質問: 長文ですがどなたか翻訳をお願いします。 父親の特徴が書いてあります。 日本語訳をしていただければ助かります! 宜しくお願いします。 his father was a healthy lusty person, with a lot of physical vitality. big in stature and with a lot of muscular strength and energy. a man with a long face and hollow eyes, brown hair. there was a stiffness in his demeanor and body and a formality in his manner.. well liked by women and apt to go wrong in life. a man of meager fortunes who was greedy and lazy with a moral decay when it came to money. a conceited hypocrite, with an authoritative manner. who tried to set his children a good example by the way he lived his life, and enforced his good manners and standards on them, which would have been ok, had he lived up to these in his own life. but he always open to receiving benefits from others, but giving non of his own. wanting distinction in life. in his past there may have been a murder close to him. or some kind of blood bath through which he passed. he had an untidy but comfortable room with open books. liked mental pursuits and learning. may have dabbled in writing, been interested in astronomy, or astrology and history literature and antiquities. his children may have only seen the best side of him, or the hardest. he made them behave, but he could be generous and encouraging to them too. he had a good memory, and was superstitious. neither the worst nor the best of fathers
回答: 以下のとおりお答えします。今回は、快調というほどではありませんが、難渋するほどでもありませんでした。しかし、内容的には何か唐突で不自然な印象を抱いたところもありました。 >his father was a healthy lusty person, with a lot of physical vitality. big in stature and with a lot of muscular strength and energy. a man with a long face and hollow eyes, brown hair. there was a stiffness in his demeanor and body and a formality in his manner.. well liked by women and apt to go wrong in life. a man of meager fortunes who was greedy and lazy with a moral decay when it came to money. ⇒彼の父親は、肉体的活力に満ちた、健康で頑健な人であった。長頭とくぼんだ目(眼窩)、茶色の毛髪を持つ人であった。彼の物腰と体型にはある種の堅さがあり、行儀・態度には形式的な面があった...。よく女性に好かれて、身を持ち崩す傾向があった。お金のことになると、道徳的な腐敗によって欲張りで怠惰になったために、財産をケチるところのある人でした。 >a conceited hypocrite, with an authoritative manner. who tried to set his children a good example by the way he lived his life, and enforced his good manners and standards on them, which would have been ok, had he lived up to these in his own life. but he always open to receiving benefits from others, but giving non (→none) of his own. wanting distinction in life. in his past there may have been a murder close to him. or some kind of blood bath through which he passed. ⇒権威的な態度のうぬぼれ偽善者で、自分の過ごしてきた人生を模範として子供に押しつけようとしました。自分の人生においてなら良しとされたであろうような、良い行儀の標準を彼らに強制したのです。しかし彼は、いつも、他人から利益を受け取るように手を広げていましたが、彼自身のものは何も与えませんでした。欲望優先の人生。彼の過去では、身近に殺人があったかもしれません。あるいは、血なまぐさいことを経験したかもしれません。 >he had an untidy but comfortable room with open books. liked mental pursuits and learning. may have dabbled in writing, been interested in astronomy, or astrology and history literature and antiquities. his children may have only seen the best side of him, or the hardest. he made them behave, but he could be generous and encouraging to them too. he had a good memory, and was superstitious. neither the worst nor the best of fathers ⇒彼は、開きっぱなしの本でだらしないけれども、快適な部屋を持っていました。精神的な探求や学習が好きでした。天文学、占星術、歴史文学、および古代遺跡に興味があって、(その関係の)物書きに手を出したことがあるかもしれません。彼の子供は、彼の中で最もよい面だけを見たかもしれませんし、最も厳しい面だけを見たかもしれません。彼は子供たちに行儀よくすることを強いましたが、寛大になって、彼らを元気づけるようなこともあったかもしれません。彼は、物覚えがよく、迷信的でした。(数ある)父親のうち、最悪でも最善でもありませんでした。