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第十三届“沪江杯”翻译竞赛原文（英语组）

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TheWriterinWinter

JohnUpdike

YOUNGOROLD,awritersendsabookintotheworld,nothimself.Thereisno

SeniorTourforauthors,withtheteesshortenedbytwentyyardsandcartsallowed.

Nomercyisextendedbythereviewers;but,then,itisnotextendedtotherookie

writer,either.Heorshemayfeel,asthegray-hairedscribesofthedaycontinueto

takeupspaceandconsumetheoxygenintheincreasinglysmallroomoftheprint

world,thattheelderlyhavetheedge,withtheirestablishednamesandalready

securedhonors.Howwedidadoreandenvythem,theidolsofourcollege

years—HemingwayandFaulkner,FrostandEliot,MaryMcCarthyandFlannery

O’ConnorandEudoraWelty!Weimaginedthemaswiminaheavenlyrefulgence,as

joyfulandimmutableintheirexaltedconditionasangelsforeversinging.

NowthatIamtheirage—indeed,olderthananumberofthemgottobe—Ican

appreciatetheadvantages,forawriter,ofyouthandobscurity.Youarenotyet

typecast.Youcantakeadistant,coldviewoftheentireliteraryscene.Youarefullof

yourmaterial—yourfamily,yourfriends,yourregionofthecountry,your

generation—whenitisfreshandseemsurgentlyworthcommunicatingtoreaders.No

amountoflearnedskillscansubstituteforthefeelingofhavingalottosay,of

bringingnews.Memories,impressions,andemotionsfromyourfirsttwentyyearson

eartharemostwriters’mainmaterial;littlethatcomesafterwardisquitesorichand

resonant.Bytheageofforty,youhaveprobablyminedthepurestveinsofthis

preciouslode;afterthat,continuedcreativityisamatterofsiftingtheleavings.You

becomeplayfulandtheoretical;youinventsequels,andattempthistoricalnovels.The

novelsandstoriesthusgeneratedmaybemor