The Odyssey of Homer

The taste and the literary habits of each age demand different qualities in poetry, and therefore a different sort of rendering of Homer.

每个时代的品味和文学习惯都要求诗歌具有不同的特质，因此需要对荷马进行不同类型的翻译。

Without Chapman’s conceits, Homer’s poems would hardly have been what the Elizabethans took for poetry; without Pope’s smoothness, and Pope’s points, the Iliad and Odyssey would have seemed rude, and harsh in the age of Anne.

如果没有查普曼的奇思妙想，荷马的诗作就不会是伊丽莎白时代人们所认为的诗歌；如果没有蒲柏的流畅和精妙，伊利亚特和奥德赛在安妮时代就会显得粗俗和生硬。