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求翻译这篇英文阅读理解，需要它的译文

Mark, a young person, tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain
that there's a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these people are dreaming of
wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. "You've got to want to write," I say to them, "not
want to be a writer."
The truth is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by good luck
there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded (报答). When I left a 20-year job in the U. S.
Coast Guard to become a writer, I had no hopes at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room
in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately
bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a
story that hardly made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't
going to be one of those people who die wondering "what if". I would keep putting my dream to the test-even
though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadow land of hope, and anyone with a
dream must learn to live there.

Answer 1

一个年轻人，马克（Mark），告诉我他想成为一名作家。我总是鼓励这样（有梦想）的人，但我也向他解释“成为一个作家”和写作有很大的不同。在大多数情况下，这些人都在梦想财富和名声，而不是长时间独自在打字机上（写作）。我对他们说”想成为一作家，你必须要（亲手）去写。
事实上，写作是一个孤独、隐秘和令人感到可怜的事情。（不是）每一位作家被好运所眷顾（实际上）有成千上万更多的渴望的是没有回报的。我把在美国20年的海岸警卫队工作辞去并成为一名作家时，我对未来根本没有希望。我所有的只是一个朋友，帮我找到了我的住所：
在纽约的一个公寓楼。它又冷还没有浴室，但这不重要。
我立即买了一台旧打字机，并且感觉像一个真正的作家。
但是，一年后，我仍然没有休息，并且开始怀疑自己。要卖一个故事很难，几乎赚不到足够的钱买的吃。但我知道我想写作。我为此已经梦想多年。
我不是去做那些一直在想“如果这样的话将来会怎样呢”得人。我将继续坚持梦想，甚至它意味着生活中的不确定的和令人恐惧的失败。这是希望的阴影之地，任何有梦想的人必须学会在那里生活。