米国 記者会見での石破首相の，通訳を介した英語の回答

‘Roll Call’ サイトの ‘Fact base’ の
“Press Conference: Donald Trump and Shigeru Ishiba of Japan Hold a Press Event - February 7, 2025”
と題する 記者会見の全文の掲載がありました。
石破首相の回答は 通訳によって訳された言葉を掲載しています。
TVニュースで 流れた，言葉が印象的な場面－「トランプ大統領の会う前の印象」，「仮定の質問には･･･」で 通訳はどう訳しているのだろうかと思った2場面を 抜粋して転載します。
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Question 00:23:03-00:23:08 (4 sec)
What was his reaction? What about your communication on tariff front?

Shigeru Ishiba 00:23:08-00:23:59 (52 sec)
[Via Translator] This is the first time that I met with President Trump in person. So, this was the first time meeting face to face, but for many, many years I have watched him on television. So, it was quite exciting, I was so excited to see such a celebrity on television to see in person. On television he is frightening, and he has a very strong personality, but when I met with him, actually he was very sincere and very powerful and with strong will for the United States as for the whole world.
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「恐ろしい」を “frightening” と訳しています。
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Donald Trump 00:36:45-00:36:47 (2 sec)
Do you have a question for the prime minister?

Question 00:36:47-00:37:08 (20 sec)
I do. Mr. Prime Minister, the president's affinity for tariffs is well known. If the US places tariffs on Japanese imports, would Japan retaliate.

Shigeru Ishiba 00:37:08-00:37:12 (5 sec)
[Via Translator] I am unable to respond to a theoretical question. That's the official answer that we have.

Donald Trump 00:37:12-00:37:34 (21 sec)
That's a very good answer, [Laughter] very good answer. Wow, that's very good. He knows what he's doing. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you.
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「仮定の質問」を “theoretical question”，
「国会での定番の回答」を “the official answer” と訳し，国会は省略されています。
「仮定の」を 素人が訳しそうな “assumptive” や “hypothetical” ではなく “theoretical” と訳しています。