(Rpm) poor Thoreau read “Walden” translation (xxxvi) (37) (xxxviii) (39) (40)
December 10, 2010
I have thought that Walden Pond would be a good place for business, not solely on account of the railroad and the ice trade; it offers advantages which it may not be good policy to divulge; it is a good port and a good foundation. No Neva marshes to be filled; though you must everywhere build on piles of your own driving. It is said that a flood-tide, with a westerly wind, and ice in the Neva, would sweep St. Petersburg from the face of the earth.
(Xu Chi translation) I think Walden Pond would be a good place to do business, not only because of that railway line and ice-storage industry ; There is a lot of convenience, perhaps it is not a good policy leaked out; This is a good port, there is a good foundation. Required if you do not Neva area who did not swamp; although you have to go everywhere, piling foundation. It is said that if the Neva rose water, scraping the west wind, the ice can flow to St. Petersburg at once obliterated from the earth surface.
1, “I have thought that” here is tense if you want it translated?
2, “No Neva marshes to be filled” translated as “not those who, like you are not required Neva swamp area” with difference in interpretation. English text is that “Walden did not swamp”, and Translation “not required that you do not swamp … …” The implication is “Walden has swamps, and areas as large as the Neva.”
3, “a flood-tide, with a westerly wind, and ice in the Neva, would sweep St. Petersburg from the face of the earth.” Xu Dai translation in the translation are “ice” to St. Petersburg washed away, this is not the correct analysis of sentence structure and made a mistake “sweep” of the subject.
If the “ice in the Neva” is a “sweep” of the subject, predicate that it is not required between the comma-separated. Moreover, if the “ice” is the subject, then “and” part gone before became a residual predicate sentence. In fact, “a flood-tide would sweep …” is the main structure of the sentence.
(Dai Huan translation) I found Walden is a place to do business, not only had it figured railway transport and storage of ice industry, it also offers a variety of facilities – will it is made public, is not a good thing. Walden Pond, but a good port and base. You do not need to fill in as the Neva River as marshes, even though you should strive to open up everywhere he went. Said Neva when they flood, roaring west wind, the river of ice on the earth will be washed away from St. Petersburg.
(thirty-seven)
As this business was to be entered into without the usual capital, it may not be easy to conjecture where those means, that will still be indispensable to every such undertaking, were to be obtained. As for Clothing, to come at once to the practical part of the question, perhaps we are led oftener by the love of novelty and a regard for the opinions of men, in procuring it, than by a true utility. Let him who has work to do recollect that the object of clothing is, first, to retain the vital heat, and secondly, in this state of society, to cover nakedness, and he may judge how much of any necessary or important work may be accomplished without adding to his wardrobe. Kings and queens who wear a suit but once, though made by some tailor or dressmaker to their majesties, cannot know the comfort of wearing a suit that fits. They are no better than wooden horses to hang the clean clothes on. Every day our garments become more assimilated to ourselves, receiving the impress of the wearer character, until we hesitate to lay them aside, without such delay and medical appliances and some such solemnity even as our bodies. < br />
(Xu Chi translation) as the industry is not usually my first transaction of funds, so I get all this from where the industry is missing something it can not, perhaps it is not easy to guess. Let us say immediately practical problems come up, saying the clothes, the clothes we buy, often by the loving guidance of the psychological novel, and care about others opinions of it, than consider the real usefulness of these clothes. Let those who remember to wear work clothes to do the goal, the first is to maintain the cultivation of the body temperature, and the second is to take in the current society, to cover nakedness; now, he can determine how many of the necessary important work can be completed without having to add any clothes in the closet. Every king and queen are wearing a piece of clothing, although there are specially tailor royal event, they do not know the pleasure to wear clothes fit. They hang clean clothes but the wooden stand. And our clothes, but assimilated with us day by day, printed on the wearer character, until we could not bear to put them away, to lose them, just as abandoned as our bodies, invariably feel reluctantly, to see a doctor to take medicine for some remedy, but with a very heavy heart.
1, entered into the business to irst deal. ” “Transaction” how come? Even more surprising is the “first” Where come from? Translation of “capital” Why care “capital” with the term “funds” mean?
2, “the practical part of the question” should be a substantial part of the problem, rather than a large number of substantive issues.
3, “any necessary or important work” here “or” embodied in the relationship is very clear, translated as “a necessary and important work” wrong, “necessary and important (wearing a translation)” more wrong.
4, “Let him …, and he may judge ….” There may be “imperative sentence and” the structure, the equivalent of “If he …, he may judge …”.
5, Kings and queens who wear a suit but once translated as “Every piece of clothing is wearing a”, the original there are no “every one … …” of the stress.
6, “and our clothes, but day by day …” has not seen the original text “and … … was” the turning point.
