At each stage of his imprisonment he had known, or seemed to know, whereabouts he was in the windowless building.
at each stage
(各段階で)
[副]
at every point in a process
彼は監禁されている間の各段階で、自分がこの窓のない建物のどこにいるのかを知っていたような気がしていた。
Possibly there were slight differences in the air pressure.
difference
(差)
[名]
the state or relation of being different
air pressure
(気圧)
[名]
the pressure exerted by the weight of the air above a given point
おそらく気圧にわずかな差があったのだろう。
The cells where the guards had beaten him were below ground level.
看守に殴られた独房は地下にあった。
The room where he had been interrogated by O'Brien was high up near the roof.
be interrogated
(尋問を受ける)
[動]
ask questions of someone, especially in a formal or aggressive way
high up
(高いところ)
[副]
at a high level
オブライエンから尋問を受けた部屋は屋根の近くの高いところにあった。
This place was many metres underground, as deep down as it was possible to go.
many metres
(何メートルも)
[名]
a unit of length equal to 100 centimetres
この場所は地下何メートルも下にあり、これ以上深くはないと思われた。
It was bigger than most of the cells he had been in.
彼がこれまでいた独房のほとんどよりも大きかった。
But he hardly noticed his surroundings.
surroundings
(周囲の状況)
[名]
the conditions or area around a person or thing
しかし彼は周囲の状況にほとんど気づかなかった。
All he noticed was that there were two small tables straight in front of him, each covered with green baize.
baize
(ベーズ)
[名]
a coarse woolen cloth with a long nap, usually green, used to cover billiard tables
彼が気づいたのは、目の前に緑のベーズで覆われた小さなテーブルが二つあることだけだった。
One was only a metre or two from him, the other was further away, near the door.
一つは彼から一、二メートルしか離れていなかったが、もう一つはもっと離れたドアの近くにあった。
He was strapped upright in a chair, so tightly that he could move nothing, not even his head.
彼は椅子に縛り付けられ、頭さえも動かすことができないほどきつく縛られていた。
A sort of pad gripped his head from behind, forcing him to look straight in front of him.
一種のパッドが後ろから頭を掴み、彼を正面を見るように強制した。
The door opened again.
ドアが再び開いた。
A guard came in, carrying something made of wire, a box or basket of some kind.
basket
(バスケット)
[名]
a container made from wood, straw, or other flexible material, with an open top, used to carry things
看守がワイヤーでできた何か、箱かバスケットのようなものを運んで入ってきた。
He set it down on the further table.
further
(遠くの)
[形]
more distant in space
彼はそれを遠くのテーブルに置いた。
Because of the position in which O'Brien was standing.
because of
(せいで)
[前]
for the reason that
オブライエンの立っている位置のせいだった。
Winston could not see what the thing was.
could not see
(見ることができなかった)
[動]
be unable to see
the thing
(それ)
[名]
the object or matter in question
ウィンストンはそれが何なのか見ることができなかった。
“The worst thing in the world,” said O'Brien, “varies from individual to individual.
the worst thing
(一番恐ろしいこと)
[名]
the most unpleasant or serious thing
「世界で一番恐ろしいことは」とオブライエンは言った。「人によって違う。
It may be burial alive, or death by fire, or by drowning, or by impalement, or fifty other deaths.
burial
(埋葬)
[名]
the act of burying a dead body
drowning
(溺死)
[名]
death by suffocation in water
impalement
(串刺し)
[名]
the act of piercing with a sharp stake
それは生き埋めかもしれないし、火刑かもしれないし、溺死かもしれないし、串刺しかもしれないし、他の五十通りの死かもしれない。
There are cases where it is some quite trivial thing, not even fatal.”
fatal
(致命的な)
[形]
causing death
それが致命的ですらない、ごく些細なことである場合もある。」
He had moved a little to one side, so that Winston had a better view of the thing on the table.
one side
(横)
[名]
the left or right half of something
view
(見ることができた)
[名]
the ability to see something
彼は少し横にずれたので、ウィンストンはテーブルの上のものをよりよく見ることができた。
It was an oblong wire cage with a handle on top for carrying it by.
