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1 | Japan: Thoughts on Longevity | Japan: Eritreritra manodidina ny fahelana velona |
2 | As the most rapidly ageing country in the world in addition to having the highest life expectancy, Japan has a lot to think about concerning quality of life and a sustainable society. | Amin'ny maha-firenena mora antitra azy indrindra manerana izao tontolo izao ankoatra ny fananany taha-pahavelomana avo indrindra, Mila mieritreritra momba ny hatsaram-piainana sy fiaraha-monina mahatsangy no ary indray i Japan. |
3 | However, it's rare that one contemplates about it on a personal level. | Na izany dia vitsy ihany no mandinika ny momba io amin'ny tsirairay avy. |
4 | In Long Life is a Risk (長生きはリスクである), blogger Satonao shares his unique perspective that perhaps longevity itself is not to be celebrated. | Ao amin'ny lahatsoratra manao hoe (Mety ho loza) ny fahelana velona (長生きはリスクである), ny mpamaham-bolongana Satonao no mizara ny fomba fijeriny manokana fa angamba tsy tokony hankalazaina izany fahelana velona izany. |
5 | Note: The post was translated in its entirety with permission from the blogger. | Naoty: nahazoana alalana tamin'ny mpamaham-bolongana ny fandikana ny lahatsoratra iray manontolo. |
6 | All links were added by Tomomi Sasaki for reference. | Ny rohy rehetra kosa dia nampian'i Tomomi Sasaki ho (fampitahana). |
7 | Lately, I keep getting into conversations with various people about how “long life is a risk”. | Vao haingana aho no nitari-dresaka tamin'ny olona isan-karazany miresaka ny “mahamety ho loza (risque) ny fahelana velona”. |
8 | This is probably because my closest friends are entering their forties and fifties and I regularly hear stories that hit close to home: she's had a breakdown from having to take care of her parents, his father is always in different hospitals for cancer, or her mother has dementia and requires full time care. | Angamba noho ireo namako akaiky ahy miditra amin'ny fahatelopolo sy fahaefapolo taonany ary reko matetika ny tantara izay mitambesatra ao an-trano: Trotraka ravehivavy noho ny fikarakarany ny ray aman-dreniny, Mitety ny hopitaly isan-karazany noho ny homamiadana ny rainy, na misy voa ny sain'ny reniny ka mila fikarakarana mandritra ny andro manontolo. |
9 | On top of that, our salaries aren't getting any higher and money is tight. | Ny faratampony amin'izany, tsy nisy fitomboana ny karama ary kely ny vola am-pelatanana. |
10 | Everyone has their worries and troubles. | Samy manana ny ahiahiny sy ny olany ny tsirairay. |
11 | Many people who go through a lot eventually conclude that “a long life doesn't necessarily equal happiness”. | Maro amin'ireo itambesarany no mety hanao fehinteny hoe “tsy midika avy hatrany ho fahasambarana ny fahelana velona”. |
12 | The preposition that long life leads to happiness is one that has long been passed on among the Japanese people. | Efa ela no nanjaka tamin'ny vahoaka japoney izany fomba fiheverana mametraka fa mizotra ho amin'ny fahasambarana izany hoe lava velona izany. |
13 | It seems inevitable that at some point this idea, which has been stuck in our heads since the Showa period, will have to change. | Azo heverina fa ilaina ovaina izany fomba fiheverana izay miraikitra ao an-dohantsika hatramin'ny vanim-potoanan'ny Showa izany. |
14 | An acquaintance in their 70's has started a “slow suicide”. | Misy olom-pantatra nahatratra ny faha-70 taonany izay moa no nanomboka “namono tena tsikelikely”. |
15 | In other words this person, who has so far lived a healthy abstinent life, has started doing whatever they want, including things that they stopped doing precisely because they are considered “bad for you”. | Raha lazaina amin'ny fomba hafa dia indro olona iray, izay niaina salama tanaty fifehezan-tena (fifadiana), no nanomboka nanao izay rehetra tiany atao, ary anatin'izany ny zavatra tsy nataony intsony satria heverina hoe “ratsy ho anao”. |
