juggernaut 復習
「人生がときめく片づけの魔法」の著者で知られる近藤麻理恵さんが，新たに「スパーク・ジョイ」という新刊を発売しました。
The Cult of Marie Kondo
On Wednesday evening, the tidy and the would-be tidy sat very still on the fourth floor of the Barnes & Noble bookstore at Union Square in Manhattan, craning to hear the soft voice of Marie Kondo, the Japanese author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” as she demonstrated her folding technique on ever more complex garments. She was balletic and masterly. When done, Ms. Kondo received a standing ovation.
〈中略〉
The elfin Ms. Kondo, perhaps the world’s only decluttering celebrity, was promoting her new book, “Spark Joy,” a more prescriptive manual (it comes with illustrations) than her last, which is a publishing juggernaut. (Both titles are at the top of the New York Times best-seller list.)
今回取り上げる表現は “juggernaut”です。『ジーニアス英和辞典第4版』（大修館書店）では「（世の動き・制度・組織などの）巨大な破壊力，不可抗力；巨大企業」とあり，LDOCEでは “a very powerful force, organization etc whose effect or influence cannot be stopped”と定義されていました。
文脈に沿うように日本語にしてみますと「大旋風を巻き起こした本」のようにできるのではないかと思います。（Inaho）
