"楚人学齐语"故事翻译

〔古文〕
孟子谓戴不胜曰：“子欲子之王之善与？我明告子。有楚大夫于此，欲其子之齐语也，则使齐人傅诸？使楚人傅诸？”曰：“使齐人傅之。”曰：“一齐人傅之，众楚人咻之，虽日挞而求其齐也，不可得矣；引而置之庄岳之间数年，虽日挞而求其楚，亦不可得矣。子谓薛居州，善士也。使之居于王所。在于王所者，长幼卑尊，皆薛居州也，王谁与为不善？在王所者，长幼卑尊，皆非薛居州也，王谁与为善？一薛居州，独如宋王何？”
评注：
这篇寓言的寓意是：不可忽视客观环境、周围风气对人的影响。
〔现代汉语〕
有一天，孟子问戴不胜说：“如果有一个楚国大夫在这里，想要他的儿子学齐国话，那么，应该让齐国人教他呢，还是让楚国人教他？”戴不胜回答说：“应该让齐国人教他。”孟子说：“一个齐国人教他固然不错，可是他的许多楚国同胞整天和他说楚国话，就算每天用鞭子督促他，想让他学好齐国话也是很困难的；可要是把他带到齐国的街巷之间住上几年，那时你就是天天鞭打他，强迫他再说楚国话，也是不可能的。”

〔英文〕
A Person From the State of Chu Learning the
Language of the State of Qi
One day Mencius asked Dai Busheng, “If a high official of the state of Chu stays here and he wants his son to learn the Qi language. Should he be taught by a person from Qi, or a person from Chu?” Dai Busheng replied, “He should be taught by a person from Qi.” Mencius said, “Yes. It is good for him to be taught by a person from Qi. But he is surrounded by his fellowmen speaking the Chu language with him all day long. So eve