Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

An English translation ought to be idiomatic and interesting, not only to the scholar, but also to the unlearned reader.

一个英文翻译应该既符合习惯用法又有趣味，不仅对学者，而且对未受教育的读者也是如此。

The excellence of a translation will consist, not merely in the faithful rendering of words, or in the composition of a sentence only, or yet of a single paragraph, but in the colour and style of the whole work.

翻译的卓越之处不仅仅在于逐字逐句的忠实翻译，或仅限于单个句子或段落的构造，而在于整个作品的色彩和风格。