自己翻譯的幾則名言佳句 - 翻譯

Thomas Neill

"Of those who say nothing, few are silent."
那些不說話的人，沒幾個是自願沉默的。

[out] of those who have nothing substantive to say, few are silent...

這裡 say nothing 有「不說話」和「空談」的兩個意思，就是這句玩雙關語的地方。

最會空談的人佔滿了談論的空間。

The air is filled with emptiness.
The silence is deafening.

都是這類語句。

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