The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 8
任何人在当今讨论自沃尔夫时代以来围绕《伊利亚特》所产生的种种问题时，若不向读者清楚说明以下几点，便难以称得上公正待人：
Any one who at the present day discusses the questions that have arisen round the "Iliad" since Wolf's time, without keeping it well before his reader's mind, is hardly dealing equitably by them.
其一，《奥德赛》可以证明是出自同一个地方写成的，因此，即便没有其他证据，也可推定它出自同一个人之手；
The "Odyssey" was demonstrably written from one single neighbourhood, and hence, even though nothing else pointed to this conclusion, presumably by one person only.
其二，《奥德赛》的写作时间确定在公元前750年之前，极有可能在公元前1000年之前；
It was written certainly before 750, and in all probability before 1000 B.C.
其三，这首极为古老的诗歌的作者，可以证明对我们今日所见的《伊利亚特》十分熟悉，他从那些真实性受到最多质疑的篇章中引借，与从公认为荷马所作的篇章中引借，同样自如；
The writer of this very early poem was demonstrably familiar with the "Iliad" as we now have it, borrowing as freely from those books whose genuineness has been most impugned, as from those which are admitted to be by Homer.
另一方面，凡愿意按照前文所述大英博物馆馆藏版本，对《伊利亚特》与《奥德赛》加以标注，并从两部诗作中大量相同段落的存在这一事实中得出常识所能得出的唯一推论的人，
Any one on the other hand, who will mark his "Iliad" and his "Odyssey" from the copies in the British Museum above referred to, and who will draw the only inference that common sense can draw from the presence of so many identical passages in both poems,
我相信，他将不难对眼下在英国本土及欧洲大陆享有相当声誉的大量著作作出恰当的评价。
will, I believe, find no difficulty in assigning their proper value to a large number of books here and on the Continent that at present enjoy considerable reputations.
此外——这或许是一个更值得珍视的收获——他将会发现，《奥德赛》中许多令人费解之处，一旦认识到它们源于对《伊利亚特》的过度浸染，便不再成为谜题了。
Furthermore, and this perhaps is an advantage better worth securing, he will find that many puzzles of the "Odyssey" cease to puzzle him on the discovery that they arise from over-saturation with the "Iliad."
Vocabulary
- any
- 任何的；无论哪一个或哪一些
- one
- 数字一；任何人；某个人
- who
- 谁；哪个人；引导定语从句
- at
- 在；向；表示位置或时间点
- the
- 定冠词；表示特指的人或物
- present
- 现在的；当前的；赠送
- day
- 白天；日子；一天二十四小时
- discusses
- 讨论；谈论；阐述某个话题
- questions
- 问题；疑问；提出问题
- that
- 那个；那些；引导名词性从句
- have
- 有；拥有；已经的助动词
- arisen
- 出现；产生；发生的过去分词
- round
- 围绕；圆形的；轮次；大约
- since
- 自从；由于；因为；既然
- time
- 时间；时代；次数；乘法
- without
- 没有；不用；在外面；除非
- keeping
- 保持；饲养；遵守；持续
- it
- 它；代词；指代前面提到的事物
- well
- 好地；井；福利；很好地
- before
- 在前面；之前；面前；早先
- his
- 他的；属格人称代词
- reader
- 读者；阅读器；读本
- mind
- 思想；记住；在乎；注意
- is
- 是；be动词第三人称单数
- hardly
- 几乎不；刚刚；严厉地
- dealing
- 处理；交易；发牌；待遇
- by
- 由；被；通过；在旁边
- them
- 他们；她们；它们；宾格代词
- The
- 定冠词；表示特指的人或物
- was
- 是；be动词过去式
- written
- 写的；书写；过去分词
- from
- 从；来自；由；源于
- single
- 单一的；单身的；一个的
- neighbourhood
- 邻近；附近；社区；街区
- and
- 和；与；并且；加上
- hence
- 因此；由此；所以；从此
- even
- 甚至；连；偶数；平坦的
- though
- 虽然；尽管；不过；然而
- nothing
- 没有什么；无；零；毫不
- else
- 其他的；别的；否则；更
- pointed
- 指向；指出；尖的；突出的
- to
- 到；向；对于；比；给
- this
- 这个；这些；这样；此
- conclusion
- 结论；结束；推断；终止
- presumably
- 大概；据推测；可能地；想必
- person
- 人；个人；人物；身体
- only
- 仅仅；只是；唯一的；只有
- It
- 它；代词；指代前面提到的事物
- certainly
- 当然；肯定地；确实；无疑
- in
- 在；里面；用；以；进行中
- all
- 所有的；全部；一切；总共
- probability
- 可能性；概率；概然性；似然
- writer
- 作家；作者；文笔；书写者
- of
- 的；属于；来自；关于
- very
- 很；非常；最；确实
- early
- 早的；早期的；及早；初期
- poem
- 诗；诗歌；韵文；诗作
- familiar
- 熟悉的；亲密的；常见的；通晓
- with
- 和；用；与；一起；具有
- as
- 如；当；作为；在时；因为
- we
- 我们；我等；人们；大家
- now
- 现在；如今；此时；马上
- borrowing
- 借用；借入；摘取；模仿
- freely
- 自由地；随意地；慷慨地；免费
- those
- 那些；那个；那类；彼等
- books
- 书籍；书；本书；著作
- whose
- 谁的；其所有；属于谁的
- has
- 有；已经；第三人称单数
- been
- 是；存在；be动词过去分词
- most
- 最；大多数；几乎；十分
- which
- 哪个；哪些；引导定语从句
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