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No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the prize can accept it other than with humility.
沒有一個作家，當他知道在他以前不少偉大的作家并沒有獲得此項獎金的時候，能夠心安理得領獎而不感到受之有愧。
There is no need to list these writers.
這里無須一一列舉這些作家的名字。
Everyone here may make his own list according to his knowledge and his conscience.
在坐的每個人都可以根據他的學識和良心提出自己的名單來。
It would be impossible for me to ask the Ambassador of my country to read a speech in which a writer said all of the things which are in his heart.
要求我國的大使在這兒宣讀一篇演說，把一個作家心中所感受到的一切都說盡是不可能的。
Things may not be immediately discernible in what a man writes, and in this sometimes he is fortunate;
一個人作品中的一些東西可能不會馬上被人理解，在這點上，他有時是幸運的；
but eventually they are quite clear,and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses,he will endure or be forgotten.
但是它們終究會十分清晰起來，根據它們以及作家所具有的點石成金本領的大小，他將青史留名或被人遺忘。
Writing at its best is a lonely life.
寫作，在最成功的時候，是一種孤寂的生涯。
Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness,but I doubt if they improve his writing.
作家的組織固然可以排遣他們的孤獨，但是我懷疑它們未必能夠促進作家的創作。
He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates.
一個在稠人廣眾之中成長起來的作家，自然可以免除孤苦寂寥之慮，但他的作品往往流于平庸。
For he does his work alone, and if he is a good enough writer,he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.
而一個在岑寂中孤獨工作的作家，假若他確實不同凡響，就必須天天面對永恒的東西，或者面對缺乏永恒的狀況。
For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.
對于一個真正的作家來說，每一本書都應該成為他繼續探索那些尚未到達的領域的一個新起點。
He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed.
他應該永遠嘗試去做那些從來沒有人做過或者他人沒有做成的事。
Then sometimes, with good luck, he will succeed.
這樣他就有幸會獲得成功。
How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written.
如果已經寫好的作品，僅僅換一種方法又可以重新寫出來，那么文學創作就顯得太輕而易舉了。
It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go,out to where no one can help him.
我們的前輩大師們留下了偉大的業績，正因為如此，一個普通作家常常被他們逼人的光輝驅趕到遠離他可能到達的地方，陷入孤立無援的境地。
I have spoken too long for a writer.
作為一個作家，我講得已經太多了。
A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.
作家應當把自己要說的話寫下來，而不是講出來。
Again I thank you.
再一次謝謝大家了。
