The Merchant of Venice(II)
PART 1
D: Have mercy on Antonio, Shylock. Do not be so bitter.
S: I've promised to take my pound of flesh. If you do not let me have it, that will be a sign of weakness and no one will trust your laws any more。 The greatness of Venice will soon be lost。 Antonio is my enemy, and I hate him。 经典片段
B: Do all men kill the things they do not love?
公爵:宽恕安东尼奥吧,夏洛克,别这样怀恨在心。
夏洛克:我说过一定要拿走我应得的那一磅肉。要是您不准许我得到它,那将是一种软弱的表现,人们将不再信你们的法律了。威尼斯不久就会丧失它的伟大。安东尼奥是我的敌人,我恨他。
巴萨尼奥:难道所有的人都要铲除他们所不爱的东西吗?
A: It is useless trying to argue with Shylock. Don’t wait any longer. Pass judgement on me and give Shylock what he wants.
B: I’ll pay you six thousand ducats for the three thousand ducats that Antonio borrowed.
S: If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh. Give me my pound of flesh!
D: Let us be calm, gentlemen。 Shylock, how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none?
S: I have done nothing wrong and I fear no judgement。 I desire my pound of flesh。
As the Duke is wondering what to do, Nerissa, dressed like a lawyer's clerk, arrives with a letter from the famous lawyer whom Portia has visited。 While the Duke is talking to Nerissa, Shylock gets ready to cut his pound of flesh from Antonio。
Then the letter is read out for all in the court to hear. "I am very ill. When your letter reach
ed me, I had with me a .learned young doctor from Rome. I told him about the quarrel between Shylock and Antonio。 We studied many lawbooks and he knows what I would say. I ask you to let him stand in my place and give judgement。 He is young, but I never knew so young a body with so wise a head.”
After the letter has been read out to the court, Portia, in lawyer's clothes, enters the room and takes her seat as judge.
安东尼奥:跟夏洛克讲理是没有用的。别再等待了。对我宣判吧,把夏洛克想要得到的东西给他。
巴萨尼奥:我将付给你六千块钱,用来归还安东尼奥借的那三千块钱。
夏洛克:即使你愿意我六倍于你刚才提出的钱数,我仍然要拿我应得的那一磅肉。把那一磅肉判给我!
公爵:先生们,请安静。夏洛克,如果你不宽恕别人,你自己怎能希望得到别人的宽恕呢?
夏洛克:我并没有做错事,我不怕审判。我要求给我应得的那一磅肉。
正当公爵不知道应该怎么办的时候,尼莉莎打扮成一个律师的书记员,带着鲍西娅刚拜访过的那位著名的律师的一封信,来到法庭。当公爵与尼莉莎谈话时,夏洛克准备好要从安东尼奥身上割下他应得的一磅肉.
这时,当庭宣读了律师的信."我重病缠身。收到你的信时,我正同一位从罗马来的很有学问的年轻博士在一起。我把夏洛克与安东尼奥之间的争执对他讲了。我们研究了很多法典,因此他知道我想要说的话。我请您让他替我作出判决。他很年轻,但是,我还从来不知道有这么年轻又这么聪明的人。”
这封信当庭宣读之后,鲍西娅穿着律师的衣服进屋来了。她作为法官就座了。