Comparing American English and British English is like counting incompatible sets of floors of a building. That's why, when you try translating over and over again between the two, it's like climbing an endless set of floors. You might even reach the moon
This building looks large from the front, but not from the side.
この建物は正面から見ると大きいが横から見るとそうでもない。
The wealthy family built another large house.
その裕福な家族はもう1つ大きな家を建てた。
It took them two years to build the house.
家を建てるのに彼らは2年かかった。
A new museum is being built in the center of the city.
市の中心地に新しい博物館が建造されつつある。
I found it easy to find the building.
その建物を見つけるのは簡単だった。
We found a secret passage into the building.
我々はその建物への秘密の通路を発見した。
He had a new house built last year.
彼は昨年新しい家を建てた。
Many years have been spent in building the tower.
その塔を建てるのに長い年月が費やされた。
This old building isn't worth fixing up. It would be better to tear it down.
この古い建物は修理する値打ちがない。引き倒す方がよろしい。
A lot of buildings collapsed in Japan due to the earthquake yesterday.
昨日、日本では地震が原因で多くの建物が倒壊しました。
I'm pretty sure that building was built in 1987.
建物が建てられたのは1987年で間違いないと思う。
The architecture... I don't really care about it. I just want a comfortable study and comfortable bedroom.
建築は……そんなことはあんまり考へない。たゞ、書斎と寝室はコンフオルタブルなものが欲しい。
There you see the gate that Mr. Jones built.
そこにジョーンズさんが建てた門が見えます。
The official was suspected of accepting bribes from the construction companies.
その役人は建設会社から賄賂を受け取った容疑をかけられた。
This building is off limits now.
この建物は、現在立ち入り禁止だ。
The Sistine Chapel is a vast chapel built inside the Vatican Palace in 1473.
システィナ礼拝堂は、1473年にバティカン宮殿内に建立された壮大な礼拝堂です。
The field where we used to play ball is now all built up.
私達がよく野球をして遊んだ原は今すっかり家が建て込んでしまった。
The building is twenty stories high.
そのビルは20階建てです。
The rate of increase in households is higher for apartment houses than for individual houses.
一戸建より共同住宅に住む世帯の増加率の方が高い。
The buildings shook in the earthquake.
地震で建物が揺れた。
The church was built hundreds of years ago.
その教会は何百年も前に建てられた。
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.