beneficiaries 復習
巨万の富を遺してこの世を去ったプリンスの後継者は, 誰になるのでしょうか。
Prince leaves a £200million fortune but no heirs - so who will inherit his wealth?
The musician has also left a huge archive of unreleased material which could swell his estate further - and the Jehovah's Winesses could be the main beneficiaries.
Fans are rushing to buy Prince’s music, making the dead pop star’s estate millions on top of his already massive fortune.
The star, who died at his Paisley Park mansion in Minneapolis on Thursday, was worth an estimated £200million and with no children or wives, it is not clear who will inherit his fortune or the rights to his music.
One theory is that Prince, a Jehovah’s Witness, may have named the Christian movement in his will.
The tragic star also had a massive vault of more than 20,000 tracks which could be released at a later date, swelling the coffers even more.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/prince-leaves-200million-fortune-no-7814134
本日取り上げる表現は “beneficiaries” です。
『新英和大辞典』(第五版, 研究社)には「利益を受ける人, 恩恵を受ける人」, また「(年金・保険金・遺産などの)受取人」とありました。
例文には “the beneficiaries of a new expressway” で, 「新高速道路の恩恵を受ける人たち」と挙げられていました。
Merriam-Webster.comには “a person, organization, etc., that receives money or property when someone dies” と定義されています。
今回は, プリンスが生前, 厚く信仰していたとされる「エホバの証人が 彼の主要な相続人となりうる」と訳すことができるのではないかと思います。(Cayu)
