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[轉貼+修改] 最精彩的譯文英文名篇--《青春》
時間：2003-4-14 17:07:34 來源：英語麥當勞EnglishCN.com 閱讀12495次
這篇譯文是我見過的譯文中最美的，可謂與原文互為輝映，令人讚歎不已。如此佳作，不敢私藏，獻與諸位共賞。
YOUTH
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of
rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a
quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of
the deep springs of life.
Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the
appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of
60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We
grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder,
the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of
living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless
station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and
power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism
and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as
your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die
young at 80.
青春
青春不是年華，而是心境；青春不是桃麵、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意誌，恢宏的想
象，炙熱的戀情；青春是生命的深泉在湧流。
青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯弱，進取壓倒苟安。如此銳氣，二十後生而有之，六旬男子則更多見。年歲有加，並非垂老，理想丟棄，方墮暮年。
歲月悠悠，衰微隻及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹廢必致靈魂。憂煩，惶恐，喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。
無論年屆花甲，擬或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇跡之誘惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天線，隻要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，你就青春永駐，風華常存。
一旦天線下降，銳氣便被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，即使年方二十，實已垂垂老矣；然則隻要樹起天線，捕捉樂觀信號，你就有望在八十高齡告別塵寰時仍覺年輕。
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青春
青春不是一段年華，而是一種心境；青春不是桃麵、丹唇、柔膝，而是強烈的渴望、恢宏的想象、炙熱的激情；青春，是生命的清泉在奔湧。
青春氣貫長虹，銳不可擋，崇尚探險，蔑視苟安。胸藏如此銳氣，六旬老夫勝於束冠少年。年歲有加非垂老，理想丟棄始暮年。
歲月悠悠，蒼老隻及肌膚；熱忱冷卻，頹廢必至靈魂。憂煩，惶恐，喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。
無論年屆花甲，擬或二八芳齡，心靈深處，乃生命之歡樂、奇跡之誘惑、對人生之旅的孩童般的天真好奇。人人心中都有一無線電台，隻要從天上人間接收美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的電波，你就青春永駐，風華常茂。
一旦天線低垂，銳氣被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄，即使年方二十，實則垂垂老矣；然而隻要樹起天線，捕捉樂觀向上的信號，你既使在八十高齡告別塵寰，仍永遠有一顆年輕的心！
