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"These were vile discoveries; but except for the treachery of concealment,
“這都是些丑惡的發(fā)現(xiàn)，但是，除了隱瞞實情的欺詐行為，
I should have made them no subject of reproach to my wife,
我不應(yīng)當(dāng)把這些都怪罪于我的妻子。
even when I found her nature wholly alien to mine,
盡管我發(fā)現(xiàn)她的個性與我格格不入，
her tastes obnoxious to me, her cast of mind common, low, narrow,
她的趣味使我感到厭惡，她的氣質(zhì)平庸、低下、狹隘，
and singularly incapable of being led to anything higher, expanded to anything larger
完全不可能向更高處引導(dǎo)，向更廣處發(fā)展；
when I found that I could not pass a single evening, nor even a single hour of the day with her in comfort;
我發(fā)現(xiàn)無法同她舒舒暢暢地度過一個晚上，甚至一個小時，
that kindly conversation could not be sustained between us,
我們之間沒有真誠的對話，
because whatever topic I started, immediately received from her a turn at once coarse and trite, perverse and imbecile
因為談任何話題，馬上會得到她既粗俗又陳腐，即怪僻又愚蠢的呼應(yīng)，
when I perceived that I should never have a quiet or settled household,
我發(fā)覺自己決不會有一個清靜安定的家，
because no servant would bear the continued outbreaks of her violent and unreasonable temper,
因為沒有一個仆人能忍受她不斷發(fā)作暴烈無理的脾性，
or the vexations of her absurd, contradictory, exacting orders -- even then I restrained myself:
能忍受她荒唐、矛盾和苛刻的命令所帶來的煩惱--即使那樣，我也克制住了。
I eschewed upbraiding, I curtailed remonstrance;
我避免責(zé)備，減少規(guī)勸，
I tried to devour my repentance and disgust in secret; I repressed the deep antipathy I felt."
悄悄地吞下了自己的悔恨和厭惡，我抑制住了自己的反感。”
