白痴

What!' says Jack's mother, 'have you been such a fool, such a dolt, such an idiot, as to give away my Milky-white, the best milker in the parish, and prime beef to boot, for a set of paltry beans? Take that!

"什么！"杰克的妈妈激动地叫道，你怎么这么愚蠢、白痴、呆子，竟然用我的奶牛白，这个教区里最好的奶牛，最好的肉和皮去换了这么几粒没用的豆子？

I didn't mince matters: I said he was an idiot .

我不讳言，我说过他是白痴。

Based on the more accurate French text published by Pléiade in 1987, their Proust is supposed to be far more down-to-earth and up-to-date, and the figure who emerges in these pages is indeed more plain-speaking, even blokeish, than many readers might expect, with an edgy wit no longer blunted by Scott Moncrieff's purplish prose.

在他们的译本中出现的人物说的话确实是直白了很多，甚至可以说是有点白痴，比起莫克里夫过分华丽的散文式的翻译，这个读起来就不用那么费神，这是很多读者所始料不及的。

I read your psych records ...about how your daddy rapedhis mongoloid sister,and then nine months later,little Teddy pops out.

我看过你的档案，上面记载了你父亲强奸了他那白痴姐姐，然后过了九个月，小TEDDY就蹦了出来

Where do you get the gall to even attempt something so monumentally idiotic?

你吃了熊心豹子胆，是谁教你做这么白痴的事情？

No, you're the accident, you moron!

不，你是意外，白痴！

I'm not upset = Of course I'm upset, you moron!

我并不难过=当然我很难过，你这个白痴！

You're also a moron.

你也是个白痴。

He looks at her as though she is a total moron.

他看着她，好像她是个十足的白痴。

Then you're just a moron.

那你只是个白痴

And if officials on the take are not parroting the opinions of these companies, what can we suppose the money they receive is for?

如果受贿的官员不鹦鹉学舌般地复述这些公司的看法，那他们所接受的钱又能用于什么目的呢？

Love them, and love you too, Pitcher.

爱他们，也爱你，投手。