威尼斯商人

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   Enter ANTONIO

BASSANIO

    This is Signior Antonio.

SHYLOCK

    [Aside] How like a fawning publican he looks!
    I hate him for he is a Christian,
    But more for that in low simplicity
    He lends out money gratis and brings down
    The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
    If I can catch him once upon the hip,
    I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
    He hates our sacred nation, and he rails,
    Even there where merchants most do congregate,
    On me, my bargains and my well-won thrift,
    Which he calls interest. Cursed be my tribe,
    If I forgive him!

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　　　安東尼奧上。
巴薩尼奧        這位就是安東尼奧先生。
夏洛克        （旁白）他的樣子多么像一個搖尾乞怜的稅吏！我恨他因為他是個基督徒，可是尤其因為他是個傻子，借錢給人不取利錢，把咱們在威尼斯城里干放債這一行的利息都壓低了。要是我有一天抓住他的把柄，一定要痛痛快快地向他報复我的深仇宿怨。他憎惡我們神圣的民族，甚至在商人會集的地方當眾辱罵我，辱罵我的交易，辱罵我辛辛苦苦賺下來的錢，說那些都是盤剝得來的腌臢錢。要是我饒過了他，讓我們的民族永遠沒有翻身的日子。

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BASSANIO

    Shylock, do you hear?

SHYLOCK

    I am debating of my present store,
    And, by the near guess of my memory,
    I cannot instantly raise up the gross
    Of full three thousand ducats. What of that?
    Tubal, a wealthy Hebrew of my tribe,
    Will furnish me. But soft! how many months
    Do you desire?

    To ANTONIO
    Rest you fair, good signior;
    Your worship was the last man in our mouths.

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巴薩尼奧        夏洛克，你听見嗎？
夏洛克        我正在估計我手頭的現款，照我大概記得起來的數目，要一時湊足三千塊錢，恐怕辦不到。可是那沒有關系，我們族里有一個猶太富翁杜伯爾，可以供給我必要的數目。且慢！您打算借几個月？（向安東尼奧）您好，好先生；哪一陣好風把尊駕吹了來啦？

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ANTONIO

    Shylock, although I neither lend nor borrow
    By taking nor by giving of excess,
    Yet, to supply the ripe wants of my friend,
    I'll break a custom. Is he yet possess'd
    How much ye would?

SHYLOCK

    Ay, ay, three thousand ducats.

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安東尼奧        夏洛克，雖然我跟人家互通有無，從來不講利息，可是為了我的朋友的急需，這回我要破一次例。（向巴薩尼奧）他有沒有知道你需要多少？
夏洛克        嗯，嗯，三千塊錢。

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ANTONIO

    And for three months.

SHYLOCK

    I had forgot; three months; you told me so.
    Well then, your bond; and let me see; but hear you;
    Methought you said you neither lend nor borrow
    Upon advantage.

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安東尼奧        三個月為期。
夏洛克        我倒忘了，正是三個月，您對我說過的。好，您的借据呢？讓我瞧一瞧。可是听著，好像您說您從來借錢不講利息。

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ANTONIO

    I do never use it.

SHYLOCK

    When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep--
    This Jacob from our holy Abram was,
    As his wise mother wrought in his behalf,
    The third possessor; ay, he was the third--

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安東尼奧        我從來不講利息。
夏洛克        當雅各替他的舅父拉班牧羊的時候３——這個雅各是我們圣祖亞伯蘭的后裔，他的聰明的母親設計使他做第三代的族長，是的，他是第三代——