火災で全てのコンピューターディスクが駄目になってしまった時、会社はもうお手上げの状況だった。

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English Translation

The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.

Furigana

火災(かさい)で全(すべ)てのコンピューターディスクが駄目(だめ)になってしまった時(とき)、会社(かいしゃ)はもうお手上(てあ)げの状況(じょうきょう)だった。

Romanji

Kasai de subete no konpyu-ta- dhisuku ga dame ni natteshimatta toki, kaisha wa mō oteage no jōkyō datta.

Words

火災 (かさい)

conflagration; fire

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.

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

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

コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)

computer

ディスク (ディスク)

disk

が (が)

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

駄目 (だめ、ダメ)

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed

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

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 ...

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

は (は)

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

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

お手上げ (おてあげ)

all over; given in; given up hope; bringing to knees; throwing up one's hands

状況 (じょうきょう)

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

だ (だ)

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