タイヤメーカーが環境にやさしい新素材に注目
- １００年前に発明された石油を主原料とする合成ゴムは、長い間平凡な原料でした。
- しかし、大きなタイヤメーカーは性能の利点を提供するだけでなく、環境にもやさしい新しい素材により明るい未来を見ています。
- これらの緑の原料を精製するために、彼らは未検証の領域に踏み込む覚悟があります。
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自分で訳したのですが、合っているのかわからないところがあります。 添削して下さいね。 Petroleum-based synthetic rubber,which was invented 100 years ago,has long been their bread-and-butter materials. （石油を主原料にした合成ゴムは、１００年前に発明されたが、長い間平凡な原料であった。） But the big tire-makers see a brighter future in newer materials that not only offer performance advantages but are also easier on the environmment. （しかし、大きなタイヤメーカーは収益の長所を提供するだけでなく、環境にももっと やさしいもっと新しい原料で明るい未来を見ている。） And to refine these green materials,they are willing to wade into untested waters. （そしてこれらの緑の原料を精製するために、喜んで未検査の水を歩いて渡る。） おねがいします。
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> Petroleum-based synthetic rubber, which was invented 100 years ago, has long been their bread-and-butter materials. この場合の materials を 「原料」 と訳してしまうのはどんなもんかな、と思います。petroleum が synthetic rubber の 「原料」 である、というのなら分りますけれども。 私は bread-and-butter materials を、「日常目にするありふれたもの」 と解しました。 > But the big tire-makers see a brighter future in newer materials that not only offer performance advantages but are also easier on the environment. see a brighter future は、たしかに 「明るい未来を見る」 と訳せますが、ここでは newer materials （新素材） にかける期待を表しているように思えます。 また、performance advantages は、「収益の長所」 というより、「新しい素材を用いたタイヤの性能が向上すること」 を意味しているように思えます。 「しかし大手タイア・メーカーは新しい素材に期待を抱いている。それがより高い性能を示すというだけでなく、環境にもやさしいからだ」 みたいな感じではないかと思いました。 > And to refine these green materials, they are willing to wade into untested waters. green materials は 「環境にやさしい素材」 のことだそうです。 refine は 「精製する」 ですが、原油のままでは実用にならないのでそれを精製するわけで、従って 「手を加えて良質なものにする」 という意味が含まれているように思います。 また、「未検査の水を歩いて渡る」 という訳文からは、未踏のジャングルを踏み分けて進む探検隊のイメージなら湧きますが、この場合はどうかなと思いました。 untested water の water は、液体のイメージがまずあって、それは petroleum という語が出ていたので、それにもつながっているのかもしれません。また、海域などという意味もあり、私はこちらの意味の方が強いように感じました。海域 → 水域 → 領域 ということで、「いまだテストされていない領域」 であり、つまり 「まだこれまでに実用化されていない分野」 具体的には 「新しい素材」 のことを指した表現ではないかと思いました。 wade into untested water は、ジャングルに分け入るイメージだと上に書きましたが、そういう未踏の地というイメージと、いまだ日の目を見ていない新素材の開発ということを重ね合わせた表現のように思えます。 正確に訳すのは私の能力を超えてしまいますが、「そういった、環境にやさしい素材を開発するために、今日はまだ実用化されていない原料を探し求める努力がなされている」 みたいなところではないでしょうか。
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bread-and-butter materials 合成ゴムはタイヤ製造にとっては「必要不可欠な主原料」（原材料配合重量比で言えば７５％位か)と訳してみませんか？ untested water = untested technology 未だ実用化されていない技術に挑む、、、、感じでしょうか？
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