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I'm currently translating this Japanese article, which used quote from Hamlet
Act 5, Scene 2.

In this article, they quoted

> "来るべきものは、今来なくとも、いずれは来る。"

so I want to use the actual phrase from Hamlet, but it turns out that there
are more of this particular phrase.

The following are the original context and its Japanese translation.

> **If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if
> it be not now, yet it will come** : the readiness is all: since no man has
> aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?
>
> **来るべきものは、今来なくともいずれは来る。今来れば、後には来ない。後に来なければ、今来るだけのこと。**
> 肝腎なのは覚悟だ。いつ死んだらいいか、そんなことは考えてみたところで、誰にも判りはしない。所詮、あなた任せさ。 (ハムレット、第5幕第2場)

My problem I'm not sure which line matches with each other. I believe that the
translation has rearranged/reordered these 3 sentences somehow? such that

> 来るべきものは、今来なくともいずれは来る。= "if it be not to come, it will be now"
>
> 今来れば、後には来ない。 = "If it be now, ‘tis not to come;"
>
> 後に来なければ、今来るだけのこと。= if it be not now, yet it will come:"

or whether it already followed the English order?
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Japanese Translation for Hamlet Act 5, Scene 2
Here's how I would translate the Japanese version:

> 来るべきものは、今来なくともいずれは来る。

The thing which must come, even if it doesn't come now, eventually it will.  
= _If it be not now, yet it will come_

> 今来れば、後には来ない。

If it comes now, it won't come later.  
= _If it be now, 'tis not to come;_

> 後に来なければ、今来るだけのこと。

It it's not coming later, it should come now.  
= _if it be not to come, it will be now;_

I tried to line them up with the original English but I'm not really sure it
works...
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**Given:**  
来るべきものは、今来なくともいずれは来る。= If it be now, 'tis not to come;  
今来れば、後には来ない。 = if it be not to come, it will be now;  
_後に来なければ、今来るだけのこと。 = if it be not now, yet it will come:_

**You:**  
来るべきものは、今来なくともいずれは来る。= "if it be not to come, it will be now"  
**今来れば、後には来ない。 = "If it be now, ‘tis not to come;"**  
_後に来なければ、今来るだけのこと。= if it be not now, yet it will come:"_

**Me:**  
来るべきものは、今来なくともいずれは来る。= if it be not now, yet it will come:"  
**今来れば、後には来ない。 = "If it be now, ‘tis not to come;"**  
後に来なければ、今来るだけのこと。= "if it be not to come, it will be now"

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* **Shakespeare:** _If it be now, 'tis not to come;_
  * **Literal** : If something will happen now, then it cannot happen later (it cannot be delayed).
  * **Figurative:** If my death is supposed to happen now, it will, and I cannot change my fate/destiny.
  * **Japanese sentences above:** most similar to "B"

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  * **Shakespeare:** _if it be not to come, it will be now;_

  * **Literal:** If something cannot happen later, it must happen now.
  * **Figurative:** If my death is supposed to happen now, it will, and I cannot change my fate/destiny (same figurative meaning as the above, just said differently).
  * **Japanese sentences above:** most similar to "C"

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  * **Shakespeare:** _if it be not now, yet it will come:_

  * **Literal:** If something doesn't happen now, it will still happen later.
  * **Figurative:** My death will happen, and even if I'm not supposed to die now, I will die when it my death is fated/destined to happen.
  * **Japanese sentences above:** most similar to "A"
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