【詞匯突破】
深入閱讀:serious reading
無論:no matter what; whatever
平臺:platform
文明:civilization
扮演重要角色/有著重要地位:play an important role in/ have place in
技術突破:technological breakthrough
上一代:previous generation
試聽革命:audio-visual revolution
數字革命:digital revolution
起到……作用:serve to do sth.
補充:complement
全能的體現:all-powerful embodiment
人類知識:human knowledge
功力:utilitarian
讀書“足以怡情,足以博采,足以長才”:studies can be “for delight, for ornament, and for ability”
視野:vista
【參考譯文】
Serious reading, on whatever platform or in whatever form, has its place in the advance of human civilization. All technological breakthroughs, such as the audio-visual revolution of the previous generation and now the digital revolution, all serve to complement it. Words as the all-powerful embodiment of human knowledge are never overrated and will never be totally replaced. More Chinese will realize their importance as the nation grows into middle-class comfort. The younger generations can afford to read books that are not utilitarian. As Francis Bacon famously said, studies can be “for delight, for ornament, and for ability”, and “delight” should rightly include the joy of elevating oneself to a level with a higher vista, which, unlike a high-rise apartment, money alone cannot buy.