昔も今も、才覚というのは一定の軌道から飛び出してゆく能力のことで、みんなにそんな例外的な能力が備わっていたら、そもそも大地にはりつく農業も、分業で成り立つ産業社会もあり得ない。いつの世も、才覚のある者が新しいビジネスを起こしてゆくのは事実だが、それをビジネスとして成立させるのは社員の労働と献身であるし、それがなければ起業者の才覚が活きることもない。
(高村薫『閑人人生生――平成雑記帳二〇〇七一二〇〇九』による)
AI translation, cross-checked between two models.
In the past as well as today, talent means the ability to break free from an established track; if everyone possessed such exceptional ability, neither agriculture rooted firmly in the land nor an industrial society sustained by the division of labor could exist in the first place. In every age, it is true that talented people launch new businesses, but it is the labor and dedication of employees that make those ventures function as businesses, and without them the entrepreneur's talent could never come fully into its own.
(From Takamura Kaoru, An Idle Life—Heisei Miscellany 2007–2009)
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