We often denote danger by red letters.
我们常常用红字表示危险.
" I have left thee to the scarlet letter, " replied Roger Chillingworth.
“ 我把你留给了红字, ” 罗杰-齐灵渥斯回答说.
And there was the scarlet letter on her breast!
而红字就在她胸前!
Lo, the scarlet letter which Hester wears!
看看吧, 海丝特佩戴着的红字!
" Mother,'said she, " what does the scarlet letter mean? "
“ 妈妈, ” 她说, “ 这红字到底是什么意思? ”
In truth, she seemed absolutely hidden behind it.
事实上, 她仿佛完全给红字遮住了.
The scarlet letter burned on Hester Prynne's bosom.
红字在海丝特-白兰的胸上燃烧.
And as for the scarlet letter, I wear it for the sake of its gold thread. "
至于这红字嘛, 我戴上是因为金线好看. ”
Is Hester Prynne the less miserable, think you, for that scarlet letter on her breast? "
你看, 海丝特-白兰是不是胸前佩戴了那红字,就不那么痛苦了 呢 ? ”
It was the scarlet letter in another form: the scarlet letter endowed with life!
孩子是另一种形式的红字,是被赋予了生命的红字!
So said Hester Prynne , and glanced her sad eyes downward at the scarlet letter.
海丝特-白兰就一边这么说着, 一边垂下双眸瞅着那红字.
Happy are you, Hester that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom!
你是有幸的, 海丝特,因为你能把红字公开地戴在胸前!
" And, discerning the scarlet letter on her breast, would scamper off with a strange, contagious fear. "
待 到看清她胸前的红字, 便怀着一种害怕受到传染的奇异的恐惧, 迅速逃开了.
" To begin a conversation with the wearer of the scarlet letter, in public . "
在 大庭广众 之中与红字的佩戴者讲起话来.
He made a step nigher, and discovered the scarlet letter.
他向前迈了一步, 发现了红字.