'Don't try to frighten me, sir,' said Tess stiffly.
“不要吓唬我，先生，”苔丝说。

'Well, I don't. If any living man can manage this horse I can: - I won't say any living man can do it - but if such has the power, I am he.'
“哦，我没有吓唬你。要是世界上有谁能够驾驭这匹马，那我也能够驾驭它：——我不是说世界上有人能够驾驭这匹马——如果有能够驾驭它的人，那个人就是我。”

'Why do you have such a horse?'
“你怎么会养了这样一匹马？”

'Ah, well may you ask it! It was my fate, I suppose. Tib has killed one chap; and just after I bought her she nearly killed me. And then, take my word for it, I nearly killed her. But she's touchy still, very touchy; and one's life is hardly safe behind her sometimes.'
“啊，你问得正好！我想这是我命中注定的。提布已经踢死一个人了；就在我把它买来不久，它就差一点儿没有把我踢死。后来，说实在的，我也差一点儿没有把它打死。不过它仍然脾气暴躁，非常暴躁；所以有时候坐在它的后面，一个人的性命就不保险了。”

They were just beginning to descend; and it was evident that the horse, whether of her own will or of his (the latter being the more likely), knew so well the reckless performance expected of her that she hardly required a hint from behind.
那时候他们正坐车下山；很显然，那匹马几乎不需要它后面的驾车人的任何暗示，无论是出于它自己的意思还是它主人的意思（可能后者的意思更多些），完全知道按照它主人所希望的那样不顾危险地飞跑起来。

Down, down, they sped, the wheels humming like a top, the dog-cart rocking right and left, its axis acquiring a slightly oblique set in relation to the line of progress; the figure of the horse rising and falling in undulations before them. Sometimes a wheel was off the ground, it seemed, for many yards; sometimes a stone was sent spinning over the hedge, and flinty sparks from the horse's hoofs outshone the daylight. The aspect of the straight road enlarged with their advance, the two banks dividing like a splitting stick; one rushing past at each shoulder.
他们飞快地向山下冲去，狗车的轮子像陀螺似地嗡嗡直响，左右不停地摇晃着，车轴也同前进的直线形成了轻微的斜角；在他们的前面，马的躯体不停地上下颠簸着。有时候，马车有一个轮子离开了地面，好像跑出去好几码远；有时候，马车又带起一块石子，旋转着飞过树篱；马蹄踏在燧石上，火花飞溅出来，比日光还亮。随着他们的飞奔，笔直的道路变得更加开阔了，道路就像一根被劈开的木棍分成了两半，一边一半地，从他们身旁一闪而过。

The wind blew through Tess's white muslin to her very skin, and her washed hair flew out behind. She was determined to show no open fear, but she clutched d'Urberville's rein-arm.
风吹透了苔丝的平纹细布衣服，直达她的肤肌，她刚洗过的头发也被吹拂起来，飘在脑后。她决心不把她的害怕暴露出来，不过她还是把德贝维尔握着缰绳的胳膊紧紧抓住了。

'Don't touch my arm! We shall be thrown out if you do! Hold on round my waist!'
“别碰我的胳膊！你要是抓住我的胳膊，我们都会被摔出去的！你搂着我的腰好啦！”

She grasped his waist, and so they reached the bottom.
她把他的腰搂住了，两人就这样跑到了山下。