噢,亲爱的王尔德!
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印满唇印的王尔德墓 |
在读了东东枪的两条译自王尔德语录的围脖之后,我意犹未尽地开始寻找这个骚货的其他语录...结论是,他果然...够骚够萌又尖酸刻薄!我多想到他墓前跟他说句“你太棒了!”然后狠狠地在墓碑上留下个大大的红唇印啊!
先送上东东枪译的两条:
When I was young, I thought money was the most important thing in life. Now, when I’m old, I know it is.
年轻的时候,我总以为钱是这个世界上最重要的东西。后来,年龄不断增长,经历的事情越来越多,我才渐渐明白——这是真的……
I find American beer a bit like having sex in a canoe. It’s fucking close to water.
我发现美国啤酒就跟在小船上做爱似的——操,离水没多远了…
接下来是我译的:
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
绅士从不无意伤人——咱都是刻意的好不!
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
不为自己考虑的人都是没脑子的人。
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
我们应该避免争吵;因为争吵是粗鲁的,而且......说不定一不小心就被对方说服了呢?!
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
时尚得是有多丑啊,以至我们每半年就得让它改头换面。
I am not young enough to know everything.
我已经不会年少无知到说自己无所不知了。
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
大部分人都活在别人的影子里。他们的见解转自别人,他们的人生通篇模仿,他们的追求也只是引自所谓的大人物。
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
严肃是浅薄的唯一庇护所。
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
人生的目标应该是自我提高。我们生而为人的意义在于完全了解自我。
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
女人的悲剧在于她们最终成为了自己母亲那样的女人。男人从来不会,所以他们也是悲哀的。
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
原谅你的敌人吧——那会让他们抓狂的!
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
人家总在背后说你的闲话已经够惨了,更惨的是没人想得起来你。(肿么感觉在说dan humphrey?)
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
美国是唯一从蛮荒时代直接跳到衰败时代的国家,他们没有文明时代作为过渡。(贱!)
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
一个优秀的人没有敌人...而且他所有的朋友都不喜欢他。
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
一个女人所能得到的最大的满足就是——看起来比自己的女儿年轻十岁。
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
每当有人赞同我时,我总在琢磨我是不是错了啊。
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
重婚就是老婆太多了。其实一个老婆也太多了...
先译15句吧,如果有人有兴趣我再译...他经典段子太多了,容我慢慢看!
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