評(píng)論
打印
1. Try to Be a True Writer
1. 努力成為一名真正的作家
No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility.
沒(méi)有一個(gè)作家，當(dāng)他知道在他以前不少偉大的作家并沒(méi)有獲得此獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的時(shí)候，能夠心安理得地領(lǐng)獎(jiǎng)而不感到受之有愧。
There is no need to list these writers.
這里無(wú)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.
在座的每一位都可以根據(jù)學(xué)識(shí)和良心列出自己的名單。
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(guó)的大使在這兒宣讀一篇演說(shuō)，把一個(gè)作家心中所有的感受說(shuō)出來(lái)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(gè)人作品中的某些東西可能不會(huì)立刻被人們理解，在這點(diǎn)上，有時(shí)他是幸運(yùn)的；
but eventually they are quite clear and by these and the degree of alchemy that he possesses he will endure or be forgotten.
但是這一切終究會(huì)清晰起來(lái)，根據(jù)它們以及作家所具備的“魔法”本領(lǐng)之大小，他將留名青史或是被人遺忘。
Writing at its best is a lonely life.
寫作通常是一種孤寂的生活。
Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.
作家組織固然可以排遣他們的孤獨(dú)，但是我懷疑它們能否促進(jìn)作家的創(chuàng)作。
