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今日のGetUpEnglishは皇后さまのこのニュースの一節を英語にしてみる。
それから約20年。陛下の支えもあり、活動の幅が広がりつつある皇后さまは、皇后として初めて、外国での国際親善に踏み出す。子どもや高齢者、障害者など、社会的に弱い立場にある人々に心を寄せているほか、働く女性への支援などに関心が深い。
これをどんな英語にしたらよいだろうか？
About twenty years have passed, and with the support of the Emperor Naruhito, the Empress Masako is now actively involved in various initiatives. She is currently preparing for her inaugural mission as an international goodwill ambassador abroad. Her primary focus revolves around addressing issues that affect children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities. Additionally, she holds a deep passion for supporting working women.
このように訳してみた。
「子どもや高齢者、障害者など、社会的に弱い立場にある人々に心を寄せている」などは日本語ですっきり表現できるのだが、英語で言うとなると「子どもや高齢者、障害者など、社会的に弱い立場にある人々に影響を及ぼす問題に対処することにいちばん関心をお持ちで……」といった言い方にしないと、苦しいかもしれない。
今週6月24日（土）掲載の『桐生タイムス』の連載「永遠の英語学習者の仕事録」では、蓑崎昭子記者からのリクエストにより「ChatGPTと日英翻訳を勝負する」といったものにする予定だ。
さて、ChatGPT先生は英語学習の可能性を大きく広げてくれているし、日英翻訳はかなりお得意のようだが、負けるわけにはいかない。
BTSの最年長Jinさんが近く徴兵に。ほかのメンバーも順次入隊。
https://borneobulletin.com.bn/agency-says-bts-members-will-serve-in-south-koreas-military-2/
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
The members of K-pop band BTS will serve their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company said yesterday, effectively ending a debate on exempting them because of their artistic accomplishments.
Big Hit Music said the band’s oldest member, Jin, will revoke his request to delay his conscription at the end of the month and undertake the required conscription steps.
The six other members also plan to serve in the military, according to the company’s notice to financial regulators, which it described as management-related information that could possibly affect investment decisions.
Big Hit issued another statement on Twitter, saying the company and BTS members are “looking forward to reconvening as a group again around 2025 following their service commitment”. No further information on the timing of their service was given.
The band members performed together in Busan over the weekend in support of the city’s EXPO bid, but only solo projects appear to be planned until 2025.
The announcement came after commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration Lee Ki Sik told lawmakers this month that it would be “desirable” for BTS members to fulfil their military duties to ensure fairness in the country’s military service.
Whether the BTS members must serve in the army had been a hotly debated issue in South Korea as Jin faced possible enlistment early next year after turning 30 in December.
Under South Korean law, most able-bodied men are required to perform 18-21 months of military service, but special exemptions had been granted for athletes and artists who excel in certain international competitions that have been tied with national prestige.
revoke: ～を撤回する、取り消す
conscription: 徴兵
reconvene> reconvening: 再び集結する。次のように使われる。
○Practical Example
The Diet is to reconvene on the 31th of March.
「国会は３月31日に再開される予定」
ロンドンの美術館でゴッホの油絵「ひまわり」にトマトスープをかけて器物損壊の容疑でタイ押された環境活動家2人が裁判所に出廷し、無罪を主張した。油絵はガラスで保護され無事だった。
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/15/oil-protesters-appear-in-court-threw-soup-van-gogh-painting.html
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
The climate activists who threw soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s famous “Sunflowers” painting on Saturday appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damages, several outlets reported.
The two women were protesting as part of the campaign group Just Stop Oil, and they pleaded not guilty at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court during two brief hearings.
After dumping two cans of tomato soup over the Van Gogh oil painting Friday, the protesters also glued themselves to the gallery wall. They were removed by specialists and taken into custody, according to the London Metropolitan Police.
A spokesperson for the National Gallery confirmed that there was no damage to the painting, which is one of the iconic versions of “Sunflowers” that Van Gogh painted in the late 1880s. It has an estimated value of $80.99 million.
