come to find itself expressing, in however garbled or radical a

在其言行中将多少反映我的沉思
translation, some reflection of these reflections.

哪怕经过了曲解或极端化
It's a dream of changing the tradition, of having that individual

这是一个梦想通过加诸个人观点
voice added to the tradition, to have it become part of the official heritage

来改变传统成为官方遗产的一部分
and yet at odds with it, casting a different light back.

随着日积月累使之为读者所接受
This is precisely that modernist dream specifically articulated by

这就是典型的现代主义梦想
T.S. Eliot in "Tradition and the

T.S.艾略特就曾在
Individual Talent" that the contribution of the individual adds

"传统与个人才能"中有所阐述
to and changes the tradition in one swoop.

他认为个人的能力可以一下子改变传统
Is this going to be Barth's ambition, too?

那么这是否也是巴斯的抱负呢
This is a question for us, again, that I want to, kind of,

这是另一个问题
keep up on the shelf in your mind.

希望各位也能加以思考