笔译学习：《傲慢与偏见》中英对照第一章01

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　IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. 　　凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。
: s3 Y$ Q1 p1 Q! [　　However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
3 a( n* |# o6 h' x- [) g7 P0 z　　这样的单身汉，每逢新搬到一个地方，四邻八舍虽然完全不了解他的性情如何，见解如何，可是，既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心目中根深蒂固，因此人们总是把他看作自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财产。
, [+ ]# `0 a* @0 a' [　"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"
　　有一天班纳特太太对她的丈夫说：“我的好老爷，尼日斐花园终于租出去了，你听说过没有?”
7 z, m6 T7 ^; Z5 r　　Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
　　班纳特先生回答道，他没有听说过。
3 P( S/ J( ]" {( w9 e% l4 @1 ^　　"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."
　　“的确租出去了，”她说，“朗格太太刚刚上这儿来过，她把这件事的底细，一五一十地告诉了我。”
- @9 J+ P& D' S/ d% K- |* f　　Mr. Bennet made no answer.
　　班纳特先生没有理睬她。
# n) F- s2 J; X. U! y4 w/ h　　"Do not you want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.
9 G( u2 |, }  [& L% ?　　“你难道不想知道是谁租去的吗?”太太不耐烦地嚷起来了。
　　"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it."
7 g" V! ^! ?7 a: C　　“既是你要说给我听，我听听也无妨。”
" l9 E% h/ ], v4 L6 |( s　　This was invitation enough.
　　这句话足够鼓励她讲下去了。
　　"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."
7 q/ [7 i8 u1 z2 h$ B2 V1 y; s　　“哦!亲爱的，你得知道，郎格太太说，租尼日斐花园的是个阔少爷，他是英格兰北部的人;听说他星期一那天，乘着一辆驷马大轿车来看房子，看得非常中意，当场就和莫理斯先生谈妥了;他要在‘米迦勒节’以前搬进来，打算下个周未先叫几个佣人来住。”
　"What is his name?"
- f  ]$ s/ V5 v7 L　　“这个人叫什么名字?”
0 O/ U& e% f0 j: S% V　　"Bingley."
8 j; `) Q, N4 Y+ F8 O　　“彬格莱。”
3 b! w$ j& W6 q7 o　　注释:
6 b1 ^) v; N2 B$ g+ W　　Chaise:一种轻便马车。上层阶级人士多乘此类马车。
- q. A/ ^; m' I' E9 `　　Michaelmas:米迦勒节，九月二十九日。英国四结账日之一，雇佣人、履行租约多在此日。