7, “without such delay and medical appliances and some such solemnity even as our bodies.” phrase translation is difficult. Why is that “medical devices” and body? Xu translation and translation changes are too big to wear.
(Dai Huan translation) as I usually do not have the funds needed to make a living can be opened, then, to infer where I get from doing this essential first line, may not a breeze things right.
Let us now turn to the practical problems better, let us talk about clothing. We like to buy new clothes because most of the psychological cause trouble, or scruples the views of others, rather than out of practical considerations of these garments. Let those people go to work again, keep in mind the purpose of clothes: First, is required to maintain body heat to survive; Secondly, it is obscured in the social environment of the body exposed, and he should also determine how many of the essential and important work, do not have to purchase new clothes in the closet can be completed. King and Queen often wearing clothes once, despite the Queen dressmaker sewing for their precision, the King and Queen do not know the taste of wearing comfortable clothes fit pleasure, they like to hang clean clothes that only a wooden shelf in fact, almost . Most of us clothes, day day we integrated, branded imprint of the wearer personality, and we had to throw away when they are hesitant, as if the body is thrown away, it is inevitable that some regret hard to, like chemists, like, the mood is so upbeat.
(thirty-eight)
No man ever stood the lower in my estimation for having a patch in his clothes; yet I am sure that there is greater anxiety, commonly, to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience. But even if the rent is not mended, perhaps the worst vice betrayed is improvidence. I sometimes try my acquaintances by such tests as this-Who could wear a patch, or two extra seams only, over the knee? Most behave as if they believed that their prospects for life would be ruined if they should do it. It would be easier for them to hobble to town with a broken leg than with a broken pantaloon. Often if an accident happens to a gentleman legs, they can be mended; but if a similar accident happens to the legs of his pantaloons, there is no help for it; for he considers, not what is truly respectable, but what is respected. We know but few men, a great many coats and breeches. Dress a scarecrow in your last shift, you standing shiftless by, who would not soonest salute the scarecrow?
(Xu Chi translation) In fact, no one is wearing a patch clothes and in my eyes lowered status; but I understand that most people my heart, true to the clothes Concerned more fashionable clothes to wear, at least clean, and can not have patch, as they are with or without sound conscience, from care. In fact, even if the clothes are not broken up, the biggest drawback of exposure is not considered, but also will become a big hole in the hole. Sometimes I use this method to determine my friends, – who are willing to patch over the knee, or just more than two sewing clothes to wear on the body? Most people seem to think that if they do, from ruined for life. Rather lame leg into the city, they refused to wear pants to break. A gentleman with a leg injury, is a very common thing, is there a way to remedy this; if the trousers pipe broke, but can not be remedied; because people are not really concerned about things that should be respected, but respected those who care about things . We know very few people, we recognize the strange clothes and pants are more. Scarecrow you to put your last piece of clothing, you do not wear clothes standing next to which a person is not immediately after the tribute it to the Scarecrow?
1, “I am sure”. “Understand” and “confident” is not the same.
2, “greater anxiety to … than to …” means there is no comparison here, translated. If we analyze the more fine point: “worried about clothing than worry about conscience” – did not say these words in the back of conscience “from the do not care” or “not taken into account (Dai translation).” More with less is the degree of control, but there is no absolute to “yes” or “no” control.
3, “try my acquaintances by such tests as this”. “Try” is “try”, “tests” is a “test” is not “approach.” “Acquaintances” not in the degree of familiarity to the “familiar” or “friend” level.
4, “Often if an accident happens to a gentleman legs, they can be mended” translated as “a gentleman with a leg injury, is a very common thing,” after all, some funny. Dai translated as “If a gentleman accidentally hurt his leg, which is a common occurrence,” even more far away. Is a gentleman usually have a leg injury? Why gentleman leg injury is commonplace thing? In fact, here “Often” the main sentence should be modified or the entire sentence: If the gentleman leg injuries, often can be remedied; and pants broke but can not remedy.
(Dai Huan translated) I never patched because it was dressed in his clothes and a new light; However, I am convinced that people often focus too much on clothes – to wear fashionable clothing, at least To clean, no patch, whether the wearer has a sound conscience is not quite taken into account. Even if there are holes in the clothes you wear, it just shows you do not have time to mend it, no big deal. I sometimes use this method to test my acquaintances, who is willing to play wearing a patch over the knee, or more than two joints out of clothes? Most people words and deeds seem to indicate that they are wearing if so, will be destroy the future. They would rather lame leg limp, do not want to see people wearing pants a break. If a gentleman accidentally hurt his leg, which is a common occurrence, since he would go for treatment; his pants, but if broken, would not be where it had; because he was concerned, things are not really worthy of respect but rather focus on those things respectable. We do not recognize people, many only recognize the clothes and pants. You take off the last piece of clothing to wear to the Scarecrow, you stand naked side, passing the people who will not salute it first scarecrow?
