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1、1998年E-C:IagreetosomeextentwithmyimaginaryEnglishreader.Americanliteraryhistoriansareperhapspronetoviewtheirownnationalscenetoonarrowly,mistakingprominenceforuniqueness.Theydoover-phrasetheirownliterature,orcertainlyitsminorfigures.AndAmericansdoswingfromaggressiveoverphraseoftheirlite
2、raturetoanequallyunfortunate,imitativedeference.Butthen,theEnglishthemselvesaresomewhatinsularintheirliteraryappraisals.Moreover,infieldswheretheyarenotpre-eminent—e.g.inpaintingandmusic—theytooalternatebetweenboastingofnativeproductsandcopyingthoseoftheContinent.HowmanyEnglishpainting
3、strytolookasthoughtheyweredoneinParis;howmanytimeshavewereadinarticlesthattheyreallyrepresentan“Englishtradition”afterall.TospeakofAmericanliterature,then,isnottoassert(断言、声称)thatitiscompletelyunlikethatofEurope.Broadlyspeaking,AmericaandEuropehavekeptstep(同步).Atanygivenmoment(在任何时候)th
4、etravelercouldfindexamplesinbothofthesamearchitecture,thesamestylesindress,thesamebooksontheshelves.IdeashavecrossedtheAtlanticasfreelyasmenandmerchandise,thoughsometimesmoreslowly.WhenIrefertoAmericanhabit,thoughts,etc.,Iintendsomesortofqualification(限制、限定、资格)toprecede(领先、超前)theword,f
5、orfrequentlythedifferencebetweenAmericaandEurope(especiallyEngland)willbeoneofdegree(唯一只是在程度上),sometimesonlyofasmalldegree.Theamountofdivergence(分歧、差异)isasubtle(微妙的)affair,liable(有可能的)toperplextheEnglishmanwhenhelooksatAmerica.Heislookingatacountrywhichinimportantsenses(重要的感觉)grewoutof
6、hisown,whichinseveralwaysstillresembleshisown—andwhichisyetaforeigncountry.Thereareoddoverlappingsandabruptunfamiliarities;kinship(亲缘关系)yieldstoasuddenalienation(疏远关系),aswhenwehail(打招呼)apersonacrossthestreet,onlytodiscoverfromhisblank(没有表情的)responsethatwehavemistakenastrangerforafriend
7、.参考译文(翻译第二段):因此,我们在说“美国”文学,并不表明我们认为美国文学与欧洲文学截然不同。一般来说,美国和欧洲一直在同步发展。无论何时,旅游者在两地都能看到同一式的建筑,见到同一款式的服饰,读到摆在书架上的同一风格的书籍。在大洋两岸,人们的思想观念,就容易同人员与货物一样,可以自由交流,尽管有时会略显迟缓。谈到美国人的习惯、美国人的思维等概念时,我想在“美国式的”这几个词前面再加上某种修饰,因为欧美之间(尤其是英美之间)的差异往往只是程度上的差异而已,而且在有的时候,是极低程度上的差异而已。差异的程度微乎其微,很可能会使审视美国的英国人感到迷惑不解。重要