来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第1集 第1集》

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  you must wrestle with yourself most of all, fight with yourself,
  你还是必须与自己做斗争
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  for there will surge up in you a strong desire to alter facts,
  因为你会涌现出很强烈的欲望去改变事实
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  to dress up your feelings.
  去掩饰你的感觉
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  You'll find that there are many things you don't want to admit about
  你会发现有很多事情你不愿意去承认
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  yourself and others.
  关于你的和别人的
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  As your record shapes itself an awed wonder haunts you,
  你的过去像一件恐怖的奇遇萦绕在你脑中
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  and yet there is no more exciting an adventure than trying to
  没有什么经历更加刺激了
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  be honest in this way.
  相较这样真诚而言
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  The clean, strong feeling that sweeps you when you've done it makes
  你这样做时的清晰和强烈的感觉
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  you know that.
  会让你明白"
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  And even though in that little passage he suggests that it's a
  即使在那篇小文章里面他也表示
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  struggle to be truthful, a struggle to be accurate,
  要如实表述很困难 很难表述地很准确