【我的总结与翻译】

总结：inferiority, microscopic, metaphor, tenet

"He was 'light as a feather', as he puts it. He was like a dancer. In his head he is not bigger than anybody else. That's where I wanted to come with that character. Maybe it's an (inferiority) complex, I don't know, but he doesn't feel like he's bigger. He could do a lot of damage if (he) wanted to; but he doesn't feel like he has that power. He feels equal to everybody."

“如他所表现出的那样，他像‘轻如羽毛’，他像一个舞者。在他的意识中，他并不比其他人伟大，这也正是我想表现这个角色的原因。这或许是自卑感，我并不清楚，但他并不觉得自己伟大。如果他想，他就可以制造很多破坏，但他并不认为他有那种能力。他觉得对每个人都是平等的。”

So Horton treats the (microscopic) residents of Who-Ville as equals because, as he proclaims, "a person's a person no matter how small."

所以霍顿也平等地对待Who-Ville市的那些微小的居民，因为他认为“不管他有多少，一个人就是一个人。”

Steve (Carell), the voice of Who-Ville's mayor, says children have had no problem getting the message since the book was first published more than 50 years ago.

Who-Ville市市长的配音Steve Carell指出，自50多年前这本首次出版以来，孩子们对此书所传达意思的理解没有任何困难。

"This is a book that, I think, resonates with kids. They don't understand the (metaphors) and (a sort of) richness to it, but at the same time, it resonates. There's something very specific about the theme that I think even a little kid can understant: and that is (that everyone) deserves an equal footing in life. I think that's just a very basic (tenet) of being a creature of the world."

“我认为，这是本能引起孩子们共鸣的书。他们不理解书中的隐喻和丰富的内容，但同时，它还是引起了共鸣。它的主题中有些特别的东西，我认为，即使是小孩也都能领会，那就是：每个人在生活中都应得到平等的地位。我认为这是在这个世界上作为一个人最基本的原则。”

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