威尼斯商人

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SHYLOCK

    Ay, his breast:
    So says the bond: doth it not, noble judge?
    'Nearest his heart:' those are the very words.

PORTIA

    It is so. Are there balance here to weigh
    The flesh?

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夏洛克        對了，“他的胸部”，約上是這么說的；——不是嗎，尊嚴的法官？——“附近心口的所在”，約上寫得明明白白的。
鮑西婭        不錯，稱肉的天平有沒有預備好？

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SHYLOCK

    I have them ready.

PORTIA

    Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge,
    To stop his wounds, lest he do bleed to death.

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夏洛克        我已經帶來了。
鮑西婭        夏洛克，去請一位外科醫生來替他堵住傷口，費用歸你負擔，免得他流血而死。

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SHYLOCK

    Is it so nominated in the bond?

PORTIA

    It is not so express'd: but what of that?
    'Twere good you do so much for charity.

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夏洛克        約上有這樣的規定嗎？
鮑西婭        約上并沒有這樣的規定；可是那又有什么相干呢？肯做一件好事總是好的。

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SHYLOCK

    I cannot find it; 'tis not in the bond.

PORTIA

    You, merchant, have you any thing to say?

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夏洛克        我找不到；約上沒有這一條。
鮑西婭        商人，你還有什么話說嗎？

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ANTONIO

    But little: I am arm'd and well prepared.
    Give me your hand, Bassanio: fare you well!
    Grieve not that I am fallen to this for you;
    For herein Fortune shows herself more kind
    Than is her custom: it is still her use
    To let the wretched man outlive his wealth,
    To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow
    An age of poverty; from which lingering penance
    Of such misery doth she cut me off.
    Commend me to your honourable wife:
    Tell her the process of Antonio's end;
    Say how I loved you, speak me fair in death;
    And, when the tale is told, bid her be judge
    Whether Bassanio had not once a love.
    Repent but you that you shall lose your friend,
    And he repents not that he pays your debt;
    For if the Jew do cut but deep enough,
    I'll pay it presently with all my heart.

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安東尼奧        我沒有多少話要說；我已經准備好了。把你的手給我，巴薩尼奧，再會吧！不要因為我為了你的緣故遭到這种結局而悲傷，因為命運對我已經特別照顧了：她往往讓一個不幸的人在家產蕩盡以后繼續活下去，用他凹陷的眼睛和滿是皺紋的額角去挨受貧困的暮年；這一种拖延時日的刑罰，她已經把我豁免了。替我向尊夫人致意，告訴她安東尼奧的結局；對她說我怎樣愛你，又怎樣從容就死；等到你把這一段故事講完以后，再請她判斷一句，巴薩尼奧是不是曾經有過一個真心愛他的朋友。不要因為你將要失去一個朋友而懊恨，替你還債的人是死而無怨的；只要那猶太人的刀刺得深一點，我就可以在一剎那的時間把那筆債完全還清。