理查德·霍华德是当今世界上最有才气的翻译家。他已经把150多部法国作家的作品译成英文。在写作方面,他也是一位行家里手,出版过九部自己的诗集,其中的《无题集》还获得了1969年的普利策奖。霍华德与戴高乐曾经有过一段来往,当时他正在帮助这位法国总统撰写回忆录。有一天,戴高乐总统邀请霍华德去爱丽舍宫共进午餐。席间,戴高乐询问起霍华德学习法语的情况。这位伟人问道:“年轻人,你是在哪里学习法语的?” Richard Howard is the most talented translator in the world today. He has translated the works of more than 150 French writers into English. In writing, he is also an expert, has published nine of his own poetry, one of the “Untitled Set” also won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize. Howard and de Gaulle had some time before, when he was helping the French president write a memoir. One day, President de Gaulle invited Howard to go to the Elysee Palace for lunch. During the dinner, de Gaulle asked about Howard learning French. The great man asks, “Young man, where did you learn French?”