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今天去博库没啥想买的书,看到三卷‘精装’本名人传就以身试毒来着。翻到我看过英译的一篇,看了三分之一不到已经出现四五处译者完全没理解事情经过以至于张冠李戴不知所云的情况,按他自己说参考了几种不同版本云云根本不可能出现这种情况。作者: 沉默呵沉默 时间: 2009-10-30 14:39
But the generals appearing eager to adjudge the honor to Alcibiades,
because of his rank, Socrates, who desired to increase his
thirst after glory of a noble kind, was the first to give evi-
dence for him, and pressed them to crown him, and to de-
cree to him the complete suit of armor.
这段话在席某那里变成“将军们想奖励亚基比德,但是亚基比德促使他们改变主意奖励苏格拉底了”
That he as a master in the art of speaking, the comic poets bear him
witness; and the most eloquent of public speakers, in his
oration against Midias, allows that Alcibiades, among other
perfections, was a most accomplished orator.
德莱顿版
And that he was a powerful speaker, not only do the comic poets testify, but
also the most powerful of orators himself,who says,in his speech
"Against Meidias," that Alcibiades
was a most able speaker in addition to his other
gifts.
注1:Demosthenes, Against Meidias, § 145.
娄布版
结果席带岳加了个注,此处的德莫斯替尼不是那个最伟大的演说家(全然无视the most eloquent of public speakers和against Meidias)
Phaeax was but a rising statesman like Alcibiades; he was
descended from noble ancestors, but was his inferior, as in
many other things, so, principally, in eloquence. He pos-
sessed rather the art of persuading in private conversation
than of debate before the people, and was, as Eupolis said of
him,
“The best of talkers, and of speakers worst.”
There is extant an oration written by Phaeax against
Alcibiades, in which, amongst other things, it is said, that
Alcibiades made daily use at his table of many gold and sil-
ver vessels, which belonged to the commonwealth, as if they
had been his own.