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Akarsha, have you ever considered not speaking?
アカーシャ、たまには口を閉じ黙ってみたらどうなの？
2 years ago
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All we brought back were snacks that can't be found here, and dubious beauty products my mom wanted.
ここ買えたのはアメリカでは手に入らないお菓子と、お母さんが欲しがってた怪しい化粧品でもういっぱいいっぱいになってしまったわだけ。
2 years ago
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I didn't get anyone anything. We had limited luggage space.
荷物にあまり余裕がなくてかったから、お土産はひとつも買えなかったのよ。
2 years ago
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I bet Korea did it first, and then Taiwan just stole it.
韓国が最初にやってきっと韓国が始めたのを、台湾がそれを後からパクったんだろうな。
2 years ago
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Oh...I suppose it is.
えっ…… まあ、そうかもしれないわね。
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I didn't know that if you have kids in America, your kids will be American.
子供がアメリカで生まれたら、アメリカ人になってしまうだなんて思わ知らなかった。
2 years ago
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No, it's not.
ううん、違うわ。
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But we didn't know that.
でもそれが叶うのか、わからなかったのよ。
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You could have just stayed put. I could have grown up in Taiwan like Chun-hua and the rest of my cousins, and everything would have been fine.
そのまま台湾にいればよかったのに。そしたら私もチュンファや他の従妹たちと同じように台湾で生まれ育って、普通に暮らせなんの問題もなく生活できたじゃない。
2 years ago
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Taiwan has socialized healthcare, more robust public infrastructure, and one of the lowest poverty rates in the world.
台湾には全民健康保険制度があるし、公共インフラも充実してて、世界で最も貧困率が低い国のひとつよ。
2 years ago
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Noelle reluctantly sits down on a filthy, worn seat with a suspicious brown stain on it.
怪しい茶色のシミがついたボロボロの座席に、ノエルはためらいながら座っ腰を下ろした。
2 years ago
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When you're driving on the freeway the signs pass by so quickly.
高速道路でを運転してると、標識なんて一瞬で過ぎていくしのよ。
2 years ago
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Is that why she always has my dad pump the gas...?
だからそれでいつもお父さんに給油させてたの……？
2 years ago
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We live in one of the safest suburbs in the entire U.S....
あたしたち、アメリカの中で最も安全な地域のひとつに住んでるんだけど……。
2 years ago
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We live in one of the safest suburbs in the entire U.S....
あたしたち、アメリカの中で最も一番安全な地域のひとつに住んでるのに…んだけど……。
2 years ago
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It's not safe for women to pump gas. It's so easy for a criminal to grab you and drive away.
女性が給油するのは危険なのよ。簡単隙だらけで、すぐに犯罪者に捕まって連れ去られてしまうものわ。
2 years ago
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We wouldn't be able to get gas.
でもガソリンが入れられないもの給油ができないからよ。
2 years ago
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Noelle wrinkles her nose as she inhales the stench of vomit, urine, and cigarettes.
ゲロとや尿、タバコの混ざった臭いを吸って嗅ぎ、ノエルを顔をしかめるは鼻にしわを寄せた。
2 years ago
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Instead of driving home from the airport, they take the BART back.
車は使わず、BART電車で家まで帰ることになった。
2 years ago
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That evening, Noelle and her mom make landfall in California.
その夜、ノエルはお母さんと飛行機に乗り、カリフォルニアへ戻帰った。
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