CATTI和MTI每日一译Day620

CATTI和MTI每日一译Day620

原文

'To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune, for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.'

- Benjamin Franklin

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原文

'It is not expected of critics that they should help us to make sense of our lives; they are bound only to attempt the lesser feat of making sense of the ways we try to make sense of our lives.'

- Frank Kermode

吴杰参考译文：

“指望批评家帮我们弄懂生活的奥义？你想多了！他们可没这么大本事/功劳，充其量也就能在我们该用什么方式来试图弄懂生活这方面折腾折腾。”

——弗兰克·科莫德