Osam Dazaiの小説 "No Longer Human" を読み始めました。
太宰治の人間失格を最初に英訳したのは有名なDonald Keenだそうですが、私が読むのはJuliet Winters Carpenterという方で、最初にそのTranslator's Introductionからの文を引用します。
He feels superior to others, yet at the same time he deeply fears them. To mask his fear and also to gain love and acceptance, he adopts the persons of a clown, always trying to make others laugh with his shenanigans. The pervasive gloom in the novel is lightened by Yozo's ironic self-awareness as well as by Dazai's genius for storytelling and his protean, fluid style.
"protean" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: able to change quickly and easily: a protean character
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone or something as protean, you mean that they have the ability to continually change their nature, appearance, or behaviour.: He is a protean stylist who can move from blues to ballads and grand symphony.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: easily and continuously changing: the protean talents of this comedian
頑固者の正反対ですね。
太宰治の人間失格を最初に英訳したのは有名なDonald Keenだそうですが、私が読むのはJuliet Winters Carpenterという方で、最初にそのTranslator's Introductionからの文を引用します。
He feels superior to others, yet at the same time he deeply fears them. To mask his fear and also to gain love and acceptance, he adopts the persons of a clown, always trying to make others laugh with his shenanigans. The pervasive gloom in the novel is lightened by Yozo's ironic self-awareness as well as by Dazai's genius for storytelling and his protean, fluid style.
"protean" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: able to change quickly and easily: a protean character
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone or something as protean, you mean that they have the ability to continually change their nature, appearance, or behaviour.: He is a protean stylist who can move from blues to ballads and grand symphony.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: easily and continuously changing: the protean talents of this comedian
頑固者の正反対ですね。
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