plenitude as capital, silence as wealth exponentially

为资本寂静如财富般迅速
increasing, the encircling silence as your

增长四周的寂静就是你所选择的
chosen source of advantage and your only intimate.

有利条件以及你唯一的知己
The trick is to find sustenance, this is quoting Hawthorne again, the

窍门就是找到支持这也是引自霍桑
communications of a solitary mind with itself.

一个孤独的思想与自己的交流
The secret is to find sustenance in people like Hawthorne,

秘密是找到像霍桑这样的支持者
in the wisdom of the brilliant deceased."

处于那些杰出的已故者的智慧之中"
Now, one question I, myself, as a reader have struggled

我个人作为读者对这部小说产生纠结的
with about this novel is whether Roth imagines that Nathan's state,

一个问题是罗斯设想内森的处境
when he describes it that way, is a false one or a weak one, one to

当他那样描述时是虚假的还是无力的
be rejected.

还是一个被排斥的
Is it a withdrawal from life?

这是对生活的退缩吗