拿破仑格言的部分翻译

Carl

我已翻了一部分，将通过QQ传给你：）

因为原文是法文，我还未仔细校对过，再加上不很了解拿破仑，错漏之处难免，请大家斧正。

Carl

Bonaparte on Genius

关于天才

·        The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.

一种是计划者的方法，一味权衡后果；另一种是天才的途径，直接改变世界的面貌。

·        Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.

即使我死了，我也将成为代表人们权利之星光，留在他们心中，我的名字将成为他们所付努力之呼唤，他们希望寄托之箴言。

·        Men of genius are meteors, intended to burn to light their century.

天才们是流星，燃烧以照亮所在的世纪。

·        Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

天才就是忍受极度痛苦的一种能力。



Bonaparte on Himself

关于自己

·        My motto has always been: A career open to all talents, without distinctions of birth.

我的箴言一贯如此：英雄不问来路。

·        Different subjects and different affairs are arranged in my head as in a cupboard. When I wish to interrupt one train of thought, I shut that drawer and open another. Do I wish to sleep, I simply close all the drawers and then I am - asleep.

不同的事物在我的脑中，犹如安置在橱柜中一般。当我想思考别的事，我就关上先前的抽屉，然后打开另外一个。当我想睡觉时，我就关上所有的抽屉，然后我就---睡了。

·        I was born and made for work.

我是为工作而生的。



·        I have recognised the limits of my eyesight and of my legs, but never the limits of my working power.

我已经意识到我目之所能及、足之所能到的极限了，但我从没感到我工作能力的极限。

·        I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.

我逐渐认识到：人并非生而自由。

·        I am not moved by the tears of a duchess, but the sufferings of the people touch me.

我不是为公爵夫人的眼泪而感动，而是为人民遭受的苦难而振动。

·        I would kiss a man's arse if I needed him.

如果我需要一个人，让我舔他的屁股也答应。

·        We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.

我们在超自然的力量中出生，生活，然后死去。

·        I know when it is necessary, how to leave the skin of lion to take one of fox.

我懂得如何在需要的时候，用狮子的皮去抓住狐狸。

·        Circumstances? I make circumstances!

状况？我制造状况！

·        Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.

要成功！我以行动结果看人。

·        I like honest men of all colors.

只要是诚实的人，不管什么肤色我都喜欢。

·        I start out by believing the worst.

我总先把情况想的遭一些。

·        The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.

能杀我的子弹还没造出来呢。

·        I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

我谋事，天成事。

·        If I had not been born Napoleon, I would have liked to have been born Alexander.

如果我不是生为拿破仑，那我就想生为亚历山大。

tntxhy

先收下了，：）

十分感谢：）

Don

个人建议：

以后翻译的内容最好不要太长，放在论坛上一点点翻译，讨论，这样可以促进交流。

Carl

接下来的就一起讨论吧，翻好的我觉得还可以讨论怎样改进：）

tntxhy

同意，不过好象没有人知道？：）

我是单独请Carl翻译的，不知道其他的高手如何联系，斑竹大人帮忙：）