However dull work may be, it becomes bearable if it is a means of building up a reputation, whether in the world at large or only in one's own circle.

无论工作多么枯燥单调，如果它是能够使人逐渐成名的手段，无论是在世界上出名还是就在自己的圈子里出名，那么这工作就不再难以忍受了。

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In the world of intelligence, it's known as mirror-imaging: in this case, seeing in an enemy's mental structure a reflection of one's own feverish simplifications.

在知识分子的世界中，它被称之为镜像：在这种情况下，会把对手内心的揣测建立在自身一种狂热简化的映射之中。

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Yet the story remains a gripping one: the shadowy world of ex-Nazis hiding away in a far-off continent, Germany's own struggle of memory against forgetting, and a young country's clamorous desire for justice.

ECONOMIST: Adolf Eichmann