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发表于 2002-4-17 22:54:34
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以下是我翻译的，有些不准确，望大家指教！！
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Bonaparte on Genius
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.
第一种是庸人方法并且导致平庸的结果；另一种是天才的方法，这将改变世界。
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.
Men of genius are meteors, intended to burn to light their century.
天才就象流星，燃烧自己照亮他们的世纪。
Adversity is the midwife of genius.
不幸催生天才。
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
天才是一种无穷的忍受痛苦的能力
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake, but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
人们寻找伟大，不是因为他们的爱好，而是他们的影响；
Bonaparte on Glory
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
荣誉是短暂的，但是卑微是永恒的。
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.
Men of genius are meteors, intended to burn to light their century.
Bonaparte on Himself
They think I am stern, even hardhearted. So much the better-this makes it unnecessary for me to justify my reputation. My firmness is taken for callousness. I shall not complain, since this notion is responsible for the good order that is prevailing, so that there is nothing that needs to be repressed.
人们认为我严厉，甚至冷酷无情。
My motto has always been: A career open to all talents, without distinctions of birth.
我的座右铭永远是：事业向所有的天才开放，没有身份的区别。
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.
不同的主题和不同的事件象在碗柜中一样在我的头脑中排列。当我想中断一个思路时，我就关闭这个抽屉并且打开另一个。如果我想睡觉，我简单的关闭所有的抽屉然后睡觉。
I was born and made for work.
我生来就是为了工作。
I have recognised the limits of my eyesight and of my legs, but never the limits of my working power.
我已认识到我的视力与腿的极限，但是从未认识到我工作能力的极限。
I have a taste for founding, not for owning.
我有一种建设而非拥有的喜好。
I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.
我突然觉悟到：人并非生来就是自由的。
I am not moved by the tears of a duchess, but the sufferings of the people touch me.
不是公爵夫人的眼泪感动了我，而是人民的疾苦。
Friendship is only a word, I care for nobody.
友谊只是一个词，我谁也不喜欢。
I would kiss a man's arse if I needed him.
我将亲吻他的屁股，如果我需要他。
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.
We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.
我们出生，生存，死亡在超自然中。
I know when it is necessary, how to leave the skin of lion to take one of fox.
当必要的时候我知道如何脱掉狮子皮而披上狐狸皮。
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
Circumstances? I make circumstances!
环境？我制造环境！
Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.
小心！我评论人只是通过他们行为的结果。
I like honest men of all colors.
I start out by believing the worst.
The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.
射死我的子弹还未铸造。
I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
我做了所有的考虑；天意将做其余的。
If I had not been born Napoleon, I would have liked to have been born Alexander.
如果我生来不是拿破仑，我愿意生为亚历山大。
What I did is immense. What I had decided to do, and what I had projected were still more so.
我所做的是无穷的，我决定做的，我计划做的更是如此。
The word 'impossible' is not in my dictionary.
我的字典里没有不可能。
I wished to found a European system, a European Code of Laws, a European judiciary; there would be but one people in Europe.
I reign only through the fear I inspire.
I should have conquered the world. |
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