伝記を書くことが難しいのは、それが半ば記録であり、半ば芸術であるからだ。の英語

The difficulty with biography is that it is partly record and partly art.

It is annoying to have to go to the school and the shop in order to scan a report, so I want to own a printer.

The original and the copy are easily distinguished since the one is much more vivid than the other.

presenting factual incidents without gilding by fictions

The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import.

address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication

It's a lot of trouble to write my name, because it takes 50 strokes to write both my first and last names.

The specialized book is unillustrated and difficult to understand for me.

This book is mine; I wrote my name in it myself.

these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

The manuscript is 80 pages long, and it has Beethoven's notes written on it.

Why is it that an artist is often unappreciated in his own times yet highly praised by following generations?

The report was prepared in haste and had several misspellings.

The number of errors of fact in Arendt's book are considerably fewer than Abel implies.

That can also be used in pictures and art, not just in text.

Pencilled notes copy poorly on a fax.

You shouldn't read a work of literature by simply picking out the most interesting sections.

The hidden premise may make it difficult to communicate the writer's intention.

When he started the book, Hawking was unable to write by hand at all.

Having been written in haste, his letter was hard to read.

This document is regulated as a company secret, so it will be difficult to provide.

So valuable were books that the greatest care was taken of them.

Because I have come to like your writing and world views.

As far as appearances go it's all right, but in terms of content it's a pretty poor [miserable] effort.

It isn't always easy to know a good book from a bad one.

That girl couldn't take things down in longhand, let alone shorthand.

I wrote the composition in haste, so it must be full of mistakes.

The composition has been written hurriedly, so it's probably full of errors.

If you can translate the subject and object then after that it isn't so difficult.