添削前/Before Correction
Last summer, I was into baking bagels. I prepared the dough in the morning every weekend, and fresh bagels with ham and cheese were ready at lunch time. After baking them several times, I didn’t need to open a recipe. Everything became on autopilot. All the details were in my head including the ingredients, bench time and the temperature in the oven.
添削後/After Correction
Last summer, I was really into baking bagels. Every weekend, I prepared the dough in the morning, and by lunchtime I had fresh bagels with ham and cheese ready to eat. After baking them several times, I no longer needed to look at a recipe. Everything became second nature. I had all the details memorized, including the ingredients, proofing times, and oven temperature.
去年の夏、ベーグル作りにはまっていた。毎週、生地を朝用意して、お昼にはハムとチーズの作りたてのベーグルの完成だ。何回か繰り返した後、レシピを見る必要はなくなった。材料、ベンチタイム、オーブンの温度、全てが頭に入って、みんな自然にできるようになっていったのだ。
メモ
◆on autopilot を使いたい場合は、become じゃなくて be 動詞で
-Everything was on autopilot.
-The whole process was on autopilot.
-I was doing everything on autopilot.
-By then I could do it on autopilot.
◆second nature: deeply ingrained skill/habit
◆bench time vs. proofing time
bench time は業界用語で、プロたちの間では使われるけれど、一般的な会話では proofing time が普通。他に resting time という選択肢も。