ニコラス嬢は８時間５８分かけて英国側のドーバーからフランスに向かって泳ぎ、次に向きを変えて英国へ戻ってきた。

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English Translation

Miss Nicholas swam from Dover on the English side to France in 8 hours and 58 minutes, then turned around and returned to England.

Furigana

ニコラス嬢(じょう)は８時間(じかん)５８分(ふん)かけて英国側(えいこくがわ)のドーバーからフランスに向(む)かって泳(およ)ぎ、次(つぎ)に向(む)きを変(か)えて英国(えいこく)へ戻(もど)ってきた。

Romanji

Nikorasu jō wa hachi jikan go hachi fun kakete Eikokugawa no Do-Ba- kara Furansu ni mukatte oyogi, tsugini muki o kaete Eikoku e modottekita.

Words

嬢 (じょう)

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

は (は)

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

架ける (かける)

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

仏蘭西 (フランス)

France

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

向かう (むかう)

to face; to go towards

泳ぐ (およぐ)

to swim

次に (つぎに)

next; then; after that

向き (むき)

direction; orientation; aspect; situation; exposure; suitability; tendency

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

英国 (えいこく)

Great Britain; the United Kingdom

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back