1, “new light” is not necessarily “look down”, down may be “impressive” is in English “look down” and “look up”.
2, “It would be easier for them to hobble to town with a broken leg than with a broken pantaloon.” They would rather lame leg limp, do not want to see people wearing pants a break. English is “to town”, Chinese translation is “see” and does not seem necessary so translated.
3, “since he would go to where” there are no original English “self-will” means. Similarly, “where it would not be a” should be “no saving.” “No treatment” and “save” is not the same.
4, “Scarecrow first salute” is that the salute has problems. The original text said “scarecrow dressed, people will bow to the scarecrow.”
(Thirty-nine)
Passing a cornfield the other day, close by a hat and coat on a stake, I recognized the owner of the farm. He was only a little more weather-beaten than when I saw him last. I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master premises with clothes on, but was easily quieted by a naked thief. It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. Could you, in such a case, tell surely of any company of civilized men which belonged to the most respected class? When Madam Pfeiffer, in her adventurous travels round the world, from east to west, had got so near home as Asiatic Russia, she says that she felt the necessity of wearing other than a travelling dress, when she went to meet the authorities, for she “was now in a civilized country, where… people are judged of by their clothes.” Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost universal respect. But they who yield such respect, numerous as they are, are so far heathen, and need to have a missionary sent to them. Beside, clothes introduced sewing, a kind of work which you may call endless; a woman dress, at least, is never done. (Xu Chi translation) that day, I go through a corn field, in that wearing a hat, wearing a coat of wood piles next, I recognize that farmland owners. He more than last time I saw him, but even more haggard phoenix blow some rain. I heard a dog owner to all cloths come to its place to the people barking, very easy to be a naked thief uniform, said nothing. This is an interesting question, ah, no clothes, people will be able to maintain their identity more than the earth? No clothes, you can not in the middle of any group of civilized people, who affirmed that the most honorable? Feifei his wife in her traveling the world, traveling from east to west, when she was very close to Asia, Russia, going to an audience of local Executive, she said, she felt not wear travel clothes, because she “now which in a civilized country, where people are based on people clothes to evaluate. ” Even in our democratic New England town called, as long as the money to live generous attention to dress, with a kind of coincidental factors, he suffered the crowd admiration. However, the admiration of the crowd, the number of true and more, are infidels, so it should send a missionary to go. Anyway, to sewing clothes, sewing, but a so-called endless work; at least, a woman dress is never completed the day.
(Dai Huan translation) a day, I was passing through the corn, you wore a hat, shirt hanging next to recognize the stakes of this farmer. Than when I last saw him, he just seemed more rain and snow after frost, and some aging. I have heard people say that a dog owner it would cloths to people who approached the house barking, but it can easily be a naked thief uniform, silent. If people have to get rid of the clothes, what limits will be able to keep their related identity, which is really a fun topic ah! Did not dress in all the circumstances, you can at any among a group of civilized people, certainly to identify who it belongs to the class of the most respected?
Madame Fifi made her global adventure travel, from the East to the West. When she was very close to Russia, Asia, go to Meet the governor, she said she felt the need to travel off the clothing, put on more formal clothing, as she is now coming to a civilized country, here, people with clothes to treat people. Even in our democratic New England towns in itself, who if you accidentally wealth up, dressed, residential luxury, he will everywhere be the crowd of admirers. May be his best admiration of those people, too numerous number of people, all those infidels, which they need to sent a missionary. In addition, sewing clothes is needed, can be described as an endless sewing work; at least, a woman clothes can never hope not completed that day.
1, Passing a cornfield the other day, close by a hat and coat on a stake, I recognized the owner of the farm. is not recognized in the column next to the man? Just above that, if given the scarecrow dressed, people will bow to the scarecrow – who do not recognize the clothes that people recognize. Thoreau emphasis here may be that a stake put on clothes I l wear a hat it considered adult. Of course, we can not say that speculation must be correct.
Thoreau diary records a comparison with this thing: the people recognized as the Scarecrow. A few days ago I saw plowed the fields with a scarecrow, I noticed it stuffed here and there are less natural, it difficult to see arms legs, I think, Oh, they do the Scarecrow; they are also affected by not like this. However, I went over later, they looked back, the Scarecrow walked away – which has a living. “(In September 1852. A contrasting incident is told in a 23 June 1853 passage: #39;The other day I saw what I took to be a scarecrow in a cultivated field, and noticing how unnaturally it was stuffed out here and there and how ungainly its arms and legs were, I thought to myself, ell, it is thus they make these things; they do not stand much about it; but looking round again after I had gone by, I saw my scarecrow walking off with a real live man in it #39;.)
2, near home as Asiatic Russia is close to Russia, Asia, or close to Asia, Russia?
