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The big question: Will Fenn's treasure (assuming it really exists) ever be found?
一個大問題：威爾·芬恩的寶藏（假設它真的存在的話）能不能被發現？
Neitzel says he has no intention of stopping until he or somebody else finds it. "I know I'm kidding myself," he says, laughing.
雷特澤爾表示，在他或者別人發現寶藏之前，他是不會停止探尋的。他笑著說道，“我知道我在開玩笑。”
But he took four trips last summer and fall. "What people get wrong is, it's not all just about finding the treasure.
但是去年夏天和秋天他去探索了四次。“人們的錯誤在于，這不僅僅是尋找寶藏的問題。
It's about finding treasures, plural. It's about getting outside and exploring. That's why Forrest called his book The Thrill of the Chase.
它是關于尋找寶藏的，也是關于外出探索的。這就是為什么福雷斯特給他的書起名為《追逐的刺激》。
It's not The Thrill of the Find." Many claim that even if they found Fenn's chest, they wouldn't necessarily spend the money—and might even rehide the chest.
它不是關于尋找的刺激。”許多人聲稱，即使他們找到芬恩的箱子，他們也不一定會花這筆錢，甚至可能會把箱子重新藏起來。
Sullivan says he'd like to keep the chase going for a new generation.
沙利文說他想讓下一代人繼續這場追逐。
"Wouldn't it be a hoot to be the wise guy writing the new poem?" he says.
他說，“成為一個寫新詩的聰明人不是很有趣的事情嗎？”
As for Fenn, he hopes someone finds the treasure while he's still alive.
對于芬恩來說，他希望有人能在自己在世的時候發現珍寶。
Several people have been within a few hundred feet, he says. He knows because they've e-mailed him and asked whether they were close.
他說，有幾個人去到過距寶藏幾百英尺的地方。他之所以知道，是因為他們給他發了電子郵件，詢問他們是否去到接近寶藏的地方。
Fenn, who's not about to give anyone a free pass, said nothing.
芬恩不打算給任何人免費通行證，他什么也沒說。
But he reads every e-mail, many of which can be surprisingly revealing about the type of people who would drop everything to go hunting for gold.
但是他會讀每一封郵件，很多郵件都來自那種會放棄一切去尋找黃金的人，這非常令人驚訝。
They confess their fears. They thank him for saving their marriages, for giving them a reason to take a risk, for giving their lives meaning.
他們承認他們的恐懼。他們感謝芬恩拯救了他們的婚姻，給了他們一個去冒險的理由，給了他們人生意義。
Fenn received one e-mail from a law student thanking him "for reminding me of a part of who I am that has waned greatly during the last years of my legal studies."
芬恩收到了一封來自一個法學生的感謝郵件，他感謝芬恩讓他想起了他的一部分，那一部分在他最后一年的法律學業中被大大地削弱了。
Responding with an impassioned plea that offered more clues to his real intentions than any of the secrets hidden in his poem, Fenn told the man, "Don't you dare work as a lawyer.
他回了一封慷慨激昂的郵件，郵件說明了關于他真正的意圖的線索，這比他在詩中隱藏的任何秘密都要更多。芬恩告訴他，“你絕不能去當律師。
If you do, you will wear a coat and tie, sit at a desk all day. You will not have time to smell the sky or experience the soft breeze ripe with sun.
如果你這樣做了，你會穿外套打領帶，整天坐在辦公桌前。你將沒有時間去感受天空，也沒有時間去感受和煦的微風。
Go looking for my chest full of gold and all of the other treasures that lurk once you leave the fluorescent lights behind."
去尋找我裝滿金子的箱子和其它寶藏吧，一旦你放下熒光燈，寶藏就會隱藏起來。”
Another hunter had this tantalizing insight: "Somewhere deep inside, I hope that I never find your treasure.
另外一個尋寶者表達了這個撩人的見解：“在我內心深處的某個地方，我希望我永遠找不到你的寶藏。
The journey will be treasure enough." And so the hunt continues.
尋寶之旅就足夠珍貴了。于是尋寶的行動扔在繼續。
