" Is that a jape? You know how I feel about Ser Loras" .

" 开什么玩笑？你明知我如何看待洛拉斯爵士。"

I had hoped you might have more to offer us than japes, Tyrion, Lord Tywin Lannister said.

" 提利昂，我希望你能提供一点有用的建议，不要只要嘴皮子。" 泰温·兰尼斯特公爵说。

" Just put it on" . The prince was in no mood for japes.

" 戴。" 王子没心情开玩笑。

Nute's eyes grew wary, as if he feared he was the butt of some cruel jape. " A lord" ? he croaked.

纽特眼神警惕，仿佛害怕那是一个残酷的玩笑，而自己成了笑柄。" 头领？" 他沙哑地说。

" Oh, I have, I have, I shan't deny it ... but I'm amusing, with all my japes and capers. I make men laugh" .

" 哦，是的，是的，我不否认我的罪… … 但我是最有趣的，我会讲笑话，我会蹦蹦跳跳。我会逗老爷们开心。"

" I think life is a jape. Yours, mine, everyone's" .

" 我觉得生活本身是个大玩笑。你的、我的、所有人的生活都是这样。"

" Both of you have a taste for mockery, " his uncle said. " Spare me your japes, ser, I have no taste for them" .

" 他们两个都爱耍小聪明，" ，" 够了，省省你的贫嘴吧，爵士，我没兴趣。"

" A jape, Your Grace. From the ships. I was greensick the whole way from Volantis. Heaving and … well, I shouldn't say" .

" 只是个绰号，陛下，船上给起的。从瓦兰提斯来此，我一路吐到尾，天翻地… … 唔，这不说。"

Duck glanced at his companion uneasily. " It's not good to jape of that one, not when we're so near the Rhoyne. He hears" .

达克不安地看着同伴，" 这玩笑开不得。我们快到洛恩河了，他会听见的。"

" No" . Was that a jape? With Stannis, it was hard to tell.

" 不用。" 这是玩笑么？由史坦尼斯口中说出来，实在难于分辨。

" Did you come here just to complain of your bedchamber and make your lame japes? I have important letters to finish" .

" 你来这儿为着抱怨卧室和开些蹩脚玩笑？省省吧，我有几封重要信件要写。"

Sansa saw a spasm of rage pass across her husband's face. " I misspoke, " he said. " It was a bad jape, sire" .

她看见丈夫脸上青筋暴突。" 我失言了，" 他最后说，" 这是个差劲的玩笑，陛下。"

" Caper as you like, it won't wash out your crimes. Daenerys Targaryen is no silly child to be diverted by japes and tumbles. She will deal with you justly" .

" 随便怎么耍把式，也洗不清你深重的罪孽。丹妮莉丝·坦格利安不是没见过市面的傻孩子，劝你趁早打消翻翻筋斗来蒙混过关的念头。她会公正地审判你。"

" Do they mean to try and blow our walls down" ? japed a Flint when the warhorn sounded once again. " Mayhaps he thinks he's found the Horn of Joramun" .

" 他想把城墙吹倒还是咋地？" 战号再度响起时，一个菲林特家的人打趣，" 搞不他挖出了乔曼的号角咧。"

He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. " A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule" .

他推开她，把断肢举到她面前。" 哈，一个没有手的人怎能做国王之手呢？姐姐，别开玩笑了，我是不适合统治的。"

Cersei's face was a study in contempt. " What a jape the gods have made of us two, " she said. " By all rights, you ought to be in skirts and me in mail. "

瑟曦的神情轻蔑得无以复加。" 天上诸神还真开了我俩一个大玩笑，" 她说，" 你应该穿裙子当女人，像个男人披挂上阵的该是我。"

Asha threw back her head and laughed. " The Drowned God must have shoved a pricklefish up Uncle Aeron's arse. A kingsmoot? Is this some jape, or does he mean it truly" ?

阿莎仰头大笑，" 淹神一定是把刺棘鱼塞进了伊伦的屁眼里。选王会？他开玩笑还是来真的？"

Sweets sniggered, but Nurse was not amused. " Save your japes for this evening, when you perform for our noble master. If you please him, you will be well rewarded. If not … " He slapped Tyrion across the face.

甜心听了吃吃傻笑，保姆却没被逗乐。" 把你那点笑话留到今晚为高贵的主人表演时再说。若你能逗他开心，自然重重有赏，如若不能… … " 他扇了提利昂一巴掌。

" My lord jests. You will forgive me if I do not laugh. We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons" .

" 大人说笑，但请原谅我笑不出来。我们布拉佛斯人的祖先乃是从瓦雷利亚和龙王的怒火下逃出来的。我们从不拿龙开玩笑。"

All the smiles had died. " It was the priestess we were laughing at, " said Satin, a lithe and pretty youth who had once been a whore in Oldtown. " We were only having a jape, my lord" .

大家都止住笑。" 我们是在笑话那女祭司，" 纱丁解释。他是个脂粉味重的标致青年，从前在旧镇当男妓，" 只是个小玩笑，大人。"