一處不了又一處

Hawkes, The Story of the Stone Ch.59:

Patience looked in to see what the trouble was. ‘Forget about it!’ said Aroma. ‘It’s all over.’
只見平兒走來，問係何事。襲人等忙說：「已完了，不必再提。」

‘Well, they say “where mercy is possible, mercy should be shown”,’ Patience observed. ‘If you can see your way to letting her off, it certainly saves us some trouble.
平兒笑道：「得饒人處且饒人，得省的將就省些事也罷了。

I can’t understand it, though. It’s only a few days since Their Ladyships left, yet already the whole place seems to be in a state of mutiny.
能去了幾日？只聽各處大小人兒都作起反來了。

Before I’ve finished dealing with trouble in one place, it crops up in another. I scarcely know which way to turn.’
一處不了又一處，叫我不知管那一處的是。」

‘I thought we were the only ones,’ said Aroma. ‘I didn’t realize there were others.’
襲人笑道：「我只說我們這裡反了，原來還有幾處。」

‘Oh, this is nothing!’ said Patience. ‘There have been seven or eight outbreaks just during these last three or four days.
平兒笑道：「這算什麼。正和珍大奶奶算呢，這三四日的工夫， 一共大小出來了八九件了。

Compared with the others, this trouble of yours is a very minor affair. We’ve had something much more upsetting---and more ridiculous – than this to contend with.’
你這裡是極小的，算不起數兒來，還有大的可氣可笑之事。」

Aroma was curious to know what it was. But as to whether Patience told her or not, that will be revealed in the chapter which follows.
不知襲人問他果係何事，且聽下回分解。

來了來了

Hawkes, The Story of the Stone Ch.60:

Aroma, you will recall, had asked Patience what in particular it was that had been giving her so much trouble.

話說襲人因問平兒，何事這等忙亂。

Patience smiled mysteriously: ‘Something no one would ever guess. You’ll have a good laugh when I tell you. I won’t tell you for a few days yet, though, because I still haven’t quite got to the bottom of it---and I haven’t got time now, in any case.’

平兒笑道：「都是世人想不到的，說來也好笑， 等幾日告訴你，如今沒頭緒呢，且也不得閒兒。」

As if to prove that this was so, one of Li Wan’s little maids arrived at that very moment: ‘Miss Patience? Oh, there you are! Mrs Zhu’s waiting for you. Why don’t you come?’

一語未了，只見李紈的丫鬟來了， 說：「平姐姐可在這裡，奶奶等你，你怎麼不去了？」

‘I’m coming, I’m coming,’ said Patience, breaking away from the others with a laugh and hurrying after her.

平兒忙轉身出來，口內笑說：「來了，來了。」

Aroma and the others laughed, too. ‘She’s grown as popular as hot cakes since her mistress’s illness: everyone wants her at once!’

襲人等笑道：「他奶奶病了，他又成了香餑餑了，都搶不到手。」

Patience’s business with Li Wan is no part of our story. We remain with Bao-yu and the rest at Green Delights.

平兒去了不提。

飄然而去

Hawkes, The Story of the Stone ch.1:

One day, in the midst of its lamentings, it saw a monk and a Taoist approaching from a great distance, each of them remarkable for certain eccentricities of manner and appearance.

When they arrived at the foot of Greensickness Peak, they sat down on the ground and began to talk.

一日，正當嗟悼之際，俄見一僧一道，遠遠而來，生得骨格不凡，丰神迥異，來到這青埂峰下，席地坐談。

1.1. One day = 一日
1.2. in the midst of its lamentings = 正當嗟悼之際
1.2. it saw a monk and a Taoist = 俄見一僧一道
1.3. approaching from a great distance = 遠遠而來
1.4. each of them remarkable for certain eccentricities of manner and appearance = 生得骨格不凡，丰神迥異

2.1. When they arrived at the foot of Greensickness Peak = 來到這青埂峰下
2.2. they sat down on the ground and began to talk = 席地坐談
2.2.1. sat down on the ground = 席地
2.2.2. begain to talk = 坐談

The monk catching sight of a lustrous, translucent stone --- it was in fact the rejected building block which had now shrunk itself to the size of a fan-pendant and looked very attractive in tis new shape --- took it up on the palm of his hand and addressed it with a smile: ...

