一段奥德赛
An odyssey
Daniel Mendelsohn · 初版 2017 年
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讲述一位父亲和儿子在父亲晚年报名参加儿子本科研讨班之后，通过阅读共同经历的一段具有转变意义的旅程；在研讨班上，两人就如何解读荷马的经典杰作展开争论。“当八十一岁的 Jay Mendelsohn 决定报名参加儿子 Daniel 在巴德学院讲授的《奥德赛》本科研讨班时，两人发现自己踏上了一段在情感上和在智识上同样深刻的冒险。对 Jay 来说——这位退休的研究科学家以数学家毫不宽容的眼光看世界——这次重返……
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……用专门的语言写成的。这让我想起 Cal Newport 的建议：先读一本解释原著细微之处的二手资料，来慢慢进入有挑战性的书。比如在读《The Odyssey》本身之前，先读 Daniel Mendelsohn 的《An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic》。研究那些一年读很多书的人的阅读习惯，结果有点令人失望。对于读者……
…written in specialized language. I'm reminded of Cal Newport's advice to ease into challenging books by first reading a secondary source which explains the nuance of the primary source. Something like An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn before reading the Odyssey itself. It's been somewhat disappointing researching the reading habits of people who read many books a year. For the reader…
……甚至更多来自这个文学人物：他们希望她符合一个赋权女性的理想。相信这样一种观念是令人安心的——正如 Daniel Mendelsohn 在他最近出版的回忆录《An Odyssey》中所做的那样，也如 Robert Fagles 在翻译这部史诗时所做的那样——即 Odysseus 与 Penelope 的婚姻是智力平等的伙伴关系，建立在真爱和共同的人生观之上。Odysseus……
…even more from this literary character: they want her to fit the ideal of an empowered woman. It is comforting to subscribe to the notion—as Daniel Mendelsohn does in his recently published memoir, “An Odyssey,” and as Robert Fagles does, in his translation of the poem—that the marriage between Odysseus and Penelope is a partnership of intellectual equals, based on true love and a shared outlook on life. Odysseus…
本文作者 Daniel Mendelsohn 有一部新的《The Odyssey》译本，最近刚出版。
Daniel Mendelsohn the authour of this article, has a new translation of Odyssey which came out recently.
Daniel Mendelsohn 的新《The Odyssey》译本今年四月出版了。他声称追随 Lattimore 的脚步，采取了更直译的方式。这里有人读过吗？
Daniel Mendelsohn's new translation of Odyssey came out in April this year. He claims to have taken a more litteral approach following on the footsteps of Lattimore. Did anyone here read it?