Conversation 课文对照翻译

Other accomplishments may be possessed without opportunity of exerting them, or wanted(lacked) without danger that the defect can often be remarked; 其他技能可能我们学会了也用不到，或 者即使我们没有掌握它们也不会出什么 大差错。
我质疑一些个性上的收敛对于一般的 （友情方面的）接纳是否是必要的。


Few spend their time with much satisfaction under the eye of uncontestable superiority;

很少有人会因生活在（别人所投射的） 具有绝对优势的视线下而感到更加满足。


Merriment, extorted(敲诈，侵占，强求) by sallies(突围，迸发) of imagination, sprightliness(快活，愉快) of remark, or quickness of reply, is too often what the Latins call, the Sardinian(撒丁岛人) laughter, a distortion(扭曲) of the face without gladness of heart. 那种因绞尽脑汁、巧言令色、对答如流 而强求来的快乐在很多情况下被拉丁人 称作撒丁岛人的笑声，只是一种面部表 情的扭曲，并不含有由衷的快乐。

然而谁都不能过着没有频繁喜怒之变， 比隐居还平稳的生活。因为人自己有所 好恶，给予别人快乐的能力便一直为人 所使用。

Few are more frequently envied than those who have the power of forcing attention wherever they come, whose entrance is considered as a promise of felicity(幸福， 快乐，幸运), and whose departure is lamented(令人遗憾的), like the recess of the sun from northern climates, as a privation(贫困，丧失，被剥夺了某物的 状态) of all that enlivens(使生动，使活泼， 使有活力，使活跃) fancy, or inspirits gaiety(快乐，兴高采烈).

那些批评别人慢脑筋的智者，不容他人 质疑自己指导地位的学者，不放过任何 谬误的批评家，责怪别人思想空虚精神 涣散的思想家，大多为世人所赞颂尊敬 would please must rarely aim at such excellence as depresses his hearers in their own opinion, or debars(阻止) them from the hope of contributing reciprocally(相互地) to the entertainment of the company. 那些善于取悦别人的人很少把自己谈话 的重点放在这些优势上，因为这些长处 会让他的听众在抒发观点的时候感到沮 丧，或者破坏他们相互促进友好关系的 愿望。
那些记忆储备中含有一些自己生活轶事、 突发情况及个人怪癖的人，经常能让自 己的听众听得津津有味。


Almost every man listens with eagerness to contemporary history; for almost every man has some real or imaginary connection with a celebrated character; some desire to advance or oppose a rising name. 几乎所有人都热衷于聆听自己所处时代 发生的事。大家都觉得自己和知名人物 有着或实或虚的某种联系。有些人对名 声趋之若鹜，有些人避之不及。

少数人会比那些用能力强制他人注意自 己的家伙更让人羡慕。他们的到来会给 人带来幸福，他们的离去会让人感到遗 憾。就像极夜带走了阳光，剥夺了所有 可以激活幻想，引发欢乐的事物。
Para 2

It is apparent, that to excellence in this valuable art some peculiar qualifications are necessary;


Many find their way to the tables and the parties of those who never consider them as of the least importance in any other place; ？？？结构好乱啊看不明白 试译：人们寻找同桌或伙伴时，会去找 那些不在任何方面轻视他们的人。

没有什么为虚荣所描述的欲望比那些以 社交艺术而著称的欲望更加平凡或不值 得批判。（crap。。）
那些因（社交/谈话）艺术而存在的欲望 比任何虚荣的愿望来得更加平实而无辜。 （could be better。。）


Vanity gives rise to many of our desires; the desire to distinguish oneself through conversation is most common and least blamable. 虚荣心是我们诸多欲望的源头。以社交 手段/交谈来凸显自己，这一愿望是其中 最普遍存在而可被理解的。
显然，想要将这一宝贵的技能运用到炉 火纯青的境界，(拥有)一些特殊的能力是 必要的。


for every one's experience will inform him, that the pleasure which men are able to give in conversation, holds no stated(规定的， 定期的，阐明的) proportion to their knowledge or their virtue. 从任何人的经验都可以看出，人们在谈 话中都够给予他人的愉快感受，并不由 他们某一特定的知识领域或高尚品质所 控制。
Conversation
Samuel Johnson
Para 1

None of the desires dictated by vanity(虚荣 心,空虚,浮华,无价值的东西) is more general, or less blamable（有过错的，可 责备的）, than that of being distinguished for（因。。。而著称） the arts of conversation.

Vanity often co-operates with curiosity. 虚荣往往与好奇心伴生。


He that is a hearer in one place, qualifies himself to become a speaker in another; for though he cannot comprehend a series of argument, or transport the volatile(爆发性的，不稳定的) spirit of wit without evaporation(蒸发，消失), he yet thinks himself able to treasure up the various incidents of a story, and please his hopes with the information which he shall give to some inferior(下进的，低等 的) society.


For this reason, no style of conversation is more extensively acceptable than the narrative. 正因如此，以叙事为主的交流形式最容 易被人接受。


He who has stored his memory with slight anecdotes, private incidents, and personal peculiarities, seldom fails to find his audience favorable.

and therefore, among those whose presence is courted at assemblies of jollity(酒宴，欢 乐，高兴), there are seldom found men eminently(突出地，显著第) distinguished for powers or acquisitions. 因此，在那些能够带来欢乐的人身边， 那些有权有钱的人很少会变得突出明显。



we have all, at one time or other, been content to love those whom we could not esteem, and been persuaded to try the dangerous experiment of admitting him for a companion, whom we knew to be too ignorant for a counsellor, and too treacherous(奸诈的，叛逆的，背叛的， 危险的，不牢靠的) for a friend.

我们都曾因爱过一些我们并不尊重的人 而感到满足。有些人太愚蠢，不能作为 我们的参谋；有些人太狡猾，不足以成 为我们的朋友，但为了维持伙伴关系， 我们都曾被游说着去铤而走险地尝试认 同他们。