他不太像是个健谈的人。He hadn't seemed much of a conversa-tionalist.有时家中更健谈的人使玛丽显得黯然失色.Mary was sometimes overshadowed by the more talkative members of the family.她是个活泼健谈的人.She's a lively, talktive person....

“健谈的”的英语可以翻译为：conversable，conversational，voluble ...