Literature and Pub 2025-07 248 Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House. With using absurdity to combat absurdity as its core theme. this book cleverly connects the sharp philosophical insights of a century ago with the dilemma
更遗憾的是翻译。这本书是中英对照的,能读懂英文原文的读者会发现不少地方为了更大众化把原来的意思削薄了。萧伯纳原文里的复杂性和多面性被抹掉,那种微妙的语气、双关的张力、动词里的主动性,在简化之后也都消失了。比如我在书中最喜欢的那句:"Life is what it is: and I am prepared to take it as it is."英文里的take同时包含接受和面对、被动和主动两层意思,甚至动词本身那一点力道,在中文里只剩下了接受和承受的意味,缺少了那种主动迎上去的劲头。读者如果不对照原文去读,根本感受不到那句英文真正的质感。