*谚语*之通鉴

　　(An Almanac of *Proverbs*)

　　约翰·迈尔斯·弗里 (John Miles Foley)

　　#1. Oral poetry works like language, only more so.

　　口头诗歌与语言的运作规则一样，且有过之而无不及。

　　#2. Oral poetry is a very plural noun.

　　口头诗歌乃是一个复数名词。

　　#3. Performance is the enabling event, tradition is the context for that event.

　　演述使事件成其为可能，但传统乃是该事件的语境。

　　#4. The art of oral poetry emerges through rather than in spite of its special language.

　　口头诗歌的艺术通过其特殊的语言而显现，但并不止于特殊语言。

　　#5. The best companion for reading oral poetry in an unpublished dictionary.

　　解读口头诗歌的最佳指南恰恰在未曾刊印的词典之中。

　　#6. The play"s the thing (and not the script).

　　演剧方为要害(而非脚本)。

　　#7. Repetition is the symptom, not the disease.

　　重复乃症侯，非病兆也。

　　#8. Composition and reception are two sides of the same coin.

　　创编和接受乃是一枚硬币的两面。

　　#9. Read both behind and between the signs.

　　解读既要深入到符码的背后，也要涵泳其间。

　　#10. True diversity demands diversity in frame of reference.

　　真正的多样性需要参照系的多样性。

　　(朝戈金 巴莫曲布嫫 译)