…tragedy of Portrait is that so many people read it as if it were simple autobiography. It isn't. Stephen is based on the young Joyce, yes, and in the original draft and notes (mostly destroyed, published as Stephen Hero) there's a saccharine sincerity that fits your sense of the book a little better. But that's not the finished Portrait. In Portrait Joyce makes fun of himself. He's critical of his youthful exuberance.…
They probably wanted to publish the work but couldn't do it, so they left it up to chance. If one really wants to destroy their work, they throw it into the fire like James Joyce did with Stephen Hero, or what became Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Fortunately his wife Nora was quick enough to save it, helped by his sister. I tried to read it but only made it to chapter three.
……《青年艺术家的画像》的悲剧在于，太多人读它时都以为它纯粹是一部自传。其实并不是。斯蒂芬确实是以年轻时的乔伊斯为原型的，而且在原始草稿和笔记中（大部分已被销毁，后来以《英雄斯蒂芬》出版），确实有一种甜腻的真诚，更贴合你对这本书的感觉。但那并不是成书的《画像》。在《画像》中，乔伊斯其实是在自嘲。他对年轻时的狂放不羁是持批判态度的。……
…tragedy of Portrait is that so many people read it as if it were simple autobiography. It isn't. Stephen is based on the young Joyce, yes, and in the original draft and notes (mostly destroyed, published as Stephen Hero) there's a saccharine sincerity that fits your sense of the book a little better. But that's not the finished Portrait. In Portrait Joyce makes fun of himself. He's critical of his youthful exuberance.…
他们可能想出版这本作品但没能办成，于是干脆听天由命。如果一个人真想销毁自己的作品，他们会像詹姆斯·乔伊斯对待《英雄斯蒂芬》（即后来演变成《青年艺术家的画像》的手稿）那样直接扔进火里。幸好他妻子诺拉反应够快，在他妹妹的帮助下抢救了回来。我试着读过，但只坚持到了第三章。
They probably wanted to publish the work but couldn't do it, so they left it up to chance. If one really wants to destroy their work, they throw it into the fire like James Joyce did with Stephen Hero, or what became Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Fortunately his wife Nora was quick enough to save it, helped by his sister. I tried to read it but only made it to chapter three.