PREFACE
I have carefully collected whatever I have been able to learn of the story of poor Werther, and here present it to you, knowing that you will thank me for it, To his spirit and character you cannot refuse your admiration and love: to his fate you will not deny your tears. And thou, good soul, who sufferest the same distress as he endured once, draw comfort from his sorrows; and let this little book be thy friend, if owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion.
deny, 否定, 即为拒绝
canst, can的古装版吧
sufferest, 同上, suffer的古装版吧(似乎好多文语或者古语都是加st的)
fortune, 命运
fate, 也是命运
endure, 忍耐
thine 你的 (古)
thou, you的古装
canst 能 can的古装
May 4.
How happy I am that I am gone! My dear friend, what a thing is the heart of man! To leave you, from whom I have been inseparable, whom I love so dearly, and yet to feel happy! I know you will forgive me. Have not other attachments been specially appointed by fate to torment a head like mine? Poor Leonora! and yet I was not to blame. Was it my fault, that, whilst the peculiar charms of her sister afforded me an agreeable entertainment, a passion for me was engendered in her feeble heart? And yet am I wholly blameless? Did I not encourage her emotions? Did I not feel charmed at those truly genuine expressions of nature, which, though but little mirthful in reality, so often amused us? Did I not -- but oh! what is man, that he dares so to accuse himself? My dear friend I promise you I will improve; I will no longer, as has ever been my habit, continue to ruminate on every petty vexation which fortune may dispense; I will enjoy the present, and the past shall be for me the past. No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men -- and God knows why they are so fashioned -- did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.
attachment, 附件; 依恋
torment, 折磨
engender, 产生
feeble, 虚弱的,衰弱的
genuine, 真的, 不是伪造的, 真诚的
mirthful, 愉快地, 雀跃的
ruminate, 反刍(就是牛啊羊啊那种,这个字怎么读啊? 我打了半天都打不出来,只好用copy了)
vexation, 恼怒
dispense, 分发
amongst, among的古装
fashion, 打造
assiduously, 勤勉的, 恳切的
lot, 命运
equanimity, 镇定
To be continued
可能会有些错误吧, 可能还会蛮多, 就算抛砖引玉吧! 希望大家会喜欢,都是我自己做的(当然除了正文外)