この校閲力の弱さは人手が足らないとしか考えられませんね。

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English Translation

I can only put this poor checking down to lack of people at work.

Furigana

この校閲力(こうえつりょく)の弱(よわ)さは人手(ひとで)が足(た)らないとしか考(かんが)えられませんね。

Romanji

Kono kōetsuryoku no yowasa wa hitode ga taranai to shika kangaeraremasen ne.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

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

弱い (よわい)

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

は (は)

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

海星 (ひとで、ヒトデ)

starfish; sea star; asteroid; any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)

が (が)

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

足る (たる)

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not