現代科学で何かが重要かを特定することは判断の問題であり、自分が正しいと知ることはできないのだということも言っておかねばならない。

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English Translation

It must also be said that spotting what is important in current science is a matter of judgement, one cannot know that one is right.

Furigana

現代(げんだい)科学(かがく)で何(なに)かが重要(じゅうよう)かを特定(とくてい)することは判断(はんだん)の問題(もんだい)であり、自分(じぶん)が正(ただ)しいと知(し)ることはできないのだということも言(い)っておかねばならない。

Romanji

Gendai kagaku de nani ka ga jūyō ka o tokuteisuru koto wa handan no mondai de ari, jibun ga tadashii to shiru koto wa dekinai no da toiu koto mo itteokanebanaranai.

Words

現代 (げんだい)

nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day

科学 (かがく)

science

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

が (が)

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

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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.

特定 (とくてい)

specific; special; particular

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

は (は)

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

判断 (はんだん)

judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication; divination; judgement

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

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

正しい (ただしい)

right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

と (と)

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

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise