あまりタカシに近づかない方がいいぞ。明日仕事の面接があるとかで、すごくぴりぴりしてるんだ。
英語の訳
- You should stay away from Takashi for now. He has a work interview tomorrow or something, and he's really tense.
え?トナーが切れてるんですか?仕方ないですね。加藤さん、すみませんが職員室に取りに行って下さい。
英語の訳
- Eh? Have we run out of toner? Oh well, sorry, but can you go the staff-room and get some, Katou?
甥っ子と姪っ子が遊びに来たのはいいが、朝から晩までどたばたと家中を走り回り、うるさくて仕方がない。
英語の訳
- It's great that my nephew and niece came over to play, but they're so annoying making such a racket running all over the house all day that I can't stand it.
トラングは愛していると言っているのにスペンサーは彼女 に愛されなくなるのではないかと心配で仕方がありません。
英語の訳
- Even though Trang continued to say that she loved him, Spenser couldn't do anything but fear that she would stop caring for him.
「身長があと10cm高かったら、窓のガラス磨きが楽なんだけどな」「ないものねだりしても仕方ないよ。椅子持ってきてあげたよ」
英語の訳
- "If I was just 10 cm taller, it wouldn't be any effort for me to polish these glass windows." "It's no good wishing for the moon. Here, I've brought you a chair."
女性は職場や地域社会でますます重要な責任を担うようになっているので、育児と仕事の両方からストレスを感じている人の数が増えているといわれている。
英語の訳
- Since women are taking on more responsibilities at work and in the community, it is said that the number of women with stress from both child-rearing and work is increasing.
「先輩、お昼ご飯、奢ってください!」「いつもいつも集るな」「いいじゃないですかぁ。先輩、昨日、バイト代が入ったんでしょ?」「仕方ないな。何食べに行く?」
英語の訳
- "Senpai, please treat me to lunch!" "You should stop forever sponging off of me." "It's alright isn't it? Didn't you get payment from your part time job yesterday?" "I guess it can't be helped. What do you want to eat?"
読書の選択やまた読書の仕方について学生達から質問を受けたことが度々ある。これに対する自分の答はいつも不得要領に終る外はなかった。如何なる人に如何なる恋をしたらいいかと聞かれるのと大した相違はないような気がする。
英語の訳
- I've received many questions from students asking about choices and methods of reading. My answers have never led to anything productive. I think it's not dissimilar to asking what kind of person you should love or which kind of love you should have.
- I have often been questioned by students about how to choose books and how to read them. I could never reply to these questions but in vague terms. I feel it is not so different from being asked what kind of person one should love or what kind of love one should have.
「おかえり。お風呂沸いてるよ」「お腹空いたから、何か先に食べたいんだけど」「無理、何も触らないで!お風呂場へどうぞ」「おいおい。ばい菌扱いすんなよ」「仕方ないでしょ?このご時世。急いでください。あっ、お風呂から上がったら窓を開けといてね」
英語の訳
- "Welcome home. The bath is ready for you." "I'm feeling hungry, so is it ok if I eat something beforehand?" "No, don't touch a thing! Get to the bathroom." "Hey, you don't have to treat me like a germ you know." "But do you think I can help it with the current state of the world? Please hurry up. Oh, and don't forget to leave the window open after you get out of the bath."
「昨日さぁ、冷蔵庫に入ってたトムのチョコを食べたら、めっちゃ怒られたんだけど、そんなに怒らなくてもいいと思わない?」「冷蔵庫のって、あのオレンジの袋に入ったやつ?」「そうそう」「そりゃぁ、怒っても仕方ないよ。大好きな子にもらったチョコだもん」「そうなんだ。後から謝っとこうっと」
英語の訳
- "Hey, uh, so yesterday, I ate the chocolate Tom had in the fridge, and he got really mad at me, but don't you think he kind of overreacted?" "By the chocolate in the fridge, do you mean the one that was in that orange bag?" "Yeah." "In that case, I think it was totally justified. He got that chocolate from a girl he really likes." "Oh. I see. I'll apologize to him later, then."
人に嫌われるのが怖いって言うけどさ、君も苦手な人いるでしょ。数学的に言って、同じ数の人が君のこと苦手なんだよ。これは別に、嫌いな人をなくせば誰からも嫌われなくなるって言いたいんじゃなくて、単純に君に嫌いな人がいるように誰かに嫌われることがあっても仕方ないってこと。そこを諦めればもっと気楽に生きられるんじゃないかな。
英語の訳
- You say that you're afraid of being disliked by other people, but you have some people that you dislike yourself, don't you? Arithmetically speaking, there are an equal number of people who you don't like that don't like you back. I'm not saying that if you end your dislike of someone, someone else will stop disliking you as well; it's just that you can't change the fact that if you dislike someone, then someone else dislikes you as well. Your life will go much smoother if you just give up and accept that truth.
今日ね、常務がパソコン持って来たの。もうねぇ、びっくりして「どうなされたんですか?」って聞いたら「パソコンが動かなくなったから電話したんだけど、田中くんが4階まで持って来いって言うから、持ってきたよ」って。みんな顔面蒼白状態。まぁ、言うまでもなくその後、田中、部長にこっぴどく叱られてたけどね。仕方ないよね。けど、次は我が身。気を付けようって思った。
英語の訳
- Today, the managing director came in carrying a computer. Well, I was surprised and asked, "Can I help you with anything?", and he said, "My computer stopped working, so I called, but Tanaka told me to bring it up to the 4th floor, so here I am." Everyone turned pale. Well, needless to say, our boss gave Tanaka a real going-over. It couldn't be helped. It could've been any one of us though, so I thought, "I better be careful."