic; distinctive quality or trait.
- 非常
- hijō — Extraordinary; unusual; very; extremely.
- 繊細
- sensai — Delicate; fine; subtle; refined.
- かつ
- katsu — And; also; moreover; furthermore.
- 微妙
- bimyō — Subtle; delicate; fine; hard to perceive.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be present; to have.
- ため
- tame — For; for the sake of; in order to.
- それら
- sorera — Those things; they; those people.
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; likely; presumably.
- いかなる
- ikanaru — What kind of; any; whatever.
- において
- oite — In; at; among; during; within.
- 表現
- hyōgen — Expression; representation; manifestation.
- する
- suru — To do; to make; to perform; to act.
- より
- yori — Than; from; by; more.
- 理解
- rikai — Understanding; comprehension; grasp.
- 容易
- yōi — Easy; simple; readily; without difficulty.
- あり
- ari — To exist; to be; there is.
- また
- mata — Also; too; again; and; or.
- 特定
- tokutei — Specific; particular; definite; specified.
- よって
- yotte — Therefore; accordingly; by; through.
- 異なる
- kotanaru — To differ; to be different; to vary.
- 受け取ら
- uketora — To receive; to accept; to take.
- がち
- gachi — Apt to; inclined to; prone to.
- この
- kono — This; this one; such.
- 概して
- gaishi te — Generally; on the whole; in general.
- 偉大
- idai — Great; grand; magnificent; eminent.
- なる
- naru — To become; to grow; to turn into.
- イギリス
- Igirisu — England; Britain; the United Kingdom.
- 類型
- ruikei — Type; category; classification; prototype.
- 数多く
- kazuōoku — Many; numerous; countless; a lot.
- うち
- uchi — Inside; within; among; during.
- いずれ
- izure — Which; either; sooner or later.
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing.
- 大きな
- ōkina — Big; large; great; considerable.
- 親近
- shinkir — Affinity; closeness; familiarity; kinship.
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to have; to possess.
- よう
- yō — Like; as if; as though; seem.
- 思わ
- omowa — To think; to consider; to believe.
- れる
- reru — Passive suffix; potential suffix; can/able.
- 構想
- kōsō — Idea; concept; conception; design.
- 時代
- jidai — Era; period; age; times; epoch.
- 主題
- shudai — Theme; subject; topic; main idea.
- 文学
- bungaku — Literature; literary; literary work.
- 慣習
- kanshū — Custom; convention; practice; tradition.
- 違い
- chigai — Difference; discrepancy; variation; gap.
- もちろん
- mochiron — Of course; naturally; certainly; indeed.
- 十分
- jūbun — Sufficient; enough; adequate; ample.
- 明らか
- akiraka — Clear; obvious; evident; apparent.
- さほど
- sahodo — Not very; not so much; not particularly.
- 重要
- jūyō — Important; significant; essential; crucial.
- ない
- nai — Not; no; without; negative suffix.
- なぜなら
- nazenara — Because; for; the reason is that.
- ミスター
- Misutā — Mister; Mr.; man; fellow.
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female; women; feminine.
- 要素
- yōso — Element; component; factor; ingredient.
- 才能
- sainō — Talent; ability; gift; aptitude.
- 男性
- dansei — Man; male; men; masculine.
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; spot; location; situation.
- なかっ
- nakatta — Was not; did not exist; absent.
- ものの
- monono — Although; though; while; in spite of.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; something.
- 多分
- tafun — Probably; perhaps; likely; maybe.
- 含まれ
- fukumare — To be included; to be contained.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; out of.
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; yet.
- における
- okeiru — In; at; on; during; among.
- 類似
- ruiji — Similarity; resemblance; analogy; likeness.
- 多く
- ōoku — Many; much; a lot; numerous.
- 共通
- kyōtsū — Common; shared; mutual; in common.
- 細分
- saibun — Subdivision; detailed division; breakdown.
- すなわち
- sunawachi — That is; namely; in other words.
- 物静か
- monoşizuka — Quiet; silent; calm; reserved; still.
- 極めて
- kiwamete — Extremely; very; exceedingly; remarkably.
- 精緻
- seişi — Elaborate; precise; delicate; intricate.
- 筆致
- hisşitai — Style of writing; brushwork; manner.
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