1. Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood: he might as well try to explain a crime or a love affair.
    作家如此行事当然被人误解。他还不如给人讲一个犯罪案件或一个恋爱故事。

2. I thought he must have misunderstood me, so I repeated its name.
    我想他一定误解了我的意思，于是又说一遍村庄的名字。