来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第7集 第7集》

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  So, it was a very popular book in the U.S.,
  它虽曾是一部在美国广受欢迎的书
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  but it did have this history of being banned in Europe,
  却也曾在欧洲被列为禁书
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  and it was certainly controversial here.
  且在美国本土也饱受争议
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  Therefore, the mark of censorship is actually still on this book.
  因此 禁书的印记仍然烙在这本书上
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  The essay that you read
  你们现在看到的那篇文章
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  was produced at the behest of his french publisher.
  也是遵照了法国出版商的要求改写的
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  They wanted him to write something that would make people feel better about the book,
  他们希望读者能对这本书感觉好一些
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  that would give some account of its origin
  并为它的起源做出一些合理的解释
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  and give some defense for its publication and its content.
  也对小说的发行和其内容多加认可
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  And so, we have it bound with the book, always, now.
  于是 这篇文章便永远与书附在了一起
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  And so, in a way, you can say that, although it's Nabokov's voice,
  可以说 虽然这篇文章述是纳博科夫的观点
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  and it's adding to the novel.
  一些并非作者的想法的观点也加诸到了小说里