With this one exception, it is quite wrong to suppose that a simple culture will also have a simple language.
この一点を除いて、文化が単純だとその言語も単純だと考えるのはまったく間違っている。
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 y
I can't tell her now. It's not that simple anymore.
もう彼女には言えないよ。そんなに単純なことではなくなってきたからね。
I'm surprised that you're so naive.
君は意外に純情だね。
Her air of innocence is apparent, not real.
彼女の純真げなそぶりは見せかけで本物ではない。
The problem is not as simple as it might seem at first sight.
その問題は一見単純そうに見えますが、それほど単純ではない。
Is that pure gold?
それは純金ですか。
Wait a second. Do you just think that all's well that ends well? That's not the way it is.
ちょっと待ってよ、そんなに単純に、終わりよければ総て良し、ってわけにはいかないよ。
This is a writing style different from genuine English.
これは純正の英語とは違った文体だ。
These days, the motive for marriage is not necessarily pure.
近ごろでは、結婚の動機は必ずしも純粋なものではない。
Today's pure mathematics is tomorrow's applied mathematics.
今日の純粋数学は明日の応用数学。
It's simply that I don't really understand what an "oddball" is when said by a Mixi user.
純粋に、ミクシィユーザーが言うところの「変な人」ってどんな人なのか、私にはいまいちわからないのだ。
This work is simple enough for a child to do.
この仕事は単純なので子供にもできる。
Russell was a brilliant philosopher, but even the simplest practical task was quite beyond him.
ラッセルは、ずば抜けた哲学者であったが、日常的なことは、ごく単純なことさえ全然出来なかった。
Do you want to know my secret? It's very simple...
私の秘密を知りたい? 単純な話しさ・・・
The child had a pure heart.
その子は純粋な心を持っていた。
The color white is a symbol of purity.
白は純潔の象徴である。
He's a genuine aristocrat.
彼は純粋の貴族だ。
Critique of Pure Reason is German philosopher Immanuel Kant's chief literary work.
「純粋理性批判」はドイツの哲学者エマニュエル・カントの主著である。
Let's simply look at this example.
単純にこの例で考えてみましょう。
Those who were there thought it was pure gold.
出席者はそれを純金だと思った。
As far as I am concerned, the problem is not a simple one.
私に関する限り、その問題は単純ではない。
Junko is a beautiful girl.
純子は美人です。
This work is simple enough for me to do.
この仕事は単純なので私にもできる。
Math is like love - a simple idea, but it can get complicated.
数学は恋のようだ。単純だけど複雑にもなりうる。
Junko is quite familiar with English.
純子は英語に精通している。
Impure drinking water can be a carrier of diseases.
不純な飲料水は病気の媒体となりうる。
There's very little pure blood in any nation now.
今やどの民族にも純粋な血といえるものはほとんどない。
This work is simple enough that even a child can do it.
この仕事は単純なので子供にもできる。
The whiteness of the lily is a symbol of purity.
ゆりの白さは純潔の象徴だ。
This drama is missing something. All it is is a simple cautionary tale with no real depth.
このドラマは単純な勧善懲悪もので、今一つ深みに欠けて物足りない。
Net-profit comes to 10 million dollars every year.
毎年純利益は千万ドルになる。
Everything was simpler in those days.
あの頃は何もかもがもっと単純だった。
If you truly want to upgrade your language skills, then translation might not be the best way to do it, but you're really just playing around, so I believe that if you find it fun, then more power to you.
This might lead us to believe that a simple culture would make use of a simple language, that a complex culture would make use of a complex language, and so on.
