The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 2
No artist has ethical sympathies.
いかなる芸術家も倫理的な共感を持たない。
An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.
芸術家における倫理的な共感は、許しがたい文体の癖である。
No artist is ever morbid.
芸術家は決して病的になることはない。
The artist can express everything.
芸術家はあらゆるものを表現できる。
Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.
思想と言語は、芸術家にとって芸術の道具である。
Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art.
悪徳と美徳は、芸術家にとって芸術の素材である。
From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.
形式の観点からすれば、あらゆる芸術の典型は音楽家の芸術である。
From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type.
感情の観点からすれば、俳優の技芸がその典型である。
All art is at once surface and symbol.
あらゆる芸術は同時に表層であり象徴である。
Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
表層の下に潜ろうとする者は、自らの危険を冒してそうするのだ。
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
象徴を読み解こうとする者も、自らの危険を冒してそうするのだ。
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
芸術が真に映し出すのは、人生ではなく観客である。
Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
ある芸術作品についての意見の多様性は、その作品が新しく、複雑で、生命力に満ちていることを示す。
When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.
批評家たちの意見が一致しないとき、芸術家は自己と調和している。
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it.
有用なものを作る人間は、それを賞賛さえしなければ許すことができる。
The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
無用なものを作ることへの唯一の言い訳は、それを心から賞賛するということである。
All art is quite useless.
あらゆる芸術は、まったくもって無用である。
Vocabulary
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Any kind of; whatever; no matter what
- 芸術家
- geijutsuka — An artist; a person who creates art
- も
- mo — Also; even; too (particle)
- 倫理的
- rinriteki — Ethical; relating to morals or ethics
- 共感
- kyōkan — Empathy; sympathy; sharing another's feelings
- 持た
- mota — To have; hold (stem form of motsu)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; does not; is not
- における
- ni okeru — In; at; concerning; with regard to
- 許し
- yurushi — Forgiveness; permission; pardon
- がたい
- gatai — Hard to; difficult to (suffix expressing difficulty)
- 文体
- buntai — Writing style; literary style of expression
- 癖
- kuse — Habit; quirk; mannerism; idiosyncrasy
- ある
- aru — To be; to exist (formal/literary copula)
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; by no means (used with negatives)
- 病的
- byōteki — Morbid; pathological; sickly; unhealthy in nature
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into something
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (nominalizer)
- あらゆる
- arayuru — All; every; any possible kind of
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; matter
- 表現
- hyōgen — Expression; representation; portrayal of ideas
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to; can; to be possible
- 思想
- shisō — Thought; ideology; philosophical idea
- 言語
- gengo — Language; tongue; system of communication
- にとって
- ni totte — For; from the standpoint of; to someone
- 芸術
- geijutsu — Art; the fine arts; artistic expression
- 道具
- dōgu — Tool; instrument; implement; means
- 悪徳
- akutoku — Vice; immorality; wicked behavior or conduct
- 美徳
- bitoku — Virtue; moral excellence; admirable quality
- 素材
- sozai — Material; subject matter; raw material
- 形式
- keishiki — Form; format; formality; structure
- 観点
- kanten — Viewpoint; perspective; standpoint
- すれば
- sureba — If one does; conditional form of suru
- 典型
- tenkei — Typical example; prototype; archetypal model
- 音楽家
- ongakuka — Musician; a professional music performer or composer
- 感情
- kanjō — Emotion; feeling; sentiment
- 俳優
- haiyū — Actor; actress; performer on stage or screen
- 技芸
- kigei — Craft; artistic skill; technical art
- その
- sono — That; those (demonstrative adjective)
- 同時に
- dōji ni — At the same time; simultaneously
- 表層
- hyōsō — Surface layer; outer surface; superficial level
- あり
- ari — Being; existing (conjunctive form of aru)
- 象徴
- shōchō — Symbol; emblem; symbolic representation
- 下
- shita / ka — Below; under; beneath
- 潜ろう
- mogurou — Let's dive; attempt to dive beneath the surface
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who; individual
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by oneself; personally
- 危険
- kiken — Danger; risk; hazardous situation
- 冒して
- okashite — Risking; daring; braving danger or offense
- そう
- sō — So; like that; it seems so
- 読み解こう
- yomitokō — Let's interpret; attempt to decode or decipher
- 真に
- makoto ni — Truly; genuinely; sincerely; really
- 映し出す
- utsushidasu — To project; reflect; portray vividly
- 人生
- jinsei — Life; one's life; human existence
- なく
- naku — Without; lacking; not having (conjunctive negative)
- 観客
- kankyaku — Audience; spectator; viewer
- 芸術作品
- geijutsu sakuhin — Work of art; artistic creation or masterpiece
- について
- ni tsuite — About; concerning; regarding something
- 意見
- iken — Opinion; view; one's thoughts on a matter
- 多様性
- tayōsei — Diversity; variety; multiplicity of forms
- 作品
- sakuhin — Work; piece; artistic or literary creation
- 新しく
- atarashiku — Newly; freshly; in a new manner
- 複雑
- fukuzatsu — Complex; complicated; intricate
- 生命力
- seimeiryoku — Vitality; life force; vigor; energy
- 満ちて
- michite — Filled with; full of; brimming
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings)
- 示す
- shimesu — To show; indicate; demonstrate; point out
- 批評家
- hihyōka — Critic; reviewer; one who critiques work
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people; they; group
- 一致
- itchi — Agreement; consensus; coincidence; unity
- しない
- shinai — Do not; does not (negative of suru)
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when; occasion
- 自己
- jiko — Self; oneself; one's own ego
- 調和
- chōwa — Harmony; balance; accord between elements
- 有用
- yūyō — Useful; practical; of benefit or utility
- 作る
- tsukuru — To make; create; produce; build
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; person; mankind
- それ
- sore — That; it (third-person demonstrative pronoun)
- 賞賛
- shōsan — Praise; admiration; commendation; acclaim
- さえ
- sae — Even; as long as; if only (particle)
- しなければ
- shinakereba — If one does not; must do (conditional negative)
- 許す
- yurusu — To forgive; permit; allow; pardon
- 無用
- muyō — Useless; unnecessary; of no use
- 唯一
- yuiitsu — The only one; sole; unique
- 言い訳
- iiwake — Excuse; justification; pretext
- 心から
- kokoro kara — From the heart; sincerely; wholeheartedly
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to be called
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; absolutely; indeed
- もって
- motte — With; by means of; using (te-form of motsu)
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