试译 1066 and All That:第十章

2022.12.21

Edward the Confessor

忏悔者爱德华

ON HIS DEATH Canute’s Kingdom was divided between two further sons, who had been previously overlooked, Aftercanute and Harold Harebrush. These were succeeded by Edward the Confessor. It was about this time that the memorable Mac Beth (‘Ian Hay’), known as the Bane of Fife, murdered a number of his enemies, including Mac Duff, Lord Dunsinaney, Sleep, etc. Edward the Confessor was with difficulty prevented from confessing to all these and many other crimes committed in his reign, as he was in the habit of confessing everything whether he had done it or not, and was thus a Weak King.

卡努特死后,他的王国被两个之前备受忽视的儿子嘎u分了,一个是阿夫特卡努特,一个是哈罗德·哈尔布拉什。接替他们的是忏悔者爱德华。正是在这个时期,麦克白(伊恩·黒),也就是大家所知的火之梦魇,谋杀了一连串他的仇敌,包括麦道夫(Mac Duff)、道辛纳尼勋爵、思利普等。忏悔者爱德华在其统治期间,沉浸在对各种罪行的忏悔中无法自拔,也不管罪行是不是他自己犯下的,他把忏悔变成了一种习惯。因此,他是一个软弱的国王。

The Last English King

最后一位盎格鲁国王

With Edward the Confessor perished the last English King (viz. Edward the Confessor), since he was succeeded by Waves of Norman Kings (French), Tudors (Welsh), Stuarts (Scottish), and Hanoverians (German), not to mention the memorable Dutch King-Williamanmary.

忏悔者爱德华是最后一位盎格鲁国王,他的去世意味着盎格鲁王朝的终结。他之后的继任者包括一连串的诺曼国王(法国人)、都铎家族(威尔士人)、斯特亚特家族(苏格拉人)和汉诺威人(德国人),更别提令人难忘的来自荷兰的威廉和玛丽了。