On the bottom of page 3, that the dwarf's viciousness
第三页末描述了矮人的邪恶
so just the very words used with these different characters, the dwarf, you know, "vicious"
注意那些描述不同角色的形容词 你们看 描述矮人的是"邪恶的"
I think the other knight is furious
那个骑士就是"狂怒的"
And so words that we tend to view as negative in some way at least
我们倾向于认为这些词至少在某种程度上是贬义的
The dwarf's viciousness was unequal
说矮人邪恶是不公平的
and it gave him a great stroke across the neck with his scourge
矮人用他的鞭子狠狠地抽了一下艾瑞克的脖子
The knight, Erec thinks, he tried to do something more
埃里克认为那个骑士还想有所行动
But we again get proverbial material
接下来的内容众所周知
And I've also, I know, I probably said ad nauseum
我知道 这些都是老生常谈了
But anything it's kind of been an oral tradition that the folk have had a chance to kind of form and shape
但民间任何口头传承下来的东西 都有机会被整理并形成文字
We're gonna expect a certain amount of wisdom
下面我们能看到点智慧的光芒了
And so proverbs coming forward, and here in Line 4 on page 4,
第四页第四行的谚语说
he says there's no valor in foolishness
勇者无谋
And so this other guy, he's armed, he's big,
那个家伙 身着盔甲 体型健硕
I have no armor, I'm already cut up,
我没有盔甲 我脸已经花了
it doesn't make much sense to go get beat up more
再上去硬拼挨揍也无济于事
and so I don't know what he's gonna do about this, his face is cut to ribbons, cut to ribbons
我不知道他会怎么做 他的脸被捣成了马蜂窝
and he's not, he has no armor
他不 他没有盔甲
But consistently this again, you know, core material of revenge
但你们懂的 又是一贯情节 复仇的核心素材
And one thing as we read this it's interesting to me and you have to stop and think about this is
这点我觉得有意思 你们得停下来 思考一下
that you know here is White writing in 1940 basically, they refer to White in the tape from La Mort d'Arthur about a more modern renditio
这些是怀特1940年写下的 在的录音中 关于一个更加现代的译文提及到怀特
You have other people writing 30 years later, basically saying the same thing
有人30年后写下几乎相同的内容
and we are back what 800 years earlier almost 800 years earlier,
追溯到几乎800年前
and we're in the same stuff
我们遇到了相同的事情
It goes back to White's question at one point, "Have we really changed so much?"
这就回到怀特提的一个问题"我们真的改变了这么多吗 "
And I think it's one of things that I find attractive about Medieval literature
这也是我发现中世纪文学很有意思的一点
A lot of times it says its stuff more clearly
大部分情况下中世纪文学均表述清晰
Or without as much you know filth
没什么废话