英文短文翻译(4)(5)Talent and prowess, the writer and what he write

英文短文翻译(4)
(5)Talent and prowess, the writer and what he writes, are apt to become fatally interwoven. The rewards are considerable. At the peak of his fame the successful novelist is rich, courted, photographed, and interviewed. His celebrity is international; for as with other products of a consumer economy, his work leaps across national boundaries, swiftly translated. He helps to set styles in other countries. The shops in large airports may carry his latest book in two or three different languages. Paperback editions pro-long its life and increase his income. But his worries are also considerable. Though he may become neurotic about competition, the competition is real enough. He may round on his critics, or accuse his publishers of spending too little on advertisements. He may—with an engaging candor, in the case of Mailer—do his own advertising. But he is growing older; and the young are the arbiters whom he must please. He tends to become obsessed by youthfulness. Unless he has kept his head, or has exceptional talent, he tends to drop away, outmoded along with his brand of fiction, discarded like the partners and the pop singers who have also lost favor. It is a cruel process. The public is fickle, and treats yesterday’s idols with malice and animus, waiting to hear that they have hit bottom, taken to drink, or killed themselves.
(6)Viewed from a star in some other corner of the galaxy, Earth would be a speck, a faint blue dot hidden in the blazing light of our sun.
While our neighbors Venus and Mars would reflect a fairly even glow, Earth would put on a little show. Earth’s light would brighten and dim as it spins, because oceans, deserts, forests and clouds—which are all too small to be seen from such a distance—reflect varying amounts of sunlight. The variations, it turns out, are so strong and distinctive that a surprising amount of information could be taken from a simple ebb and flow of light.
Scientists at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study conducted a detailed study of Earth’s reflections not for insights into an alien’s view of our home planet, but as a way for human scientists to learn about distant planets that may be like our own. They are participating in the early planning for a NASA mission known as the Terrestrial Planet Finder, a space probe that will scan the skies for planets hospitable to life.

(5)天赋和实力,作家和他写道,很容易成为致命的相互交织.回报是巨大的.在他的巅峰状态成名成功小说家丰富,拉拢,拍照和采访.他是国际名人,因为与其他产品的消费经济,他的作品跨越跨越国界,迅速转化.他帮助确定风格在其他国家.这些商店在大型机场可携带其最新著作中的两个或三个不同的语言.平装版亲长其寿命,并提高他的收入.但他的忧虑也相当大.虽然他可能会变得神经质的竞争,竞争是真实存在的不足.他可能对他的批评者轮,或指责他的出版商的支出太少的广告.他5月与从事坦率而言,梅勒,做自己的广告.但他越来越老年人和年轻人是仲裁者,他要请.他往往会成为痴迷青春.除非他一直保持他的头部,或有特殊的人才,他往往会下降了,过时的和他的品牌的小说,摒弃像伙伴和歌星谁也失去了优势.这是一个残酷的过程.市民变化无常,并且把昨日的偶像恶意和敌意,等待听取他们触底,采取喝酒,或自杀.
（ 6 ）看明星在一些其他角落的星系,地球将是一个斑点,一个微弱的蓝点隐藏在创新根据我们的太阳.
虽然我们的邻居金星和火星将反映相当甚至辉光,将地球上的小节目.地球的光线的亮度和暗淡,因为它的转速,因为海洋,沙漠,森林和云彩,这些都是太小,被视为从这样的距离,反映了不同数量的阳光.的变化,事实证明,实力是如此强大和独特的,一个令人吃惊的信息量可采取从一个简单的低潮和流动的光.科学家在普林斯顿大学和研究所的高级研究进行了详细研究地球的思考而不是深入了解外国人的观点,我们的家园地球,但作为一种对人类科学家了解遥远的行星可能像我们自己的.它们参与的早期规划为美国航天局飞行任务被称为类地行星搜寻,一个太空探测器,将扫描天空好客行星生命.