“There is some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed,” the spokesperson told CNBC. The painting was covered by glass, and it was cleaned and returned to the National Gallery Friday afternoon.
Just Stop Oil has been protesting in London for the past two weeks, and the group said in a press release that its actions were “in response to the government’s inaction on both the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis.”
“What is worth more, art or life? Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice? Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?” one activist said in a video of the event.
Just Stop Oil has received widespread criticism from environmental groups and politicians from the opposition Labour Party following the protest.
on charges of criminal damages: 器物破損の容疑で
on charge of...（～の罪で，～のかど［嫌疑］で）は、次のように使われる。
○Practical Example
“Kaoru Kameyama is wanted on a charge of murder.”
「亀山薫は殺人罪でお尋ね者になっている」
韓国のスーパーグループBTSがアメリカのホワイトハウスを訪問し、バイデン大統領と話し合った。アジア系住民へのヘイトクライムが問題なる中、多様性を認め合うことが大切だと訴えた。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読もう。
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14634847
WASHINGTON--K-Pop sensation BTS visited the White House on Tuesday to talk with President Joe Biden about combating the rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans--bringing superstar sizzle to an otherwise sad and scary topic.
bringing superstar sizzle to...: ～にスーパースターの刺激をもたらす
sizzleは「《揚げものをするときなどの》シューシュー[ジュージュー]いう音」であるが、状況によっては「興奮」、そして辞書にはなかなか載っていないが、「盛り上がり」と言った意味でも用いられる。
動詞は次のように使われる。
○Practical Example
When the karaoke started, the party really began to sizzle.
「カラオケが始まるとパーティーが盛り上がった」
Band members J-Hope, RM, Suga, Jungkook, V, Jin and Jimin joined White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at her briefing with reporters on the final day of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Jimin said the band had been “devastated by the recent surge” of crime and intolerance against Asian Americans that has persisted since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s not wrong to be different,” Suga said through an interpreter. “Equality begins when we open up and embrace all of our differences.” V said that “everyone has their own history.”
“We hope today is one step forward to understanding and respecting each and everyone as a valuable person,” V added.
アルクの『English Journal』とあわせて、朝日出版社の『CNN English Express』も購読している。
2022年7月号の「ポジティブ名言集」は参考になった。
Yo-Yo Maのコメントがすばらしい。
本日のGetUpEnglishでは、その言葉を紹介したい。
「これまでの人生において、もっとも大切な演奏は？」という質問に対して次のように答えている。
In music, it’s really very simple. The most important performance is your last performance or is the next one that’s coming up. [...] The frame of music is always [that] you’re trying to give all of yourself at any one time in a performance.
「実は音楽においてそれはとても単純です。いちばん大切な演奏はいちばん最後に行った演奏、あるいはこの次の演奏です。［中略］音楽とは、演奏しているどの瞬間も自分のすべてを出そうと思うようにできているのです」
思うのだが、編集も翻訳も同じだ。本業の編集を担当する本はもちろんだが、翻訳を担当させていただく本ももちろんそうだ。
ありがたいことに、本業の傍らで、翻訳書は日英翻訳を入れて80冊以上刊行させていただいているが、今いただいている仕事を完璧にこなしたいといつも考えている。
アメリカでいちばん人気の高い犬種にラブラドルレトリバーが31年連続でトップに輝いた。一方、プードルの人気が上昇中で、ほぼ25年振りにベスト5に返り咲いた。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
https://www.ksl.com/article/50368196/poodles-pop-in-popularity-but-labs-still-no-1-us-dog-breed
Labrador retrievers are still tugging hardest on U.S. dog lovers' heartstrings, but poodles just strutted back into the American Kennel Club's top five most popular dog breeds for the first time in nearly a quarter-century.
tugging hardest on U.S. dog lovers' heartstrings: アメリカの愛犬家の心をいちばん強く引きつける
strut(ted) back into: ～に返り咲いた
動詞strutは「気取って[反(そ)り返って, 得意気に]歩く」（コンパスローズ）
○Practical Example
The man strutted down the street in his brand-new outfit.
