The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 7

但奥德修斯渴望见到哪怕只是炊烟从他的故乡升起，已有了赴死之心。

But Odysseus yearning to see if it were but the smoke leap upwards from his own land, hath a desire to die.

至于你，奥林匹斯神啊，你的心根本不放在这上面！

As for thee, thine heart regardeth it not at all, Olympian!

什么！奥德修斯难道不曾在广阔的特洛伊大地上，在阿耳戈斯人的船旁，向你献上自由的祭品吗？

What! Did not Odysseus by the ships of the Argives make thee free offering of sacrifice in the wide Trojan land?

宙斯啊，你为何对他如此震怒？

Wherefore wast thou then so wroth with him, O Zeus?'

《奥德赛》（众所周知）充满了借自《伊利亚特》的段落；

The "Odyssey" (as every one knows) abounds in passages borrowed from the "Iliad";

我本希望将这些段落以略有不同的字体印出，并在页边注明《伊利亚特》的参考出处，并已在我的手稿中为此目的做了标记。

I had wished to print these in a slightly different type, with marginal references to the "Iliad," and had marked them to this end in my MS.

然而，我发现这样一来译文便会显得迂腐得无可救药，于是放弃了这一打算。

I found, however, that the translation would be thus hopelessly scholasticised, and abandoned my intention.

尽管如此，我仍要向掌管我们大学出版社的人士进言，若能出版一部希腊文《奥德赛》，将其中源自《伊利亚特》的段落以不同字体印出，并附页边参考注释，将会对学生大有裨益。

I would nevertheless urge on those who have the management of our University presses, that they would render a great service to students if they would publish a Greek text of the "Odyssey" with the Iliadic passages printed in a different type, and with marginal references.

我已向大英博物馆捐赠了一部《奥德赛》，其中源自《伊利亚特》的段落已在手稿中加以下划线并注明出处；

I have given the British Museum a copy of the "Odyssey" with the Iliadic passages underlined and referred to in MS.;

我还捐赠了一部《伊利亚特》，其中标注了所有源自《奥德赛》的段落及其参考出处；

I have also given an "Iliad" marked with all the Odyssean passages, and their references;

但如此标注的《伊利亚特》与《奥德赛》的副本，理应让所有学生都能轻易获取。

but copies of both the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" so marked ought to be within easy reach of all students.