wire
(金網の)
[名]
a metal drawn out into a thin flexible thread
cage
(ケージ)
[名]
a box or enclosure with bars or wires
それは長方形の金網のケージで、上部に持ち運び用の取っ手が付いていた。
Fixed to the front of it was something that looked like a fencing mask, with the concave side outwards.
look like
(~のように見える)
[動]
have the same appearance as
fencing mask
(フェンシングのマスク)
[名]
a mask used in fencing to protect the face
concave
(凹面)
[形]
having a surface that curves inward
outward
(外側)
[形]
of or relating to the outside or outer part
その前面には、フェンシングのマスクのようなものが固定されていて、凹面が外側を向いていた。
Although it was three or four metres away from him, he could see that the cage was divided lengthways into two compartments, and that there was some kind of creature in each.
away from
(離れた)
[形]
not near or close
lengthways
(縦に)
[副]
in the direction of the longest dimension
compartment
(部屋)
[名]
a separate section of a structure
彼から三、四メートル離れていたが、ケージが縦に二つの部屋に分けられ、それぞれに何か生き物がいるのが見えた。
They were rats.
それはネズミだった。
A sort of premonitory tremor, a fear of he was not certain what, had passed through Winston as soon as he caught his first glimpse of the cage.
premonitory
(予兆の)
[形]
giving a warning of something that is going to happen
catch
(ちらっと見る)
[動]
to see or notice something briefly
pass through
(走る)
[動]
to go through or across something
ケージを最初にちらっと見た瞬間、ウィンストンの身体を予兆のような震えが走り、何に対するのかはっきりしない恐怖を感じた。
But at this moment the meaning of the mask-like attachment in front of it suddenly sank into him.
in front of
(前にある)
[前]
in the space that is directly ahead of someone or something
sink into
(理解する)
[動]
to become fully aware of
attachment
(装置)
[名]
a device that is connected to something else
しかし、この瞬間、その前にあるマスクのような装置の意味を突然理解した。
His bowels seemed to turn to water.
turn to
(~になる)
[動]
change into
彼の腸は水になったようだった。
“Do you remember,” said O'Brien, “the moment of panic that used to occur in your dreams?
「覚えているか?」オブライエンは言った。「夢の中で起こったパニックの瞬間を?
There was a wall of blackness in front of you, and a roaring sound in your ears.
目の前に暗闇の壁があり、耳には轟音が鳴り響いていた。
There was something terrible on the other side of the wall.
壁の向こう側には恐ろしい何かがあった。
You knew that you knew what it was, but you dared not drag it into the open.
know that
(知っている)
[動]
be aware of
know what
(何であるかを知っている)
[動]
be aware of the nature or identity of
into the open
(明るみに)
[副]
into public view
それが何であるかを知っていることは知っていたが、あえてそれを明るみに出そうとはしなかった。
It was the rats that were on the other side of the wall.”
壁の向こう側にいたのはネズミだった」
O'Brien made no direct answer.
direct
(直接の)
[形]
without an intermediary; straight
オブライエンは直接の返事はしなかった。
When he spoke it was in the schoolmasterish manner that he sometimes affected.
schoolmasterish
(教師のような)
[形]
like a schoolmaster
彼が口を開いた時、それは時折彼が気取る教師のような態度だった。
He looked thoughtfully into the distance, as though he were addressing an audience somewhere behind Winston's back.
address
(語りかける)
[動]
to speak to
彼はウィンストンの背後のどこかにいる聴衆に語りかけるかのように、遠くをじっと見つめた。
“By itself,” he said, “pain is not always enough.
by itself
(それだけでは)
[副]
without help or assistance
「それだけでは」と彼は言った。「痛みはいつも十分ではない。
There are occasions when a human being will stand out against pain, even to the point of death.
stand out against
(耐え抜く)
[動]
to be clearly different from something else
人間が死ぬまで痛みに耐え抜く場合もある。
But for everyone there is something unendurable--something that cannot be contemplated.
for everyone
(誰にとっても)
[副]
for all people
unendurable
(耐えられない)
[形]
not able to be endured
しかし、誰にとっても耐えられないことがある。考えられないことがある。
Courage and cowardice are not involved.
cowardice
(臆病)
[名]
lack of courage or bravery
勇気や臆病は関係ない。
If you are falling from a height it is not cowardly to clutch at a rope.
height
(高いところ)
[名]
the distance from the top to the bottom of something
clutch
(しがみつく)
[動]
grasp or hold something tightly
rope
(ロープ)
[名]
a length of strong thick cord made by twisting together strands of fiber
高いところから落ちそうになったらロープにしがみつくのは臆病ではない。
If you have come up from deep water it is not cowardly to fill your lungs with air.
come up
(浮上する)
[動]
move upwards
深海から浮上したら肺を空気で満たすのは臆病ではない。
It is merely an instinct which cannot be destroyed.
