After I had been approached to record it, I discovered the company intended an abridged version.

他们联系了我之后，我发现那家公司打算录是个删节版。

There are not words enough in the unabridged to describe it.

在未删节书中没有言语来描述它。

I usually listen to one in the car (always unabridged; I think abridged audio-books are the pits), and carry another wherever I go.

我幵车时候通常会听有声书(我总是听未经删节版；我认为删节版有声书太糟糕了），走到哪里随身还会带上。

Soon, he started writing an abridged version that he thought people might want to buy at a reduced price, but time had bested him.

不久后，他着手为之编写删节，认为如果降价出售人们也许就会想买了，但此时已有人先他步。

At home, most people do not have a big, unabridged dictionary; however, one of the smaller academic dictionaries would be fine to start with.

在家里，大多数人没有大、未删节词典；然而，较小学术词典就可以开始了。

At home, most people do not have a big, unabridged dictionary; however, one of the smaller collegiate dictionaries would be fine to start with.

在家里，大多数人没有大、未删节词典；然而，较小大学词典就可以开始了。

I felt, had Nabokov wanted it abridged, he would have written it shorter, and I suggested to his son Dmitri that he might insist we record it as written.

我当时就想，如果纳博科夫想要删节话，他自己就会缩短篇幅，于是，我就建议他儿子德米特里·纳博科夫坚持按照原文篇幅进行录制。

The asterisk is often used in writing to show that there is a comment at the bottom of the page or that something has been omited. He added an asterisk to the first page.

星号通常用来表示页下方有注解或文中有删节。他在第页上加了星号。

But for those who are interested — I did release an uncut version of this video on Nebula that does contain a more uncompromising vision of the kind of scene I had in mind.

但是对于那些感兴趣人——我确实在 Nebula 上发布了这个视频未删节版，它确实包含了我心目中那种场景更不妥协愿景。

Now, if you don't know my story, here is the abridged version: My husband Aaron, died of brain cancer right after I had a miscarriage and after my dad died of cancer.

现在，如果你不知道我故事，这里是删节版：我丈夫亚伦在我流产后和我父亲因癌症去世后不久就死于脑癌。