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《浮华世界》又称《名利场》(Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero)是英国小说家威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷的讽刺小说,于1847年出版,并曾多次改编成电影与电视剧。书名早年中译为《名利场》,其改编的同名电影《浮华世界》是世界上第一部彩色电影。
今日港台译为《浮华世界》。
钱钟书曾在《管锥编》中翻译《名利场》中描写滑铁卢大战的结尾,英语原文为:
“ Darkness came down on the field and the city;and Amelia was praying for George,who was lying on his face,dead,with a bullet through his heart。 ”
译文
“夜色四罩,城中之妻方祈天保夫无恙,战场上之夫仆卧,一弹穿心,死矣。”