The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.

  • -- Clifford Geertz 吉尔兹

人类学中文学批评的意义不在于取代研究,而在于发现我们是如何具有说服力的。

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I think sometimes I'm more fond of doing the research for the character because you learn so much. Sometimes shooting is really difficult because you wake up early and you're always hurrying. And sometimes I don't know what I'm doing. I'm here and there.

我觉得有时候我更喜欢为角色做研究,因为你学到了很多。有时候拍摄真的很难,因为你醒得很早,总是匆匆忙忙的。有时我不知道自己在做什么。我在这里和那里。

You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.

你可以做最好的研究,提出最有力的学术论点,但如果读者没有读完第三段,你就浪费了你的精力和宝贵的墨水。

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

雕刻的规则适用于批评;能用勺子切东西,切莫用刀。

There will always be someone to take your place, but no one can every replace you.

总会有人取代你的位置,但没有人可以取代你。

Everybody's seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip mall.

每个人都见过他们熟悉的小溪或树林被一个购物中心所取代。

The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.

指责带给你刺痛,正是它的忠实之处。