my way of translation 12/17

2022年12月17日 10時22分35秒 | 翻訳・通訳
二宮尊徳の生き方
The way Sontoku Ninomiya spent his life:

私は、日々の仕事に打ち込むことによって、人格を向上させていくことができると考えています。つまり、一所懸命働くことは、単に生活の糧をもたらすのみならず、人格をも高めてくれるのです。
I think you can enhance your personality by devoting yourself into your daily work. I mean working as hard as possible could not only make you get money for your living but also get you to enhance your personality.

その典型的な例は、二宮尊徳です。彼は生涯を通じ、田畑で懸命に働き、刻苦勉励を重ねていく中で真理を体験し、人格を高めていきました。そのような尊徳であったからこそ、リーダーとしてたくさんの人々の信頼と尊敬を集め、多くの貧しい村々を救うことができたのです。
The typical example is Sontoku Ninomiya. He enhanced his personality through his life, working in the fields for crops as hard as possible, and experiencing the truth through his steady efforts towards a good life. As Sontoku was such a nice guy, he could draw a lot of respect and trust from people around him and could save a lot of villages from poverty.

(稲盛和夫の言葉から)