16 | Living a long life is a risk. | Mety hitera-doza ny miaina lava loatra. |
17 | The line of reasoning goes: rather than live a longer life, do what you want without regard to the fact that you might die sooner. | Ny lalan-kevitra dia izao: Tsy aleo ve manao izay tianao atao, tsy mieritreritra hoe mety ho faty vetivety ianao, toy izay hoe ela velona (fotsiny)? |
18 | I've been so busy this month that I've neglected to take care of my body. | Sahirana loatra aho tamin'ity volana ity ka nanadino nanolokolo ny vatako. |
19 | Even if one lives a long life by tracking health related stats and diligently ‘saving' oneself from overdoing it, one may still suffer from dementia, become bedridden or wracked with illness at the end. | Na dia misy aza ela velona nefa arahi-maso matetika ny fahasalamana na mitari-dalana ‘hamonjy' olona iray izay manao zavatra tafahoatra, mety ho misy tratran'ny tsy ampy kely, lasa sakaizam-pandriana na taizan'aretina amin'ny farany. |
20 | Any of these are painful and may be a strain on the children. | Maharary avoko izany rehetra izany ary mety ho lasa enta-mavesatra ho an'ny ankizy. |
21 | There is a need to think more seriously about how to balance moderation and excess because illness is not to be treated lightly. | Eto dia ilaina ny mandanjalanja ny fifehezana sy ny zava-tafahoatra satria tsy tokony hamaivanina ny fahasalamana. |
22 | For now, however, I'd like to break free from the idea that “long life equals happiness”. | Manomboka izao kosa aho dia te-hanala ny eritreritra hoe “fahasambarana ny fahelana velona. |
23 | Long life doesn't necessarily mean happiness. | Tsy midika avy hatrany fa sambatra izay ela velona. |
24 | Live life one day at a time and when the time comes, die with a quiet dignity. | Iaino amin'ny fotoany ny fiainana ary rehefa tonga ny andro, dia aoka ho faty amim-pahamendrehana. |
25 | This is how I'd like to go. | Izay no tiako ahatongavana. |
26 | My affairs are in order and I do mental exercises that today may be the last, but what remains to be seen is how to die. | Milamina ny zavatra ataoko ary ataoko fanazarana ao an-tsaiko fa mety ho androany ny farany, fa ny tena mila jerena dia ny hoe ahoana ny fomba ahafatesana. |
27 | Obviously, this is a very complex matter. | Mivandravandra amin'izany fa sarotra ny raharaha. |
28 | Please note that I'm not making light of having been born or of life itself. | Mariho tsara azafady fa tsy manazava momba ny antony nahaterahana na momba ny fiainana aho eto. |
29 | I'm not writing about suicide, either. | Tsy miresaka momba ny famonoan-tena ihany koa aho amin'izany. |
30 | I'm writing about how to greet the end of life. | Miresaka momba ny fomba tsara andraisana ny fiafaran'ny fiainana aho. |
31 | Thinking about how one will die is thinking about how one will live. | Ny fieritreretana ny fomba ahafatesan'ny olona iray no ieritreretana ny fomba iainana. |
32 | I simply want to think a little bit more strictly and specifically about appreciating the miracle of life while being able to welcome the death that we will each inevitably experience. | Te-hieritreritra amin'ny fomba manokana sy hentitra aho ny momba ny fahaiza-mandray ny fahagagan'ny fiainana raha mahasahy mandray tsara ny fahafatesana izay tsy maintsy hodiavintsika tsirairay avy. |
33 | Remember, it's live long and prosper. | Tadidio, fiainana lava sy miroborobo izany. |
34 | Related reading: Japan: Momus, on This Ageing Country | Vakiteny mifandraika aminy: Japan: Momus, eto amin'ity firenena miha-antitra ity |