それはただの本能であり、破壊することはできない。
It is the same with the rats.
ネズミも同じだ。
For you, they are unendurable.
for
(にとって)
[前]
in the interest of
君には耐えられない。
They are a form of pressure that you cannot withstand, even if you wished to.
form
(一種)
[名]
a kind, type, or variety
withstand
(耐える)
[動]
to resist or endure something
君が耐えられない圧力の一種だ。耐えようとしてもだ。
You will do what is required of you.”
君は求められたことをするだろう」
O'Brien picked up the cage and brought it across to the nearer table.
オブライエンはケージを持ち上げ、近くのテーブルに運んだ。
He set it down carefully on the baize cloth.
baize cloth
(ビーズの布)
[名]
a coarse woolen cloth with a long nap, usually dyed green, used for covering billiard tables
彼はそれをビーズの布の上に注意深く置いた。
Winston could hear the blood singing in his ears.
ウィンストンは耳の中で血が歌っているのが聞こえた。
He had the feeling of sitting in utter loneliness.
utter
(全く)
[形]
complete; total; absolute
彼は全く孤独に座っているという感覚があった。
He was in the middle of a great empty plain, a flat desert drenched with sunlight, across which all sounds came to him out of immense distances.
immense
(膨大な)
[形]
extremely large or great
彼は広大な空の平原の真ん中にいた。日光に照らされた平らな砂漠で、すべての音が彼に届くまでに膨大な距離を隔てていた。
Yet the cage with the rats was not two metres away from him.
それでもネズミのいるケージは彼から2メートルも離れていなかった。
They were enormous rats.
巨大なネズミだった。
They were at the age when a rat's muzzle grows blunt and fierce and his fur brown instead of grey.
muzzle
(口吻)
[名]
the projecting part of the face, including the nose and mouth, of an animal
blunt
(丸い)
[形]
having a thick or rounded end
fur
(毛皮)
[名]
the short, soft hair of an animal
ネズミの口吻が丸く凶暴になり、毛皮が灰色から茶色に変わる年齢だった。
“The rat,” said O'Brien, still addressing his invisible audience, “although a rodent, is carnivorous.
carnivorous
(肉食の)
[形]
feeding on flesh
「ネズミは」とオブライエンは、まだ見えない聴衆に向かって語りかけた。「齧歯類ではあるが肉食だ。
You are aware of that.
あなたはそれを知っていますね。
You will have heard of the things that happen in the poor quarters of this town.
この街の貧しい地区で起こっていることを聞いたことがあるだろう。
In some streets a woman dare not leave her baby alone in the house, even for five minutes.
ある通りでは、女性は赤ちゃんを家の中で一人にしておくことさえできない。
The rats are certain to attack it.
be certain to
(必ず)
[動]
be sure to; be certain to
ネズミは必ず襲いかかる。
Within quite a small time they will strip it to the bones.
small
(短い)
[形]
little in size, amount, or degree
strip
(骨だけになる)
[動]
remove all the covering from
かなり短時間のうちに骨だけになる。
They also attack sick or dying people.
病気や死にかけている人も襲う。
They show astonishing intelligence in knowing when a human being is helpless.”
人間が無力な時を知る驚くべき知性を見せる」
There was an outburst of squeals from the cage.
squeal
(悲鳴)
[名]
a high-pitched cry or noise
ケージから悲鳴がわき起こった。
It seemed to reach Winston from far away.
ウィンストンの耳には遠くから聞こえてきたように思えた。
The rats were fighting; they were trying to get at each other through the partition.
get at
(近づく)
[動]
approach or reach
each other
(互いに)
[代]
one another
partition
(仕切り)
[名]
a structure that divides or separates
ネズミが戦っていた。仕切りを越えて互いに近づこうとしていた。
He heard also a deep groan of despair.
