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P62-65 译文对比 The Chinese Character There is a theory among Occidentals that the Chinaman is inscrutable, full of secret thoughts, and impossible for us to understand. It may be that a greater experience of China would have brought me to share this opinion; but I could see nothing to support it during the time when I was working in that country. One of the most remarkable things about the Chinese is their power of securing the affection of foreigners. Almost all Europeans like China, both those who come only as tourists and those who live there for many years. In spite of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, I can recall hardly a single Englishman in the Far East who liked the Japanese as well as the Chinese. Those who have lived long among them tend to acquire their outlook and their standards. New arrivals are struck by obvious evils: the beggars, the terrible poverty, the prevalence of disease, the anarchy and corruption in politics. Every energetic Westerner feels at first a strong desire to reform these evils, and of course they ought to be reformed. 译文1：西方人中间有一种理论，认为中国人是看不透的，充满了隐秘的念头，我们不可能了解他们。如果我对中国体验得更多些，也许会使我转而赞同这个意见；但我在该国工作期间却看不到任何支持它的东西。 中国人的最显著特点之一，就是他们吸引外国人喜爱的能力。几乎所有欧洲人都喜欢中国，无论是旅游者或者多年在此常住的人都这样。虽然英国和日本之间存在着同盟关系，我记不起在远东碰见过一个英国人喜欢日本人胜似中国人的。外国人在中国人中间住久了，往往会接受中国人的观点和价值标准。新来乍到的人首先注意到明显的丑恶现像：乞丐、可怕的贫穷、疾病流行、政界的混乱和腐败。每一个精力充沛的西方人起初会发生强烈的愿望，要改革这些丑恶现象，当然改革这些是必要的。 译文2：西方人都认为中国人令人费解，城府很深，不可理喻。如果我在中国有了更多经历之后，或许也会持此观点：但就我在中国工作的那段时间，却找不到任何依据来支持这一观点。 中国人最值得称道的事情是，他们总能得到外国人的好感。欧洲人都喜欢中国，无论是到中国旅游，还是侨居多年。虽然英日订有联盟，但就我所知，在远东的英国人没有谁会像喜欢中国人一样喜欢日本人。久居中国的英国人会渐渐获得中国人的精神面貌和价值标准。初来乍到的人会震惊于明显的罪恶：乞丐、极度贫穷、疾病流行、政治混乱腐败。每一个踌躇满志的西方人一开始都有一种强烈的愿望，要去根除这些罪恶，当然也确实要根除。 The Chinese, from the highest to the lowest, have an imperturbable quiet dignity, which is usually not destroyed even by a European education. They are not self-assertive, either individually or nationally; their pride is too profound for self-assertion. They admit Chinas military weakness in comparison with foreign Powers, but they do n