《复仇》 第166期:海鸣威曾经住过的小屋

 This cottage belonged to Hemingway for a time. 海明威曾住过这个小屋

He wrote "The Dangerous Summer" Here. 他在这里写下了《危险夏日》

It seems that celebrity¹ haunts both our homes. 看来咱俩的房子都住着名人的鬼魂

Mm. Very different ghosts, though. 不过是非常不同的鬼魂

And this is, as they say, 这里就是传说中

where the magic happens. 奇迹诞生之地

All my tomes begin here, 我的所有著作都出自这部机器

on a 1920s Underwood 5, 1920年代的安德伍德五号打字机

once owned by John Cheever, I'm told. 据说曾经为约翰·契弗

所有 

And on those rare occasions that I can't come up with a word, 当然  我也偶尔有才思枯竭之时

I simply just get out of my chair, and I go and look it up. 我就离开椅子  去查查书

Like the cavemen. 你过得还真原始

Quite the collection. 真是藏品众多啊

All first editions? 全都是初版吗

I pride myself on rare items. 我以收藏珍贵物品为豪

To wit, my sole... 比如说  我独一无二的

working print of my memoirs². 自传手打稿

No copies? 没有副本吗

No, not until the work is complete. 没有  怎么也得等我把它写完了

I find that 我认为

duplication somehow compromises the soul of the prose. 副本多少破坏了我这本史诗的灵魂

My subject recordings³. 我采访对象的录像

You noted⁴ the research that went into "Society," 《社交谜网》里涉及到的调查研究

Well, there it all is-- 全都在这里

hundreds of hours of one-on-one interviews 与书中关键人物

with the key players. 数百小时的一对一访谈

As a fan, you might be interested to know 既然你是这本书的书迷  可能你会感兴趣

that I'll be reinterviewing 我将为我的自传

David Clarke's daughter for my memoirs. 重新采访大卫·克拉克的女儿

 

1 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

2 memoirs   

n.回忆录；回忆录传( mem,自oir的名词复数)

参考例句：

• Her memoirs were ghostwritten. 她的回忆录是由别人代写的。
• I watched a trailer for the screenplay of his memoirs. 我看过以他的回忆录改编成电影的预告片。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。