The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 4
He was eating an apple, and giving a long, melodious whoop, at intervals, followed by a deep-toned ding-dong-dong, ding-dong-dong, for he was personating a steamboat.
彼はリンゴを食べながら、時折、長く melodious な叫び声を上げ、その後に低い音のディン・ドン・ドン、ディン・ドン・ドンと続けた。というのも、彼は汽船の真似をしていたからだ。
As he drew near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned far over to starboard and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp and circumstance—for he was personating the Big Missouri, and considered himself to be drawing nine feet of water.
近づくにつれて、彼は速度を落とし、道の真ん中を歩き、右舷に大きく身を傾け、重々しく大げさな儀式とともに回り込んだ。というのも、彼はビッグ・ミズーリ号を演じており、自分が九フィートの喫水で航行していると思い込んでいたからだ。
He was boat and captain and engine-bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane-deck giving the orders and executing them:
彼は船であり、船長であり、エンジンの鐘でもあったので、自分がハリケーン・デッキに立って命令を下し、それを実行していると想像しなければならなかった。
"Stop her, sir! Ting-a-ling-ling!" The headway ran almost out, and he drew up slowly toward the sidewalk.
「止めろ、そこ!チンチンチン!」前進の勢いはほとんど尽き、彼はゆっくりと歩道に向かって進んだ。
"Ship up to back! Ting-a-ling-ling!" His arms straightened and stiffened down his sides.
「後退の準備!チンチンチン!」彼の腕は真っ直ぐに伸び、両脇に硬直した。
"Set her back on the stabboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow! ch-chow-wow! Chow!" His right hand, mean-time, describing stately circles—for it was representing a forty-foot wheel.
「右舷を後退させろ!チンチンチン!チャウ!チャウ・ワウ!チャウ!」その間、彼の右手は優雅な円を描いていた。四十フィートの舵輪を表していたのだ。
"Let her go back on the labboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow-ch-chow-chow!" The left hand began to describe circles.
「左舷を後退させろ!チンチンチン!チャウ・チャウ・チャウ!」左手が円を描き始めた。
"Stop the stabboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! Stop the labboard! Come ahead on the stabboard! Stop her! Let your outside turn over slow! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow-ow-ow! Get out that head-line! _lively_ now! Come—out with your spring-line—what're you about there! Take a turn round that stump with the bight of it! Stand by that stage, now—let her go! Done with the engines, sir! Ting-a-ling-ling! SH'T! S'H'T! SH'T!" (trying the gauge-cocks).
「右舷止めろ!チンチンチン!左舷止めろ!右舷前進!止めろ!外側をゆっくり回せ!チンチンチン!チャウ・オウ・オウ!船首のロープを出せ!さっさとしろ!さあ、スプリング・ラインを出せ、何をしてるんだ!そのロープの折り返しであの切り株に一回りさせろ!タラップの準備、さあ離せ!エンジン停止、了解!チンチンチン!シュッ!シュッ!シュッ!」(圧力弁を試しながら)
Tom went on whitewashing—paid no attention to the steamboat.
トムは白塗りの作業を続け、汽船には一切注意を払わなかった。
Ben stared a moment and then said: "_Hi-Yi!
ベンはしばらく見つめてから言った。「ヒャッホー!
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- リンゴ
- ringo — Apple; common edible fruit
- を
- wo — Object marker particle
- 食べ
- tabe — Eat; stem form of taberu
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneous action conjunction
- 時折
- tokiori — Occasionally; from time to time
- 長く
- nagaku — Long; adverb form of nagai
- 美しい
- utsukushii — Beautiful; aesthetically pleasing
- 叫び声
- sakebigoe — Shout; cry; screaming voice
- 上げ
- age — Raise; lift up; stem form
- その後
- sonogo — After that; subsequently
- に
- ni — Direction/location/time particle
- 低い
- hikui — Low; short in height or pitch
- 音
- oto — Sound; noise
- の
- no — Possessive/modifier particle
- と
- to — Quotation/manner particle; and
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continue; keep doing; stem form
- た
- ta — Past tense grammatical suffix
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; quotation phrase
- も
- mo — Also; too; inclusive particle
- 汽船
- kisen — Steamship; steam-powered vessel
- 真似
- mane — Imitation; mimicry; pretending to be
- し
- shi — Do; stem/conjunctive form of suru
- て
- te — Conjunctive te-form particle
- い
- i — Be; exist; stem of iru (animate)
- から
- kara — Because; from; causal/source particle
- だ
- da — Copula; plain-form 'is/are'
- 近づく
- chikazuku — Approach; draw near to something
- つれ
- tsure — As; in proportion to; accompanying change
- 速度
- sokudo — Speed; velocity; rate of movement
- 落とし
- otoshi — Drop; reduce; lower; stem form
- 道
- michi — Road; path; street
- 真ん中
- mannaka — Middle; center; right in the middle
- 歩き
- aruki — Walk; walking; stem form of aruku
- 右舷
- ugen — Starboard; right side of a ship
- 大きく
- ookiku — Largely; greatly; adverb form of ookii
- 身
- mi — Body; one's own person
- 傾け
- katamuke — Tilt; lean; incline; stem form
- 重々しく
- omoomoshiku — Solemnly; gravely; with great dignity
