ブラウン氏が重役に任命されたことに我々はみんな驚いた。

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English Translation

We were all surprised at the appointment of Mr Brown as director.

Furigana

ブラウン氏(し)が重役(じゅうやく)に任命(にんめい)されたことに我々(われわれ)はみんな驚(おどろ)いた。

Romanji

Buraun shi ga jūyaku ni ninmeisareta koto ni wareware wa minna odoroita.

Words

ブラウン (ブラウン)

brown

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

重役 (じゅうやく、おもやく)

company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

任命 (にんめい)

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished