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On the bottom of page 3, that the dwarf's viciousness
第三頁(yè)末描述了矮人的邪惡
so just the very words used with these different characters, the dwarf, you know, "vicious"
注意那些描述不同角色的形容詞 你們看 描述矮人的是"邪惡的"
I think the other knight is furious
那個(gè)騎士就是"狂怒的"
And so words that we tend to view as negative in some way at least
我們傾向于認(rèn)為這些詞至少在某種程度上是貶義的
The dwarf's viciousness was unequal
說(shuō)矮人邪惡是不公平的
and it gave him a great stroke across the neck with his scourge
矮人用他的鞭子狠狠地抽了一下艾瑞克的脖子
The knight, Erec thinks, he tried to do something more
埃里克認(rèn)為那個(gè)騎士還想有所行動(dòng)
But we again get proverbial material
接下來(lái)的內(nèi)容眾所周知
And I've also, I know, I probably said ad nauseum
我知道 這些都是老生常談了
But anything it's kind of been an oral tradition that the folk have had a chance to kind of form and shape
但民間任何口頭傳承下來(lái)的東西 都有機(jī)會(huì)被整理并形成文字
We're gonna expect a certain amount of wisdom
下面我們能看到點(diǎn)智慧的光芒了
And so proverbs coming forward, and here in Line 4 on page 4,
第四頁(yè)第四行的諺語(yǔ)說(shuō)
he says there's no valor in foolishness
勇者無(wú)謀
And so this other guy, he's armed, he's big,
那個(gè)家伙 身著盔甲 體型健碩
I have no armor, I'm already cut up,
我沒(méi)有盔甲 我臉已經(jīng)花了
it doesn't make much sense to go get beat up more
再上去硬拼挨揍也無(wú)濟(jì)于事
and so I don't know what he's gonna do about this, his face is cut to ribbons, cut to ribbons
我不知道他會(huì)怎么做 他的臉被搗成了馬蜂窩
and he's not, he has no armor
他不 他沒(méi)有盔甲
But consistently this again, you know, core material of revenge
但你們懂的 又是一貫情節(jié) 復(fù)仇的核心素材
And one thing as we read this it's interesting to me and you have to stop and think about this is
這點(diǎn)我覺(jué)得有意思 你們得停下來(lái) 思考一下
that you know here is White writing in 1940 basically, they refer to White in the tape from La Mort d'Arthur about a more modern renditio
這些是懷特1940年寫下的 在的錄音中 關(guān)于一個(gè)更加現(xiàn)代的譯文提及到懷特
You have other people writing 30 years later, basically saying the same thing
有人30年后寫下幾乎相同的內(nèi)容
and we are back what 800 years earlier almost 800 years earlier,
追溯到幾乎800年前
and we're in the same stuff
我們遇到了相同的事情
It goes back to White's question at one point, "Have we really changed so much?"
這就回到懷特提的一個(gè)問(wèn)題"我們真的改變了這么多嗎 "
And I think it's one of things that I find attractive about Medieval literature
這也是我發(fā)現(xiàn)中世紀(jì)文學(xué)很有意思的一點(diǎn)
A lot of times it says its stuff more clearly
大部分情況下中世紀(jì)文學(xué)均表述清晰
Or without as much you know filth
沒(méi)什么廢話
