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一月底回了趟国，再回来就没空上汉英看看聊聊了，指到今天碰到些
棘手的翻译问题，想请大家帮帮忙。

下面两段话怎么翻简洁漂亮？
(1) The same principle holds true today in our freedom of thought and action: always searching for elegant solutions to difficult problems.

上文第一句(same principle holds true today in our freedom of ...)让我想起孔子<<论语>>里的话“从心所欲而不逾矩”，觉得用上的话一定“elegant"，可是水平有限，力不从心。


(2) Apparently unexciting, yet it (it 指的是铁丝) can do things as nothing else can. At its simplest it enables grapes to smile at the sun (这句话说的是绑葡萄架子的铁丝) and brings a special sparkle to an evening with friends(这里说的是绑香槟酒瓶塞的铁丝).

下面这句话是什么意思？

They don't so much make products as answer needs: find solutions to other people's problems.

先谢谢了

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• 试：今天，思想行为可“从心所欲”，却仍不该“逾矩”：。。。 - hz 20000411132512
  • Better: 今天，思想行为可“从心所欲”，但仍要“不逾矩” - hz 20000411132841
• Do they make good products? Yes, sure, but more important, they answer needs or fulfill demands. They solve problems. - laoliu 20000411132818
  • hehe, quadrilogy(?) :-) - hz 20000411181125
    • March on, march on, march on on! :-) - laoliu 20000411211252
      • Haha, absolutely! But please do take care and not irritate your therapist! :-) - hz 20000411220142
        • I can't really afford a therapist... - laoliu 20000412221138
          • Well, then, don't irritate yourself! :-) - hz 20000412231924
• try 1st - 游击队员 20000411211852
  • 也来猜一猜 - px 20000412050432
• Sorry! I'd just like to borrow your place to give a reply to Last Hermit. Thanks! - hz 20000411230500
  • Got it. Thanks a lot. And don't you remember to get A's! - Last Hermit 20000412105752
    • Sure! Thank you! - hz 20000412115820

试：今天，思想行为可“从心所欲”，却仍不该“逾矩”：。。。

Better: 今天，思想行为可“从心所欲”，但仍要“不逾矩”

Do they make good products? Yes, sure, but more important, they answer needs or fulfill demands. They solve problems.

hehe, quadrilogy(?) :-)

March on, march on, march on on! :-)

Haha, absolutely! But please do take care and not irritate your therapist! :-)

I can't really afford a therapist...

Well, then, don't irritate yourself! :-)

try 1st

也来猜一猜

Sorry! I'd just like to borrow your place to give a reply to Last Hermit. Thanks!

Got it. Thanks a lot. And don't you remember to get A's!

Sure! Thank you!