高級英語1-Unit10-The-Artist-in-America-翻譯

1、 1 This day, devoted to the memory of Robert Frost, offers an opportunity for reflection which is prized by politicians as well as by others and even by poets. For Robert Frost was one of the granite figures of our time in America. He was supremely two thingsan artist and an American. 今天死紀念羅伯特弗羅斯特的日

2、子，同時它提供了一個反思機會，政治家、其他人、甚至詩人都珍視這一天。因為是美國最引人注目的人物之一。他有兩種極端的特質(zhì)，一個是藝術家，另一個美國人。 2 A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, also by the men it honors, the men it remembers. 一個國家不僅通過它產(chǎn)生的人來揭示自己，還有這個民族在紀念誰，記得誰。 3 In America our heroes have customarily run to men of large accomplishments. But

3、today this college and country honors a man whose contribution was not to our size but to our spirit; not to our political beliefs but to our insight; not to our self-esteem, but to our self-comprehension. 在美國，我們的英雄通常都是追求成就的人。但今天，這所大學和這個國家表彰這樣一個人，他的貢獻不是針對我們的外在實力，而是針對我們的內(nèi)在精神；不是鞏固我們的政治信念，而是強化我們的洞察力；不是

4、滿足我們的自尊心，而是提升我們的自我理解力。4 In honoring Robert Frost we therefore can pay honor to the deepest sources of our national strength. That strength takes many forms and the most obvious forms are not always the most significant. 我們紀念從而來紀念我們國家力量的最深源泉。這種力量的存在多種多樣，顯而易見的并非最重要的。5 The men who create power make an

5、indispensable contribution to the nations greatness. But the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested. 創(chuàng)造權力的人對國家的偉大作出了不可缺少的貢獻。但質(zhì)疑權力的人也做出了同樣不可或缺的貢獻，尤其是當這種質(zhì)疑公正無私之時。6 For they determine whether we use power or power uses us. Our

6、 national strength matters; but the spirit which informs and controls our strength matters just as much. This was the special significance of Robert Frost. 因為他們決定了是我們運用權力還是權力運用我們。我們的國家實力固然重要，但蘊含在這實力之中并對之加以有效控制的精神也同樣重要。這就是的特殊意義所在。7 He brought an unsparing instinct for reality to bear on the platitude

7、s and pieties of society. His sense of the human tragedy fortified him against self-deception and easy consolation. 他生來就對真相孜孜以求，并以此向社會上的陳腐和陳規(guī)開戰(zhàn)。他的人間悲劇意識使他不會自我欺騙，也不會被廉價的安慰所安撫。8 “I have been,” he wrote, “one acquainted with the night.” 他寫道：“我是一個熟悉黑暗的人?！? And because he knew the midnight as well as the

8、 high noon, because he understood the ordeal as well as the triumph of the human spirit, he gave his age strength with which to overcome despair. 因為他既了解午夜的黑暗也了解正午的光明，既懂得人類精神之痛苦也懂得人類精神之歡欣，所以他賦予了那個時代戰(zhàn)勝絕望的力量。 10 At bottom he held a deep faith in the spirit of man. And its hardly an accident that Robert

9、 Frost coupled poetry and power. For he saw poetry as the means of saving power from itself. 他對人的精神深信不疑。將詩歌和權力結合在一起絕非偶然，因為他明白詩歌是挽救力量的力量。11 When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of mans concern, poetry reminds him of the richness an

10、d diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. 當權力使人走向傲慢時，詩歌提醒他的局限性。當權力縮小了人們的關切范圍時，詩歌提醒他人的生命的豐富性和多樣性。當力量腐化時，詩歌會進化。12 For art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgment. The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, be

11、comes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state. 藝術建立起來的真實，這真理必須作為我們判斷的試金石。藝術家，無論多么忠于其個人的現(xiàn)實觀，都會成為維護個體思想和情感的最后斗士，都會與擾民的社會和專橫的國家抗爭。13 The great artist is thus a solitary figure. He has, as Frost said, “a lovers quarrel with the world.”