見著這塊鮮瑩明潔的石頭，且又縮成扇墜一般，甚屬可愛。那僧托於掌上，笑道：......

1.1. The monk catching sight of a lustrous, translucent stone = 見著這塊鮮瑩明潔的石頭
1.2. it was in fact the rejected building block which had now shrunk itself to the size of a fan-pendant = 且又縮成扇墜一般
1.2.1. it was in fact the rejected building block = 且又
1.4. and looked very attractive in its new shape = 甚屬可愛
1.5. took it up on the palm of his hand and addressed it with a smile = 那僧托於掌上，笑道
1.5.1. with a smile = 笑
1.5.2. addressed it = 道

`Ha, I see you have magical properties! But nothing to recommend you. I shall have to cut a few words on you so that anyone seeing you will know at once that you are something special.

形體倒也是個靈物了，只是沒有實在的好處；須得再鐫上幾個字，使人人見了，便知你是件奇物。

1.1. Ha, I see you have magical properties = 形體倒也是個靈物了
1.2. But nothing to recommend you = 只是沒有實在的好處
1.3. I shall have to cut a few words on you = 須得再鐫上幾個字
1.4. so that anyone seeing you = 使人人見了
1.5. will know at once that you are something special = 便知你是件奇物
1.5.1. will know at once = 便知

`After that I shall take you to a certain brilliant / successful / poetical / cultivated / aristocratic / elegant / delectable / luxurious / opulent locality on a little trip.'

然後攜你到那昌明隆盛之邦、詩禮簪纓之族、花柳繁華之地、溫柔富貴之鄉那裡去走一遭。

1.1. After that I shall take you to a certain locality on a little trip
= 然後攜你到裡去走一遭
1.2. brilliant successful = 昌明隆盛之邦
1.3. poetical cultivated aristocratic = 詩禮簪纓之族
1.4. elegant delectable = 花柳繁華之地
1.5. luxurious opulent = 溫柔富貴之鄉

The stone was delighted. `What words will you cut? Where is this place you will take me to? I beg to be enlightened.'

`Do not ask', replied the monk with a laugh. `You will know soon enough when the time comes.'

石頭聽了大喜，因問：「不知可鐫何字？攜到何方？望乞明示。」

那僧笑道：「你且莫問，日後自然明白。」

1.1. The stone was delighted = 石頭聽了大喜
1.2. What words will you cut? = 不知可鐫何字？
1.3. Where is this place you will take me to? = 攜到何方？
1.4. I beg to be enlightened = 望乞明示
1.4.1. beg = 望乞
1.4.2. enlightened = 明示

2.1. Do not ask = 你且莫問
2.2. replied the monk with a laugh = 那僧笑道
2.3. You will know soon enough when the time comes = 日後自然明白

And with that he slipped the stone into his sleeve and set off at a great pace with the Taoist. But where they both went to I have no idea.

說畢，便袖了，同那道人飄然而去，竟不知投向何方。

1.1. And with that = 說畢
1.2. he slipped the stone into his sleeve = 便袖了
1.3. and set off at a great pace with the Taoist = 同那道人飄然而去
1.3.1. at a great pace = 飄然
1.3.2. set off = 而去
1.4. But where they both went to I have no idea = 竟不知投向何方。

通靈

Hawkes, The Story of the Stone ch.1 :

Now this block of stone, having undergone the melting and moulding of a goddess, possessed magic powers. It could move about at will and could grow or shrink to any size it wanted.

