erthedeahtofhisparents，hedevot—ed muchofhistimeto“irdinghtewavesofpleasure，craessedbythemoonandwinds，spendinghisnighstamgngblossomsand willows．’’
(10)只为卓二姐身子瘦怯，时常三病四痛，他却又去飘风戏月，调弄人家妇女。(第一回)
译文：Butasthoughthesewerenotenoughhis‘inordinatedesires0ften drove him abroad“to rageiwht thewindsandplaywithhtemoonbeanl8，”，andseducethewivesanddaughtersofothermen．
(11)王婆道“大官人，你听我说：但凡‘挨光’的两个字最难。怎的是挨光?比如如今俗呼‘偷情’就是了。(第三回)
译文：“Listentome，mynoblegentlemna”，said MohterWnag．“In loveafairsit’SnotSOsim—piesa htat．Whatdoes‘love’meantoday?Stolenlove．’’
(12)何九道：“休得胡说!两日天气十分炎热，如何不走动些!”一面七手八脚葫芦提殓了，装入棺材内，两下用长命钉钉了。(第六回)
译文：“Nonsense!”Hesilencedhtem．“That’Stheresultofheat．Come on，take upthebody!”Andhurriedly，withsevenhandsandeightfeet，theyproceededtolayoutthebodyandputitinhtecofifn．
(13)那日却和西门庆做一处，打发王婆家去，二人在楼上任意纵横取乐。(第六回)
译文：atverydayshehadanassignationthherlover．MotherWna gwassentaway．SOthatnow......
(14)林氏道：“他又两夜没回家，只在里边歇哩。逐日搭着这伙乔人，只垄坠，把花枝般媳妇儿丢在房里，通不顾，如何是好?”(第六十九回)
译文：“ForsomedaysnOWhe’sbeengaddingabout the city，”Lady Lin replied，with a sigh．“Unfortunately he has faHen into bad company a—gain；he spendshisnightsamong lfowers and wil—lowtrees，andheleaveshisyoungwife，whoislovelyasa sprayofblossom，deserted athome．’’‘偷情”译作adultery也好，extramaritalaf-fairs也行，但stolenlove总显得有些别扭；“眠花卧柳”、“飘风戏月”、“惹草招风”都是同义词，英文里 |