彼はまた深い絶望のうめき声を聞いた。
That, too, seemed to come from outside himself.
それもまた彼の外から聞こえてきたように思えた。
O'Brien picked up the cage, and, as he did so, pressed something in it.
press
(押し込む)
[動]
push or squeeze something firmly
オブライエンはケージを持ち上げ、そうしながらその中に何かを押し込んだ。
There was a sharp click.
click
(カチッという音)
[名]
a short, sharp sound like that of a switch being operated or of two hard objects striking each other
鋭いカチッという音がした。
Winston made a frantic effort to tear himself loose from the chair.
frantic
(必死の)
[形]
wildly excited or agitated
tear loose
(逃れる)
[動]
get free from a restriction or difficulty
ウィンストンは椅子から逃れようと必死に努力した。
It was hopeless; every part of him, even his head, was held immovably.
every part
(あらゆる部分)
[名]
all of the parts
immovably
(動かないように)
[副]
in a way that cannot be moved
絶望的だった。彼のあらゆる部分、頭さえもが動かないように固定されていた。
O'Brien moved the cage nearer.
オブライエンはケージを近づけた。
It was less than a metre from Winston's face.
ウィンストンの顔から1メートルも離れていなかった。
“I have pressed the first lever,” said O'Brien.
「最初のレバーを押した」とオブライエンは言った。
“You understand the construction of this cage.
construction
(構造)
[名]
the way in which something is made or put together
「このケージの構造は理解しているな。
The mask will fit over your head, leaving no exit.
exit
(出口)
[名]
a way out of a place
マスクは頭にフィットし、出口はない。
When I press this other lever, the door of the cage will slide up.
私がこのもう一つのレバーを押すと、ケージの扉が上にスライドする。
These starving brutes will shoot out of it like bullets.
shoot out
(飛び出す)
[動]
move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly
これらの飢えた獣は弾丸のように飛び出す。
Have you ever seen a rat leap through the air?
ネズミが空を飛び跳ねるのを見たことがあるか?
They will leap on to your face and bore straight into it.
bore
(穴を掘る)
[動]
make a hole in something
彼らはあなたの顔に飛びつき、まっすぐに穴を掘る。
Sometimes they attack the eyes first.
時には彼らは最初に目を攻撃する。
Sometimes they burrow through the cheeks and devour the tongue.”
burrow
(掘り進む)
[動]
dig a hole or tunnel
時には彼らは頬を掘り進み、舌をむさぼり食う。」
The cage was nearer; it was closing in.
near
(近づいていた)
[形]
not far away
close in
(迫っていた)
[動]
to come closer and closer
ケージは近づいていた。それは迫っていた。
Winston heard a succession of shrill cries which appeared to be occurring in the air above his head.
succession
(連続)
[名]
a number of people or things following one after the other
shrill
(甲高い)
[形]
high-pitched and piercing
ウィンストンは頭上の空中で起こっているように思われる甲高い叫び声を聞いた。
But he fought furiously against his panic.
furiously
(必死に)
[副]
in a very angry or violent way
しかし、彼はパニックに必死に抵抗した。
To think, to think, even with a split second left--to think was the only hope.
考える、考える、一瞬しか残されていないとしても考える、それが唯一の希望だった。
Suddenly the foul musty odour of the brutes struck his nostrils.
foul
(悪臭)
[形]
having an offensive smell
musty
(かび臭い)
[形]
having a stale or moldy smell
strike
(突く)
[動]
hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement, especially as a way of attacking someone or something
突然、獣たちの悪臭が鼻を突いた。
There was a violent convulsion of nausea inside him, and he almost lost consciousness.
