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On Being Hard UP Jerome K. Jerome (1859 ? 1927) Jerome K. Jerome(1859?1927)是因英國幽默作家及劇作家。本文選自其作品「論 貧窮」。政治大學外語學院曾自1989年起辦理六屆全國大專院校及研究所「中 英翻譯比賽」(台北學習出版有限公司贊助)。本文選自第一屆「中英翻譯比賽」 英翻中部分。 Translate the following into Chinese (50%試譯為中文)： It is not actual discomfort themselves that are hard to bear. Who would mind enduring hardships a bit, if that were all poverty meant? What cared Robinson Crusoe for a patch on his trousers? -Did he wear trousers? I forgot; or did he go abou t like he does in the pantomimes? What did it matter to him if his toes did stick out of his boots? and what if his umbrella was a