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Japanese to English: 蜜柑 / Mandarin Oranges General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - Japanese 或(ある)曇った冬の日暮である。私(わたくし)は横須賀(よこすか)発上り二等客車の隅(すみ)に腰を下して、ぼんやり発車の笛を待っていた。とうに電燈のついた客車の中には、珍らしく私の外に一人も乗客はいなかった。外を覗(のぞ)くと、うす暗いプラットフォオムにも、今日は珍しく見送りの人影さえ跡を絶って、唯(ただ)、檻(おり)に入れられた小犬が一匹、時々悲しそうに、吠(ほ)え立てていた。これらはその時の私の心もちと、不思議な位似つかわしい景色だった。私の頭の中には云いようのない疲労と倦怠(けんたい)とが、まるで雪曇りの空のようなどんよりした影を落していた。私は外套(がいとう)のポッケットへじっと両手をつっこんだまま、そこにはいっている夕刊を出して見ようと云う元気さえ起らなかった。
Translation - English It was a cloudy winter evening. I sat down in the corner of a second-class passenger compartment on a steam train coming up from Yokosuka, and was absentmindedly waiting for the train’s departure whistle to blow. The compartment already had its lights turned on inside, and strangely, there was not even a single passenger in the compartment other than me. I looked outside, and strangely, there was no longer any sign of people who came to say goodbye that day on the dusky train platform. There was only a lone puppy, locked in a kennel, barking sadly from time to time. These things created a scene that was strangely fitting with my feelings at that time. In my mind, my inexpressible weariness and fatigue was casting a leaden shadow over everything, like a sky clouded with snow. I just sat there, with both my hands firmly tucked into the pocket of my overcoat, not even able to summon the energy to take out the evening paper that was inside.
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Years of experience: 17. Registered at ProZ.com: Jan 2007.