Pride and Prejudice — Page 8
If cynicism means the perception of "the other side," the sense of "the accepted hells beneath," the consciousness that motives are nearly always mixed, and that to seem is not identical with to be--if this be cynicism, then every man and woman who is not a fool, who does not care to live in a fool's paradise, who has knowledge of nature and the world and life, is a cynic.
もしシニシズムが「もう一方の側面」の認識、「容認された地獄が潜んでいるという感覚」、動機はほぼ常に混在しているという意識、そして見かけと実態は同一ではないという認識を意味するならば――もしこれがシニシズムであるならば、愚か者ではなく、愚か者の楽園に住もうとは思わず、自然と世界と人生について知識を持つすべての男女は、シニカルな人間である。
And in that sense Miss Austen certainly was one.
そしてその意味において、オースティン嬢は確かにそうであった。
She may even have been one in the further sense that, like her own Mr. Bennet, she took an epicurean delight in dissecting, in displaying, in setting at work her fools and her mean persons.
彼女は、自身の作品に登場するベネット氏のように、愚か者たちや卑劣な人物たちを解剖し、描写し、活躍させることにエピキュリアン的な喜びを見出したという、さらなる意味においてもそうであったかもしれない。
I think she did take this delight, and I do not think at all the worse of her for it as a woman, while she was immensely the better for it as an artist.
私は彼女が確かにこの喜びを抱いていたと思うが、女性としてのその点で彼女を少しも悪く思わないし、芸術家としてはそれによって格段に優れた存在となっていた。
In respect of her art generally, Mr. Goldwin Smith has truly observed that "metaphor has been exhausted in depicting the perfection of it, combined with the narrowness of her field;" and he has justly added that we need not go beyond her own comparison to the art of a miniature painter.
彼女の芸術全般に関して、ゴールドウィン・スミス氏は、「その完璧さを描写するにあたり、彼女の題材の狭さと相まって、あらゆる比喩が尽き果てた」と正しく述べており、彼女自身が用いたミニアチュール画家の芸術という比喩を超える必要はないと、正当にも付け加えている。
To make this latter observation quite exact we must not use the term miniature in its restricted sense, and must think rather of Memling at one end of the history of painting and Meissonier at the other, than of Cosway or any of his kind.
この後者の指摘を正確なものにするためには、ミニアチュールという語をその限定的な意味で用いてはならず、コズウェイやその類いの画家を思い浮かべるのではなく、むしろ絵画史の一方の端にいるメムリンク、他方の端にいるメッソニエを思い浮かべなければならない。
Vocabulary
- もし
- moshi — If; used to introduce a conditional clause
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; but; however
- もう
- mou — Already; anymore; another; soon
- 一方
- ippou — One side; one direction; on the other hand
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 側面
- sokumen — Side; aspect; facet of something
- 認識
- ninshiki — Recognition; awareness; perception of something
- 容認
- younin — Acceptance; toleration; permitting something reluctantly
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix; indicates state or degree
- れ
- re — Passive or potential verb conjugation suffix
- た
- ta — Past tense verb ending suffix
- 地獄
- jigoku — Hell; inferno; terrible situation
- 潜ん
- hisokun — Lurking; hiding; concealed within something
- で
- de — Particle indicating location, means, or context
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be (animate beings)
- と
- to — Quotation particle; and; with
- いう
- iu — To say; to be called; named
- 感覚
- kankaku — Sense; feeling; perception; sensation
- 動機
- douki — Motive; motivation; reason for action
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting subject
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost; nearly; approximately; mostly
- 常に
- tsuneni — Always; constantly; at all times
- 混在
- konzai — Mixture; coexistence of different elements together
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; and; moreover
- て
- te — Te-form particle connecting clauses or actions
- 意識
- ishiki — Consciousness; awareness; sense of something
- 見かけ
- mikake — Appearance; outward look; how something seems
- 実態
- jittai — Actual state; true nature; reality
- 同一
- douitsu — Identical; same; one and the same
- ない
- nai — Negative ending; not; does not exist
- を
- wo — Object marker particle for direct objects
- 意味
- imi — Meaning; significance; what something signifies
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action
- なら
- nara — If; conditional assuming something is the case
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- これ
- kore — This; this thing; referring to nearby object
- ある
- aru — To exist; to have; to be (inanimate)
- 愚か者
- orokamono — Fool; stupid person; blockhead
- なく
- naku — Without; not being; lacking something
- 楽園
- rakuen — Paradise; Eden; idyllic place of happiness
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time
- 住もう
- sumou — Volitional form of 住む; let's live (there)
- 思わず
- omowazu — Unintentionally; involuntarily; without thinking
- 自然
- shizen — Nature; natural; spontaneous
- 世界
- sekai — World; society; realm
- 人生
- jinsei — Human life; one's life journey
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; just; accidentally; recently
- 知識
- chishiki — Knowledge; information; learning
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to have; to possess
