就找个比较有代表性的译文对比吧：
原文：
The old Master had come to a bad end. Bard had given him much gold for the help of the Lake-people, but being of the kind that easily catches such disease he fell under the dragon-sickness, and took most of the gold and fled with it, and died of starvation in the Waste, deserted by his companioms.
吴刚版：
老镇长的下场很不好，巴德给了他很多黄金，请他用来帮助长湖镇的人民，但是，由于他是很容易疑神疑鬼的人，住在那里他总是害怕恶龙会作祟，于是卷了大部分金子潜逃了，最后被与他同行的人抛弃，活活饿死在了荒野中。
刘勇军版：
镇长的下场很惨。巴德给了他很多金子，好帮助长湖人重建家园，但他与恶龙一样财迷心窍，居然带着大部分金子逃跑了，最后被同伴抛弃，饿死在了荒野中。
邓版：
老镇长的下场不妙。巴德给了他很多金子去帮助长湖人，但是，由于太贪心，他得了龙病，吞没了大部分的金子逃跑了，结果被同伴抛弃，饿死在荒野里。