【汉译英】围炉夜话（第一三二则）无财非贫

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无财非贫，无学乃为贫；
# d0 ~0 w% S  a& A) G无位非贱，无耻乃为贱；
无年非夭，无述乃为夭；
无子非孤，无德乃为孤。
8 L* }4 l( P1 O" t$ }7 e+ K* nHaving no money doesn't equal poverty. Having no knowledge does.
Having no official position is not comtemptible. Having no sense of shame is.
Untimely death doesn't mean dying at a very young age. Untimely death means dying without having done anything commendable.
  {& L- _. X! D4 ^% e1 u! `5 {/ d5 FHaving no children doesn't equal true loneliness. Having no moral principles does.
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Untimely death doesn't mean dying at a very young age. Untimely death means dying without having done anything commendable.
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. @  s% G' x( x9 f& ]) h1 eUntimely death doesn't equal premature death. Untimely death equals dying without having done anything commendable.

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无财非贫，无学乃为贫；
% n0 U0 e' V: h* I  |无位非贱，无耻乃为贱；
无年非夭，无述乃为夭；
无子非孤，无德乃为孤。
Lacking money doesn't equal poverty. Lacking knowledge does.
Lacking official position isn't contemptible. Lacking a sense shame is.
: P* J4 i2 ?. P0 S8 E0 p$ WDying young doesn't equal untimely death. Dying without having done anything commendable does.
7 T( T1 a+ C, v! X+ m' C$ UHaving no children doesn't equal loneliness. Having no moral principles does.

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