language that can match the flexibility of this young

可以与这个年轻人思维的灵活性
person's consciousness, its range, its permeability,

思域和渗透性相配
and also in that very supple voice to be her identity,

而且使这非常柔软的声音变成她特征
so the voice becomes who Ruth is.

于是这个声音就变成了露丝
So, no matter how far she ranges across her boundaries of person,

所以无论她越出人的界限有多远
no matter how indistinct the darkness in her mind is from the

无论她脑海中的黑暗与外界的黑暗
darkness outside her body, that voice can still be heard.

有多相似那个声音依然能被听到
And it can still be identified as hers, even as it ranges in and out

也依旧被认定为她的特征即便这声音
of her grandmother's thoughts, in and out of Sylvie's thoughts,

在她奶奶和希尔维的思绪
in and out of Lucille's thoughts, in and out of her mother's

在露西尔的思绪在她妈妈的思绪中
thoughts.

进进出出
So that, in the end, is what constitutes something like

最后这就是构成本小说