12、 In pursuing his perceptions of reality he must often sail against the currents of his time. This is not a popular role. 偉大的藝術家都是孤獨的。就像說的，“熱愛這個世界并為之爭吵。”為了追求他對世界的理解，他必須逆流而上。這不是一個受歡迎的人。14 If Robert Frost was much honored during his lifetime, it was because a good many preferred to ignore his darker tr

13、uths. 如果說羅伯特弗羅斯特生前就滿載榮耀，那是因為有許多人寧愿對其揭示的黑暗真理視而不見。15 Yet in retrospect we see how the artists fidelity has strengthened the fiber of our national life. If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must mo

14、tivate any true artist, makes him aware that our nation falls short of its highest potential. 然而，當我們回顧過往，就會看到這位藝術家是如何以他的忠誠提升了我們國民生活的品格。我們偉大的藝術家有時會對社會極其挑剔，之所以如此，那是因為他們對正義既敏感又關注，這種敏感和關注必定會激勵所有真正的藝術家，使其認識到我們的國家尚未發(fā)揮出最大潛力。16 I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilizatio

15、n than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. 我認為對我們的國家和文明來說，沒有什么比充分認可藝術家的地位更重要的了。如果藝術是為了滋養(yǎng)我們文化的根基，那么社會必須讓藝術家自由地追隨他的夢想。17 We must never forget that art is not a form of p

16、ropaganda; it is a form of truth. And as Mr. (Archibald) MacLeish once remarked of poets, “There is nothing worse for our trade than to be in style.” 我們不應忘記，藝術從來都不是一種宣傳的形式；它是真理的一種形式。正如。說道：“我們這一行的人遭到僵化?！?8 In free society art is not a weapon and it does not belong to the sphere of polemics and ideolo

17、gy. Artists are not engineers of the soul. 在自由社會，藝術不是一種武器，它也不屬于任何思想和意識形態(tài)的范疇。藝術家并不是塑造靈魂的人。19 It may be different elsewhere. But democratic societyin itthe highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may. 在其他地方也許會有所不同。但是在民主社會，作

18、家、作曲家、藝術家的最高職責是聽從本心而無須顧慮其后果如何。20 In serving his vision of the truth the artist best serves his nation. And the nation which disdains the mission of art invites the fate of Robert Frosts hired man“the fate of having nothing to look backward to with pride and nothing to look forward to with hope.” 保持自

19、我是對這個民族最好的貢獻。這個蔑視藝術的使命的民族招致了這個雇工的命運?；厥走^去無以自豪，展望未來無所希冀21 I look forward to a great future for Americaa future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. 我向往著國家的未來，在這個未來，我們的國家將用道德上的自我克制來匹配軍事力量，用智慧來匹配財富，能力與目的相結

20、合。22 I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future. 我向往

21、一個美國不會害怕美麗、優(yōu)雅，這將保護我們的自然環(huán)境的美麗，保護美國胸圍的古老建筑和我們國家的的廣場和公園，構建一個美麗而和諧的未來之城。23 I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. 我向往著一個美國，他將獎勵藝術成就，就像我們獎勵商業(yè)成就或治國之道。24 I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards

22、of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all of our citizens. 我向往著一個美國，它將提升藝術成就的標準，而且會逐步擴大全體公民的文化機會。25 I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well. 我向往著一個美國，它因為通過文明獲得尊

23、重而非其淫威。26 And I look forward to a world which will be safe not only for democracy and diversity but also for personal distinction. 我向往著一個美國，它不僅對民主和多樣性來說是安全的，還有對個體差異來說也是。27 Robert Frost was often skeptical about projects for human improvement. Yet I do not think he would disdain this hope. 經(jīng)常對改善人類的項目

24、持懷疑態(tài)度。但我不認為他會蔑視這種希望。 28 As he wrote during the uncertain days of the Second War: Take human nature altogether since time began,And it must be a little more in favor of man,Say a fraction of one percent at the very least, Our hold on the planet wouldnt have so increased. 就像他在二戰(zhàn)的動蕩歲月中寫下的， 把人性的自然放在一起，人向善一面更多一點，至少百分之一中的一點，我們對這個世界的掌握，不會像這樣增加。 29 Because of Mr. Frosts life and work, because of the life and work of this college, our hold on this planet has increased.因為的生活和工作，因為他在這所大學的生活和工作，我們對這個世界的掌握又多一分。Robert Frost is one of th