23/11/25 00:16:59.39 /8kDD1Ey0.net
後の文脈を考えると、
筆者じゃなくて、
seemed (to him) too cruel to be true
だろうな。
余りに残酷過ぎて、真実だとは思えなかったから、
必死になって次から次へと診療してもらっている。
無駄だったようだけど。
It was just the same as if some great artist were suddenly
to lose his eyesight and never again see the beauty of colors.
He consulted one doctor after another,
in frantic efforts to find a remedy.
It was of no avail.
His deafness increased so quickly
that while still a comparatively young man
he was nearly totally deaf.
As he realised what was happening
Beethoven became unutterably miserable.
He realised that resignation to his fate was the only thing left for him.