The triumphs of Admass can be plainly seen. It operates in the outer visible world, where it offers more and more things - for more and more money of course-and creates the so-called Good Life.
商业广告推销的胜局已很明显，它的活动在可见的外部世界进行，向世界提供越来越多的东西一当然索取的钱也越来越多--从而创造了所谓的"美好生活"。
Against this, at least superficially, 'Englishness' seems a poor shadowy show-a faint pencil sketch beside a poster in full colour-belonging as it really does to the invisible inner world, merely offering states of mind in place of that rich variety of things.
相形之下，至少从表面上看，英国人特性似乎只是一场微不足道的影子戏--就像是五彩缤纷的广告画旁边贴着的一幅淡色的铅笔素描--它实际上属于不可见的内心世界，不能为人们提供那品类繁多的物质用品，而只能提供精神上的境界。
But then while things are important, states of mind are even more important.
不过，物质用品固然重要，精神境界则更加重要。
It is easy to understand why there should be this conflict between Admass and Englishness.
商业广告推销同英国人特性之间会发生这样一场冲突，其原因也容易理解。
What is central to Admass is the production and consumption of goods.
商业广告推销的核心内容是商品的生产和消费。
If there is enough of this-though of course there never is, because dissatisfaction is built into 'Admass'-there will be sufficient money to pay for its Good Life.
如果这方面的条件充分具备--当然这是绝不可能的，因为商业广告推销本身就含着永不满足的成分--人们就会有足够的钱去换取它所宣传的"美好生活"。
But it is worth noting along the way that while America has been for many years the chief advocate of Admass, America has shown us too many desperately worried executives dropping into early graves,
然而，值得顺便提一下的是，在多年来一直是商业广告推销的主要倡导者的美国，我们看到有太多太多的伤透了脑筋的经理人员过早地跌进了坟墓;
too many exhausted salesmen taking refuge in bars and breaking up their homes, too many workmen suffering from monotony or time-and-motion studies and wondering how the hell they got into these traps.
有太多太多的筋疲力竭的推销员躲进酒吧借酒浇愁，弄得家庭破裂;还有许许多多的工人成天忍受着单调乏味的时间一动作研究的苦楚，心中在纳闷：不知自己究竟是怎样陷入这些坑人的陷阱的。