誰知此石自經鍛煉之後，靈性已通，自去自來，可大可小。

1. Now this block of stone, having undergone the melting and moulding of a goddess = 誰知此石自經鍛煉之後
1.1. Now = 誰知
1.2. melting and moulding of a goddess = 鍛煉
1.3. of a goddess = //

2. possessed magic powers = 靈性已通

3. It could move about at will = 自去自來
3.1. at will = 自

4. and could grow or shrink to any size it wanted = 可大可小
4.1. it wanted = //

Observing that all the other blocks had been used for celestial repairs and that it was the only one to have been rejected as unworthy, it became filled with shame and resetment and passed its days in sorrow and lamentation.

因見眾石俱得補天，獨自己無才，不得入選，遂自怨自愧，日夜悲哀。

1. Observing that all the other blocks had been used for celestial repairs = 因見眾石俱得補天

2. and that it was the only one to have been rejected as unworthy = 獨自己無才，不得入選
2.1. the only one = 獨
2.2. unworthy = 無才
2.3. rejected = 不得入選

3. it became filled with shame and resetment = 遂自怨自愧
3.1. it became = 遂
3.2. shame and resetment = 自怨自愧

4. and passed its days in sorrow and lamentation = 日夜悲哀
4.1. passed its days = 日夜
4.2. in sorrow and lamentation = 悲哀

女媧

Hawkes, The Story of the Stone ch.1 :

Long ago, when the goddess Nue-wa was repairing the sky, she melted down a great quantity of rock and, on the Incredible Crags of the Great Fable Mountains, moulded the amalgam into 36501 large building blocks, each measuring 72 feet by 144 feet square.

卻說那女媧氏煉石補天之時，於大荒山無稽崖，煉成高十二丈、見方二十四丈大的頑石 三萬六千五百零一塊。

1. Long ago, when the goddess Nue-wa was repairing the sky = 卻說那女媧氏煉石補天之時
1.1. Long ago = 卻說
1.1. // = 煉石

2.1. she melted down a great quantity of rock (...) and moulded the amalgam into = 煉成
2.1. on the Incredible Crags of the Great Fable Mountains = 於大荒山無稽崖
2.2. into 36501 large building blocks = 頑石三萬六千五百零一塊
2.2.1. large building blocks = 頑石
2.3. each measuring 72 feet by 144 feet square = 高十二丈、見方二十四丈大
2.3.1. each = //
2.3.2. measuring = 大

She used 36500 of these blocks in the course of her building operations, leaving a single odd block unused, which lay, all on its own, at the foot of Greensickness Peak in the aforementioned mountains.

那媧皇只用了三萬六千五百塊，單單剩下一塊未用，棄在青埂峰下。

1. She used 36500 of these blocks in the course of her building operations = 那媧皇只用了三萬六千五百塊
1.1. used ... in the course of her building operations = 用
1.2. // = 只

2. leaving a single odd block unused = 單單剩下一塊未用
2.1. single old = 單單

3. which lay, all on its own, at the foot of Greensickness Peak in the aforementioned mountains = 棄在青埂峰下
3.1. which lay, all on its own = 棄
3.2. in the aforementioned mountains = //

看官

Hawkes, The Story of the Stone ch.1 :

Gentle Reader,

What, you may ask, was the origin of this book?

Though the answer to this question may at first seem to border on the absurd, reflection will show that there is a good deal more in it than meets the eye.

看官！你道此書從何而起？說來雖近荒唐，細玩頗有趣味。

1. Gentle Reader = 看官

2. What, you may ask, was the origin of this book? = 你道此書從何而起？
2.1. the origin = 從何而起

3. Though the answer to this question may at first seem to border on the absurd = 說來雖近荒唐
3.1. the answer to this question = 說來
3.2. Though ... at first seem to = 雖

4. reflection will show that there is a good deal more in it than meets the eye = 細玩頗有趣味
4.1. reflection = 細玩
4.2. a good deal more in it than meets the eye = 頗有趣味
4.3. a good deal = 頗有

盡歡至晚

紅樓夢第八回:

然後鳳姐坐了首席, 盡歡至晚無語.

Hawkes 譯本:

This left Xi-feng as principal guest, and she moved into the place of honour and stayed there for the rest of the day, enjoying herself immensely and not returning until late in the evening.