Conrad was always sensitive to the charge of being “a sort of freak, a bloody amazing furriner writing in English. 对于指责他是“一个怪胎、一个该死的用英语写作的奇特的老外”的言论康拉德总是很敏感。
" Might have been, " Anse said. " Them durn furriners" .
“可能是,” 安斯说。“他们该死的毛皮商” 。
喧哗与骚动
" Them furriners. I cant tell one from another. You might take her across the tracks where they live, and maybe somebody'll claim her" .
“他们是毛皮商。我分不清谁了。你可能会带她穿过他们居住的轨道, 也许有人会认领她” 。
飘(原版)
Law, Miss Scarlett, doan you know whut blockade awfisses is? Dey's awfisses whar furriners stays dat buy us Confedruts' cotton an' ship it outer Cha'ston and Wilmin'ton an' ship us back gunpowder.