双语·少年维特的烦恼 二月十七日
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FEBRUARY 17.
I fear that my ambassador and I shall not continue much longer together. He is really growing past endurance. He transacts his business in so ridiculous a manner, that I am often compelled to contradict him, and do things my own way; and then, of course, he thinks them very ill done. He complained of me lately on this account at court; and the minister gave me a reprimand,—a gentle one it is true, but still a reprimand. In consequence of this, I was about to tender my resignation, when I received a letter, to which I submitted with great respect, on account of the high, noble, and generous spirit which dictated it. He endeavoured to soothe my excessive sensibility, paid a tribute to my extreme ideas of duty, of good example, and of perseverance in business, as the fruit of my youthful ardour, an impulse which he did not seek to destroy, but only to moderate, that it might have proper play and be productive of good. So now I am at rest for another week, and no longer at variance with myself. Content and peace of mind are valuable things: I could wish, my dear friend, that these precious jewels were less transitory.
二月十七日
我担心，我的公使与我共事不长了。这个简直叫你受不了。他办公和处理问题的方式十分可笑，我常常禁不住要讲出自己的看法来，或者干脆按照自己的想法和方式行事，结果自然从来不能令他满意。最近他到宫里去告了我，部长也就给了我一个申斥，虽说相当和缓，但申斥毕竟是申斥。我已准备提出辞呈，这当口却收到了他的一封亲笔信；这是一封怎样的信呵！在它所包含的崇高、高尚和英明的思想面前，我不能不五体投地。他责备我有失偏激。他说，我对办事效率、对影响他人、对干预政务等等问题的想法，固然表现了年轻人的朝气，值得尊重，但是却操之过急；因此，他并不准备叫我打消这些想法，而只希望使它们和缓一点，只希望引导它们，让它们发挥好影响，产生积极切实的作用。真的，有八天之久，我感到深受鼓舞，心情格外舒畅。内心的平静确是一件珍宝，简直就是欢乐本身。亲爱的朋友，要是这珍宝既贵重美丽，又不易破碎就好喽！
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