《茶花女》第一章的节选

It is my considered view that no ine can invent fictional characters without first having made a lengthy study of people,just as it is impossible for anyone to speak a language that has not been properly mastered.
     (我认为,如果不对人进行深入细致的研究,是无法创造出艺术人物的,如同一个人必须先掌握某种语言的要领才能会讲它一样.)

   Since I am not yet f an age to invent,I must maie do with telling a tale.
     （由于我还不到创造的年龄，所以只能说是讲个故事。）
  I therefore invite the reader to believe to believe that this story is true.All the characters who appear in it,with the exception of the heroine,are still living.
      (因此我恳请读者相信，这个故事绝对真实。故事中涉及的所有人物，除女主人公外，都仍然健在。)
   I would further add that there,are reliable witnesses in Paris for most of the particulars which I bring together here,and they could voughfor their accuracy should my word nort be enough. By a singular turn or events, I alone  was alie to write them down since I alone was privy to the very last details without which it would have been quite impossible to piece together a full and satisfying account.
     (需要赘言的是，我所收集的大部分事实在巴黎都可以找到见证人。如果我的证据尚嫌不足，可叫他们来做证。然而，由于某种特殊情况，只有我能写下这一切，因为只有我能道清这件事情的原委。缺少这些来龙去脉，故事就不可能完整而又引人入胜了。）

谢谢 hacktobe