《秋天的色彩》的翻译第二段
然而，我们知道，衣食无忧仅仅是生活的一个方面，人们对生活的要求是多侧面的，文明程度越高，人们的心理需求就越高。尤其是老年人，他们和青年人一样，也有文化的需要，娱乐的需要，尊严的需要，成就感的需要，更何况他们已经走过了生命的大部分历程。他们要在生命的最后一个阶段活得更加舒心，活得更有色彩。在维也纳的日子里，我们见到的老年人，好像都生活得有滋有味的。我常常会被他们所感染。我由衷地敬佩他们积极的生活态度，我尤其欣赏他们那开朗的精神状态。因为我们语言不通，我无法和他们更深入地交流，我只能将我所看到的情景和场面白描似地记录下来。
Yet, we all know that supply of provisions and clothing is only one aspect of life; man's demand on life is many-sided. Higher the civilization, higher is man's psychological aspiration. This is especially true of old folks. Like young people, they have the need of cultural life, the need of recreation and amusement, the need of dignity and the need of accomplishment. Besides, having traversed greater part of their lives and unwilling to leave behind too many regrets, they want to, in their remaining years, make their lives easier and more substantial. During my stay in Vienna, I found that all the elderly people I met with seemed to enjoy their lives enormously. Contagiously, I couldn't help admiring them for their positive attitude toward life, especially their optimism. Because of the language barrier I could not go deep into our conversation. So, all I could do is record what I saw then and there in sketch forms.
注释：
1 “衣食无忧”：直译是not having to worry about...，但往下就接不上了，还不如从正面切入，译成supply of provisions and clothing为好。
2 “他们已经走过了......，享受同等待遇”：counterpart指“相对应的人；对手方”，如Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met his American counterpart Powell in New York。
3 “被他们所感染”：可别译成I was infected by them，人家还以为你得了传染病呢。contagious表示“有感染力的”，如contagious laughter。