事実は科学にとって、ちょうど詩人にとっての言葉のようなものである。

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English Translation

Facts are to science what words are to the poets.

Furigana

事実(じじつ)は科学(かがく)にとって、ちょうど詩人(しじん)にとっての言葉(ことば)のようなものである。

Romanji

Jijitsu wa kagaku nitotte, chōdo shijin nitotte no kotoba no yōna mono de aru.

Words

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

は (は)

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

科学 (かがく)

science

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

丁度 (ちょうど)

just; right; exactly

詩人 (しじん)

poet

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

言葉 (ことば、けとば)

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...