經典科幻文學:《 基本上無害 Mostly Harmless》 第6章9

‘Then stick with me and do everything I tell you without fail.’

“那就跟我走，讓你幹什麼就好好幹。”

The robot said that it was quite happy where it was up on the ceiling thank you very much. It had never realised before how much sheer titillation there was to be got from a good ceiling and it wanted to explore its feelings about ceilings in greater depth.

機器人回答說眼下自己在天花板上這樣就挺高興的多謝他的好意。還有它過去從沒意識到高質量的天花板能帶來如此純粹的愉悅，因此想要進一步深入地探索自己對天花板的感覺。

‘You stay there,’ said Ford, ‘and you’ll soon be recaptured and have your conditional chip replaced. You want to stay happy, come now.’

“你留在那兒。”福特說，“馬上就會被他們逮住，重新給你裝上條件反應芯片。你想接着高興的話就給我馬上下來。”

The robot let out a long heartfelt sigh of impassioned tristesse and sank reluctantly away from the ceiling.

機器人從內心深處發出一聲長嘆，然後不情不願地離開了天花板。

‘Listen,’ said Ford, ‘can you keep the rest of the security system happy for a few minutes?’

“聽着。”福特說，“你能讓整個安全系統都高興幾分鐘嗎？”

‘One of the joys of true happiness,’ trilled the robot, ‘is sharing. I brim, I froth, I overflow with…’

“真正的幸福能帶來無盡的歡樂。”機器人大着舌頭說，“其中之一就是分享。我心中充滿了快樂，溢滿了快樂，氾濫着……”

‘OK,’ said Ford. ‘Just spread a little happiness around the security network. Don’t give it any information. Just make it feel good so it doesn’t feel the need to ask for any.’

“行。”福特打斷它，“只管把你的高興勁兒傳到安全系統裏。別給它任何信息。只管讓它高興，讓它覺得沒必要問東問西。”

He picked up his towel and ran cheerfully for the door. Life had been a little dull of late. It showed every sign now of becoming extremely froody.

他撿起自己的毛巾，開開心心地朝房門跑去。最近生活有些無聊，不過眼下卻有些時來運轉的味道。