1. Of what sort can be that marvelous being, that new lover that tyrannizes over your days, and prevents your giving any attention to your husband?
那个神奇的人，你那个新情人究竟是什么样的人物，竟然可以占用了你整天的时间，以至于没有时间去关心你的丈夫？
2. He tyrannizes his family.
他在家里称王称霸。
3. All these things I considered and I applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun, while one man tyrannizes over another to his hurt.
我看见了这一切，专心研究在太阳下所行的一切事：有时统治人的人，自受其害
4. The complete art of representation wards off all thought of its evolution; it tyrannizes as present perfection.
完美的表演艺术拒绝对其排演过程的任何考察，而作为当下直接的完美作品产生强烈效果（Irene注：完美的艺术表现不对制造多做解释，而不得不以成品直接展现完美）。
5. Of what sort can be that marvelous being, that new lover who absorbs every moment, tyrannizes over your days, and prevents your giving any attention to your husband? Josephine, take care!
你那位奇妙的人物，那位新的情人，究竟是何等人物，竟然占据了你每一分钟，占据了你所有的时间，以至于你没有时间对你的丈夫略表关心呢？
6. Since then, as philosophers prove, appearance tyrannizes over truth and is lord of happiness, to appearance I must devote myself.
如此看来，就算哲学家们能证明真理，表象也很快就会加以百般欺凌并摇身一变而成为幸福的主宰，就连我自己也愿意委身于伟大的表象。