There are only two kinds of people in the world. For example, one kind people eat the best grape and the other one save the best to the last. The former should have been optimistic as eating the best grape among the leftover, while the others should have been pessimistic as exactly the opposite. But in fact it is on the contrary as the later has hope while the former only has memory.
There are only two kinds of people on earth. Those eat the most teasted grapes first, others save the best for the last. Naturally the former should be optimistic, as every grape eaten is the best of remaining. The latter pessimistic, as every grape eaten is the worst of remaining, but in fact it's the opposite, since the latter still have hope but the former only have memory.
Only two kinds of people are living in the world. With a bunch of grapes, one kind of persons picks the best ones to eat first, and the other kind leaves the best to eat last. Accordingly, the former would be optimistic, because they ate the best grape every time; the later would be pessimistic, because each time they ate the worst. But the contrary is true: the second kind of people have hopes to go on along, while the first only have memories to recall.
There are two types of people in the world. One type chooses to eat the best grapes from the vine first and the other type tends to save the best for later. From this, one can conclude that first type is optimistic since they get the every single best one possible first and the latter group is pessimistic because every single grape they get is the worst one. But in reality it is the opposite of this, as the latter type holds onto hope while the former lives on in memories.
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill 成功和失败都不是终极目标，重要的是不停地追求。 1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln 最终重要的不是你活了多少年，而是你怎样活着 1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela 最值得骄傲的不是你从没有跌倒，而是每次跌到后，你都站起来。 2. 汉译英： 天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。 There are only two types of person in the world. Suppose there is a a cluster of grapes, one will pick the best to eat first, the other one will save the best to eat in the end. we might think that the first person will be optimistic because each grape he eat is alway the best among the remaining grapes and the second person will be percimistic because each grape he eat is alway the worst. But In fact, this is not true because the second person alway has hope and the first person only has memory.
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill 成功只是暂时的，失败了也不会丢了性命，鼓起勇气，砥砺向前才是最紧要的。 1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln 人的一生中，最重要的不是生命岁月的长短，而是那些岁月是否曾被赋予生命。 1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela 人生最宝贵的不在于是否跌倒，而是每次跌倒后的崛起。 天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。 There are only two kinds of people in the world. If given a bunch of grapes, for example, the first kind would begin with the best grapes, while the second would leave the best for last. Supposedly, the first group would be optimistic since every bite has been the best in the bunch. The second group would be pessimists as every piece they eat has been the worst of the pile. It turns out, however, the contrary is true, the reason being that the second kind would always have hope while the first would only be left with memories.
There are only two kinds of people in the world, when they have bunch of grapes, first kind of people will pick the best ones to eat first, the second kind of people will pick the worst ones to eat first. You may think that the first kind of people are the optimistic, because they eat the best ones; and the second kinds of people are the pessimistic, because they eat the worst ones first. However, the fact is the opposite than what you think. The reason is that the second kind people will always have hope, and the first kind of people will only have memories.
1. 成功不等于笑到最后，失败不等于回天乏术，关键在于锲而不舍的勇气. 2. 生命之终，值得纪念的不是你有多长寿，而是你如何度过这些岁月 3. 生命中最辉煌的不在于从未摔倒过，而在于每次摔倒后都能爬起来 4. There are only two types of people in the world. Take the analogy of eating a string of grapes, some will pick the best to eat first, whilst others will save the best for last. In theory, the first group of people are the optimists, as every grape they eat is the best of the remaining, and the second group are the pessimists, as every grape they eat is the worst of the remaining. However, the reality is opposite as the second group will still have hope, whilst the first group only have memories.
People in the world could be grouped into two categories: For example, when holding a string of grapes, one group of people would start by picking the best to eat while the other would keep the best one to eat at the last. It is supposed that the first kind of people should be the most optimistic as every piece of grape he/she eats is the best one among the remaining; and the other group pessimistic as every piece of grape he/she eats is the worst one among the remaining. Actually, it is the opposite because there is always a hope in second group but there is only memory in the first group.
Happy New Year Everyone!