「男は買ったばかりの洋服を着て町なかを得意気に歩いた」
The club's annual popularity rankings came out Tuesday, drawn from more than 800,000 purebred puppies and older pooches that joined the nation's oldest canine registry last year.
pooch(es): 犬
canine: イヌ科の
With 197 recognized breeds, the list ranges from such familiar furry faces as Labs — No. 1 for an unprecedented 31 straight years — to the newly added Biewer terrier (making a strong debut at No. 82) and unusual pups like the hairless Xoloitzcuintli (No. 119).
For dog fans, there's plenty to dig into (like a dachshund, No. 10) and point out (like a pointer, No. 120). So we've rounded up (like a border collie, No. 31) some highlights.
102歳のタイ人男性が国内最高齢の短距離走者として活躍している。今年2月のマスターズ陸上の国内大会では、100メートルのタイムが27秒08で、同年代グループの国内新記録を樹立した。
本日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
It takes Thai athlete Sawang Janpram 27.08 seconds to run 100 metres. That's not bad, given he is 102 years old.
Sawang is known for being the oldest sprinter in the Southeast Asian country and has participated four times in the annual Thailand Master Athletes Championships, particularly in the 100-metre dash, javelin and discus events.
given: ～を考えると
participate(d): 参加する
javelin：やり投げ
discus: 円盤投げ
Last weekend at the championship's 26th iteration held in the southwestern Samut Songkhram province, he won all the gold medals in the 100-105 years category as he has outlived all rivals in that age range.
"Getting into sports made me strong and well. As well as this, exercising helps improve your appetite so you eat well too," Sawang says when asked about the secret to his longevity.
Sawang's everyday routine includes daily walks with his 70-year-old daughter, Siripan, and simple house chores like sweeping up fallen leaves in their garden.
アマゾンが書店などを閉鎖することにした。実店舗戦略の見直しをはかるとのこと。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
https://japantoday.com/category/business/amazon-shuttering-its-physical-bookstores-and-4-star-shops
Amazon is closing all of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, as well as its 4-star shops and pop up locations, as the online retail behemoth reworks its physical footprint.
pop-up: 期間限定の。
behemoth: 「巨大な」
The Seattle-based company said Wednesday that the move, which affects 66 stores in the U.S. and two in the United Kingdom, will enable it to concentrate its efforts on Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market, its convenience concept called Amazon Go and its upcoming Amazon Style stores. Amazon Style, which will sell fashion and accessories, is set to open in a Southern California mall later this year.
https://japantoday.com/category/business/amazon-shuttering-its-physical-bookstores-and-4-star-shops
ポール・マッカートニーが４月から全米でコンサートツアーを開く。西海岸ワシントン州から始めて東部ニュージャージー州で締めくくり、計14公演を行う。
https://jp.reuters.com/article/us-music-mccartney-tour-idCAKBN2KN2CY
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
Sir Paul McCartney plans to launch a 14-date U.S. concert tour in the Pacific Northwest this spring, marking his first series of live performances since the end of a world tour in 2019, the former Beatle announced on Feb. 28.
The “Got Back” tour will open on April 28 in Spokane, Washington, McCartney’s first show in that city, followed by back-to-back concerts at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on May 2-3, according to the tour schedule posted on his official website.
back-to-back: 連日の
The tour is slated to stop in 11 more U.S. cities over the following six weeks, wrapping at the Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on June 16, two days before McCartney’s 80th birthday.
(be) slated...in: (ツアーでは)～に立ち寄る予定である
The McCartney outing is sure to figure as a highlight of the 2022 spring-and-summer arena music scene as recording stars begin to return to live performances after a two-year hiatus forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
McCartney is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century in his 1960s Beatles collaboration with the late John Lennon. He was last on the concert circuit with a 39-date world tour that concluded with a sold-out show in July 2019 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
“I said at the end of the last tour that I’d see you next time. I said, I was going to get back to you. Well, I got back,” the musician said in a statement announcing his latest outing, alluding to the Beatles’ 1969 hit “Get Back.”
The writing and recording of the song featured prominently in the “The Beatles: Get Back,” a recently-released documentary film series directed by Peter Jackson that covers the making of the band’s 1970 album “Let It Be.”
