Pride and Prejudice — Page 12
I will not admit that one speech or one action of this inestimable man is incapable of being reconciled with reality, and I should not wonder if many of these words and actions are historically true.
私は、この比類なき人物の発言や行動のどれ一つとして現実と調和できないなどとは認めないし、これらの言葉や行動の多くが歴史的に真実であったとしても少しも驚かないだろう。
But the greatness of Mr. Collins could not have been so satisfactorily exhibited if his creatress had not adjusted so artfully to him the figures of Mr. Bennet and of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
しかし、コリンズ氏の偉大さがこれほど満足のいく形で示されえたのは、彼を生み出した女性作家が、ベネット氏とキャサリン・ド・バーグ夫人という人物像を巧みに彼に合わせて配置したからにほかならない。
The latter, like Mr. Collins himself, has been charged with exaggeration.
後者は、コリンズ氏自身と同様、誇張であるとの批判を受けてきた。
There is, perhaps, a very faint shade of colour for the charge; but it seems to me very faint indeed.
その批判にはおそらくごくわずかな根拠があるかもしれないが、私にはそれは実にかすかなものに思われる。
Even now I do not think that it would be impossible to find persons, especially female persons, not necessarily of noble birth, as overbearing, as self-centred, as neglectful of good manners, as Lady Catherine.
今日でさえ、必ずしも高貴な生まれでなくとも、キャサリン夫人と同様に横暴で、自己中心的で、礼儀を無視した人物、とりわけ女性を見つけることが不可能だとは思わない。
A hundred years ago, an earl's daughter, the Lady Powerful (if not exactly Bountiful) of an out-of-the-way country parish, rich, long out of marital authority, and so forth, had opportunities of developing these agreeable characteristics which seldom present themselves now.
百年前には、辺鄙な田舎の教区において権勢を振るう（慈悲深いとまでは言えないにしても）伯爵の娘が、富裕であり、長らく夫の権威から解放され、といった状況にあれば、今日ではめったに生じないこうした愉快な特質を育む機会を持っていたのだ。
As for Mr. Bennet, Miss Austen, and Mr. Darcy, and even Miss Elizabeth herself, were, I am inclined to think, rather hard on him for the "impropriety" of his conduct.
ベネット氏については、オースティン嬢も、ダーシー氏も、そしてエリザベス嬢自身でさえ、彼の行動の「不品行」に対してやや手厳しすぎたように私には思われる。
His wife was evidently, and must always have been, a quite irreclaimable fool; and unless he had shot her or himself there was no way out of it for a man of sense and spirit but the ironic.
彼の妻は明らかに、そして常にそうであり続けたに違いないが、まったく救いようのない愚か者であった。彼女か自分自身を射殺するのでもない限り、分別と気概を持つ男にとって、皮肉という態度以外に逃げ道はなかったのだ。
Vocabulary
- この
- kono — This; this one (demonstrative adjective)
- 比類なき
- hiruiynaki — Incomparable; unparalleled; without equal
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person; character; figure; individual
- 発言
- hatsugen — Statement; remark; utterance; spoken words
- 行動
- kōdō — Action; conduct; behavior; deed
- どれ
- dore — Which one; which (interrogative pronoun)
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One; single; sole; unified
- として
- to shite — As; in the capacity of; serving as
- 現実
- genjitsu — Reality; actuality; fact; truth
- 調和
- chōwa — Harmony; agreement; coordination; balance
- できない
- dekinai — Cannot do; unable to; is impossible
- など
- nado — And so on; et cetera; such as; like
- とは
- to wa — Topic marker; what is; definition particle
- 認める
- mitomeru — Acknowledge; admit; recognize; approve
- これら
- kore ra — These; these ones; the following
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word; language; speech; expression
- 多く
- ōku — Many; much; majority; a lot of
- 歴史的
- rekishiteki — Historical; relating to history
- 真実
- shinjitsu — Truth; reality; fact; actuality
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a bit; slightly; somewhat
- 驚かせる
- odorokaseru — Surprise; astonish; startle; amaze
- だろう
- darō — Probably; likely; I suppose; perhaps
- しかし
- shikashi — But; however; nevertheless; yet
- 偉大
- idai — Great; grand; magnificent; eminent
- これ
- kore — This; this one; the present matter
- ほど
- hodo — Extent; degree; as much as; about
- 満足
- manzoku — Satisfaction; contentment; gratification
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female; lady; women
- 作家
- sakka — Writer; author; literary figure
- 巧み
- takumi — Skillful; clever; dexterous; adroit
- 合わせる
- awaseru — Match; combine; adjust; fit together
- 配置
- haichi — Arrangement; placement; disposition; layout
- から
- kara — From; because; since; after
- ほか
- hoka — Other; another; besides; else
- なら
- nara — If; if so; in that case; provided
- 後者
- kōsha — The latter; the second of two
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; self; in person; himself
- 同様
- dōyō — Similarly; likewise; in the same way
- 誇張
- kochō — Exaggeration; overstatement; inflation
- ある
- aru — Exist; be; have; there is
- 批判
- hihan — Criticism; critique; judgment; review
- 受ける
- ukeru — Receive; accept; undergo; suffer
- その
- sono — That; that one; said; aforementioned
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; maybe; likely
- ごく
- goku — Very; quite; extremely; exceedingly
- わずか
- wazuka — Slight; small; meager; scant; mere
- 根拠
- konkyo — Ground; foundation; basis; evidence
- それ
- sore — That; that one; that thing; it
- 実に
- jitsu ni — Indeed; truly; really; in fact
- かすか
- kasuka — Faint; slight; vague; dim; feeble
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; one; creature
- 思われる
- omowareru — Be thought; seem; appear; be considered
- 今日
- kyō — Today; the present day; now
- でさえ
- de sae — Even; as much as; still; yet
- 必ずしも
- kanarazu shimo — Not necessarily; not always; not invariably
- 高貴
- kōki — Noble; aristocratic; exalted; highborn
- 生まれ
- umare — Birth; origin; birth status; beginning
- 横暴
- ōbō — Arrogance; tyranny; despotism; oppression
- 自己
- jiko — Self; oneself; ego; one's own
- 中心的
- chūshinteki — Central; primary; main; focal; pivotal
- 礼儀
- reigi — Etiquette; courtesy; propriety; manners
- 無視
- mushi — Disregard; ignore; overlook; neglect
- とりわけ
- toriwake — Especially; particularly; notably; in particular
- 見つける
- mitsukeru — Find; discover; locate; uncover; spot
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; case; event
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