Pride and Prejudice — Page 13
From no other point of view is he open to any reproach, except for an excusable and not unnatural helplessness at the crisis of the elopement, and his utterances are the most acutely delightful in the consciously humorous kind--in the kind that we laugh with, not at--that even Miss Austen has put into the mouth of any of her characters.
駆け落ちの危機における許しうる、そして不自然でもない無力さを除けば、他のいかなる観点からも彼は非難を受けることはなく、彼の発言は意識的にユーモラスな種類の中で――私たちが笑いものにするのではなく、ともに笑う種類の中で――オースティン嬢がその登場人物の誰かの口に乗せた言葉としても、最も鋭く喜ばしいものである。
It is difficult to know whether he is most agreeable when talking to his wife, or when putting Mr. Collins through his paces; but the general sense of the world has probably been right in preferring to the first rank his consolation to the former when she maunders over the entail, "My dear, do not give way to such gloomy thoughts.
彼が最も愉快なのは妻に話しかけているときか、それともコリンズ氏を試練にかけているときかを知るのは難しい。しかし世間一般の感覚は、彼女が限嗣相続についてくどくどと嘆くときに前者へ向けた彼の慰めを最上位に置くことにおいておそらく正しかったのであろう。「ねえ、そんな陰鬱な考えに負けてはいけないよ。
Let us hope for better things.
もっとよいことを期待しようじゃないか。
Let us flatter ourselves that_ I _may be the survivor;" and his inquiry to his colossal cousin as to the compliments which Mr. Collins has just related as made by himself to Lady Catherine, "May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?"
私こそが生き残るかもしれないと自らを慰めようじゃないか」というものであり、また彼の巨大な従兄弟に対する、コリンズ氏がキャサリン夫人に対して自分がしたと語ったばかりのお世辞についての問いかけ、「お尋ねしてもよろしいでしょうか、これらの心地よいご配慮は、その場の衝動から来るものですか、それとも事前の研究の結果ですか？」というものである。
These are the things which give Miss Austen's readers the pleasant shocks, the delightful thrills, which are felt by the readers of Swift, of Fielding, and we may here add, of Thackeray, as they are felt by the readers of no other English author of fiction outside of these four.
これらこそが、オースティン嬢の読者に快い衝撃と喜ばしい戦慄を与えるものであり、それはスウィフトの、フィールディングの、そしてここにサッカレーの読者が感じるものと同じであって、この四者以外の英国小説作家の読者が感じるものとは異なるのである。
Vocabulary
- 駆け落ち
- kakeochi — Elopement; running away together to marry.
- 危機
- kiki — Crisis; critical situation or turning point.
- における
- ni okeru — In; at; during; indicating location or time context.
- 許し
- yurushi — Forgiveness; permission; pardon.
- うる
- uru — Suffix indicating possibility; can or able to.
- そして
- soshite — And; and then; furthermore.
- 不自然
- fushizen — Unnatural; artificial; awkward or contrived.
- ない
- nai — Not; negation suffix for verbs and adjectives.
- 無力
- muryoku — Powerlessness; helplessness; lack of strength.
- いかなる
- ikanaru — What kind of; any; whatever; no matter what.
- 観点
- kanten — Viewpoint; perspective; point of view.
- から
- kara — From; because; since; indicating origin or reason.
- 非難
- hinan — Criticism; blame; censure or reproach.
- 受ける
- ukeru — Receive; accept; take; undergo or experience.
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; nominalizing suffix.
- なく
- naku — Without; not doing; absence of action.
- 発言
- hatsugen — Statement; remark; utterance; speaking out.
- 意識的
- ishikiteki — Conscious; deliberate; intentional or aware.
- ユーモラス
- yūmorasu — Humorous; funny; amusing or witty in nature.
- 種類
- shurui — Type; kind; sort; variety or category.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix; group or collection of people.
- 笑い
- warai — Laughter; laugh; smiling or being amused.
- もの
- mono — Thing; person; object; nominalizing suffix.
- する
- suru — Do; make; perform; auxiliary verb.
- ともに
- tomoni — Together; with; along with; in company.
- 笑う
- warau — Laugh; smile; find amusing or entertaining.
- その
- sono — That; those; indicating specified person or thing.
- 登場
- tōjō — Appearance; debut; entrance of character.
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Character; person; individual in story.
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word; language; speech or expression.
- して
- shite — Doing; as; while; conjunction particle.
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; -est; to the greatest degree.
- 鋭く
- surudoku — Sharply; keenly; acutely or with sharpness.
- 喜ばしい
- yorokobasii — Pleasing; delightful; welcome or gratifying.
- ある
- aru — Be; exist; have; auxiliary verb.
- 愉快
- yukai — Pleasantness; cheerfulness; merriment or delight.
- いる
- iru — Be; exist; stay; auxiliary verb.
- とき
- toki — Time; when; occasion or moment.
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing; pronoun.
- とも
- tomo — Both; together; also; each other.
- 試練
- shiren — Trial; ordeal; test or hardship.
- 知る
- shiru — Know; learn; find out or understand.
- 難しい
- muzukashii — Difficult; hard; challenging or complicated.
- しかし
- shikashi — But; however; yet; still or nevertheless.
- 世間
- sekken — Society; the world; public or general public.
- 一般
- ippan — General; common; universal or ordinary.
- 感覚
- kankaku — Sense; sensation; feeling or perception.
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend or female companion.
- 相続
- sōzoku — Inheritance; succession; taking over property.
- について
- ni tsuite — About; concerning; regarding; on topic.
- 嘆く
- nageku — Lament; grieve; mourn or regret.
- 前者
- zensha — The former; the first mentioned thing.
- 向け
- muke — Towards; facing; directed at or for.
- 慰め
- nagusame — Comfort; consolation; solace or encouragement.
- 置く
- oku — Place; put; set down or leave.
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; likely or presumably.
- あろう
- arō — Would be; might be; probably is.
- ねえ
- nē — Hey; isn't it; emphatic sentence particle.
- そんな
- sonna — Such; like that; that kind of.
- 陰鬱
- in'utsu — Gloomy; depressing; dark or dismal mood.
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea; opinion or way of thinking.
- 負け
- make — Loss; defeat; being beaten or overcome.
- いけない
- ikenai — Must not; should not; forbidden or wrong.
- もっと
- motto — More; much more; further or additional.
- よい
- yoi — Good; fine; well or satisfactory.
- 期待
- kitai — Expectation; hope; anticipation or outlook.
- しよう
- shiyō — Let us do; shall we; suggesting action.
- じゃ
- ja — Isn't it; be; colloquial copula or particle.
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