Where do you think Van Gogh rates in the history of art?
你认为梵高在艺术史上处于何等地位呢？

Well, big question.
噢，这问题可不小。

But, to me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all.
但是，对我来说，梵高是史上最杰出的画家。

Certainly, the most popular, great painter of all time, the most beloved.
他无疑是史上最受欢迎，最伟大的画家，也是最受喜爱的。

His command of colour the most magnificent.
他对色彩的掌控无与伦比。

He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty.
他将饱受磨难一生中的痛苦升华为热情洋溢的美。

Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy， and joy and magnificence of our world. No-One had over done it before. Perhaps no-One ever will again.
痛苦很容易描绘，但使用热情与痛苦描述世间的激情，喜悦和壮丽；他的成就 前无古人，也许也后无来者。

To my mind, that strange wild man, who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world’s greatest artist; but also, one of the greatest men who ever lived.
就我看来，那个古怪的狂野的，在普罗旺斯原野上徜徉的男人，不仅是世界上最伟大的画家，同时也是有史以来最伟大的人之一。