In this world, a believer like the Stalker is rendered purposeless.
这个界上,潜行者这样的信徒是没有目的的。
The author could no longer withdraw either volume; he could no longer rewrite either, and he could not publish that which he thought unprepared and unfinished, although in his opinion the other was historically purposeless without its sequel.
作者不能再撤回任何一卷;不能再重写任何一个,也不能发表认为没有准备和未完成的作品,尽管看来,另一个没有续集历史上毫无意义。
The demand I have just made from Bimala, however, is indeed a large one! At first I felt scruples; for is it not the habit of man's mind to be in purposeless conflict with itself? I thought I had imposed too hard a task.
不过我刚才对碧玛拉提出的要求,确实很大!起初我感到有所顾忌;因为人的思想习惯于无目的地与自己发生冲突,这不是吗?我以为我强加了一项艰巨的任务。