The Merchant of Venice
剧情介绍：
威尼斯富商安东尼奥为了成全好友巴萨尼奥的婚事，向犹太人者夏洛克借债。由于安东尼奥贷款给人从不要利息，并帮夏洛克的女儿私奔，怀恨在心的夏洛克乘机报复，佯装也不要利息，但若逾期不还就从安东尼奥身上割下一磅肉。不久以后，传来了安东尼奥的商船失事的消息，他的资金周转不灵，无力偿还贷款。夏洛克去法庭控告，根据法律条文要安东尼奥履行诺言。为救安东尼奥的性命，巴萨尼奥的未婚妻鲍西娅假扮律师出庭。她答应了夏洛克的要求，但要求所割的一磅肉必须正好是一磅肉，不能多也不能少，更不能流血。夏洛克因无法执行而败诉，害人不成反而失去了财产。
第四幕第一场——威尼斯
 
Act IVScene I —Venice. A Court of Justice.(Enter the Duke; the Magnificoes; Antonio, Bassanio, Gratiano,Salarino, Salanio and Others)
法庭公爵、众绅士、安东尼奥、巴萨尼奥、葛莱西安诺、萨拉里诺、萨莱尼奥和其他人等同上。
 
Duke: What, is Antonio here?
Antonio: Ready, so please Your Grace.
公爵：安东尼奥到了没？
安东尼奥：到了，殿下。
 
Duke: I feel sorry for you. Because the opponent you will face in court is a stonehearted , inhuman, and unsympathetic wretch who lacks
公爵：我为你感到很遗憾，因为你即将面临的法庭对手有一副铁石心肠，是个毫无人性、不懂得怜悯与同情，一贯缺乏慈爱之心的恶人。
 
Antonio: I have heard Your Grace hath ta'en great pains to qualify hisrigorous course; but since he stands obdurate and that no lawful meanscan carry me out of his envy's reach, I do oppose my patience to his fury,and am arm'd to suffer, with a quietness of spirit, the very tyranny andrage of his.
安东尼奥：我听说您已经竭尽全力，试图阻止他的任意妄为。但是，既然他固执己见，不肯让步，而且没有任何合法的手段可以救我脱离这个犹太人的毒手，我必定要用忍耐来对抗他的愤怒，我准备好了以平常的心态承受他残暴的处置。
 
Duke: Go one, and call the Jew into the court.
公爵：来人，传那犹太人到庭。
 
Salarino: He's ready at the door: he comes, my lord.
萨拉里诺：他就在门口等着。他来了，殿下。
 
(Enter Shylock)Duke: Make room, and let him stand before our face. Shylock, theworld thinks, and I think so too, that thou but lead'st this fashion of thymalice to the last hour of act; and then 'tis thought thou'lt show thy mercyand remorse more strange than is thy strange-apparent cruelty; andwhere thou now exact'st the penalty, which is a pound of this poor mer-chant's flesh, thou wilt not only loose the forfeiture, but, touch'd with hu-man gentleness and love, forgive a moiety of the principal; glancing aneye of pity on his losses, that have of late so huddled on his back, enowto press a royal merchant down, and pluck commiseration of his statefrom brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint, from stubborn Turks andTartars, never train'd to offices of tender courtesy. We all expect a gentleanswer,
（夏洛克上）公爵：大家让开点，让他站在我的面前。夏洛克，人家都以为而且我也是这样想的，尽管你到了最后时刻仍然表现得残酷无情，实际上却会大发慈悲，你体恤人的方式一定比你的残酷行为更加出人意料。虽然你现在坚持按约处罚，要从这个可怜的商人身上割下一块肉来，但你最终可能不仅会放弃处罚，而且会因为心中的友爱之情，免除他的一部分欠款，你看看他最近遭受的巨大损失，即使是像国王那样富有的人也免不了倾家荡产，全国人——包括心肠坚硬得像顽石一样的人、从未受过教育的野蛮人、彬彬有礼的宫廷官员，都会同情他的境遇。犹太人，我们都在期待你作出温和的答复。
 
