Miyuki MiyabeのAll She Was Worthを読んでいます。
The heater in the living room was still warm. Funaki gave himself the run of the place, cutting across the hall to light some incense in front Chizuko's photo. Honma, meanwhile, pulled the documents out of the envelope: Shoko Sekine's canceled register from Utsunomiya and her employment listings.
宮部みゆきの「火車」を英訳したのはAlfred Birnbaumという方ですが、慣用句、熟語を頻繁に使って訳しているようです。今回取り上げるのは "the run of the place" です。辞書を見ます。
次の二つの辞書に "the run of" の項目で説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (the run of) Free and unrestricted use of or access to.: her cats were given the run of the house: Better still, give them the run of the house while you stay in the hotel.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: the freedom to go anywhere or do anything one wants in (a place): With his parents gone, he had the run of the house.
便利な表現ですね。
The heater in the living room was still warm. Funaki gave himself the run of the place, cutting across the hall to light some incense in front Chizuko's photo. Honma, meanwhile, pulled the documents out of the envelope: Shoko Sekine's canceled register from Utsunomiya and her employment listings.
宮部みゆきの「火車」を英訳したのはAlfred Birnbaumという方ですが、慣用句、熟語を頻繁に使って訳しているようです。今回取り上げるのは "the run of the place" です。辞書を見ます。
次の二つの辞書に "the run of" の項目で説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (the run of) Free and unrestricted use of or access to.: her cats were given the run of the house: Better still, give them the run of the house while you stay in the hotel.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: the freedom to go anywhere or do anything one wants in (a place): With his parents gone, he had the run of the house.
便利な表現ですね。
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