3, in our democratic New England towns Xu translation of “democracy in our New England town known as” the original text there is no “known” means, to wear a translation of “democracy itself in our cities and towns in New England” is even more exaggerated, and that “this … … cities and towns “and English” towns “do not correspond.
(forty)
A man who has at length found something to do will not need to get a new suit to do it in; for him the old will do, that has lain dusty in the garret for an indeterminate period. Old shoes will serve a hero longer than they have served his valet – if a hero ever has a valet – bare feet are older than shoes, and he can make them do. Only they who go to soirees and legislative balls must have new coats, coats to change as often as the man changes in them. But if my jacket and trousers, my hat and shoes , are fit to worship God in, they will do; will they not? Who ever saw his old clothes – his old coat, actually worn out, resolved into its primitive elements, so that it was not a deed of charity to bestow it on some poor boy, by him perchance to be bestowed on some poorer still, or shall we say richer, who could do with less? I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit?
(Xu Chi translation) a person, later, to find a job to do, in fact, does not want him to wear new clothes Shanggong ; old clothes on the line, that is, those placed in the attic a long time, the product from the dust of old clothes to wear old shoes of a hero than his attendant down time to wear them for a long time – if that hero if there are attendant – The barefoot a long history of more than shoes, while the hero is barefoot and only those who went to The Banquet, go to the Legislative Yuan must wear new clothes, they changed a further one, as those places for a group after group of people. But if my jacket and pants to wear body wear a hat to wear shoes, they can worship God, then these are enough, is not it? who had noted his rags – really has broken dress worn bear, and became the original raw materials, is also a lot of money given to a beggar do good, and maybe that also carries it forwarded to a beggar than He also poor people, but can say the man is the richest, because finally he can do anything to live what I say you have to beware of those who must wear new clothes cause as possible not to beware of those who wear new clothes people, if no new people, new clothes how his body can do together?
1, “in fact” is not in the original.
2, “for an indetweminate period “refers to the clothes put in the attic do not know how long.
3,” he can make them do “in” them “refers to the” old shoes “. a hero to the old dress shoes a long time.
4, “legislative balls” translated as “Legislative Yuan”, “balls” is not translated out? in front of a “party” followed by “party” makes sense, but “Party” and “Legislative Yuan” is not properly tied on.
5, coats to change as often as the man changes in them. Xu translated as “those places as a group after group of people for “and wearing a translation of” to go where these people are also frequent replacement “should be regarded that the latter part of it wrong. the first part of that” clothes should always change, “said the second half,” people often change clothes inside. “Xu translation of “As” is increased, “those places” is also growing out of, because the original in the “in them” refers to the clothes, does not refer to the Legislative Yuan. “for a batch after batch,” and the original “the man “do not correspond to the singular form. wearing translated in the” where “is the original text does not have.
6, Who ever saw his old clothes – his old coat, actually worn out, resolved into its primitive elements, so that it was not a deed of charity to bestow it on some poor boy, by him perchance to be bestowed on some poorer still, or shall we say richer, who could do with less?
This long sentence is a rhetorical question. “Who has seen such and such a thing? “Should say” certain things does not exist. “Xu translation and translation have ignored the sentence wearing a question mark and the end of a long sentence into a statement confirmed the deal, which makes the meaning of the sentence reversed.
“Who has seen the old get old clothes are donated to poor children that can not be broken down yet? “- There is so old, and then donate the old clothes and poor children is also good deeds.
” Shall we say richer, who could do with less “here reflects the Thoreau of the” rich “definition : less material needs of people richer.
7, If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit? If we translate the questions into positive expression is: The new clothes can be made to fit a new man. new people to wear new clothes. a person who did not change much, there is no need for new clothes. just like a snake molting birds for feathers, are at a critical time.
(Dai Huan translation) a person, finally found work to do, he actually need to put a set of new clothes to go to work every day for him, old clothes on it, although those old clothes in the attic place for a long time, covered with dust, but do not hinder wear. a hero wearing shoes of the old time, down more than his servants to wear old shoes longer – if he has a servant words – Barefoot in the first era to be more than the old shoes – a hero of course, can also be barefoot and only those who rushed to the social dinner or go to the Legislative Yuan, who must wear new clothes, the clothes they will be replaced frequently, because these who is also the occasion to frequent replacement, but if my jacket and pants, my hat and shoes, I put them on the appropriate worship God in, then wore these clothes to work and why not? who concerned that people have old clothes – his old clothes really dilapidated, just want to revert to the raw materials of cloth, is give it to a beggar, is not really doing good move, perhaps beggars it will be forwarded to the poorer a person, then, this man back can be regarded as rich people, because nothing he does can manage their own to make a living, I mean, you have to alert those who need well-dressed business, rather than those well-dressed man. If the person is not new entrants, new clothes to do it and who wear it for?
