(322) To begin with……この英文はどのように訳せばよいでしょうか
(1)(ll. 770-779) To begin with, the first, the fourth, and the seventh—on which Leto bare Apollo with the blade of gold—each is a holy day. (2)The eighth and the ninth, two days at least of the waxing month 1341, are specially good for the works of man. (3)Also the eleventh and twelfth are both excellent, alike for shearing sheep and for reaping the kindly fruits; but the twelfth is much better than the eleventh, for on it the airy-swinging spider spins its web in full day, and then the Wise One 1342, gathers her pile. (4)On that day woman should set up her loom and get forward with her work.
この文章は“Works and Days” by Evelyn Whiteの一節です。
(1)(2)(3)は連続した文章です。
試し訳と語彙について質問します。
<ためし訳>と<質問>
(1)(ll. 770-779) To begin with, the first, the fourth, and the seventh—on which Leto bare Apollo with the blade of gold—each is a holy day.
<ためし訳>
(ll. 770-779)
始めに、初日、四日目、そして七日目はレートーが黄金の剣を持つアポローンを生んだ日だが、それぞれ、聖なる日であるぞ。
(2)The eighth and the ninth, two days at least of the waxing month 1341, are specially good for the works of man.
八日目と九日目、少なくとも、この月waxing month (脚注1341)の二日は男が働くのには特に良い。
<脚注;1341>
The month is divided into three periods, the waxing, the mid-month, and the waning, which answer to the phases of the moon.
<質問>
(a)waxing, the mid-month
*どうも五月らしい(よく分からない)
http://www.ask.com/ans?q=When+is+the+next+waxing+moon%3F&qsrc=2987&o=15732&l=dir
(3)Also the eleventh and twelfth are both excellent, alike for shearing sheep and for reaping the kindly fruits; but the twelfth is much better than the eleventh, for on it the airy-swinging spider spins its web in full day, and then the Wise One 1342, gathers her pile.
十一日目と十二日目もやはり、力強い羊や優しさのある果物を収穫するには、共に丁度いいのだが、十二日目は十一日目より、さらに良い。というのは、そこで、軽快にぶら下がりながら動くクモが一日中巣を張り、さらに、そのとき、賢いアリが堆積物を集めるからである。
<脚注>1342 wise one; the ant.
(4)On that day woman should set up her loom and get forward with her work.
こうした日に、女性は自分の寝室を整理し、仕事に取り掛かると良い。
<質問>
(a)set up her roomについて
辞書によると、set upは「整理」を定義せず、「飾り付ける」があるが、
get forward with her work とあるので、機織の「準備」あるいは、
「部屋を片付ける」意味と考えた。 これは正しいでしょうか