Jew.Shylock: I have possess'd Your Grace of what I purpose; and by ourholy Sabbath have I sworn to have the due and forfeit of my bond: if youdeny it, let the danger light upon your charter and your city's freedom.You'll ask me, why I rather choose to have a weight of carrion flesh thanto receive three thousand ducats: I'll not answer that: but, say, it is my hu-mour: is it answer'd? What if my house be troubled with a rat, and I bepleas'd to give ten thousand ducats to have it ban'd? What, are you an-swer'd yet? Some men th
ere are love not a gaping pig; some, that are madif they behold a cat; and others, when the bagpipe sings i’ the nose, can-not contain their urine: for affection, mistress of passion, sways it to themood of what it likes, or loathes. Now, for your answer; as there is no firm reason to be render'd, why he cannot abide a gaping pig; why he, a harm-less necessary cat; why he, a woollen bagpipe; but of force must yield tosuch inevitable shame as to offend, himself being offended; so can I giveno reason, nor I will not, more than a lodg'd hate and a certain loathing Ibear Antonio, that I follow thus a losing suit against him. Are you an-swer'd?
pines夏洛克：我的意思已经向殿下禀告过了；我也曾指着圣安息日起誓，一定要照约处罚安东尼奥。如果您不答应我的请求，那就是违反了宪章，威尼斯城邦的特权就有被取消的危险。如果您问我为什么我宁愿选择一块腐肉而不是三千块钱，我无言以对，我只能说我愿意这样——您满意我的回答吗？假如我的房间里有老鼠，我高兴出一万块钱把它们斩尽杀绝，那又怎么样？怎么，您明白我的意思了吗？我就这样和您说吧，为什么有人忍受不了一只烤乳猪，或者一只无辜且有益处的猫，为什么有的人听到风笛声就情不自禁地露出丑相，所有这些癖好都没有合适的理由，所以我也给不出理由，也不愿意寻任何借口，我
仅仅是处于对安东尼奥的宿怨和反感，才提出对他的诉讼，这样回答可以吗？
 
Bassanio: This is no answer, thou unfeeling man, to excuse the cur-rent of thy cruelty.
巴萨尼奥：这个回答不行。你这个冷酷无情的人，这也不能让人谅解你的残忍作为！
 
Shylock: I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
夏洛克：我的回答本来也不是为了讨好你。
 
Bassanio: Do all men kill the things they do not love?
巴萨尼奥：难道人们对于他们所不喜欢的东西，都一定要置之死地吗？
 
Shylock: Hates any man the thing he would not kill?
夏洛克：恨一个人难道就不能灭掉他吗？
 
Bassanio: Every offence is not a hate at first.
巴萨尼奥：初次的冒犯，不应该就引为仇恨吧。
 
Shylock: What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
夏洛克：什么！你愿意让毒蛇咬两次吗？
 
Antonio: I pray you, think you question with the Jew: you may aswell go stand upon the beach, and bid the main flood bate his usualheight; you may as well use question with the
wolf why he hath made theewe bleat for the lamb; you may as well forbid the mountain pines to wagtheir high tops and to make no noise when they are fretten with the gustsof heaven; you may as well do anything most hard, as seek to soften that-than which what's harder? — his Jewish heart: therefore, I do beseechyou, make no more offers, use no farther means, but with all brief andplain conveniency, let me have judgment, and the Jew his will.
安东尼奥：请你记住，你是在和这个犹太人讲话，你和他讲道理，不如站在海滩上，请求海潮不要涨到平常的高度；不如质问豺狼，为什么惹得母羊因失去羔羊而啼哭；你做任何事，都比求那犹太人的心变软要简单，所以我请你不要再白费力气，就让我痛痛快快地接受裁决，任那犹太人如愿以偿吧！
 
Bassanio: For thy three thousand ducats here is six.