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usylessly unreadable blue book of eccles

Chinese translation: 无用难读的蓝色传道书


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14:58 Apr 17, 2010
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / irish literature
English term or phrase: usylessly unreadable blue book of eccles
It is a piece of words from Ulysses by Joyce.
liwei zhu
Local time: 14:27
Chinese translation:无用难读的蓝色传道书
Explanation:
It's a play of words. James Joyce punningly refers to his own work" Ulysses" as an "Usylessly unreadable blue book of eccles"
Usylessly- uselessly
blue- the book was in blue cover
eccles- Ecclesiastes 传道书
好的中文翻译应该也是压韵的，但一时想不出太好的答案，算是抛砖引玉吧。
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Su Hong
United States
Local time: 09:27
Grading comment
Many Thanks. The explanation is very good as well.
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3 +2无用难读的蓝色传道书
Su Hong
4没用并晦涩难懂的蓝皮传道书
Dr JM Chen, PhD


  

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无用难读的蓝色传道书


Explanation:
It's a play of words. James Joyce punningly refers to his own work" Ulysses" as an "Usylessly unreadable blue book of eccles"
Usylessly- uselessly
blue- the book was in blue cover
eccles- Ecclesiastes 传道书
好的中文翻译应该也是压韵的，但一时想不出太好的答案，算是抛砖引玉吧。

Su Hong
United States
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many Thanks. The explanation is very good as well.

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agree  wenjie
13 hrs
  -> Thank you. writer2010.
agree  Guei Lin
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  -> Thank you. Guei Lin.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
没用并晦涩难懂的蓝皮传道书


Explanation:
A quote from《芬尼根守靈夜》（Finnegans Wake）by 詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce）, which has been used by many readers/critics to refer to the book itself. (please see references below)


Example sentence(s):
  • 《芬尼根守靈夜》显得比《尤利西斯》更加晦涩难懂
  • This has led many readers and critics to apply Joyce's oft-quoted description in the Wake of Ulysses as his "usylessly unreadable Blue Book of Eccles"[37] to the Wake itself.

    Reference: http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce
Dr JM Chen, PhD
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
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Asker: Many thanks. The reference is of great help.

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