新年伊始，翻译练习不求刁难，只求通顺。英译汉可以自由发挥，只要基本意思领悟对即可。汉译英更没有玄机，来自钱钟书的名书名句。
今日出门，晚些时候会给出汉译英的参考答案。英译汉没有合适的参考答案，我会探讨同学们的答案并给出自己的判断。我认为不必迷信所谓标准答案，文字翻译只要保持原意，各有春秋才是正常的。
与同学们新年共勉！
1. 英译汉：
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
2. 汉译英：
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
the rest.
Me? while I'm eating more and more bad ones coming.
1. 英译汉：
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
成功不是结果，失败不会致命，是勇气一直在主导。
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
最终，不是你活了多少年，而是你怎样度过你的生命体现你的价值。
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
生命中最大的荣耀，不是你从没有跌倒过，而是每次跌倒你都能站起来。
2. 汉译英：
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
There are only two kinds of people in the world. For example, one kind people eat the best grape and the other one save the best to the last. The former should have been optimistic as eating the best grape among the leftover, while the others should have been pessimistic as exactly the opposite. But in fact it is on the contrary as the later has hope while the former only has memory.
父母永远都先吃坏的，为的是不浪费，把好的留给客人或孩子吃。我家多年前每年秋天都会有一筐苹果从山东寄过来，我们每次都会留到第二年的春节招待客人。靠的就是先吃坏的，保存好的。每天翻苹果箱子，把坏的拿出来吃掉，好的认真保存。
所以除了性格习惯以外，当时的生活条件也决定了先吃好的还是坏的。生活好了坏的就直接扔了。钱钟书算前辈了，所以才会有先吃坏的反而有希望这一说。
蔬菜，不管喜欢与否。先吃后吃都能解馋，只要足够。你就那么等不及？哈哈！
1. 英译汉：
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
1.1。 “成功不是最终的；失败不是致命的：重要的是继续前进的勇气。” -温斯顿·丘吉尔
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
1.2“到头来，重要的不是生命有过多少年头。珍贵的是在这些岁月里经历了一个怎样的生命。” -亚伯拉罕·林肯
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
1.3“生活中最大的荣耀不在于永不跌倒，而在于我们每次跌倒都能站立起来。” -纳尔逊·曼德拉
还非常喜欢曼德拉的另一句名言："But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended."
“但我只能稍息片刻，因为自由伴随着责任，我也不敢停留，因为我的旅途尚未结束。”
特别励志！
1. 英译汉：
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
无论成败，恒心唯胜
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
活了多久不重要，如何活法才重要。
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
每败不馁胜于永远不败。
2. 汉译英：
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
There are only two kinds of people on earth. Those eat the most teasted grapes first, others save the best for the last. Naturally the former should be optimistic, as every grape eaten is the best of remaining. The latter pessimistic, as every grape eaten is the worst of remaining, but in fact it's the opposite, since the latter still have hope but the former only have memory.
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
Only two kinds of people are living in the world. With a bunch of grapes, one kind of persons picks the best ones to eat first, and the other kind leaves the best to eat last. Accordingly, the former would be optimistic, because they ate the best grape every time; the later would be pessimistic, because each time they ate the worst. But the contrary is true: the second kind of people have hopes to go on along, while the first only have memories to recall.
1. 英译汉：
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
胜，不妄喜；败，不惶馁。宜将剩勇再追。
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
人生不在乎于长度，而在乎于广度深度。
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
人生的高光时刻就是做一只打不死的小强的时刻（玩笑篇）
2. 汉译英：
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
There are two types of people in the world. One type chooses to eat the best grapes from the vine first and the other type tends to save the best for later. From this, one can conclude that first type is optimistic since they get the every single best one possible first and the latter group is pessimistic because every single grape they get is the worst one. But in reality it is the opposite of this, as the latter type holds onto hope while the former lives on in memories.
. 英译汉：
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
成功和失败都不是终极目标，重要的是不停地追求。
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
最终重要的不是你活了多少年，而是你怎样活着
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
最值得骄傲的不是你从没有跌倒，而是每次跌到后，你都站起来。
2. 汉译英：
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
There are only two types of person in the world. Suppose there is a a cluster of grapes, one will pick the best to eat first, the other one will save the best to eat in the end. we might think that the first person will be optimistic because each grape he eat is alway the best among the remaining grapes and the second person will be percimistic because each grape he eat is alway the worst. But In fact, this is not true because the second person alway has hope and the first person only has memory.
