Remember that Polonius is the king's close advisor.

记住，波洛涅是国王的亲密顾问。

Polonius reports to the king that he knows whether Hamlet's madness is real.

波洛涅向国王报告，他知道哈姆雷特的疯狂是否真实。

Then we will hear scene four, Queen Gertrude with Polonius.

接下来我们将到第四场，由王后格特鲁德与波洛话。

Then Polonius went to Gertrude's sitting room.

然后波洛尼尔去了格特鲁德的客厅。

Polonius had a long gray beard and thought himself quite wise.

波洛尼厄留着长长的灰白胡子，认为很聪明。

Scene four, Queen Gertrude with Polonius.

第四场，王后格特鲁德与波洛涅话。

Polonius is eavesdropping behind a curtain, and fearing for the queen's safety, he calls for help.

波洛涅正躲在帘子后，担心王后的安全，他呼喊求助。

But it's not the king, it's Polonius.

但那不是国王，而是波洛涅。

Denmark grows restless with rumors surrounding the murder of Polonius in the absence of Hamlet.

丹麦哈姆雷特不在时波洛涅被谋杀的谣言而人心惶惶。

In other words, Polonius doesn't appreciate a good play.

换句话说，波洛涅不欣赏好戏。

Polonius continues the advice to his son, telling him to avoid making loans and incurring debts.

波洛涅继续他的儿子提出建议，告诫他不要贷款和欠债。

Of course, Polonius doesn't apply that principle to himself, but that passage is the source of the modern idiom, brevity is the soul of wit.

当然，波洛涅并未将这一原则应用到己身上，但这一段落却成为了现代成语“言简意赅是智慧的精髓”的来源。

The king and queen are doubtful, whereupon Polonius proposes that the king and he hide behind an arras, in order to overhear a conversation between Hamlet and Ophelia.

国王和王后心存疑虑，波洛尼厄建议国王和他躲在阿拉后面，以便哈姆雷特和奥菲莉亚之间的话。

In Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii, Polonius announces to the king and queen that Hamlet is insane because of his love for Ophelia, who has spurned the prince's advances.

在《哈姆雷特》第二幕第二场中，波洛尼厄向国王和王后宣布，哈姆雷特为爱奥菲莉亚而精神失常，而奥菲莉亚却拒绝了王子的求爱。

And in the play Hamlet, the character Polonius says, to thine own self be true.

在戏剧《哈姆雷特》中，波洛涅角色说，要己真诚。

She reports Hamlet's madness to her father Polonius.

她向父亲波洛涅报告哈姆雷特的疯癫。