普魯斯特問卷(Albertine 譯)
- Your most marked characteristic? 你最顯著的特質?
A craving to be loved, or, to be more precise, to be caressed and spoiled rather than to be admired 渴望被愛,更精確地說,被愛撫與寵愛,而不是被欣賞
- The quality you most like in a man? 你最喜歡的男人特質?
Feminine charm 女性般的魅力
- The quality you most like in a woman? 你最喜歡的女人特質?
A man's virtues, and frankness in friendship 男性的美德,以及對友誼誠實
- What do you most value in your friends? 你認為朋友最珍貴的特質是?
Tenderness - provided they possess a physical charm which makes their tenderness worth having 溫柔--表示他們擁有身體的魅力,使他們的溫柔值得擁有
- What is your principle defect? 你主要的缺點?
Lack of understanding; weakness of will 缺乏理解心,意志薄弱
- What is your favorite occupation? 你最喜歡的工作?
Loving 去愛
- What is your dream of happiness? 你快樂的夢想為何?
Not, I fear, a very elevated one. I really haven't the courage to say what it is, and if I did I should probably destroy it by the mere fact of putting it into words. 不是很高層次的一種,我沒有勇氣說是什麼,如果說出來,我可能會因此破壞了它
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes? 你認為最大的不幸為何?
Never to have known my mother or my grandmother 從沒認識過我的媽媽或祖母
- What would you like to be? 你希望做什麼樣的人?
Myself - as those whom I admire would like me to be 我自己-那些我欣賞的人也會這樣希望
- In what country would you like to live? 你希望住在那國?
One where certain things that I want would be realized - and where feelings of tenderness would always be reciprocated. [Proust's underlining] 可以實現我願望的地方,在那裡溫柔的感覺總是會被人回應(普先生劃的線)
- What is your favorite color? 你最喜歡的顏色?
Beauty lies not in colors but in thier harmony 美不在於顏色種類而在於其和諧
- What is your favorite flower? 你最喜歡的花?
Hers - but apart from that, all 她喜歡的-除此之外,全部都喜歡
- What is your favorite bird? 你最喜歡的鳥?
The swallow 燕子
- Who are your favorite prose writers? 你最喜歡的散文作家
At the moment, Anatole France (普之老師,諾貝爾獎得主)and Pierre Loti(「冰島漁夫」作者)
- Who are your favorite poets? 你最喜歡的詩?
Baudelaire and Alfred de Vigny 波特萊爾與維尼
- Who is your favorite hero of fiction? 最喜歡的小說男主角?
Hamlet 哈姆雷特
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? 最喜歡的小說女主角?
Phedre (crossed out) Berenice 菲爾德、貝勒奈斯(羅馬皇帝提圖斯Titus的情婦)
- Who are your favorite composers? 最喜歡的作曲家
Beethoven, Wagner, Schumann 貝多芬、華格納、舒曼
- Who are your favorite painters? 最喜歡的畫家?
Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt 達文西、林布蘭特
- Who are your heroes in real life? 生活中最喜歡的男性?
Monsieur Darlu, Monsieur Boutroux (professors) 達呂、布特路(教授)
- Who are your favorite heroines of history? 歷史中最喜歡的女性?
Cleopatra 埃及豔后
- What are your favorite names? 最喜歡的名字?
I only have one at a time 我一次只有一個名字
- What is it you most dislike? 最不喜歡的事?
My own worst qualities 我自己最壞的缺點
- What historical figures do you most despise? 最厭惡的歷史人物?
I am not sufficiently educated to say 我受的教育不足以發言
- What event in military history do you most admire? 軍事史上最欣賞的事件?
My own enlistment as a volunteer! 我自己志願入伍的事
- What reform do you most admire? 最欣賞的改革?
(no response) (未作答)
- What natural gift would you most like to possess? 最想擁有何種天生的能力?
Will power and irresistible charm 意志力與無法抵擋的魅力
- How would you like to die? 死的時候你希望如何?
A better man than I am, and much beloved 變成更好的我,更被愛
- What is your present state of mind? 你現在在想什麼?
Annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions 為需要想自己的事來作答感到不悅
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent? 你最可包容的缺失是?
Those that I understand 我自己了解的那些(自己知道就好?)
- What is your motto? 你的勵志格言為何?
I prefer not to say, for fear it might bring me bad luck. 我寧可不說,以免招來惡運
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