《第二十二條軍規(guī)》是美國作家 Joseph Heller 的一部諷喻小說。首次出版于1961年。本文是部分書摘。
Force is wrong, and two wrongs never make a right.
借助暴力是錯誤的，而兩個錯誤并不會負(fù)負(fù)得正疊加出一個正確。
To die or not to die, that was the question.... History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on it. That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance.
去死還是不去死，這就是問題 ... 歷史并沒有要求 Yossarian 早夭，Yossarian 的生死無關(guān)公正性、不影響戰(zhàn)爭進(jìn)展、也不決定勝敗。人會死是自然規(guī)律；但具體到哪個人會死則由一些其它情形而定，而 Yossarian 最不想成為的就是為形勢所迫的受害者。
Yossarian understood that they were different people together in daylight than they were alone in the dark.
Yossarian 明白，他們白天在一起時和晚上獨(dú)自一人時是不同的。
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
國家處于危險中；他正危及到他傳統(tǒng)的自由和獨(dú)立的權(quán)利，而危及它們的正是因?yàn)樗尤荒懜覍?shí)踐這些權(quán)利。
Every victim was a culprit, every culprit a victim, and somebody had to stand up sometime to try to break the lousy of inherited habit that was imperiling them all.
每個受害人都是罪犯，每個罪犯都是受害人，有時必須有人站出來努力打破這一討厭的積習(xí)，它使所有人都處于危險中。
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
第二十二條軍規(guī)說，他們有權(quán)做任何我們無法阻止他們?nèi)プ龅氖虑椤?/p>
What did matter was that everyone thought it existed, and that was much worse, for there was no object or text to ridicule or refute, to accuse, criticize, attack, amend, hate, revile, spit at, rip to shreds, trample upon or burn up.
重要的是每個人都認(rèn)為它存在，這更糟，因?yàn)檫@使得我們失去了可以嘲弄、駁斥、指責(zé)、批評、攻擊、修訂、痛恨、辱罵、唾棄、撕碎、踐踏或燒掉的目標(biāo)或文字。
The men were perfectly content to fly as many missions as we asked as long as they thought they had no alternative. Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy. So the blame is all yours.
只要這些人以為他們別無選擇，那我們要求他們執(zhí)行多少次飛行任務(wù)都沒關(guān)系，他們一樣很開心�，F(xiàn)在你給了他們希望，他們不開心了。所以都是你的錯。
（一段對話）
"He didn't influence me. You know what I might do? I might stay right here in this hospital bed and vegetate. I could vegetate very comfortably right here and let other people make the decisions."
“他沒有影響我。你知道我會怎么做嗎？我就待在這個醫(yī)院里，像棵植物。我可以在這兒很舒服地做一棵植物，讓別人做決定�！�
"You must make decisions," Major Danby disagreed. "A person can't live like a vegetable."
“你必須要做決定，” 少校 Danby 不同意�！耙粋�人不能活得像棵植物�！�
"Why not?"
“為什么不能？”
A distant warm look entered Major Danby's eyes. "It must be nice to live like a vegetable," he conceded wistfully.
一縷遙遠(yuǎn)的暖意進(jìn)入了少校 Danby 的目光。“能像一棵植物一樣生活一定很愜意，” 他神往地表示同意。
"It's lousy," answered Yossarian.
“那糟透了，” Yossarian 回答。
"No, it must be very pleasant to be free from all this doubt and pressure," insisted Major Danby. "I think I'd like to live like a vegetable and make no important decisions. "
“才不，能遠(yuǎn)離所有這些疑問和壓力一定妙極了，” 少校 Danby 堅(jiān)持道。“我想我寧愿像棵植物一樣活著，不用做重要決定。”
"What kind of a vegetable, Danby?"
“哪一種植物呢，Danby？”
"A cucumber or a carrot."
“一根黃瓜或胡蘿卜�！�
"What kind of cucumber? A good one or a bad one?"
“什么樣的黃瓜？好的還是壞的？”
"Oh, a good one, of course."
“哦，好的，當(dāng)然了�！�
"They'd cut you off in your prime and slice you up for a salad."
“他們會在你最好的時候把你砍下來，切片做沙拉�！�
Major Danby's face fell. "A poor one, then."
少校 Danby 的臉色黯淡了�！澳蔷妥鰤牡��！�
"They'd let you rot and use you for fertilizer to help the good ones grow."
“他們會讓你爛掉，然后給其它好黃瓜做肥料。”
"I think I don't want to live like a vegetable, then," said Major Danby with a smile of resignation.
“那我想我不愿意像植物一樣活著了，” 少校 Danby 帶著投降的微笑說。
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