§subject_2Phaedria fell madly in love with a music girl, whom he diligently escorted every day to and from the school where she used to go for her finishing lessons; but his case was desperate, for he had not a farthing, and she could not be got from Dorio, the ‘leno,’ without hard cash.
斐德里亚狂热地爱上了一个琴女，每天都殷勤地接送她往返于她去接受最后培训的学校；但他的处境十分绝望，因为他身无分文，而如果不付现钱，是不可能从女儈（leno）多里奥那里把她赎出来的。
Nor was it long before Antipho got into a similar scrape, which had a very different end, but one quite as embarrassing to him.
没过多久，安提丰也陷入了类似的困境，这导致了一个非常不同的结局，但同样让他感到十分尴尬和棘手。
For when Chremes reached Lemnos he found that his birds had flown.
因为当克雷墨斯到达莱姆诺斯岛时，他发现他要找的人（鸟儿）已经飞走了。
Phanium and her mother, tired of waiting for him, now that Phanium was grown up, had started for Athens in search of him, with their nurse Sophrona.
法尼乌姆和她的母亲，在法尼乌姆长大后，厌倦了对他的等待，已经和她们的乳母索弗罗纳一起出发前往雅典去寻找他。
They inquire every where for Stilpho, but no such person is to be heard of, and they are reduced to great distress, in consequence of which the mother dies soon after their arrival.
她们到处打听斯蒂尔波，却根本听不到有这样一个人，因此她们陷入了极大的困境，母亲在她们抵达后不久就去世了。
By a singular chance Antipho happens at this moment to see Phanium, as she is lamenting the death of her mother, and falls desperately in love with her at first sight.
极其巧合的是，安提丰恰在此时看到了正在为母亲的去世而悲伤的法尼乌姆，并对她一见钟情、深陷情网。
He goes to Sophrona, who will not consent to allow any acquaintance but on condition of marriage; and Antipho will sacrifice himself to a girl without a penny rather than lose her altogether.
他去找索弗罗纳，但她绝不同意任何交往，除非以结婚为条件；而安提丰宁可娶一个一无所有的姑娘，也不愿彻底失去她。
But how is the marriage to be brought about without exposing Antipho to his father’s most severe censure? It is managed in the following way.
但是，如何在不让安提丰遭受其父亲极其严厉谴责的情况下促成这桩婚事呢？ 事情是这样解决的。
Phormio, a parasite, who seems to have been under considerable obligations to these young men in the way of good living (see ii. 2. 22), gives him this advice.
福尔米奥是一个帮闲（寄生者），他在美食方面似乎对这些年轻人欠下了不少人情（参见第二幕第二场第22行），他给安提丰出了这样一个主意。
There is an Athenian law, that orphans should be taken in marriage or portioned out by their nearest relation.
雅典有一条法律规定，孤儿必须由其最近的亲属娶其为妻，或者由其资助嫁妆嫁出。
He will pretend to be Phanium’s guardian, and will bring an action against Antipho, as her nearest relation, and as Antipho has no money he will of course be obliged to marry her.
他将假装是法尼乌姆的监护人，并起诉安提丰是她最近的亲属，而由于安提丰没有钱，他当然就不得不娶她。
So Demipho will not be able to say a word.
这样，德米丰就一句话也说不出来了。
The plan succeeds to admiration.
计划取得了令人赞叹的成功。
Phormio gains his suit, and Antipho immediately marries Phanium.
福尔米奥赢得了诉讼，安提丰随即与法尼乌姆结婚。
He is devoted to his wife, but lives in continual dread of his father’s return; and is quite as wretched in consequence of his success as Phaedria is because his case is hopeless.
他对妻子十分钟情，但整天生活在对父亲归来的恐惧之中；由于他的成功，他所感到的痛苦，与斐德里亚因求爱无望而感到的痛苦不相上下。