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　ある馬の調教中の一場面です。 　him,hisはここでは馬のことです。 　Tom worked him in circles,stepping in close and turning him,making him roll his hindquaters across. 訳文（一部省略） 　「後半身を回転させ云々」とあります。 　回転させるだけならrollだけで良いと思うのですが、acrossが付いているのは［360度ぐるっと」という意味を表すためですか？ 　私の辞書に適語が見当たりません。 　因みに、45度回転させるはなんと言いますか。 　併せてお尋ねします。

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ここで，hindquarters は馬の後半身ですが，roll は回転でも，360度とか45度とか数学的（または幾何学的）なことを言っているわけでなく，単に水平面（地面）で馬を回しているだけに思われます．across の意味合いですが，上から馬の胴体の全体を見た場合に，馬の後半身に関して，狭い範囲での水平面での回転（多少は無理して）のために胴体の全体が「くの字」状になって動いている様が感じられます．つまり，通常の直線的な胴体に後半身が曲がって交差するような形です． 以上は私の感覚的な解釈です．もちろん翻訳がこれを短く表現できるかは困難ですから，「後半身を回転させ」というのも「有り」でしょうね．翻訳というのは，辞書に無い言葉や表現をよく創り出します． ご存知のように，回転には回転軸があります．この場合の軸は垂直であって水平ではないでしょう． 述べたように，45度とか数学的な表現は，それなりにありますが，ここでは生き物の動きなのですから，不適当でしょう．それとも，この一文が数学の問題の表現であるとするなら，また話は別です．

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roll は水平軸を中心とする回転です。船や飛行機などが、左右に傾くのもrollと表現します。人や動物などの場合は、寝そべったまま左右にごろごろ回転する様を表す時に使われます。 ここでは馬が寝ているわけではないので、船や飛行機がrollするイメージだと思います。つまり、馬が腰をひねる様にして、後肢を横にステップさせながら、180度向きをかえる（= turn）様子を表現しているのだと思います。across は to the other side であり、turnする時に後肢が交差する様子ではないでしょうか。 >因みに、45度回転させるはなんと言いますか。 turn 45 degree

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