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1、王佐良译本对培根《谈读书》中思想性与艺术性的还原与再造引言：作为文艺复兴时期重要的散文家和哲学家，弗朗斯科培根在英国文学史上占有重要位置。在他的一系列人生论，如论高位，论美等散文随笔以其独到的视角，流畅的语言为大家熟知。而其中的《谈读书》（《Ofstudies》）则在学生以及各类学者中得到了广泛共鸣，也深受欢迎。因此选择这篇美文，和最受推崇的王佐良版本翻译，对英语散文的中文翻译进行进一步剖析。原文：Studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability.Theirchiefusefordelight,i
2、sinprivatenessandretiring;forornament,isindiscourse;andforability,isinthejudgmentanddispositionofbusiness.Forexpertmencanexecute,andperhapsjudgeofparticulars,onebyone;butthegeneralcounsels,andtheplotsandmarshallingofaffairscomebestfromthosethatarelearned.Tospendtoomuchtimein
3、studiesissloth;tousethemtoomuchforornamentisaffection;tomakejudgmentwhollybytheirrulesisthehumorofascholar.Theyperfectnatureandareperfectedbyexperience:fornaturalabilitiesarelikenaturalplants,thatneedpruningbystudy,andstudiesthemselvesdogiveforthdirectionstoomuchatlarge,exce
4、pttheybeboundedinbyexperience.Craftymencontemnstudies,simplemenadmirethem,andwisemenusethem,fortheyteachnottheirownuse;butthatisawisdomwithoutthemandabovethem,wonbyobservation.Readnottocontradictandconfuse;nortobelieveandtakeforgranted;nortofindtalkanddiscourse;buttoweighand
5、consider.Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested;thatissomebooksaretobereadonlyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously;andsomefewtobereadywholly,andwithdiligenceandattention.Somebooksalsomaybereadbydeputyandextractsmadeofthembyothers;butthat
6、wouldbeonlyinthelessimportantarguments,andthemeanersortofbooks;elsedistilledbooksare,likecommondistilledwaters,flashythings.Readingmakesafullman;conferenceareadyman;andwritinganexactman.Andtherefore,ifamanwritelittle,hehadneedhaveagreatmemory;ifheconferlittle,hehadneedhaveap
7、resentwit;andifhereadlittle,hehadneedhavemuchcunningtoseemtoknowthathedothnot.Historiesmakemenwise;poetswitty;themathematicssubtle;naturalphilosophydeep;moralgrave;logicandrhetoricabletocontend.Abeuntstudiainmores.Naythereisnostondorimpedimentinthewit,butmaybewroughtoutbyfit
8、studies:likeasdiseasesofthebodymayhaveappropriateexercises.Bowlingisgoodfor
