英语翻译节选萨克雷《名利场》On the fifteenth of June a famous ball was given in Brussels.Tickets were scarce,and Jos could not get one,but the rest of our friends were lucky enough to have invitations.On the appointed night,George,havin

英语翻译
节选萨克雷《名利场》
On the fifteenth of June a famous ball was given in Brussels.Tickets were scarce,and Jos could not get one,but the rest of our friends were lucky enough to have invitations.
On the appointed night,George,having commanded new dress and ornaments of all sorts for Amelia,drove her to the ball,where his wife did not know a single person.After looking about ,and finding a seat for her,he left her there,thinking that he had behaved very well in getting her new clothes and bringing her.Nobody except Dobbin came to disturb her unhappy thoughts.
While Amelia’s appearance was a complete failure (as her husband felt with a sort of rage),Mrs.Rawdon Crawley’s entrance was,on the contrary,dazzling.She arrived very late.Her face was bright with pleasure,her dress perfect.Everyone looked at her.Numbers of the men,whom she knew already,crowded round her,begging for the honour of a dance.She said she was already engaged,and was going to dance very little,and make her way at once to the place where Amelia sat quite unnoticed and unhappy.And so,as a final triumph,she ran and greeted her dearest Amelia,and began to talk in a superior way.She criticized both her dress,and her hair.She declared it was a delightful ball,there was everybody one knew,and only a very few nobodies in ther room.

六月十五日,一位高贵的公爵夫人②在布鲁塞尔开了一个有历史性的跳舞会.整个布鲁塞尔为它疯魔.我曾经听见当年在场的太太们谈过,据说女人们对于跳舞会比对前线的敌人还关切,所有的兴趣和谈话都集中在跳舞会上.大家用手段,走门路,求情,争夺,无非为几张入场券.为着要登本国贵人的门面肯费掉这许多精力,倒是英国女人的特色.
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①波斯王大流士（Darius,公元前521—485）在侵略希腊的战争中被打败.
②指里却蒙公爵夫人（Duchess of Richmond）.
乔斯和奥多太太急煎煎的想去,可是费了一大把劲也得不到票子,我们其余的朋友运气比较好.譬如说,靠着贝亚爱格思勋爵的面子,乔治得到一张邀请奥斯本上尉夫妇的帖子,得意的了不得,勋爵也就把吃饭欠下的人情还掉了.他们的联队所属的一师的师长恰巧是都宾的朋友,因此有一天都宾去看奥斯本太太,笑着拿出一张同样的帖子.乔斯眼红得很,乔治也觉得诧异,心想：“他算什么,居然也挣到上流社会里去了.”罗登夫妇因为是统领骑兵的旅长的朋友,最后当然也得了请帖.
乔治给太太买了各色的新衣服新首饰.到请客的一夜,他们坐了马车去赴有名的宴会,那儿的主人客人爱米丽亚一个也不认得.乔治先去找贝亚爱格思夫人,可是她认为给他请帖已经赏足了面子,没有睬他.他叫爱米丽亚在一张长椅子上坐下来,自管自走开了,让她一个人在那里想心思.他觉得自己真大方,又给她买新衣服,又带她上跳舞会,至于在跳舞会里她爱怎么消遣,只好随她的便.她的心思可并不怎么愉快,除了老实的都宾之外,也没人来打搅她.
她进场的时候简直没人理会,她丈夫因此大不惬意.罗登太太就不是这样,一露面就与众不同.她到得很晚,脸上光艳照人,衣服穿得捉不出一个错缝儿.四面全是大人物,好些人举起眼镜对她看,可是她不慌不忙,好像她从前在平克顿女学校带着小学生上教堂的时候那么镇定.许多原来认识她的人,还有好些花花公子,都上来围着她.太太小姐们窃窃私议,说她是给罗登从修院办的学校里带着私奔结婚的,又说她和蒙脱莫伦茜一家是亲戚关系.她的法文说的那么好,想来这话有些根据.大家认为她举止不凡,仪容也不俗.五十来个男人一起簇拥着她,希望她赏脸,肯和他们跳舞.可是她说已经有了舞伴,而且不预备多跳,一直走过来找爱米.爱米闷闷不乐的坐在那里,也没人睬她.罗登太太飞跑过来跟她最亲爱的爱米丽亚见面,摆出一脸倚老卖老的样子和她说话,弄得这可怜的孩子更加无地自容.她批评朋友的衣服头发,埋怨她的鞋子不像样,说第二天早晨一定要叫地自己的内衣裁缝跟爱米做衣服.她赌咒说跳舞会真有趣,到会的全是有名儿的人物,难得看见几个无名小卒.