莎剧译选和比读: Signior Hortensio, 'twixt such frie ...

PETRUCHIO
Signior Hortensio, 'twixt such friends as we
Few words suffice; and therefore, if thou know
One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife,
As wealth is burden of my wooing dance,
Be she as foul as was Florentius' love,
As old as Sibyl and as curst and shrewd
As Socrates' Xanthippe, or a worse,
She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
Affection's edge in me, were she as rough
As are the swelling Adriatic seas:
I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;
If wealthily, then happily in Padua.
(选自《驯悍记》第一幕第二场)

朱生豪  译：

彼特鲁乔 

霍坦西奥，咱们是知己朋友，用不着多说废话。如果你真认识什么女人，财富多到足以作彼特鲁乔的妻子，那么既然我的求婚主要是为了钱，无论她怎样淫贱老丑，泼辣凶悍，我都一样欢迎；尽管她的性子暴躁得像起着风浪的怒海，也不能影响我对她的好感，只要她的嫁奁丰盛，我就心满意足了。