The upcoming tour includes McCartney’s first ever shows in three Southern cities - Hollywood, Florida; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He also will be playing in Fort Worth, Texas, for the first time since he appeared there in 1976 with Wings, and in Baltimore for the first time since a 1964 Beatles concert.
Rounding out the Got Back tour are stops in Boston; Los Angeles; Oakland, California; Orlando, Florida; and Syracuse, New York.
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北京冬季五輪フィギュアスケート男子フリーで、3連覇がかかった羽生結弦選手は前人未到の4回転半ジャンプに挑んだが、4位に終わった。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
https://www.akila-english.com/post/change-of-guard-chen-takes-gold-hanyu-settles-for-4th
All that was left for Hanyu was a go-for-broke shot at the quad axel, a 4 1/2-revolution jump that has never been landed in competition, He came close but couldn't quite hold onto the landing, then fell again on his quad salchow before an emotional finish. "I think I did everything I could,” said Hanyu, who only arrived in the Chinese capital on Feb. 6, two days before competing.
go-for-broke: いちかばちかの
The International Skating Union acknowledged that Hanyu was the first skater to attempt a quad axel in an ISU-sanctioned competition.
Looking crushed as the music died down, Hanyu skated off the rink with his head held high, the crowd still cheering him.
It has been "an honor to be able to share the ice with Hanyu over the years,” Chen said.
"Again, watching him when I was a kid, I never even dreamed that I would be able to have the opportunity to even skate with him.
"So then to be able to compete against him... it's just been a really great honor, and he's in my opinion the greatest skater ever.”
金メダルを取ったネイサン・チェンは、羽生選手は「ずっと夢見てきた選手」であり、「一緒に戦えたことが光栄」、そして「彼が歴史上もっとも偉大なスケート選手」と言う。
チェン選手も羽生選手もすばらしい。
東京都知事や運輸大臣などを務め、芥川賞作家としても知られる石原慎太郎氏が、東京都内の自宅で亡くなった。89歳だった。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist politician remembered as Tokyo’s gaffe-prone governor who provoked a spat with China by calling for Japan’s purchase of disputed islands in the East China Seas, has died. He was 89.
gaffe-prone: 失言の多い
spat: 論争、口喧嘩
disputed islands: 係争中の諸島。尖閣諸島のこと。
Ishihara, an award-winning novelist before he became a politician, was remembered for his controversial views and provocative remarks that often angered women and rights groups during his 30-year tenure as a lawmaker, mostly as a member of the governing Liberal Democratic Party.
controversial views and provocative remarks: 物議を醸す意見と挑発的な発言
Ishihara, who was being treated for pancreatic cancer and was in hospital since December, was still writing until last week, when his condition suddenly deteriorated and he died Tuesday morning, the family announced.
pancreatic cancer:すい臓がん
『ドカベン』『あぶさん』『野球狂の詩』など数々の野球漫画を送り出した水島新司氏が、1月10日、肺炎で亡くなった。享年82。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14524742
Manga artist Shinji Mizushima, who parlayed his love of baseball into manga series that were beloved by fans and the players alike, died of pneumonia on Jan. 10. He was 82.
parlay(ed) ... into: ～に情熱を注ぎこむ。
「（金・才能・知識など）を運用［活用］して（富・成功）を得る」の意味でも使われる。
○Practical Example
Yves Bouvie parlayed a small inheritance into millions of dollars on the stock market.
「イヴ・ブーヴィエはわずかな遺産を株式相場で運用して何百万ドルも得た」
pneumonia: 肺炎
Mizushima is widely known for his long-running baseball manga series that included actual players in the action, including “Dokaben” and “Abu-san.”
He was born in Niigata Prefecture. After he finished junior high school, he started to work at a seafood wholesaler. At that time, he entered a manga competition for new artists and received a prize.
Mizushima scored a hit with his baseball manga series “Otoko Do Aho Koshien,” which began to be carried in a weekly magazine from 1970.
