来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第23集 第23集》

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  "Off to the right" is the direction
  向右是叙事的方向 是一整个世界
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  of flowing narrative, a world, a possible world that his
  一个可以吸引他全部的想象力的世界
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  imagination is drawn to, and it's a visual image
  而且它是关于想象力和诱惑力的
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  of the imagination and its seduction.
  视觉的影像
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  But because of this obsessive direction noting,
  但由于这一个执念的方向注解
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  I would read it as a textual imagination,
  我将它视为一种本文的想象
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  that there's a narrative off to the right.
  有关右边的描写
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  And you can see that Jones' novel works this way.
  琼斯的小说总是按照这种方式叙述
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  There is always a narrative proximate to wherever you are,
  总是有关于你近似的位置的描述
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  a little narrative that arises from the next character who
  起源于下一个在路上的角色的小提示
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  shows up on the road, and you'll get that narrative.
  你终将发现这些提示
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  So, this is just one of those that doesn't quite get articulated,
  这只是那些连接得不太好的其中一段