Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

  • -- Ezra Pound 以斯拉镑

好的作家是那些保持语言效率的人。也就是说,保持准确,保持清晰。

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To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and where you know that the blood is ketchup.

对我来说,调动想象力要有效得多。例如,听到吱吱嘎嘎的脚步声比看到怪物的脸要有效得多,而怪物的脸通常看起来很可笑,而且你知道血是番茄酱。

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

随着机器变得越来越高效和完美,人类的伟大之处就会变得越来越明显:不完美。

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

作家是这样一种人,对他来说写作比别人更难。

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly.

我只知道自己在想什么,我想把它表达清楚。

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

没有什么比我们的秘密更让我们感到孤独了。