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; every single one
- 男女
- danjo — Men and women; both sexes; people
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; person; mankind
- そして
- soshite — And then; and so; furthermore
- その
- sono — That; referring to previously mentioned thing
- おい
- oi — Hey; exclamation to get attention; among (archaic)
- 確か
- tashika — Certainly; surely; if I recall correctly
- そう
- sou — So; like that; in that way
- あっ
- a' — Ah; exclamation of realization or surprise
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; herself; himself; itself
- 作品
- sakuhin — Work; piece of art or literature
- 登場
- toujou — Appearance; entry; character appearing in work
- よう
- you — Like; as if; it seems; appearance
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- や
- ya — And; listing particle among several items
- 卑劣
- hiretsu — Vile; mean; despicable; morally base
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person; character; figure; personality
- 解剖
- kaibou — Dissection; analysis; anatomizing in detail
- 描写
- byousha — Depiction; description; portrayal of something
- 活躍
- katsuyaku — Active role; lively activity; prominent work
- せる
- seru — Causative suffix meaning to make or let someone do
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -like; -related; -ish
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy; delight; pleasure; happiness
- 見出し
- midashi — Heading; finding; discovering something valuable
- さら
- sara — Furthermore; moreover; even more so
- なる
- naru — To become; to result in; to turn into
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- かも
- kamo — Perhaps; maybe; might be the case
- しれ
- shire — Potential form of 知れ; might be known
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- この
- kono — This; referring to something nearby or mentioned
- 抱い
- dakai — Holding; embracing; harboring a feeling
- い
- i — Conjunctive form of iru; being; existing
- 思う
- omou — To think; to feel; to believe
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female; womanhood
- 点
- ten — Point; aspect; dot; score
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a few; slightly
- 悪く
- waruku — Badly; poorly; adverb form of bad
- 芸術
- geijutsu — Art; fine arts; artistic expression
- 家
- ka / ie — Expert; specialist; or house; home
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something away from speaker
- よっ
- yo' — Colloquial form of よって meaning therefore; by
- 格段
- kakudan — Remarkably; considerably; by far superior
- 優れ
- sugure — Excelling; superior; outstanding in quality
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; being; presence
- なっ
- na' — Contracted past form of なる meaning became
- 全般
- zenpan — Overall; general; in general terms
- 関し
- kanshi — Concerning; regarding; relating to something
- 完璧
- kanpeki — Perfect; flawless; without any defects
- あたり
- atari — Around; about; approximately; vicinity
- 題材
- daizai — Subject matter; theme; material for a work
- 狭
- sema / kyou — Narrow; limited; small in scope
- 相まっ
- aimatte — Combined with; together with; in combination
- あらゆる
- arayuru — All; every; any kind of
- 比喩
- hiyu — Metaphor; figure of speech; analogy
- 尽き
- tsuki — Running out; exhausting; coming to an end
- 果て
- hate — End; extremity; limit; outcome
- 正しく
- tadashiku — Correctly; accurately; rightly; properly
- 述べ
- nobe — Stating; describing; expressing in words
- おり
- ori — Formal version of いる; being; existing
- 用い
- mochii — Using; employing; making use of something
- 画家
- gaka — Painter; artist who paints pictures
- 超える
- koeru — To exceed; to surpass; to go beyond
- 必要
- hitsuyou — Necessary; required; needed; essential
- 正当
- seitou — Legitimate; just; rightful; valid
- 付け
- tsuke — Attaching; adding; affixing something to another
- 加え
- kuwae — Adding; in addition; plus
- 後者
- kousha — The latter; the second of two mentioned things
- 指摘
- shiteki — Pointing out; indicating; noting a problem
- 正確
- seikaku — Accurate; precise; exact; correct
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; nominalizing form
- ため
- tame — For; because of; in order to; sake
- 語
- go — Word; language; speech; term
- 限定
- gentei — Limitation; restriction; limited edition
- 類い
- tagui — Kind; sort; type; equal; peer
- 思い浮かべる
- omoiukaberu — To call to mind; to imagine; to picture
- むしろ
- mushiro — Rather; instead; if anything; preferably
- 絵画
- kaiga — Painting; picture; pictorial art
- 史
- shi — History; chronicle; historical record
- 端
- hashi / tan — Edge; end; corner; tip of something
- 他方
- tahou — On the other hand; the other side
- 浮かべ
- ukabe — Bringing to mind; floating; imagining something
- なけれ
- nakere — Conditional negative form meaning if there is not
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