Apr 17, 2010 14:58
15 yrs ago
English term
Ireland
usylessly unreadable blue book of eccles
English to Chinese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
irish literature
It is a piece of words from Ulysses by Joyce.
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 3 +2 | 无用难读的蓝色传道书 |
Su Hong
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| 4 | 没用并晦涩难懂的蓝皮传道书 |
Dr JM Chen, PhD
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Proposed translations
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无用难读的蓝色传道书
It's a play of words. James Joyce punningly refers to his own work" Ulysses" as an "Usylessly unreadable blue book of eccles"
Usylessly- uselessly
blue- the book was in blue cover
eccles- Ecclesiastes 传道书
好的中文翻译应该也是压韵的，但一时想不出太好的答案，算是抛砖引玉吧。
Usylessly- uselessly
blue- the book was in blue cover
eccles- Ecclesiastes 传道书
好的中文翻译应该也是压韵的，但一时想不出太好的答案，算是抛砖引玉吧。
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Dr JM Chen, PhD
United Kingdom
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没用并晦涩难懂的蓝皮传道书
A quote from《芬尼根守靈夜》（Finnegans Wake）by 詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce）, which has been used by many readers/critics to refer to the book itself. (please see references below)
Example sentence:
《芬尼根守靈夜》显得比《尤利西斯》更加晦涩难懂
This has led many readers and critics to apply Joyce's oft-quoted description in the Wake of Ulysses as his "usylessly unreadable Blue Book of Eccles"[37] to the Wake itself.
Note from asker:
| Many thanks. The reference is of great help. |
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