将来、いつかコンピューターが文学作品の翻訳に着手するようになれば、われわれが知るような文学は最期を迎えることになるだろう。

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English Translation

When, one day, computers undertake to translate literary works, it will be the end of literature as we know it.

Furigana

将来(しょうらい)、いつかコンピューターが文学(ぶんがく)作品(さくひん)の翻訳(ほんやく)に着手(ちゃくしゅ)するようになれば、われわれが知(し)るような文学(ぶんがく)は最期(さいご)を迎(むか)えることになるだろう。

Romanji

Shōrai, itsuka konpyu-ta- ga bungaku sakuhin no hon'yaku ni chakushusuru yō ni nareba, wareware ga shiru yōna bungaku wa saigo o mukaeru koto ni naru darou.

Words

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

何時か (いつか)

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)

computer

が (が)

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

文学 (ぶんがく)

literature

作品 (さくひん)

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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

翻訳 (ほんやく)

translation; de-encryption; deciphering; rendering

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

着手 (ちゃくしゅ)

to start work (on); to undertake; embarkation; launch

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

我々 (われわれ)

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

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

は (は)

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

最期 (さいご)

one's last moment; one's time of death

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.

迎える (むかえる)

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.); to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon; to invite; to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative