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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

Watson notices another splendid jewel, this time in a ring on Holmes’s finger, and asks where it came from. He also wants to know whether Holmes has any current cases. Holmes says that more than ten matters await him, but they are important rather than interesting; the smallest cases often provide the finest opportunities for observation.

"And the ring?" I asked, glancing at a remarkable brilliant which sparkled upon his finger.「では、その指輪は」と私は、彼の指で輝く見事なダイヤモンドに目をやって尋ねた。
"It was from the reigning family of Holland, though the matter in which I served them was of such delicacy that I cannot confide it even to you, who have been good enough to chronicle one or two of my little problems."「オランダの王家からだよ。ただ、お役に立った件があまりに微妙な問題なので、私のちょっとした事件を一つ二つ、親切にも記録してくれたきみにさえ、打ち明けられないのだ」
"And have you any on hand just now?" I asked with interest.「今も何か手がけているのかい」と、私は興味を覚えて尋ねた。
"Some ten or twelve, but none which present any feature of interest.「十か十二ほどあるが、興味を引く特徴のあるものは一つもない。
They are important, you understand, without being interesting.どれも重要ではあるが、面白くはないのだよ。
Indeed, I have found that it is usually in unimportant matters that there is a field for the observation, and for the quick analysis of cause and effect which gives the charm to an investigation.実際、観察の余地があり、捜査の魅力となる原因と結果の素早い分析を行えるのは、たいてい重要でない事柄だと分かってきた。
The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.大きな犯罪ほど単純になりがちだ。犯罪が大きければ大きいほど、たいてい動機も明白になるからね。
In these cases, save for one rather intricate matter which has been referred to me from Marseilles, there is nothing which presents any features of interest.これらの事件には、マルセイユから持ち込まれた、かなり込み入った一件を除けば、興味深い特徴を持つものは何もない。
It is possible, however, that I may have something better before very many minutes are over, for this is one of my clients, or I am much mistaken."だが、何分もたたないうちに、もう少し面白いことがありそうだ。私の大きな見当違いでなければ、あれは依頼人の一人だからね」