he describes it as a jungle.

巴尔扎克称之为弱肉强食的残酷世界
You count your money in the morning

早上出门前你得数钱
and then you count your money when you come home.

回家后你得再数一遍
By the way, your wife,

顺便提一下你的妻子
who would in the census be listed as not working.

可能会在人口调查时被记为无业者
If you were a shopkeeper, your wife was the one

如果你自己开作坊
who kept care of the accounts.

你的妻子就会是登记账目的人
Your wife was the one who stood behind the counter when you were working,

当你工作的时候你的妻子就会去记账
when you were an artisan.

如果你的职业是工匠的话
He describes this as a jungle.

巴尔扎克把这描述为残酷的竞争
In order to really give an image of what it was like,

为了使大家更形象地了解什么是残酷竞争
I've got to find this thing someplace,

我找到了这些东西