- 大げさ
- oogesa — Exaggerated; overdramatic; overstated
- な
- na — Adjectival noun modifier particle
- 儀式
- gishiki — Ceremony; ritual; formal procedure
- とも
- tomo — Along with; even; both; concessive
- 回り込ん
- marikomon — Go around; circle around; stem form
- 号
- gō — Suffix for ship or vehicle names/numbers
- 演じ
- enjiri — Perform; act; play a role
- おり
- ori — Be; exist; humble/literary form of iru
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- 九
- ku / kyū — Nine; the number 9
- で
- de — At; by means of; location/method particle
- 航行
- kōkō — Navigation; sailing; traveling by vessel
- いる
- iru — Be; exist; for animate subjects
- 思い込ん
- omoikon — Convinced oneself; firmly believe; stem form
- 船
- fune — Ship; boat; vessel
- あり
- ari — There is; exist; literary form of aru
- 船長
- senchō — Captain; ship's commanding officer
- エンジン
- enjin — Engine; motor
- 鐘
- kane — Bell; large metal bell
- 立っ
- tatt- — Stand; be standing; stem/conjunctive form
- 命令
- meirei — Order; command; instruction
- 下し
- kudashi — Issue; hand down; give orders; stem form
- それ
- sore — That; that thing over there
- 実行
- jikkō — Execution; carrying out; implementation
- 想像
- sōzō — Imagination; imagining; mental picture
- なけれ
- nakere — Must; negative conditional stem form
- ば
- ba — If; conditional particle
- なら
- nara — If; conditional; speaking of
- なかっ
- nakatt- — Was not; past negative stem form
- 止めろ
- tomero — Stop it!; halt!; imperative command
- そこ
- soko — There; that place
- 前進
- zenshin — Advance; move forward; forward progress
- 勢い
- ikioii — Momentum; force; vigor; energy
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; mostly
- 尽き
- tsuki — Run out; be exhausted; stem form
- ゆっくり
- yukkuri — Slowly; leisurely; without hurry
- 歩道
- hodō — Sidewalk; pavement; pedestrian path
- 向かっ
- mukatt- — Head toward; face; stem/conjunctive form
- 進ん
- susunn- — Advance; proceed; stem/conjunctive form
- 後退
- kōtai — Retreat; reverse; move backward
- 準備
- junbi — Preparation; readiness; getting ready
- 腕
- ude — Arm; upper limb of the body
- 真っ直ぐ
- massugu — Straight; directly; without bending
- 伸び
- nobi — Stretch; extend; stem form of nobiru
- 両脇
- ryōwaki — Both sides; both flanks of the body
- 硬直
- kōchoku — Stiffness; rigidity; becoming stiff
- さ
- sa — Causative/nominalizing suffix; softening particle
- せろ
- sero — Do it!; imperative of causative seru
- その間
- sono aida — Meanwhile; during that time
- 右手
- migite — Right hand; right side
- 優雅
- yūga — Elegant; graceful; refined
- 円
- en — Circle; yen; round shape
- 描い
- egaite / kaite — Draw; trace; depict; conjunctive form
- 四十
- yonjū — Forty; the number 40
- 表し
- arawashi — Express; represent; show; stem form
- 左手
- hidarite — Left hand; left side
- 描き
- kaki — Draw; sketch; stem form of kaku
- 始め
- hajime — Begin; start; stem form of hajimeru
- 外側
- sotogawa — Outside; outer side; exterior
- 回せ
- mawase — Turn it!; spin it!; imperative form
- ロープ
- rōpu — Rope; cord; line
- 出せ
- dase — Put out!; release!; throw out! imperative
- さっさと
- sassato — Quickly; briskly; without wasting time
- しろ
- shiro — Do it!; plain imperative form of suru
- さあ
- sā — Well; now then; come on; interjection
- 何
- nani / nan — What; which thing
- てる
- teru — Contracted form of te-iru; ongoing action
- ん
- n — Explanatory/softening sentence-ending particle
- その
- sono — That; the (near listener) demonstrative
- 折り返し
- orikaeshi — Return; turnaround; reply promptly
- あの
- ano — That (over there); distant demonstrative
- 切り株
- kirikabu — Tree stump; remains of a cut tree
- 一回り
- hitomawari — One full circle; one size larger/smaller
- 離せ
- hanase — Let go!; release!; imperative form
- 停止
- teishi — Stop; halt; cessation of movement
- 了解
- ryōkai — Understood; roger; acknowledgment of orders
- 試し
- tameshi — Test; try; stem form of tamesu
- 白塗り
- shironuri — Whitewashing; painting white; whitewash work
- 作業
- sagyō — Work; task; operation; labor
- 一切
- issai — All; entirely; not at all (with negative)
- 注意
- chūi — Attention; caution; warning; notice
- 払わ
- harawa — Pay; give (attention); stem/negative form
- しばらく
- shibaraku — For a while; for some time; briefly
- 見つめ
- mitsume — Stare at; gaze; look fixedly; stem form
- 言っ
- itt- — Say; speak; conjunctive/past stem form
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