歴史家の役割は資料の発見や分類よりも、むしろその解釈と説明にある。

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English Translation

The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog documents than to interpret and explain them.

Furigana

歴史家(れきしか)の役割(やくわり)は資料(しりょう)の発見(はっけん)や分類(ぶんるい)よりも、むしろその解釈(かいしゃく)と説明(せつめい)にある。

Romanji

Rekishika no yakuwari wa shiryō no hakken ya bunrui yori mo, mushiro sono kaishaku to setsumei ni aru.

Words

歴史家 (れきしか)

historian

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

役割 (やくわり)

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

は (は)

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

資料 (しりょう)

materials; data; document

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

分類 (ぶんるい)

classification; categorization; sorting

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

寧ろ (むしろ)

rather; better; instead

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

解釈 (かいしゃく)

explanation; interpretation

と (と)

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

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

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

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