萨拉对钱并不感兴趣,可在印度发现钻石矿的故事却挺让人振奋的。几乎所有的人都为萨拉感到高兴,当然除了拉维尼娅。
Sara was not interested in money, but a story about diamond mines in India was exciting. Nearly everybody was very pleased for Sara, but not Lavinia, of course.
彼得拉克庆祝他们征服财富并登上顶峰的伟大成就。这就是尼科诺·马基雅维利所颠覆的传记传统。
Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top. This was the biographical tradition which Niccolò Machiavelli turned on its head.
维拉凡尼雅甚至连去建立一个公司都放弃了,因为她发现这个过程成本太贵,太复杂和太长。
Vanya Veras gave up even trying to set up a company because she found the process too expensive, too complicated and too long.
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