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2202124  Introduction to Translation

Fiction (English-Thai) #3 Discussion

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3.    William Pearl did not leave a great deal of money when he died, and his will was a simple one. With the exception of a few bequests to relatives, he left all his property to his wife.

The lawyer and Mrs Pearl went over it together in the lawyer’s office, and when the business was completed, the widow got up to leave. At that point, the lawyer took a sealed envelope from the folder on his desk and held it out to his client.

Mrs Pearl accepted the envelope and went out into the street. She paused on the pavement, feeling the thing with her fingers. A letter of farewell from William? Probably, yes. A formal letter. The man was incapable of acting otherwise. He had never done anything informal in his life.

 

My dear Mary, I trust that you will not permit my departure from this world to upset you too much, but that you will continue to observe those precepts which have guided you so well during our partnership together. Be diligent and dignified in all things. Be thrifty with your money. Be very careful that you do not…et cetera.

A typical William letter.

Discussion

Note that the English text is adapted from the short story: Roald Dahl.  “William and Mary.”  Kiss Kiss.  (New York: Knopf, 1960).  See more text at http://www.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~ucoluk/yazin/William_and_Mary.html

-  And his will was a simple one.

• และพินัยกรรมของเขาก็ไม่ได้มีอะไรซับซ้อน

• และพินัยกรรมของเขาก็ง่ายๆ

-  feeling the thing with her fingers

-  The man was incapable of acting otherwise.

• สามีเธอทำแบบอื่นไม่เป็น

  สามีเธอทำอย่างอื่นไม่เป็น

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