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タイタニックに登場したモリー・ブラウンの
The Molly Brown who appeared in Titanic—
✎ 登場する = to appear (in a work) · 〜の links to the next line
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モデルとなった人物はマーガレット・ブラウンという実在した女性で、後に不沈の
the person she was modeled on was a real woman named Margaret Brown, who was later called 'the Unsinkable'—
✎ 〜という = called ~ · 実在した = actually existed · 〜となった = became
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モリーと名付けられた伝説の人物
Molly — a legendary figure so named.
✎ 名付けられた = passive 'was named' · 伝説の = legendary
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であり、アイルランドの貧しい家庭に生まれた彼女は、夫が鉱山で金を掘り当てたことで
Born into a poor family in Ireland, she — after her husband struck gold at a mine —
✎ であり = formal copula linking clauses · 〜ことで = by means of
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一気に大富豪になったが、
became a multimillionaire overnight, but—
✎ 一気に = all at once · 〜が = but (sentence continues)
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ヨーロッパ旅行中に孫の病気の知らせを
while traveling in Europe, news of her grandchild's illness—
✎ 〜中に = while doing ~ · 知らせ = news, notice
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受けると、一刻も早く帰るためにフランスのシェルブールからタイタニック号に乗船し、最終目的地のニューヨークを
—reached her, and to get home as soon as possible she boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg, France, headed for the final destination, New York—
✎ 〜と = upon doing · 〜ために = in order to · 乗船する = to board a ship
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目指していると、乗船からわずか4日後の夜に事故が起きたが、モリーは自分が助かるより先
—as they made for it, an accident struck just four nights after boarding — but before saving herself, Molly—
✎ わずか = merely, only · 〜より先(に) = before ~
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に他の乗客を次々とボートへ乗せてから6号ボートに乗り込み、ボートの上
—put the other passengers into lifeboats one after another, then got into Lifeboat No. 6, and on the boat—
✎ 次々と = one after another · 〜てから = after doing ~
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では自らオールを握り、戻って生存者を
—she gripped the oars herself and, to go back and (rescue) the survivors—
✎ 自ら = oneself, personally · 握り = 連用形 linking clauses
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助けようと主張したが、指揮を取る船員が
—insisted they should rescue them, but the crewman in command—
✎ 〜ようと主張する = insist on doing · 指揮を取る = take command
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ボートが沈むと拒否し、言うことを聞かないなら海に放り込むぞと対立していた。そう、その後救助船に乗り込んだ
—refused, saying the boat would sink, and they clashed — he threatened to throw her into the sea if she wouldn't obey. And then, after boarding the rescue ship—
✎ 言うことを聞かない = won't obey · 〜なら = if · 〜ぞ = strong (masculine) assertion
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後もモリーは動き続けた。裕福な乗客からお金を集めて人々を支援したり、人権活動や
—even after that, Molly kept working: she collected money from wealthy passengers to support people, was involved in human-rights activism and—
✎ 〜続けた = kept doing · 〜たり…たりする = listing example actions
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慈善家として活躍したり、女優としても舞台に立つなど波乱の生涯を送り、後に不沈の
—was active as a philanthropist, and even stood on stage as an actress — living a turbulent life, and later 'the Unsinkable'—
✎ として = in the role of ~ · 波乱の生涯を送る = lead a turbulent life
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モリーと名付けられ、今もなお伝説となっている。
—Molly she was named, and she remains a legend to this day.
✎ 今もなお = even now, still · 〜となっている = has become / remains
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