Lu Xun Diary of a Madman translation, VI
鲁迅 狂人日記 六
This is a sentence-by-sentence translation of the sixth chapter of 狂人日記 (Diary of a Madman) by 鲁迅 (Lu Xun).
As always, the translation here aims to be fairly literal at the expense of sounding idiomatic in English.
黑漆漆的，不知是日是夜。 It’s pitch black, and I don’t know if it’s day or night.
趙家的狗又叫起來了。 The Zhao’s dog has started barking again.
獅子似的兇心，兔子的怯弱，狐狸的狡猾…… The fierceness of a lion, the timidity of a rabbit, the cunning of a fox…
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