There was
(起こった)
[動]
to take place; to happen
convulsion
(吐き気)
[名]
a sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of a muscle or a group of muscles
nausea
(吐き気)
[名]
a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit
彼の内部では激しい吐き気が起こり、彼はほとんど意識を失った。
Everything had gone black.
go black
(真っ暗になる)
[動]
become dark
全てが真っ暗になった。
For an instant he was insane, a screaming animal.
for an instant
(一瞬)
[名]
a very short space of time
一瞬、彼は狂ったように叫ぶ動物になった。
Yet he came out of the blackness clutching an idea.
come out of
(抜け出す)
[動]
emerge from
それでも彼は暗闇から抜け出し、ある考えを掴んだ。
There was one and only one way to save himself.
one and only one
(ただ一つ)
[名]
a single person or thing
自分を救う方法はただ一つしかなかった。
He must interpose another human being, the BODY of another human being, between himself and the rats.
interpose
(挟み込む)
[動]
place or insert between one thing and another
彼は自分とネズミの間に別の人間、別の人間の身体を挟み込まなければならない。
The circle of the mask was large enough now to shut out the vision of anything else.
circle
(円)
[名]
a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the center)
マスクの円は、他のものの視界を遮断するのに十分な大きさになった。
The wire door was a couple of hand-spans from his face.
wire door
(金網の扉)
[名]
a door made of wire
couple of
(数十)
[名]
two or a few
hand-span
(センチ)
[名]
the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended
金網の扉は彼の顔から数十センチの距離にあった。
The rats knew what was coming now.
ネズミたちは今何が起こるかを知っていた。
One of them was leaping up and down, the other, an old scaly grandfather of the sewers, stood up, with his pink hands against the bars, and fiercely sniffed the air.
sewer
(下水道)
[名]
an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and sewage
bar
(鉄格子)
[名]
a long thin piece of wood or metal
そのうちの一匹は飛び跳ね、もう一匹は、下水道の鱗のある老祖父で、ピンク色の手を鉄格子に当てて立ち上がり、激しく空気を嗅いだ。
Winston could see the whiskers and the yellow teeth.
whisker
(髭)
[名]
a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of an animal
ウィンストンは髭と黄色い歯を見ることができた。
Again the black panic took hold of him.
再び黒いパニックが彼を襲った。
He was blind, helpless, mindless.
blind
(盲目)
[形]
unable to see
彼は盲目で、無力で、無知だった。
The mask was closing on his face.
マスクが彼の顔に近づいていた。
The wire brushed his cheek.
brush
(撫でる)
[動]
touch or move lightly against
針金が彼の頬を撫でた。
And then--no, it was not relief, only hope, a tiny fragment of hope.
そして、いや、それは安堵ではなく、ただの希望、ほんのわずかな希望だった。
Too late, perhaps too late.
too late
(遅すぎる)
[副]
after the proper or usual time
遅すぎる、おそらく遅すぎる。
But he had suddenly understood that in the whole world there was just ONE person to whom he could transfer his punishment--ONE body that he could thrust between himself and the rats.
just one
(ただ一人)
[名]
only one
しかし彼は突然、全世界で自分の罰を転嫁できる人間はただ一人、自分とネズミの間に押し込める肉体はただ一つしかないことを理解した。
And he was shouting frantically, over and over.
そして彼は狂ったように何度も何度も叫び続けていた。
He was falling backwards, into enormous depths, away from the rats.
backwards
(後ろ向きに)
[副]
in a direction opposite to that in which one is facing
away
(遠ざかるように)
[副]
from a place or position
彼は後ろ向きに、巨大な深みへと、ネズミから遠ざかるように落ちていった。
He was still strapped in the chair, but he had fallen through the floor, through the walls of the building, through the earth, through the oceans, through the atmosphere, into outer space, into the gulfs between the stars--always away, away, away from the rats.
fall through
(突き抜ける)
[動]
pass through
outer space
(宇宙空間)
[名]
the physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere
gulf
(深淵)
[名]
a deep ravine
彼は椅子に縛り付けられたままだったが、床を突き抜け、建物の壁を突き抜け、地球を突き抜け、海を突き抜け、大気圏を突き抜け、宇宙空間へ、星々の間の深淵へと落ちていった・・・常にネズミから遠ざかり、遠ざかり、遠ざかるように。
He was light years distant, but O'Brien was still standing at his side.
light year
(光年)
[名]
the distance that light travels in one year
彼は光年も離れたところにいたが、オブライエンは依然として彼の側に立っていた。
There was still the cold touch of wire against his cheek.
彼の頬には依然としてワイヤーの冷たい感触があった。
But through the darkness that enveloped him he heard another metallic click, and knew that the cage door had clicked shut and not open.
しかし彼を包む暗闇の中、彼は別の金属音を聞き、ケージの扉が開いたのではなく閉まったのだと分かった。