So, these are stories, some of them for voice and tape,

因此这些故事中有的是口头和磁带录音
and he'd do readings where he'd go and he'd put a tape recorder on the

他走到哪里录到哪里他会在台上放个
podium and he'd stand next to the tape recorder as his voice read the

录音机自己站在旁边机器里放着
story from the tape recorder.

他自己录制的故事
And it was all to dramatize

这都是为了更戏剧化的表现出
the problematic relationship between voice, story and person.

声音故事和人物之间的复杂关系
But I think the dream of Menelaus is that somehow that voice can be

但我认为在梅内莱厄斯的梦里声音可以
residual, that somehow it can survive.

是残余的可以存留下来的
And, in that sense, I think it has something in common

因而我认为它和纳博科夫对生活的艺术
with Nabokov's fantasy of the living artwork.

的追求有着异曲同工之处
But, unlike Nabokov's fantasy, it requires this concept of love,

但区别在于它追求的是爱的概念
because love is what makes being into narrative.

是爱让人成为叙述的一部分