So what is he gonna use?
那他要怎么做呢
He's gonna try to have an illustration of what is good
他将举例证来阐述什么是正义
Starts out in spring, we're gonna start out with an adventure
故事从春天开始 我们将开始一段冒险旅程
We have Arthur's court here, we can actually see Arthur
这儿是亚瑟王的宫廷 实际上能看到亚瑟王
We don't have Arthur described, this is not about Arthur except, I don't know, tangentially
尽管这里并没有描述亚瑟王 这不是关于亚瑟王 除非 我也不知道怎么说 离题了
Arthur sets the tone, we see how splendid his court is
亚瑟王定下了基调 可以看到他的宫廷多么的辉煌
For example Erec gets married at the end of this
举个例子 埃里克最后结婚了
and all the people, describe all the people who were at the court
书中描述所有的人都聚集在宫廷里
and what great kings they are, and they're all what?
他们是多么伟大的统治者啊 那他们都是些什么人呢
They're all in liege service, they're all below Arthur on the Feudal pyramid
他们都是臣民 都是封建金字塔中臣服于亚瑟王之下的人
And so that illustrates what a great king he is
这也阐明了亚瑟王是个多么伟大的君王
And how splendid we end up at somebody's court, there are five-hundred knights, or there are a thousand knights
这个结尾是多么辉煌啊 某人的宫廷里有五百名骑士,数千名骑士
and all the beautiful ladies that go with these knights
还有陪伴骑士们的美女们
One of the things that Crethien is a little bit criticized for is that he's picked up the Celtic material
让克雷蒂安稍受争议的一点是 他选择了凯尔特素材
and maybe has taken some of it a little too literal,
还有他可能有点太流于文字
and so the white stag is kind of a mythic creature almost like the unicorn in the Celtic Arthurian material
白鹿是一种神秘的生物 正如他笔下凯尔特亚瑟王素材中出现的独角兽一样
And what Crethien often does,
克雷蒂安经常做的事就是
he tries to make this more realistic,
为了让这个显得更真实
he tries to kinda bring it down to earth and explain it
他试图把它拿下来解释
And so he doesn't elaborate on what the white stag is
但他并没有详细描述白鹿到底是什么