あなたほどの才能の持ち主が世間に知られずにいるのは惜しいことです。

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English Translation

It is a pity that a man of your ability should remain unknown to the world.

Furigana

あなたほどの才能(さいのう)の持(も)ち主(ぬし)が世間(せけん)に知(し)られずにいるのは惜(お)しいことです。

Romanji

Anata hodo no sainō no mochinushi ga seken ni shirarezu ni iru no wa oshii koto desu.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

才能 (さいのう)

talent; ability

持ち主 (もちぬし)

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

が (が)

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

世間 (せけん)

world; society

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

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

要る (いる)

to need; to want

は (は)

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

惜しい (おしい)

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; valuable; too good for; deserving better; almost but not quite

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

です (です)

be; is