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Wouldn't it give you a rather pleasing sensation to think of people you didn't know and had never seen receiving emotions, subtle and passionate, from the work of your hands? Everyone likes power. I can't imagine a more wonderful exercise of it than to move the souls of men to pity or terror.
“想到那些你從來不認(rèn)識(shí)、從來沒見過的人被你的畫筆打動(dòng)，或者泛起種種遐思，或者感情激蕩，難道你不感到欣慰嗎？每個(gè)人都喜愛權(quán)力。如果你能打動(dòng)人們的靈魂，或者叫他們凄愴哀憫，或者叫他們驚懼恐慌，這不也是一種奇妙的行使權(quán)力的方法嗎？”
Melodrama.
“滑稽戲。”
Why do you mind if you paint well or badly?
“那么你為什么對(duì)于畫得好或不好還是很介意呢？”
I don't. I only want to paint what I see.
“我并不介意。我只不過想把我所見到的畫下來。”
I wonder if I could write on a desert island, with the certainty that no eyes but mine would ever see what I had written.
“如果我置身于一個(gè)荒島上，確切地知道除了我自己的眼睛以外再?zèng)]有別人能看到我寫出來的東西，我很懷疑我還能不能寫作下去。”
Strickland did not speak for a long time, but his eyes shone strangely, as though he saw something that kindled his soul to ecstasy.
思特里克蘭德很久很久沒有作聲。但是他的眼睛卻閃著一種奇異的光輝，仿佛看到了某種點(diǎn)燃起他的靈魂、使他心醉神馳的東西。
Sometimes I've thought of an island lost in a boundless sea, where I could live in some hidden valley, among strange trees, in silence. There I think I could find what I want.
“有些時(shí)候我就想到一個(gè)包圍在無邊無際的大海中的小島，我可以住在島上一個(gè)幽僻的山谷里，四周都是不知名的樹木，我寂靜安閑地生活在那里。我想在那樣一個(gè)地方，我就能找到我需要的東西了。”
He did not express himself quite like this. He used gestures instead of adjectives, and he halted. I have put into my own words what I think he wanted to say.
這不是他的原話。他用的是手勢(shì)而不是形容的詞藻，而且結(jié)結(jié)巴巴沒有一句話說得完整。我現(xiàn)在是用自己的話把我認(rèn)為他想要表達(dá)的重新說出來。
Looking back on the last five years, do you think it was worth it? I asked.
“回顧一下過去的五年，你認(rèn)為你這樣做值得嗎？”我問他道。
He looked at me, and I saw that he did not know what I meant. I explained. You gave up a comfortable home and a life as happy as the average. You were fairly prosperous. You seem to have had a rotten time in Paris. If you had your time over again would you do what you did?
他看著我，我知道他沒有明白我的意思，就解釋說：“你丟掉了舒適的家庭，放棄一般人過的那種幸福生活。你本來過得很不錯(cuò)。可是你現(xiàn)在在巴黎大概連飯都吃不飽。再叫你從頭兒選擇，你還愿意走這條路嗎？”
Rather.
“還是這樣。”
Do you know that you haven't asked anything about your wife and children? Do you never think of them?
“你知道，你根本沒有打聽過你的老婆和孩子。難道你從來沒有想過他們嗎？”
No.
“沒有。”
