求国富论的原文一句话中翻英(invisible hand)

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"人们在经济活动中所判断的只是他自己的利益, 在经济活动中确受一只“看不见的手的指导,去尽力达到一个并非他本意想要达到的目的....能更有效促进社会利益”"

he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention ... By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it

The Wealth of Nations, Book IV Chapter II

全文为:
But the annual revenue of every society is always precisely equal to the exchangeable value of the whole annual produce of its industry, or rather is precisely the same thing with that exchangeable value. As every individual, therefore, endeavors as much he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the suppo