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In Gesell's story, unlike Fisher's, storing wealth requires considerable effort and ingenuity.
在格塞爾的故事中，不同于費雪的是，儲存財富需要巨大的努力和心靈手巧。
Meat must be cured.
肉必須加以處理。
Wheat must be covered and buried.
麥子必須蓋好并埋起來。
The buckskin that will clothe him in the future must be protected from moths with the stink-glands of a skunk.
今后將給他擋風(fēng)遮雨的鹿皮必須要用臭鈾的臭腺保護起來，以便免遭蚊蟲侵害。
Saving the fruits of Crusoe's labour entails considerable labour in its own right.
儲存魯濱遜的勞動果實需要他自己相當(dāng)多的勞動。
Even after this care and attention, Crusoe is doomed to earn a negative return on his saving.
即便是有了這些關(guān)注和照料之后，魯濱遜也注定會在他的儲備上掙一筆負(fù)回報。
Mildew contaminates his wheat.
霉菌弄臟他的麥子。
Mice gnaw at his buckskin.
老鼠啃噬他的鹿皮。
"Rust, decay, breakage...dry-rot, ants, keep up a never-ending attack" on his other assets.
“生銹，腐爛，破損...干枯、螞蟻”對他的其他資產(chǎn)“保持著一種永不停息的攻擊”。
Salvation for Crusoe arrives in the form of asimilarly shipwrecked "stranger".
魯濱遜的救贖以一位同樣是船只失事的“陌生人”形式到來。
The newcomer asks to borrow Crusoe's food, leather and equipment while he cultivates afarm of his own.
這位新人一邊借魯濱遜的食物，毛皮和裝備，一邊開墾出他自己的一塊地。
Once he is up and running, the stranger promises to repay Crusoe with freshly harvested grain and newly stitched clothing.
一旦開始運轉(zhuǎn)，這位新人承諾用剛收獲的稻谷和新編織的布料償還魯濱遜。
Crusoe realises that such a loan would serve as an unusually perfect preservative.
魯濱遜認(rèn)識到，這樣一筆貸款會相當(dāng)于一次異乎尋常之完美的儲藏。
By lending his belongings, he can, in effect, transport them "without expense, labour, loss or vexation" into the future, thereby eluding "the thousand destructive forces of nature".
通過出借他的財產(chǎn)，實際上，他能夠“不破費、不勞動，毫無損失或煩惱”地將它們轉(zhuǎn)移到未來，因而也就避開了“大自然中數(shù)以千計的破壞力量”。
He is, ultimately, happy to pay the stranger for this valuable service, lending him ten sacks of grain now in return for eight at the end of the year.
最后，他高高興興地為這次有價值的服務(wù)而給這位陌生人掏腰包，現(xiàn)在借給他十袋麥子，換取年底的八袋麥子。
That is a negative interest rate of -20%.
這是一種-20%的負(fù)利率。
If the island had been full of such strangers, perhaps Crusoe could have driven a harder bargain, demanding a positive interest rate on his loan.
如果島上滿是這類陌生人，魯濱遜或許會進行一次更狠的討價還價，為他的貸款求得一種正利率。
But in the parable, Crusoe is as dependent on the lone stranger, and his willingness to borrow and invest, as the stranger is on him.
但是，在這個寓言中，魯濱遜就像陌生人依賴他那樣，依賴這位僅有的陌生人以及對出借和投資的意愿。
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