Seven years after the first questionnaire, Proust was asked, at another social event, to fill out another. The questionnaire are much the same, but the answers somewhat different.,indictive of his traits at 20.
在第一份问卷七年后,普鲁斯特在一个社交场合中被要求填写另一份问卷。问题很相似,但是答案却有些不同,表现了他20岁时的特征。
>Your most marked characteristic?
A craving to be loved , or, to be more precise, to be caressed and spoiled rather than to be admired
你最显著的特征是?
渴望被爱,或者更确切地讲渴望被心疼和宠爱而不是被崇拜
>The quality you most like in a man?
Feminine charm
你喜欢男性的什么品质?
柔性魅力
>The quality you most like in a woman?
A man’s virtues ,and frankness in friendship
你最喜欢女性的什么品质?
男性品德,对友谊的坦率
>What do you most value in your friends?
Tenderness---provided they possess a physical charm which makes their tenderness worth having
你最重视朋友的什么?
温柔――帮助他们拥有理性魅力而使这种柔弱很有价值
>What is your principle defect?
Lack of understanding, weakness of will
你的品质缺陷是什么?
缺乏理解,意志软弱
>What is your favorite occupation?
Loving
你喜欢的职业?
爱
>What is your dream of happiness?
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.
你梦想的快乐是什么?
没有,我害怕,这是个让人兴奋的问题。我真的没有勇气说出它是什么,如果我说了我可能已经毁坏了它,因为让它成为文字这种简单的行为
>What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Never to have known my mother or my grandmother
你认为最大的不幸是什么?
从未了解我的母亲或祖母
>What would you like to be?
Myself - as those whom I admire would like me to be
你希望成为什么?
我自己――象那些我崇拜的人渴望我成为的样子
>In what country would you like to live?
One where certain things that I want would be realized - and where feelings of tenderness would always be reciprocated. [Proust's underlining]
你希望住在怎样的国家?
一个我所需要的事物可以被感知,并且细微情感总是被共享的地方〔普鲁斯特加了下划线〕
>What is your favorite color?
Beauty lies not in colors but in thier harmony
你喜欢的颜色?
美不在颜色而在于和谐
>What is your favorite flower?
Hers - but apart from that, all
你喜欢的花?
她的――但是除那之外,所有
>What is your favorite bird?
The swallow
你喜欢的鸟?
燕子
>Who are your favorite prose writers?
At the moment, Anatole France and Pierre Loti
你喜欢的散文作家是谁?
此刻,Anatole France 和Pierre Loti
>Who are your favoite poets?
Baudelaire and Alfred de Vigny
你喜欢的诗人是谁?
Baudelaire and Alfred de Vigny
>Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Hamlet
你喜欢的虚构英雄是谁?
Hamlet
>Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Phedre (crossed out) Berenice
你喜欢的虚构的女英雄是谁?
Phedre (删掉) Berenice
>Who are your favorite composers?
Beethoven, Wagner, Shuhmann
你喜欢的作曲家是谁?
Beethoven, Wagner, Shuhmann
>Who are your favorite painters?
Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt
你喜欢的画家是谁?
Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt
>Who are your heroes in real life?
Monsieur Darlu, Monsieur Boutroux (professors)
现实生活中谁是你的英雄?
Monsieur Darlu, Monsieur Boutroux (教授)
>Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Cleopatra
你欣赏的历史女英雄是谁?
Cleopatra
>What are your favorite names?
I only have one at a time
你喜欢的名字是什么?
我一次只能有一个
>What is it your most dislike?
My own worst qualities
你最反感的是什么?
我自己最差的品质
>What historical figures do you most despise?
I am not sufficiently educated to say
你最鄙视什么历史特性?
被说教。
>What event in military history do you most admire?
My own enlistment as a volunteer!
你最欣赏的军事史是什么
作为志愿者服役
>What reform do you most admire?
(no response)
你最欣赏怎样的改革?
(未答)
>What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Will power and irresistible charm
你最想拥有那种自然天分?
意志力量和不可抗拒的魅力
>How would you like to die?
A better man than I am, and much beloved
你希望如何死去?
是比活着更好的人,更被爱
>What is your present state of mind?
Annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions
你当前的心境是怎样的?
因为要考虑如何回答这些问题而厌烦
>To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Those that I understand
你认为最被放纵的缺点是什么?
我所知道的所有
>What is your motto?
I prefer not to say, for fear it might bring me bad luck.
你的座右铭是什么?
我不想回答,它或许会给我带来坏运气
The second set of questions and answers give us Proust s a young man, mad for conqust, drawn to love crossing conventional sexual lines, still fixated on Mama. His aesthestic sensibilities had grown more serious. In this responssare early threads of character found in the narrator of Remembrance.
第二组问题和回答让我们看到年轻人普鲁斯特,热衷于征服,痴迷背离传统性观念的爱情,依然崇拜母亲。他的艺术鉴赏力已经更加敏锐,而且特性思维在回忆描述中通过回答展现了出来。
maybe a few second later ,we have an absolutely different reply to this questionnaire.maybe......