翻刻
but when the days and nights grow longer
or shorter, that differs a little in advancing
or retarding.
Is it not so?
78 Certainly: I have also heard at Decima
that there is great difference in the going of
the watches
but when the days grow longer the Dutch
watches commonly run faster than ours.
79 While we are talking it will soon be dark.
It is time to go.
80 Stay still a little, time ought not to maste■【masterヵ】
us.
81 Yes, time nor hour binds us
but I am afraid
as I have been so long with you, I can not g■【goヵ】
to day to pay my compliments elsewhere.
82 It is not looked on as impolite,
when you pay your copliments within
five days
for from te【the】first day of the new year
untill the fifth, all are lukky【lucky】days
83 Yes: 't is true
but I wish to pay also my compliments to
others
as the weather is still so fair
for I would by【be】 extremely uneasy if
現代語訳
しかし昼夜が長くなったり短くなったりすると、
進んだり遅れたりして少し違いが出ます。
そうではありませんか？
78 確かに。出島でも
時計の進み方に大きな違いがあると
聞いたことがあります。
しかし昼が長くなると、オランダの時計は
通常我々のものより早く進みます。
79 話をしている間に、もうすぐ暗くなるでしょう。
帰る時間です。
80 もう少しお待ちください。時間に急かされる
必要はありません。
81 はい、時間や時刻に縛られることはありませんが、
心配なのは、
あなたとこんなに長くいたために、今日は
他の場所へ挨拶に行けなくなることです。
82 失礼とは見なされません。
5日以内に挨拶をすれば
よいのです。
新年の初日から5日目まで、すべて
縁起の良い日ですから。
83 はい、その通りです。
しかし他の人たちにも
挨拶をしたいのです。
天気がまだとても良いので、
もしも...でしたら非常に気がかりになります。
英語訳
but when the days and nights grow longer
or shorter, that differs a little in advancing
or retarding.
Is it not so?
78 Certainly: I have also heard at Dejima
that there is great difference in the going of
the watches,
but when the days grow longer the Dutch
watches commonly run faster than ours.
79 While we are talking it will soon be dark.
It is time to go.
80 Stay still a little, time ought not to master
us.
81 Yes, time nor hour binds us,
but I am afraid
as I have been so long with you, I cannot go
today to pay my compliments elsewhere.
82 It is not looked on as impolite,
when you pay your compliments within
five days,
for from the first day of the new year
until the fifth, all are lucky days.
83 Yes, 'tis true,
but I wish to pay also my compliments to
others
as the weather is still so fair,
for I would be extremely uneasy if...