科学が今ほど重要でなかった時代には、科学は科学者にまかせておいて何の支障もなかった。

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English Translation

When science was less important than it is now, it was all very well to leave science to the scientists.

Furigana

科学(かがく)が今(いま)ほど重要(じゅうよう)でなかった時代(じだい)には、科学(かがく)は科学者(かがくしゃ)にまかせておいて何(なに)の支障(ししょう)もなかった。

Romanji

Kagaku ga ima hodo jūyō denakatta jidai ni wa, kagaku wa kagakusha ni makaseteoite nani no shishō mo nakatta.

Words

科学 (かがく)

science

が (が)

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

だ (だ)

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

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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

は (は)

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

科学者 (かがくしゃ)

scientist

任せる (まかせる)

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

何 (なに、なん)

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

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

支障 (ししょう)

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...