So what is he gonna use?
那他要怎么做呢
He's gonna try to have an illustration of what is good
他將舉例證來闡述什么是正義
Starts out in spring, we're gonna start out with an adventure
故事從春天開始 我們將開始一段冒險旅程
We have Arthur's court here, we can actually see Arthur
這兒是亞瑟王的宮廷 實際上能看到亞瑟王
We don't have Arthur described, this is not about Arthur except, I don't know, tangentially
盡管這里并沒有描述亞瑟王 這不是關于亞瑟王 除非 我也不知道怎么說 離題了
Arthur sets the tone, we see how splendid his court is
亞瑟王定下了基調 可以看到他的宮廷多么的輝煌
For example Erec gets married at the end of this
舉個例子 埃里克最后結婚了
and all the people, describe all the people who were at the court
書中描述所有的人都聚集在宮廷里
and what great kings they are, and they're all what?
他們是多么偉大的統治者啊 那他們都是些什么人呢
They're all in liege service, they're all below Arthur on the Feudal pyramid
他們都是臣民 都是封建金字塔中臣服于亞瑟王之下的人
And so that illustrates what a great king he is
這也闡明了亞瑟王是個多么偉大的君王
And how splendid we end up at somebody's court, there are five-hundred knights, or there are a thousand knights
這個結尾是多么輝煌啊 某人的宮廷里有五百名騎士,數千名騎士
and all the beautiful ladies that go with these knights
還有陪伴騎士們的美女們
One of the things that Crethien is a little bit criticized for is that he's picked up the Celtic material
讓克雷蒂安稍受爭議的一點是 他選擇了凱爾特素材
and maybe has taken some of it a little too literal,
還有他可能有點太流于文字
and so the white stag is kind of a mythic creature almost like the unicorn in the Celtic Arthurian material
白鹿是一種神秘的生物 正如他筆下凱爾特亞瑟王素材中出現的獨角獸一樣
And what Crethien often does,
克雷蒂安經常做的事就是
he tries to make this more realistic,
為了讓這個顯得更真實
he tries to kinda bring it down to earth and explain it
他試圖把它拿下來解釋
And so he doesn't elaborate on what the white stag is
但他并沒有詳細描述白鹿到底是什么