Letters Live丨英國版《見字如面》——茱麗葉特讀給《紐約客》的求職信(2)

《Letters Live》(見信如晤) ，又稱英國版《見字如面》。節(jié)目邀請音樂、影視、文藝界的名人,如卷福、抖森等,現(xiàn)場朗讀近一個世紀(jì)以來令人難忘的書信。以下是Letters Live丨英國版《見字如面》——茱麗葉特讀給《紐約客》的求職信(2)的資料，希望對你有所幫助！

 

That shows you how my mind works — quick, and away from the point. I read simply voraciously, and can drum up an opinion afterwards.

這能告訴你們我的思維方式—靈敏，與眾不同。我如饑似渴地博覽群書，并能在閱讀后得出自己的見解。

Since I have bought an India print, and a large number of phonograph records from a Mr. Nussbaum who picks them up, and a Cezanne Bathers one inch long (that shows you I read e. e. cummings I hope), I am anxious to have an apartment, not to mention a small portable phonograph. How I would like to work for you! A little paragraph each morning — a little paragraph each night, if you can't hire me from daylight to dark, although I would work like a slave. I can also draw like Mr. Thurber, in case he goes off the deep end. I have studied flower painting.

我最近買了一幅印度版畫，從一位名叫努斯鮑姆的先生那里買了許多他收集的唱片，還買了幅一英寸長的塞尚的《沐浴者》（Cezanne's Bathers）[我希望這能讓你們知道，我讀e.e. 卡明斯（e. e. Cummings）]，所以我迫切需要一間公寓，更急需一臺手提小唱片機。我多么希望為你們工作！每天早上寫一小篇文章—如果你們不能全職雇用我，那就每天晚上寫一篇小文章，我愿意像奴隸一般拼命工作。我可以模仿詹姆斯·瑟伯（James Thurber）的畫風(fēng)，以防他哪一天畫出突發(fā)奇想的作品。我學(xué)過畫花卉。

 

There is no telling where I may apply, if you turn me down; I realize this will not phase you, but consider my other alternative: the U of N.C. offers for $12.00 to let me dance in Vachel Lindsay's Congo. I congo on. I rest my case, repeating that I am a hard worker.

如果貴刊拒絕了我，我不知道會去何處求職。我明白這不能影響你們的決定，但是請考慮我的另一個選擇：北卡羅來納大學(xué)出價12 美元，讓我在韋切爾·林賽（Vachel Lindsay）的《剛果河》（Congo ）里起舞?！秳偣印分虏辉儋樖?，就此擱筆。多說一次，我工作很努力。

Truly yours,

真誠的

Eudora Welty

尤多拉·韋爾蒂

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