Chapter 18: Homais's Success
第18章：奥梅的成功
While the Bovary family suffered and died, Homais the pharmacist prospered. His business continued to grow, and he became more respected in the community. He received an award for his services to the town, and people praised his intelligence and modern ideas.
当包法利家族遭受苦难和死亡时，药剂师奥梅却兴旺发达。他的生意继续增长，他在社区中变得更受尊重。他因对镇上的服务获得奖项，人们赞扬他的智慧和现代思想。
Homais was proud of his success and felt that he had earned it. He did not feel guilty about Emma's death or Charles's ruin—he saw these things as natural consequences of their own foolishness and lack of morality.
奥梅为他的成功感到骄傲，觉得自己是应得的。他对艾玛的死亡或查尔斯的破产不感到内疚——他认为这些事情是他们自己的愚蠢和缺乏道德的自然后果。
The contrast between Homais and the Bovarys was striking. While the Bovarys had been kind and honest people who suffered terribly, Homais was arrogant and dishonest, yet he lived happily and successfully.
奥梅和包法利夫妇之间的对比是惊人的。包法利夫妇是善良和诚实的人，遭受了可怕的痛苦，而奥梅傲慢和不诚实，却生活和成功。
This unfairness represented the injustice of the society that Flaubert was criticizing. The world rewarded people like Homais while destroying people like Emma and Charles, who had simply wanted to find happiness and love.
这种不公正代表了福楼拜批评的社会的不公正。世界奖励像奥梅这样的人，而摧毁像艾玛和查尔斯这样的人，他们只是想找到幸福和爱。