'I wish for no better, sir,' said she with something of dignity.
“我也不再希望更好的姓了，先生，”她带着几分自尊说。

For a moment - only for a moment - when they were in the turning of the drive, between the tall rhododendrons and conifers, before the lodge became visible, he inclined his face towards her as if - but, no: he thought better of it, and let her go.
有一会儿——仅仅有一会儿——当他们走到大车道转弯的地方，在高大的杜鹃树和针叶树中间，在门房看不见的地方，他曾向她把脸伸过去，仿佛要——不过他没有把脸伸过去：他仔细想了想，就放苔丝走了。

Thus the thing began. Had she perceived this meeting's import she might have asked why she was doomed to be seen and coveted that day by the wrong man, and not by some other man, the right and desired one in all respects - as nearly as humanity can supply the right and desired; yet to him who amongst her acquaintance might have approximated to this kind, she was but a transient impression, half forgotten.
故事就这样开始了。要是她已经看出了这次会面将意味着什么，她也许就要问一问，为什么命中注定那天看见她并垂涎她美色的是一个卑鄙下流的人，而不是另外那个在各方面都让她感到可心可意的人——一个刚好在人类中间能够找到的让她可心可意的人；可是在她认识的接近这一标准的人中间，她在那个人心中只留下一个短暂的印象，并且差不多已经被他忘记了。

In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving. Nature does not often say 'See!' to her poor creature at a time when seeing can lead to happy doing; or reply 'Here!'to a body's cry of 'Where?'till the hide and seek has become an irksome, outworn game. We may wonder whether at the acme and summit of the human progress these anachronisms will be corrected by a finer intuition, a closer interaction of the social machinery than that which now jolts us round and along; but such completeness is not to be prophesied, or even conceived as possible. Enough that in the present case, as in millions, it was not the two halves of a perfect whole that confronted each other at the perfect moment; a missing counterpart wandered independently about the earth waiting in crass obtuseness till the late time came. Out of which maladroit delay sprang anxieties, disappointments, shocks, catastrophes, and passing-strange destinies.
在世间一切事物中，恰当适宜的计划执行起来就变成失当，渴求的呼唤很少引来应答呼唤的人，恋爱的人也很少同恋爱的时机刚好一致。每当见面可能导致美满的结果时，造物主往往不在那个时候对她的可怜生灵说一声“见面吧”，或者每当捉迷藏的游戏把人累得精疲力竭心里厌烦的时候，造物主也不对高呼“在哪儿”的人回答一声“在这儿”。也许我们渴望知道，当人类的进步到达完美的顶点时，人类的直觉更加敏锐了，把我们颠来倒去的社会机器配合得更加紧密了，在那个时候，时代的错误会不会得到改正；不过这种完美现在是无法预言的，甚至也是不可能想象出来的。我们知道的只是，在目前的事例中，就像在千百万的事例中一样，不是一个完美整体的两个部分在一个完美的时刻互相碰到了一起；而是与其相配的一半迷失了，孤零零地在世上漂泊，浑浑噩噩地等待着，一直等到先前那个时刻的到来。也就在这种糊里糊涂等待的笨拙延宕中，生出了种种焦虑、失望、恐惧、灾难，以及种种短暂的离奇的命运。

When d'Urberville got back to the tent he sat down astride on a chair reflecting, with a pleased gleam in his face. Then he broke into a loud laugh.
德贝维尔回到帐篷以后，就叉开双腿坐在椅子上沉思起来，脸上闪现出得意的神气。接着，他就哈哈大笑起来。

'Well, I'm damned! What a funny thing! Ha-ha-ha! And what a crumby girl!'
“哈，我真走运呀！多有趣的一件事啊！哈——哈——哈！真是一个叫人馋涎欲滴的小姑娘啊！”