vimal

vimal

美 　英

• 网络维姆；奥修调侃维玛

例句

And yet, whenever I tried to picture his life, the first thing I saw was Vimal dropping a burlap sack of grain on his cousin's doorstep.

然而，无论何时当我试着描绘他的生活时，我头脑里想到的第一个画面就是维姆正把一袋粮食放在他堂弟的家门口。

One day Vimal wrote to me saying that he would be taking a few days off to celebrate Makar Sankranti, or Kite-Flying Day.

一天，维姆写信给我说，他要放几天假，庆祝桑格拉提节（MakarSankranti），又称风筝节。

Vimal told me that on Makar Sankranti, "all ages of people find happiness flying kites in the sky and enjoy" .

维姆告诉我，在桑格拉提节上，“老老少少都会在放风筝中找到快乐并享受其中。”

I wouldn't have been so surprised had Vimal and I not got off to such a promising start.

如果维姆和我开始的出发点不是如此充满希望，我就不会感到那么意外了。

Vimal finished the project , and several weeks later I turned to him again, this time to help me move my website to a dedicated server .

维姆完成了项目，几周后，我再次与他联系，这一次是为了请他帮我把网站连接到一个专用服务器上。

The message rattled me, and yet it also fitted neatly into my dark liberal fantasies about Vimal's poverty.

维姆的这个信息让我不安，但它也恰恰符合我对维姆贫困状况的阴暗的自由想象。

I wired Vimal the money right away, even though the project wasn't complete.

尽管项目尚未完成，我还是马上把钱电汇过去。

I would show Vimal the trouble I was having with my cable modem, and in the morning it would be fixed.

我会告诉维姆我的有线调制解调器的问题，而第二天早晨，它就会被修好。

I badly wanted to believe Vimal , but I no longer did .

我非常希望我能相信维姆，但我再也做不到。

Perhaps best of all, in working with Vimal, I had joined the global economy.

最好的一点可能是，通过与维姆合作，我融入了全球经济。

It was also the warm formality of Vimal's English.

它也是维姆信中热情的礼节。

He signed off every e-mail "Thanks & regards, I remain. Sincerely, Vimal. "

他每封邮件的结尾都是“谢谢并致以问候。真诚的维姆。”

I had no idea if Vimal's family needed grain.

我不知道维姆的家人是否需要粮食。

After I paid Vimal, he stopped returning my e-mails.

在我付款后，他不再回复我的电子邮件。

Vimal again asked that he be paid upfront for the job.

维姆再次提出要求，他希望我先付款。

I was convinced that my money was buying grain for Vimal's extended family.

我相信，这笔钱是用来为维姆人口众多的家庭购买粮食。

Whatever I asked, Vimal could do.

不管我要求什么，维姆都能做到。