Gil:Can I ask you the biggest favor in the world?
吉尔:我能求你帮我个忙吗?
Hemingway:What is it?
海明威:什么忙?
Gil:Would you read it?
吉尔:你愿意读一下吗?
Hemingway:Your novel?
海明威:你的小说?
Gil:Yeah,it's like 400 pages long and I'm just looking for,you know,an opinion.
吉尔:是的,大概有400页,我只是想了解你下你的看法。
Hemingway:My opinion is I hate it.
海明威:我的看法是我讨厌它。
Gil:I mean, you haven't even read it.
吉尔:可是你还没有读它啊。
Hemingway:If it's bad,I'll hate it because I hate bad writing,and if it's good I'll be envious and hate it all the more.You don't want the opinion of another writer.
海明威:如果它写的很糟糕,我会讨厌,因为我讨厌糟糕的作品;如果这个作品很好,我会嫉妒,那我就会更加讨厌。所以,你最好别从另一个作家那里讨看法。