这场戏：为词儿抬杠又讨赏
第 14 章 · 共 25 章 · 3'27"
费斯特和薇奥拉在奥丽维娅府前斗嘴，从「你靠小手鼓吃饭」一路聊到词儿的不可靠。费斯特一句 A sentence is but a cheveril glove（一句话就像软皮手套，怎么抻都行），又自嘲是 a corrupter of words（专门糟蹋字眼的人）。想学机锋、自嘲和「话不可信」的说法，这段聪明得让人拍手。
❝ 独白 · 7 句 wise enough to play the fool（聪明得够格装傻）
wise enough to play the fool 聪明得够格装傻check at every feather 见什么都要扑上去试taint their wit 把才智败坏掉
《第十二夜》这段在奥丽维娅府前：费斯特和薇奥拉你来我往地斗嘴。费斯特把一句话比作 A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit（在机灵人嘴里，一句话就像软皮手套，怎么抻都行），又说 They that dally nicely with words may quickly make them wanton（把话拨弄太精巧的人，转眼就把话玩坏）。他自嘲不是傻瓜，而是 a corrupter of words（专门糟蹋字眼的人），因为 words are grown so false（词儿变得太假）。他还讨赏钱，说想长胡子。薇奥拉在旁边看这场表演，感叹 This fellow is wise enough to play the fool（这家伙聪明得够格当个弄臣）。想学机锋、自嘲和语言游戏的英文，这段最精彩。
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“A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit.”
对聪明人来说，一句话不过是一只软皮手套，怎么翻都行。
把语言比作能翻面的软皮手套，双关与辩解都变得理直气壮。
A sentence is but a X to a good wit.
替自己翻话、改口或玩文字游戏时，用这句先声夺人。
any sentence can be twisted ／ words stretch to fit the clever
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but a 连读，cheveril 与 glove 轻轻带过。
To a good wit, a contract is but a cheveril glove. 在聪明人手里，合同也不过是一只可翻面的软皮手套。
“And words are grown so false, I am loath to prove reason with them.”
如今的话都变得这么假，我实在懒得拿它们来证明道理。
把‘词不达意’说成不愿用假币找零，冷静里全是讽刺。
Something is grown so X that ...
感慨某个东西已经变质、不值得再信或再用时套用。
words have lost their value ／ talk has gone counterfeit
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grown so false 连读，loath 拖一下再收。
Promises are grown so false that I check the text, not the tone. 承诺现在假得厉害，我只信字面，不信语气。
“But wise men, folly fallen, quite taint their wit.”
可聪明人一旦犯了傻，就把自己的才智全毁了。
一个 fallen 把‘犯错’写成‘坠落’，收尾一转成警句。
X, folly fallen, quite taint their wit.
提醒聪明人别在阴沟里翻船时，这句既文雅又扎心。
one foolish slip ruins a sharp mind ／ clever people can still wreck their wits
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folly fallen 之间略停，taint their wit 放慢收尾。
Sharp analysts, folly fallen, quite taint their wit. 精明的分析师一旦犯了傻，也就把才智全搭进去了。
“They that dally nicely with words may quickly make them wanton.”
那些拿词句轻佻地戏耍的人，很快就会把话用坏。
把玩文字说成会「把词弄坏」，语言伦理一句说透，弄臣的机锋全在。
They that dally with words may quickly make them wanton.
谈用词分寸、批评文字游戏时用，带古典腔；日常闲聊说会显得太重。
Play with words and they soon turn loose. ／ Dally with words and you spoil them.
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They that dally nicely 平推，with words 重读，make them wanton 放慢收住。
Dally with promises and you quickly make them cheap. 把承诺当儿戏，很快就把它们用贱了。
“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun.”
先生，荒唐这事像太阳一样绕着地球到处走。
把「哪里都有蠢事」写成太阳巡行，宏大的比喻配轻佻的内容，反差就是笑点。
Foolery ... does walk about the orb like the sun.
半开玩笑地说蠢事无处不在时用，带古典腔；正式场合说会显得不严肃。
Foolishness travels everywhere, like the sun. ／ Folly shines on every corner of the world.
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Foolery, sir 稍顿，does walk about the orb 平推，like the sun 放慢收住。
Bad taste, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun. 先生，品味差这事像太阳一样到处照。
This fellow is wise enough to play the fool. And to do that well, craves a kind of wit. He must observe their mood on whom he jests, the quality of persons, and the time and, like the haggard, check at every feather that comes before his eye. This is a practise as full of labour as a wise man's art. For folly that he wisely shows is fit. But wise men, folly fallen, quite taint their wit.
这家伙聪明得够格当个弄臣。 要把弄臣当好，也得有点脑筋。 他得看准自己要打趣的人是什么脾气、什么身份，还得挑对时候， 像只野鹰一样，盯着眼前飞过的每一根羽毛。 这差事跟智者的本事一样，费尽心机。 因为把傻气耍得聪明，才算得体。 可聪明人一旦犯傻，就彻底败了名声。
下一章 · 15I am not what I am我不是我表面的样子这场戏：当面表白又把人放走字面是「败坏词句的人」。费斯特拿它自称：他不是傻瓜，只是故意把字眼掰来拧去、玩文字游戏的人。
out of my welkin。welkin 是古语里的「天空」，说某事 out of my welkin，就是「超出我这片天、我管不着」，很俏皮。
cheveril 是软鹿皮，做的 glove 能随意拉扯翻转。费斯特用它比喻一句话在机灵人嘴里可以被任意解释，正反都能说通。
wise enough to play the fool。这是薇奥拉对费斯特的评价：要当好弄臣、把傻气耍得聪明，也需要相当的才智。
他靠逗笑和耍嘴皮子过活，讨赏就是他的营生。他跟薇奥拉开玩笑，说两枚钱凑一块儿就能生小钱，把讨钱说得像一门生意。
