我將droning和clue 和 vision等我認為比較恰當的用黑體字標示

Frome stamped on the worn oil-cloth to shake the snow from his boots, and set down his lantern on a kitchen chair which was the only piece of furniture in the hall. Then he opened the door.

"Come in," he said; and as he spoke the droning voice grew still...

王鎮國譯：「請進，」他說。他一開口，裡面那個沒精打采的聲音就逐漸消失了……..

呂叔湘譯：「請進，」他說；他一開口，那嗡嗡的聲音就停止了。

It was that night that I found the clue to Ethan Frome, and began to put together this vision of his story.

那天晚上，我找到了伊丹·傅羅姆 一生的關鍵所在，同時開始用想像開始編織這個故事…….

就在那一晚，我找著了了解伊坦·弗洛美的線索，開始給他的故事組織起來…….

我將droning和clue 和 vision等我認為比較恰當的用黑體字標示

His glassy essence, like an angry ape,

AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616) QUOTATION:

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he ’s most assured,
His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal.

ATTRIBUTION:Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2. [text]

可是驕傲的世人掌握到暫時的權力， 卻會忘記了自己琉璃易脆的本來面目， 像一頭盛怒的獅子一樣， 裝扮出醜陋的怪相， 使天上的神明因為憐憫他們的癡愚而流淚； 其實諸神的脾氣如果和我們一樣， 他們笑也會笑死的。【朱生豪】




但是人，驕傲的人，一旦有權在手， 便立刻不顧他自己明明知道的脆弱的本質， 像是發怒的猴子般， 當著上天扮演出離奇的把戲， 使得天使都要流淚； 如果他們也有我們這樣的情感， 他們會笑得要死哩。【梁實秋】

HC案：glassy essence 另外一解是不確定（Shakespeare's WORDS by David Crystal & B. Crystal可能指三位一體之”玻璃般本質”（Richard Rorty等哲學家））

APE 當然是"猴"，朱先生可能次知道馬戲團等等的風行和猴性。

” bead-work”漏譯

呂叔湘先生的翻譯本中文多妙解（譬如說將在郵局”等候”（waited）發信翻譯成”伺候”；我學到”木強”…….），不過如上bay例，不夠具體。這可以又從本書末段：

She took off her spectacles again, leaned toward me across the bead-work table-cover, and went on with lowered voice: "There was one day, about a week after the accident, when they all thought Mattie couldn't live...

將” bead-work”漏譯了。

這可能是當初並未想到出版"對照翻譯"本.....

王鎮國先生的翻譯本中規中矩，少掉字。上句翻譯成”綴有小珠”的桌布。