【汉译英】围炉夜话（第八八则）

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有生资，不加学习，气质究难化也；慎大德，不矜细行，形迹终可疑也。
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4 ?1 X; H- k7 u; ?7 ~, lA gifted person cannot transform his character into what it can be without learning,
+ ]- o# _' K8 V  z# f5 Ma principled person will be deemed untrustworthy if he is not punctilious in his manners.
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武汉加油

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without learning 这样放句尾容易让人觉得是和 can be 连着的
$ Q& R- o) e% M6 z* t另外英语的思维是注重在主句中否定，而不是放在从句中否定，如 A person won't be deemed trustworthy if he is...

武汉加油

因为我想了半天才明白你是想把without learning和前半句连起来