经典重译之股票大作手回忆录(306)
原文(336):
When I returned to New York early in 1917 I paid back all the money I owed,which was over a million dollars.It was a great pleasure to me to pay my debts.I might have paid it back a few months earlier,but I didn't for a very simple reason.I was trading actively and successfully and I needed all the capital I had.
I owed it to myself as well as to the men I considered my creditors to take every advantage of the wonderful markets we had in 1915 and 1916.I knew that I would make a great deal of money and I wasn't worrying because I was letting them wait a few months longer for money many of them never expected to get back.
I did not wish to pay off my obligations in driblets or to one man at a time,but in full to all at once.So as long as the market was doing all it could for me I just kept on trading on as big a scale as my resources permitted.
I wished to pay interest,but all those creditors who had signed releases positively refused to accept it.The man I paid off the last of all was the chap I owed the eight hundred dollars to,who had made my life a burden and had upset me until I couldn't trade.I let him wait until he heard that I had paid off all the others.Then he got his money.I wanted to teach him to be considerate the next time somebody owed him a few hundreds.
And that is how I came back.
其他版本译文(336):
我在1917年初回到纽约后,就还清了所有的欠债,一共100多万,这对我来说是一件大快心意的事情。本来,我可以在几个月前就能还清,只是有个小原因致使我没有还账。那时,我正处在交易期,做得很不错,正是我需要钱的时候。我得用我赚的钱和他们的钱,在1915年和1916年的繁荣市场中,利用好所有的时机。我清楚会大赚,不需要为此担心,所以我让他们再耐心等我几个月,而其中有的人甚至不指望能要回欠款了。我不想每次还一点儿,或者每次还一个人,我要还钱就一次性全部还清所有人的债务。所以,只要市场尽其所能地帮助我,我就会利用手中所有的资金去交易。
我提出了支付利息的想法,可所有与我签过拖欠协议的人都不要利息。我最后还清债务的那人,就是那个我欠了800美元的人。那时候,他给我增添了不少压力,让我非常不爽,不能轻松地去赚钱。我把他放到最后,一直到他知道我还清了其他所有人的欠账,他才拿到了那点儿钱。我想让他学会在别人欠他几百美元的时候,要换位思考。
这就是我东山再起的过程。
我的译文(336):
1917年初我回到纽约,还清了所有欠款,总额超过一百万美元。终于能还清债务了,这让我感到了极大的满足与自豪。其实我本可以提前几个月还清,但我没那么做,原因也很简单——我当时正忙于交易,而且很成功,我需要这所有的资金来助力我的交易。
1915年和1916年,市场环境大好,我不能只为自己挣钱,也有责任让我的债主们因此而受益。我知道自己会赚到很多的钱,而且我不是不打算还钱,只是让他们再多等几个月,这么一想,我也就可以心无挂碍的进行交易了。毕竟这些钱,他们中的很多人根本就没指望能收回去。
我不想零打碎敲地还债,或者一次只还清一个人的,而是要一次性全额还清所有人。所以只要市场还能为我创造盈利,我就要尽我最大的财力持续投入,尽最大规模的去交易。
我本想支付利息,但所有签过债务豁免协议的债主都明确拒绝了。而那个借给我八百美元的人,我把他排在了所有债主的最后面。就因为这八百美元,他把我的日子搅得一团糟,整得我心烦意乱无法交易。我让他一直等着,当他听说我已经还清了其他所有人的欠款时,我才把钱给他。我就是要教教他,下次再有人欠他几百美元时,应该学会体谅别人。
就这样,我东山再起!(译者注: 王者归来!这是我十分想再添的一句。)
引用依据:
1. Edwin Lefèvre: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
2. 《股票大作手回忆录》([美] 埃德温·勒菲弗 著,汤前燕 译)
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