来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第11集 第11集》

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  You also say that occasionally, when you see something horrible
  当你有时看到一些可怖之事时
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  and you can say, "No, that cannot be true." Right?
  你会说 "不 这不可能是真的"
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  This is exactly Adorno's point.
  这正是阿多诺所说的
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  This can be so miserable that you say it cannot be true.
  由于太可怖 因此你觉得它不可能是真的
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  And the idea is that they are so miserable that
  觉得他们是如此凄惨
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  you are completely powerlessness about these nature-like forces
  以至于在自然般的力量面前 脆弱无比
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  though it is unacceptable--right?
  我们无法接受这一切 不是吗
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  You should be able to do something about it.
  我们本该做点什么
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  We should have been able to do something about Auschwitz,
  我们本该对奥斯威辛集中营发生的事做些什么
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  and they could not do anything about it.
  但是人们却束手无策
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  And that's what Adorno said.
  这就是阿多诺所说的
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  This reality was such that it should not be called true;
  现实是如此残忍 人们无法将其称之真实