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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

When Holmes explains his deductions, Watson finds them so simple that they almost seem absurd. Yet he cannot work them out for himself, and he says his eyesight should be no worse than Holmes’s. Holmes lights a cigarette, sinks into his armchair, and responds to what Watson has said about their ability to see.

I could not help laughing at the ease with which he explained his process of deduction.推理の道筋をいとも簡単に説明してみせる彼に、私は笑わずにいられなかった。
"When I hear you give your reasons," I remarked, "the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your reasoning I am baffled until you explain your process.「きみが理由を説明するのを聞くと」と私は言った。「いつも馬鹿ばかしいほど簡単なことに思えて、自分にも楽にできそうな気がするんだ。ところが、きみが推理してみせるたびに、説明してもらうまではさっぱり分からない。
And yet I believe that my eyes are as good as yours."それでいて、目のよさならきみに負けないと思うんだけどね」
"Quite so," he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into an armchair.「そのとおり」と彼は答え、紙巻きたばこに火をつけて、肘掛け椅子にどさりと身を沈めた。
"You see, but you do not observe.「きみは見てはいるが、観察してはいない。
The distinction is clear.その違いははっきりしている。
For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room."たとえば、玄関からこの部屋へ上がってくる階段を、きみは何度も見ているね」
"Frequently."「何度もね」
"How often?"「何回くらいかね」
"Well, some hundreds of times."「そうだな、何百回かな」
"Then how many are there?"「では、何段あるかね」
"How many?「何段かって？
I don't know."知らないよ」