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill 成功只是暂时的，失败了也不会丢了性命，鼓起勇气，砥砺向前才是最紧要的。 1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln 人的一生中，最重要的不是生命岁月的长短，而是那些岁月是否曾被赋予生命。 1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela 人生最宝贵的不在于是否跌倒，而是每次跌倒后的崛起。 天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。 There are only two kinds of people in the world. If given a bunch of grapes, for example, the first kind would begin with the best grapes, while the second would leave the best for last. Supposedly, the first group would be optimistic since every bite has been the best in the bunch. The second group would be pessimists as every piece they eat has been the worst of the pile. It turns out, however, the contrary is true, the reason being that the second kind would always have hope while the first would only be left with memories.
1. 英译汉：
1.1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
暂时的成功和失败都不能定义一个人，关键是看这个人有没有继续前进的勇气。
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
生活的质量比长寿重要。
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
失败并不可怕，失败后有勇气及时站起来才是令人自豪的。
2. 汉译英：
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
There are only two kinds of people in the world, when they have bunch of grapes, first kind of people will pick the best ones to eat first, the second kind of people will pick the worst ones to eat first. You may think that the first kind of people are the optimistic, because they eat the best ones; and the second kinds of people are the pessimistic, because they eat the worst ones first. However, the fact is the opposite than what you think. The reason is that the second kind people will always have hope, and the first kind of people will only have memories.
1. 成功不等于笑到最后，失败不等于回天乏术，关键在于锲而不舍的勇气. 2. 生命之终，值得纪念的不是你有多长寿，而是你如何度过这些岁月 3. 生命中最辉煌的不在于从未摔倒过，而在于每次摔倒后都能爬起来 4. There are only two types of people in the world. Take the analogy of eating a string of grapes, some will pick the best to eat first, whilst others will save the best for last. In theory, the first group of people are the optimists, as every grape they eat is the best of the remaining, and the second group are the pessimists, as every grape they eat is the worst of the remaining. However, the reality is opposite as the second group will still have hope, whilst the first group only have memories.
底下是我家新年餐桌，大家学英语之余，也不忘享受人生喔
说到做到，我刚把家里葡萄架子下面的桌子重新漆色，改头换面，有图为证，呵呵
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston S. Churchill
成功不是终点,失败不是终结:最重要的是失败之后继续开始的勇气.
1.2 "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
最终,你在世上活了多少年并不重要, 重要的是你活过怎样的生活.
1.3 "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Nelson Mandela
一生中的辉煌不是从未失败过, 而是失败后的一个个重新开始.
天下只有两种人。比如一串葡萄到手，一种人挑最好的先吃，另一种人把最好的留到最后吃。照例第一种人应该乐观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最好的；第二种人应该悲观，因为他每吃一颗都是吃剩的葡萄里最坏的。不过事实却适得其反，缘故是第二种人还有希望，第一种人只有回忆。
People in the world could be grouped into two categories: For example, when holding a string of grapes, one group of people would start by picking the best to eat while the other would keep the best one to eat at the last. It is supposed that the first kind of people should be the most optimistic as every piece of grape he/she eats is the best one among the remaining; and the other group pessimistic as every piece of grape he/she eats is the worst one among the remaining. Actually, it is the opposite because there is always a hope in second group but there is only memory in the first group.
各显神通的翻译都不错，都没有偏离本意。网上的参考答案也未必都完美。
谢谢大家的参与，新年愉快！
才翻译，哈哈哈哈。上次我其实逗号也忘了一个没被你抓包。哈哈
偏离的太厉害，主持人可以点一下，比如上次忒忒绿的那个把我们都弄翻车的要去征服剩下还没被征服的心 （老天爷呀，这女人怎么如此骁勇善战）
“得地的”时我在开小差，所以我一直没学会，特怕被抓包，呵呵
我已经知道你是这里的全能冠军之一
我悬在半空下不来了，呵呵