ビル・ピアソンは、建設会社で１５年働いた後、地区支配人という責任ある地位を与えられた。

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English Translation

After fifteen years at a building firm, Bill Pearson was given the responsible position of area manager.

Furigana

ビル・ピアソンは、建設(けんせつ)会社(かいしゃ)で１５年(ねん)働(はたら)いた後(のち)、地区(ちく)支配人(しはいにん)という責任(せきにん)ある地位(ちい)を与(あた)えられた。

Romanji

Birupiason wa, kensetsu kaisha de ichi go nen hataraita nochi, chiku shihainin toiu sekinin aru chii o ataerareta.

Words

は (は)

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

建設 (けんせつ)

construction; establishment

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

後 (のち)

later; afterwards; since; future; after one's death; descendant

地区 (ちく)

district; section; sector

支配人 (しはいにん)

manager; executive

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

責任 (せきにん)

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

地位 (ちい)

(social) position; status

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)