This is quite presumptuous, and if writers are not allowed to be so — and quite often, in many places, they are not — I see no point in the writing of fiction.

这是很专横的，擅作主张。不过，假如作家们不允许这样做的话——在许多时候，许多地方，他们不允许这样做——我看不出写小说还有什么意义。

youdao

This is quite presumptuous, and if writers are not allowed to be so — and quite often, in many places, they are not — I see no point in the writing of fiction.

这是很专横的，擅作主张。不过，假如作家们不允许这样做的话——在许多时候，许多地方，他们不允许这样做——我看不出写小说还有什么意义。

youdao