来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第5集 第5集》

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  just in that little bit of the first chapter that I read to you,
  就在我给你们读过的第一章那一小部分中
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  that sense of fancy: "a fancy prose style."
  关于绝妙的词意 "一手绝妙的文章"
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  So, you want to think of "fancy" not just as a sort of effeminate ornamentation,
  你们不仅要将"绝妙"看作是柔弱的点缀
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  but as that older-fashioned sense of the word: "the fancy," the imagination.
  还要考虑其老式的词意: "想象力"
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  So, imagination is a privileged realm for Nabokov,
  想象力是纳博科夫的特权领域
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  and it is a realm that always has about it that golden glow.
  而且也是时常具有金色光辉的领域
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  And as you read ,try to notice how much light imagery there is.
  当你们读《洛丽塔》时 记得去留意光的意像的出现频率
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  For Nabokov, sunlight, goldenness--all those midges,
  对于纳博科夫来说 阳光 金色的--所有
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  the golden midges, the downy golden hair on Lolita's limbs,
  金色的小飞虫 洛丽塔四肢上金色的绒毛
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  her tawny skin-- all of that goldenness is very much
  她黄褐色的皮肤--所有这些金黄色都与
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  of a piece with the world of imagination.
  这个想象的世界非常协调
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  So, it's as if imagination makes everything glitter,
  就如同想象力让一切都闪着光亮