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"Goats and monkeys!" Only in Othello's word could he find an adequate vehicle for his contempt and hatred.
“山羊和猴子，”他只有通過《奧塞羅》才能找到表達(dá)他的輕蔑和憎惡的詞語。
"Nice tame animals, anyhow," the Controller murmured parenthetically.
“可愛的、馴服的動物。”總統(tǒng)喃喃地插嘴道。
Why don't you let them see Othello instead?
你為什么不換個辦法，讓他們看看《奧塞羅》？
I've told you; it's old. Besides, they couldn't understand it.
我已經(jīng)告訴過你，《奧塞羅》太古老。何況他們也讀不懂。
Yes, that was true. He remembered how Helmholtz had laughed at Romeo and Juliet.
是的，說得對。他想起赫姆霍爾茲曾經(jīng)怎樣嘲笑過《羅密歐和朱麗葉》
"Well then," he said, after a pause, "something new that's like Othello, and that they could understand."
“那么，”他停了一會兒說，“弄點他們能夠懂的新東西，要像《奧塞羅》那樣的。”
"That's what we've all been wanting to write," said Helmholtz, breaking a long silence.
“我們想寫的正是這種東西。”長時間的沉默，赫姆霍爾茲插嘴，打破沉默說。
"And it's what you never will write," said the Controller.
“可那是你絕對寫不出的東西，”總統(tǒng)說，
Because, if it were really like Othello nobody could understand it, however new it might be.
因為，那東西如果真像《奧塞羅》就沒有人懂，不管它有多新。
And if were new, it couldn't possibly be like Othello.
而且如果它是新的，就不可能像《奧塞羅》
Why not?
為什么？
"Yes, why not?" Helmholtz repeated. He too was forgetting the unpleasant realities of the situation.
“對，為什么？”赫姆霍爾茲也問。他也已忘掉了自己的狼狽處境。
Green with anxiety and apprehension, only Bernard remembered them; the others ignored him. "Why not?"
可伯納對處境卻牢記在心。他又著急又害怕，鐵青著臉。別的人沒有理他。“為什么？”
Because our world is not the same as Othello's world.
因為我們的世界跟《奧塞羅》的世界不同。
You can't make flivvers without steel–and you can't make tragedies without social instability.
沒有鋼你就造不出汽車，沒有社會的動蕩你就造不出悲劇。
The world's stable now. People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can't get.
現(xiàn)在的世界是穩(wěn)定的；人民過著幸福的生活；要什么有什么，得不到的東西他們絕不會要。
They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age;
他們富裕，他們安全，他們從不生病，也不怕死；他們快快活活，不知道激情和衰老；
they're plagued with no mothers or fathers; they've got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about;
沒有什么爸爸媽媽來給他們添麻煩；也沒有妻室兒女和情人叫他們產(chǎn)生激情；
they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave.
他們的條件設(shè)置使他們實際上不能不按條件為他們設(shè)置的路子行動。
And if anything should go wrong, there's soma.
萬一出了事還有唆麻。
Which you go and chuck out of the window in the name of liberty, Mr. Savage. Liberty! He laughed.
那就是你以自由的名義扔到窗外去的東西，野蠻人先生，自由！他哈哈大笑。
Expecting Deltas to know what liberty is! And now expecting them to understand Othello! My good boy!
想叫德爾塔們懂得什么叫自由！而現(xiàn)在又希望他們懂得《奧塞羅》！我的好孩子！
