It's dark. The other, dark, in the sense of gloomy, not good, bad; this is a hard time, a poor time, a wretched time, a miserable time.

因此称之为黑暗,另一个理由是,黑暗从悲观的角度来说就是不好的,坏的,这是一个艰难的时代,一个穷苦的时代,一个不幸的时代,一个悲惨的时代

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That's the pessimist view.

这是悲观的观点。

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So the pessimistic view...My read on it is almost as if you're saying that, "you don't want to grow up, you don't want to learn the rules of filmmaking or society. If you can maintain your innocence, you're sort of never die. You'll never have regret."

因此关于悲观主义观点，我的解读是,似乎你在说，你不想成长，你不想学电影的拍摄方法以及社会规则,如果你能够保持纯真，你就用不会逝去，你也不会有遗憾“

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That's what the pessimists say.

那是悲观主义者的说法。

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And from the fact, even if we were to agree with it, that it would've been better if we hadn't been born-- instead of feeling sorry for unborn Larry, Larry perhaps we should envy unborn Larry; that's what the pessimists say-- even if that were true, it wouldn't follow that suicide was an appropriate response.

从这个事实讲，即使我们同意，我们没有出生更好-,与其为没出生的Larry感到遗憾，也许我们应该嫉妒未出生的;,这正是悲观主义者的观点-,即使这是对的，也得不出自杀是适合的回应的结论。

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