米メリーランド大学医療センターは1月10日、遺伝子操作したブタの心臓を人に移植する手術を実施したと発表した。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
last-ditch effort: 最終手段
While it's too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say the transplant showed that a heart from a genetically modified animal can function in the human body without immediate rejection.
decades-long quest to one day use: いつかは～を使うという数十年にわたる探求
genetically modified: 遺伝子操作された
The patient, David Bennett, a 57-year-old Maryland handyman, knew there was no guarantee the experiment would work but he was dying, ineligible for a human heart transplant and had no other option, his son told The Associated Press.
It was either die or do this transplant. I want to live. I know it's a shot in the dark, but it's my last choice, Bennett said a day before the surgery, according to a statement provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
On Monday, Bennett was breathing on his own while still connected to a heart-lung machine to help his new heart. The next few weeks will be critical as Bennett recovers from the surgery and doctors carefully monitor how his heart is faring.
fare >faring: うまく機能する。
There's a huge shortage of human organs donated for transplant, driving scientists to try to figure out how to use animal organs instead. Last year, there were just over 3,800 heart transplants in the U.S., a record number, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees the nation's transplant system.
クロアティアの山で男性が遭難したが、飼い主に暖められて命が救われたという心も温まる話。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-mountains-europe-dogs-croatia-cf717647bb1290cc8f126da9752d1dc5
Croatian rescuers are praising a dog who protected his injured owner from freezing high on a snowy mountain, keeping him warm for 13 hours in the dark until he could get medical attention.
high on: ～の高いところで
“Friendship and love between man and dog know no boundaries,” the county’s mountain rescue service wrote on Twitter Tuesday, with a photo of the dog lying on top of his master on a stretcher.
The accident occurred late on Jan. 1 more than 1,700 meters (5,600 feet) up Mount Velebit, that stretches along Croatia’s Adriatic Sea coast. Rescuers say both man and dog — an Alaskan Malamute called North — slipped and fell about 150 meters (500 feet).
The hiker seriously hurt his leg but the dog was uninjured, and used its body heat to keep him warm as temperatures dropped after nightfall and rescuers strove to locate them.
“(North) curled beside him and warmed him with his body,” the rescue service’s post said. “His loyalty didn’t stop even when the rescuers came, he was one of us, guarding his man for 13 hours.”
トヨタ自動車がアメリカ国内の2021年の新車販売数で、90年続いたGeneral Motorの牙城を崩し、首位になった。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。
Toyota took lead over GM in 2021 U.S. sales
Japanese automaker Toyota outsold General Motors in the United States in 2021, marking the first time the Detroit automaker has not led U.S. auto sales for a full year since 1931.
Toyota sold 2.332 million vehicles in the United States in 2021, compared with 2.218 million for General Motors, the automakers said on Tuesday.
GM’s U.S. sales were down 13 percent for 2021 — and down 43 percent in the fourth quarter — while Toyota was up 10 percent for the year. GM last had lower sales in 2010 at 2.202 million.
For all of 2020, GM’s U.S. sales totaled 2.55 million, compared with Toyota’s 2.11 million and Ford’s 2.04 million.
Last year was marred by a shortage of semiconductors used heavily in vehicles, forcing automakers to focus on their most profitable models.
(be) marred by: ～に見舞われた
GM said on Tuesday it expects U.S. economic growth will boost U.S. total light-duty vehicle industry sales from around 15 million in 2021 to around 16 million in 2022.
GM has been the largest seller of vehicles in the United States since 1931, when it surpassed Ford, according to data from industry publication Automotive News.
Toyota is not boasting about the accomplishment. Senior Vice President Jack Hollis said the automaker is “grateful” for its loyal customers, but “being No. 1 is never a focus or priority.”
The Japanese automaker does not see it as sustainable that it can retain its U.S. sales lead and had no plans to use the 2021 accomplishment in any kind of advertising, he added. Toyota had been credited by analysts for weathering the chip shortage better than other automakers.
(be) credit by analysts for weathering: ～を乗り切ったことで専門家に評価される。
動詞weatherは「（困難を）しのぐ、切り抜ける」の意味で使われる。
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