《格列佛游记》经典语录：英文原文与中文翻译
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
从乔纳森·斯威夫特的《格列佛游记》中选出的15句经典语录，英文原文下附中文翻译。每一句都直接摘自原书。整本书可以免费阅读，配有翻译、朗读和词典。
Ingratitude is, among them, a capital crime, as we read it to have been in some other countries; for they reason thus, that whoever makes ill returns to his benefactor, must needs be a common enemy to the rest of mankind, from whom he hath received no obligation, and therefore such a man is not fit to live.
忘恩负义在他们那里是死罪，正如我们读到有些别的国家也如此规定；他们的理由是：凡以恶报德者，必是其余人类的公敌，因为他对那些并未受过他恩惠的人也难免为害，所以这样的人不配活着。
In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man incapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence, the Lilliputians think nothing can be more absurd than for a prince to employ such men as disown the authority under which he acts.
同样，不信天命的人不能担任任何公职；因为君王既然自命为天命的代表，小人国的人便认为，君主若任用否认他所凭依的权威之人，那是再荒谬不过的了。
He was perfectly astonished with the historical account I gave him of our affairs during the last century, protesting it was only a heap of conspiracies, rebellions, murders, massacres, revolutions, banishments, the very worst effects that avarice, faction, hypocrisy, perfidiousness, cruelty, rage, madness, hatred, envy, lust, malice, and ambition, could produce.
他听了我讲述我国上一世纪的历史，简直惊骇万分，断言那不过是一堆阴谋、叛乱、谋杀、屠杀、革命、流放，是贪婪、党争、伪善、背信、残暴、狂怒、疯狂、仇恨、嫉妒、淫欲、恶意和野心所能产生的最恶劣的后果。
I had been hitherto all my life a stranger to courts, for which I was unqualified by the meanness of my condition. I had indeed heard and read enough of the dispositions of great princes and ministers, but never expected to have found such terrible effects of them in so remote a country, governed, as I thought, by very different maxims from those in Europe.
我一生至今对宫廷都是门外汉，因为我的出身微贱，本不配涉足其间。我确实听过也读过不少关于伟大君王和大臣们性情的记载，却从未料到在如此遥远的一个国家里，竟会发现他们造成如此可怕的后果，而我原以为这个国家所奉行的准则与欧洲大不相同。
Imagine with thyself, courteous reader, how often I then wished for the tongue of Demosthenes or Cicero, that might have enabled me to celebrate the praise of my own dear native country, in a style equal to its merits and felicity.
亲爱的读者，请你自己设想一下，我当时多么希望能有德摩斯梯尼或西塞罗的口才，好让我以与我国功业和幸福相称的文辞，歌颂我亲爱的祖国。
As I was on the road, observing the littleness of the houses—the trees, the cattle, and the people, I began to think myself in Lilliput. I was afraid of trampling on every traveller I met, and often called aloud to have them stand out of the way, so that I had like to have gotten one or two broken heads for my impertinence.
我在路上走着，看到房屋、树木、牲畜和人都那么小，便开始觉得自己到了小人国。我生怕踩到遇见的每一个行人，常常大声叫他们让路，因此差点因为我的无礼而挨了一两下打破头的打。
出自“NOTE.”
It is not easy to express the joy I was in, upon the unexpected hope of once more seeing my beloved country, and the dear pledges I left in it. The ship slackened her sails, and I came up with her, between five and six in the evening, September twenty-sixth; but my heart leaped within me to see her English colors.
我意外地有了再次见到我亲爱的祖国和留在那里的亲人的希望，心中的快乐实在难以表达。九月二十六日傍晚五六点钟之间，船收了帆，我赶上了它；一看到英国的旗帜，我的心就怦怦直跳。
出自“THE END OF THE FIRST PART.”
The cottagers and laborers keep their children at home, their business being only to till and cultivate the earth, and therefore their education is of little consequence to the public; but the old and diseased among them are supported by hospitals; for begging is a trade unknown in this empire.
佃农和雇工把子女留在家里，因为他们的事只是耕种土地，所以他们的教育对公众无关紧要；但他们中年老有病的，则由医院供养；因为在这个帝国里，行乞是一种无人知晓的行当。
In a little time, I and my family and friends came to a right understanding: but my wife protested I should never go to sea any more; although my evil destiny so ordered, that she had not power to hinder me, as the reader may know hereafter. In the meantime I here conclude the second part of my unfortunate voyages.
不久，我和我的家人、朋友便彼此理解了；但我妻子坚决表示，我再也不许出海；尽管我的厄运如此安排，使她无力阻拦我，读者以后自会知道。现在我就在这里结束我不幸航海的第二部分。
出自“NOTE.”
I desired the secretary to present my humble duty to the emperor, and to let him know that I thought it would not become me, who was a foreigner, to interfere with parties; but I was ready, with the hazard of my life, to defend his person and state against all invaders.
我请秘书代我向皇帝陛下致以卑贱的敬意，并让他知道，我作为一个外国人，认为干预党派之争不合我的身份；但我愿冒生命危险，保卫他本人和国家，抵御一切入侵者。
The queen, giving great allowance for my defectiveness in speaking, was, however, surprised at so much wit and good sense in so diminutive an animal.
王后对我说话上的缺陷十分宽容，然而她还是惊讶，如此微小的动物竟有这么多机智和见识。
Lastly. That upon his solemn oath to observe all the above articles, the said man-mountain shall have a daily allowance of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1724 of our subjects, with free access to our royal person, and other marks of our favor. Given at our palace at Belfaborac, the twelfth day of the ninety-first moon of our reign.
最后，该人山须立下庄严誓词遵守上述各条，则每日可得足以供养我国一千七百二十四名臣民的肉食饮料，并可自由觐见朕躬，以及享受朕的其他恩典。朕在位第九十一月初十二日颁于贝尔法博拉克宫。
Fourth. As he walks the said roads, he shall take the utmost care not to trample upon the bodies of any of our loving subjects, their horses or carriages, nor take any of our subjects into his hands without their own consent.
第四条：他在上述道路上行走时，须极其小心，不得践踏任何亲爱的臣民的身体、马匹或车辆，也不得未经臣民本人同意而将其拿在手中。
Fifth. If an express requires extraordinary despatch, the man-mountain shall be obliged to carry in his pocket the messenger and horse a six-days' journey once in every moon, and return the said messenger back (if so required) safe to our imperial presence.
第五条：如遇急报需特别迅速传递，人山须每月一次将信使连同马匹装入衣袋，携带相当于六日路程的距离，并将该信使安全送回（如要求如此）至我皇驾前。
For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide. I often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom; but, when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth; and, by this time, the storm was much abated.
至于我自己，我随命运指引而游，又被风浪推着前进。我常常垂下双腿，却探不到底；但当我几乎支撑不住、再也无力挣扎时，却发现自己已到了水浅可立之处；这时风暴也大大减弱了。
出自“Gulliver’s Travels”
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