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「折れない心に！」クローズアップ現代より：NHK 4月18日放映

“Not to be Bruised!” from NHK, “Close-up Now” on 2014.04.18

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5月27日(火)撮影の、ラズベリーとブラックベリーです。茎に棘(とげ)があるのがラズベリー。ラズベリーの和名は、木苺(きいちご)で、BKG植物辞典によると、花言葉は、「嫉妬、希望」だそうです。

There you see two kinds of berries shot on Tuesday, May 27th. The first ones are raspberries and the other ones are blackberries. The stem of raspberries has many thorns. Raspberries are called “Ki-ichigo” in Japanese. And the floral language of it is, according to BKG Plant Dictionary, “jealousy” and “hope”.

 

 

ブラックベリーの和名は、西洋藪苺(やぶいちご)で、花言葉は、「繊細な美」だそうです。

The Japanese name of Blackberries is “Seiyo-yabu-ichigo”, which means “western strawberries in bush”. And its floral language is “delicate beauty”, I read on the same BKG.

 

 

当たり前すぎますが、植物は、花を摘まれたり実をもがれたりされても、彼らは怒らず、部屋に活ければ素敵な香気を放ち、食べれば甘い滋養をくれます。悩むどころか、「恩など与えないのに仇をなさない」のです。

Too much naturally, if the flower or the fruit was picked by us, they would never get angry. Far from that, the flower in a vase actually smells sweet in our rooms; the fruit actually gives us its sweet alimentation, which means that “they never *return hostility without kindness” rather than worrying about themselves.

*“return kindness with hostility”：「恩を仇(あだ)で返す」

 

 

目に見える災害、クーデター、拉致、自殺、デジタル犯罪…。TV報道番組に登場する著名な評論家は「分析と助言」を述べます。謙虚な方もおられますし、したり顔の方も。

We watch bad news on TV every day like visible disasters, coups, kidnappings, suicides, digital crimes, etc. And in each case, one or plural famous commentators *make it a rule to speak their “analyses or advices” ; *some humbly do and some with a triumphant air.

*make it a rule to～：決まって～する　*with a triumphant air：したり顔で

 

 

4月18日のクローズアップ現代：「折れない心に！」は、「現状紹介と分析」の域を出ませんでした。

The program of Close-up Now, “Not to be bruised!” didn’t go far beyond “Introducing current situation and the *analyses”.

*analyses：分析：analysis の複数形

 

 

逆境の壁を乗り越えるには、「感情コントロール」、「自尊感情」、「自己効力感」、「楽観性」が必要。…確かに！

When we overcome adversity, we need the power of “emotional control”, “self-esteem”, “self-efficacy” and “optimistic feeling”. … Indeed!

 

 

それよりも、…「今、いのちの電話すらかける気力がない」人には？…逞しく実をつけようとしているラズベリーやブラックベリーを観察した方が…？

But, we need so much more … E.g. How should we do for “those who has little power to even call the *crisis center”? … Hum… It might be better for them to carefully watch these raspberries or blackberries that are now bearing their fruits, mightn’t it?

*crisis center：命の電話　

 

 

今、ワシントンDCに、大きな会社を辞めようか苦しんでおられる私の外国友人A君がいます。彼がこの番組を見ても、解決できないだろうと思いました。部下が10人、お子さんも独立して、傍目にはうらやむような生活なのに。

A, one of my foreign friends in Washington DC is worrying whether he had better resign from a big company he works in. I thought he couldn’t decide his near future even if he was watching that program. He is the top of a department with his ten *subordinates. His children are all independent from their parents; he looks to have enjoyed an enviable life.

*subordinate：部下

 

 

つまり、大組織の企業戦士に嫌気がさしているのです。

To put it simply, he hates his status of company soldier in such a big organization.

 

 

スロベニアの高校教師で、私の古い友人、Qさんのブログの一節です。人間関係の煩わしさは、古今東西不変なようですよ。和訳はヨッシーです。

The following words of wisdom were presented me from Ms. Q, one of Yoshy’s old friends in Slovenia, an English teacher of S/H school. Probably there have been full of various burdens in *all ages and countries. Here is Yoshy’s translation into Japanese below.

*all ages and countries：古今東西

 

 

As long as people have mouths, they will talk. … If you don’t do anything, they will talk bad. If you do something, they will talk bad. … Don’t bother about them – no matter what you do, they will always talk bad because they WANT to talk bad. … They will never be happy that you are able to do what they cannot do.

 

人に口がある限り、お喋りします。…　あなたが何もしないなら、あなたの悪口を言います。あなたが何事かを成せば、それでも悪口を言います。…気にしないこと!　－　あなたが何をしようとも人は悪口を言うものなのです。悪口を言いたくてたまらないのが、…彼らができないことをあなたが出来たら面白くないと思うのが、人の性(さが)なのですから。