Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 10
拉瓦亚克的审判中就不会有任何文件存放在司法宫书记官室,
, there would have been no documents in the trial of Ravaillac deposited in the clerk's office of the Palais de Justice,
也不会有任何同谋者企图销毁上述文件;
no accomplices interested in causing the said documents to disappear;
因此,也就不会有纵火犯不得不以焚烧书记官室来销毁文件,
hence, no incendiaries obliged, for lack of better means, to burn the clerk's office in order to burn the documents,
也不会有人为了焚毁书记官室而放火烧掉整个司法宫;
and to burn the Palais de Justice in order to burn the clerk's office;
因此,简而言之,1618年的那场大火也就不会发生了。
consequently, in short, no conflagration in 1618.
古老的司法宫将依然矗立,连同它那宏伟的古老大厅;
The old Palais would be standing still, with its ancient grand hall;
我就能对读者说:"去亲眼看看吧",
I should be able to say to the reader, "Go and look at it,"
我们也就都能免去这番麻烦——我无需描述它,读者也无需阅读这段描述,就像它现在这个样子。
and we should thus both escape the necessity,—I of making, and he of reading, a description of it, such as it is.
这说明了一个新的真理:重大事件会产生难以估量的后果。
Which demonstrates a new truth: that great events have incalculable results.
诚然,首先,拉瓦亚克很可能根本没有同谋;
It is true that it may be quite possible, in the first place, that Ravaillac had no accomplices;
其次,即便他有同谋,那些人也与1618年的火灾毫无关联。
and in the second, that if he had any, they were in no way connected with the fire of 1618.
另有两种颇为可信的解释:其一,一颗巨大的燃烧星,宽约一尺,高约一肘,
Two other very plausible explanations exist: First, the great flaming star, a foot broad, and a cubit high,
众所周知,它在三月七日午夜过后从天而降,落在了法庭之上;
which fell from heaven, as every one knows, upon the law courts, after midnight on the seventh of March;
其二,泰奥菲尔的那首四行诗——
second, Théophile's quatrain,—
"确实,这不过是场可悲的闹剧,在巴黎,司法女神大人,因为吃了太多辛辣之物,将宫殿付之一炬。"
"Sure, 'twas but a sorry game / When at Paris, Dame Justice, / Through having eaten too much spice, / Set the palace all aflame.
Vocabulary
- there
- 那里;存在
- would
- 将会;表示过去的习惯或倾向
- have
- 拥有;具有;已经
- been
- 是;曾经是
- no
- 不;没有
- documents
- 文件;证件;记录
- in
- 在...内;在...期间
- the
- 定冠词,表示特定的人或物
- trial
- 审判;试验;考验
- of
- 的;属于
- deposited
- 存放;沉积;放置
- clerk
- 职员;书记员;办事员
- office
- 办公室;职位;政府机构
- Justice
- 正义;司法;法院
- accomplices
- 同谋者;帮凶;共犯
- interested
- 感兴趣的;有利益关系的
- causing
- 引起;造成;导致
- said
- 说;所谓的;上述的
- to
- 到;向;表示不定式
- disappear
- 消失;失踪;消散
- hence
- 因此;所以;从此
- incendiaries
- 纵火犯;纵火装置;煽动者
- obliged
- 被迫的;感谢的;被强制的
- for
- 为了;因为;对于
- lack
- 缺乏;没有;不足
- better
- 更好的;改善;较好
- means
- 方法;手段;财富;意思
- burn
- 燃烧;烧伤;灼烧
- order
- 顺序;命令;秩序
- and
- 和;与;以及
- consequently
- 因此;所以;相应地
- short
- 短的;矮的;不足的
- conflagration
- 大火;大规模火灾;纷争
- The
- 定冠词,表示特定的人或物
- old
- 老的;旧的;年长的
- be
- 是;存在;保持
- standing
- 站立;竖起;现存的
- still
- 仍然;静止;安静
- with
- 和;用;具有
- its
- 它的;其
- ancient
- 古代的;古老的;远古的
- grand
- 宏大的;壮观的;重要的
- hall
- 大厅;走廊;礼堂
- should
- 应该;应当;表示条件
- able
- 能够;有能力的;有才能的
- say
- 说;讲;表达
- reader
- 读者;阅读器;朗读者
- Go
- 去;离开;发生
- look
- 看;外观;出现
- at
- 在;向;对于
- it
- 它;这件事;那个
- we
- 我们;咱们
- thus
- 因此;这样;如此
- both
- 两个;双方;既...又...
- escape
- 逃脱;避免;逃离
- necessity
- 必需;必要性;必然
- making
- 制造;制作;生成
- he
- 他;男性代词
- reading
- 阅读;读书;读物
- description
- 描述;描写;说明
- such
- 这样的;如此的;那样
- as
- 作为;如同;当...时
- is
- 是;存在
- Which
- 哪个;关系代词
- demonstrates
- 证明;演示;表明
- new
- 新的;新颖的;现代的
- truth
- 真理;事实;真实
- that
- 那个;那些;事实
- great
- 伟大的;重大的;很好的
- events
- 事件;事情;发生的事
- incalculable
- 无法计算的;不可估量的
- results
- 结果;成果;结论
- It
- 它;这件事;那个
- true
- 真的;真实的;正确的
- may
- 可能;也许;能够
- quite
- 相当;很;完全
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