I looked at it; I smiled at the speaking likeness: I was absorbed and content.

我看着它；我对说话的相似性微笑：我全神贯注，心满意足。

What he was after, Bernini said, was a speaking likeness, because he thought that people gave themselves away most characteristically either just before or after they spoke.

贝尼尼说，他所追求的是一种栩栩如生的肖像，因为他认为人们总是他们说话之前或之后流露出他们的大部分个性特征。