When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted.
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
ミスター・オーティスが カンタヴィルチェイスを かったとき、
みんなが かれに ばかげたこうどうだと いった。
- modifier:
- 馬鹿げた行動だと
Indeed, Lord Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. Otis when they came to discuss terms.
ロード・カンタヴィルも そのじじつを つたえるつもりでいた。
- predicate:
- 伝える
“We have not cared to live in the place ourselves,” said Lord Canterville, “since my grandaunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton, was frightened into a fit, from which she never really recovered, by two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders as she was dressing for dinner, and I feel bound to tell you, Mr. Otis, that the ghost has been seen by several living members of my family, as well as by the rector of the parish, the Rev. Augustus Dampier, who is a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.
「わたしの おおおばは ゆうれいをみて きぜつした。
そのゆうれいは ふくすうのひとに もくげきされている」
- predicate:
- 気絶する
- 目撃する
After the unfortunate accident to the Duchess, none of our younger servants would stay with us, and Lady Canterville often got very little sleep at night, in consequence of the mysterious noises that came from the corridor and the library.”
「しようにんたちは わたしたちのいえに とまりたがらない」
- predicate:
- 泊まる
“My Lord,” answered the Minister, “I will take the furniture and the ghost at a valuation.
「わたしは かぐとゆうれいを さていかかくで ひきとる」
- modifier:
- 家具と幽霊を
I have come from a modern country, where we have everything that money can buy; and with all our spry young fellows painting the Old World red, and carrying off your best actors and prima-donnas, I reckon that if there were such a thing as a ghost in Europe, we’d have it at home in a very short time in one of our public museums, or on the road as a show.”
「ヨーロッパに ゆうれいが いたなら、
われわれは それを もちかえっていただろう」
- predicate:
- 持ち帰る
“I fear that the ghost exists,” said Lord Canterville, smiling, “though it may have resisted the overtures of your enterprising impresarios. It has been well known for three centuries, since 1584 in fact, and always makes its appearance before the death of any member of our family.”
「ざんねんながら ゆうれいは そんざいする。
そして いちぞくのだれかがしぬまえに そのすがたをみせる」
- modifier:
- 残念ながら
“Well, so does the family doctor for that matter, Lord Canterville. But there is no such thing, sir, as a ghost, and I guess the laws of Nature are not going to be suspended for the British aristocracy.”
「ゆうれいなんて そんざいしない。
しぜんのほうそくが とまることはない」
- subject:
- 自然の法則が
“You are certainly very natural in America,” answered Lord Canterville, who did not quite understand Mr. Otis’s last observation, “and if you don’t mind a ghost in the house, it is all right. Only you must remember I warned you.”
「あなたが ゆうれいを きにしないのなら、
もんだいない」
- predicate:
- 問題ない
- 生粋の（きっすいの, pure‑bred / genuine）
- きっすいの means that something or someone is entirely authentic in origin or nature, without being mixed with other types or influences.