has been in persuading the ear that he is writing something like scripture.

在写他的这部如圣经般重要的书的成功性
He has persuaded Alter's ear that this book is the equivalent of Hebrew prose.

麦卡锡似乎告诉阿尔特他的书与希伯来文不相上下
He is so successful in doing that, that he can make these gigantic claims.

他的这些伟大言论使他在这方面十分成功
And I would point you back to the beginning of the novel,

而且你们回头看看小说的开头
the citation of his father, the only line we get really about

摘自他父亲的引文这是唯一一段我们
the kid's father: "His father has been a schoolmaster.

能了解孩子父亲的话了他的父亲曾是一个校长
He lies in drink.

他在喝醉时胡言乱语
He quotes from poets whose names are now lost."

他引用不知名的诗人的诗句
It's as if McCarthy is telling us, "I'm erasing all that past that I'm

这些似乎是麦卡锡在告诉我们我抹掉过去
invoking from the Bible on up, from the Bible to The Iliad,

我是从圣经上调用的一切从《圣经》到《伊利亚特》
to Milton, to Wordsworth, to Melville.

到弥尔顿到华兹华斯再到梅尔维尔
I'm invoking it all, but forget all those names.

我引用这一切却忘记了所有这些名称