Pride and Prejudice — Page 4

拉什沃思，一个戏剧性的转折；它以最严密的方式与故事早期的情节相衔接，并以完全恰当的方式促成了结局。

Rushworth, a coup de théâtre; it connects itself in the strictest way with the course of the story earlier, and brings about the denouement with complete propriety.

所有次要的情节——简与宾利的爱情、柯林斯先生的登场、对汉斯福德的拜访、德比郡之游——都以同样不事张扬却技艺精湛的方式融入其中。

All the minor passages--the loves of Jane and Bingley, the advent of Mr. Collins, the visit to Hunsford, the Derbyshire tour--fit in after the same unostentatious, but masterly fashion.

书中没有任何捉迷藏式的、进进出出的把戏，而《爱玛》中弗兰克·丘吉尔与简·费尔法克斯之间的周旋无疑为那部小说增添了不少悬念……

There is no attempt at the hide-and-seek, in-and-out business, which in the transactions between Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax contributes no doubt a good deal to the intrigue of Emma,

……但那种方式我并不认为是这部在其他方面令人叹服的小说最出色的特点。

but contributes it in a fashion which I do not think the best feature of that otherwise admirable book.

尽管奥斯汀小姐始终喜欢某种误解式的情节，这为她提供了展示那种独特而无与伦比才华的机会（稍后将予以说明），但她在这里满足于完全自然的场合……

Although Miss Austen always liked something of the misunderstanding kind, which afforded her opportunities for the display of the peculiar and incomparable talent to be noticed presently,

……这些自然的场合由威克汉姆对达西行为的错误描述所提供，也由伊丽莎白自身情感从强烈厌恶到真实爱慕的逐渐转变所带来的（同样自然地产生的）尴尬局面所提供。

she has been satisfied here with the perfectly natural occasions provided by the false account of Darcy's conduct given by Wickham, and by the awkwardness (arising with equal naturalness) from the gradual transformation of Elizabeth's own feelings from positive aversion to actual love.

我不知道剧作家那无所不及之手是否曾经伸向《傲慢与偏见》；我敢说，倘若真是如此，其中的情节对舞台灯光而言恐怕不够惊人或夺目……

I do not know whether the all-grasping hand of the playwright has ever been laid upon Pride and Prejudice; and I dare say that, if it were, the situations would prove not startling or garish enough for the footlights,

……而其人物设计对于池座和顶层楼座的观众来说也过于微妙精细。

the character-scheme too subtle and delicate for pit and gallery.