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You mean to tell me you're President of the United States 你是说如果美国总统
and you're banging some 22 year-old intern in the White House 在白宫搞了22岁的实习生
and you ask her to keep her mouth shut, 要求她守口如瓶
and you really think she's gonna do it? I mean, come on, give me a break! 她就真的会照做? 拜托 省省吧!
Clinton. He should count himself lucky she didn't go straight to Oprah. 克林顿应该庆幸 她没有直接上奥普拉的访谈节目
Come on, she was overwhelmed by Starr's team in that hotel room. 拜托 她在宾馆被独立检察官Starr的整个团队都搞过了
No, poor thing. Eleven guys hitting on her? 哦 太可怜了 被11个男人干了?
- That's a gang-bang. - Oh, right. - 那岂不是轮奸 - 没错
That's why she's talking to Linda Tripp. 所以她跟Linda Tripp说了这事
She's talking to everybody. 跟每个人都说了
She's part of that whole dopey culture. Yak yak yak. 她其实就是为了和他们一起炒作
Oh, look, if Clinton couldn't figure Monica Lewinsky, 如果克林顿说不清和莱温斯基的丑闻
then he shouldn't have been president. 他就当不了总统
That's grounds for impeachment right there. 会因此遭到弹劾的
- That's true. - You're right. - 没错 - 你说得对
I'm telling you, if he'd just fucked her. 要我说 被总统干过
That's the way you create loyalty. 恰好是她表达忠心的机会
- Yeah. - That's the way. - 是啊 - 是个机会
But you know what Kennedy would have done to her? Or Nixon? 要知道如果换作肯尼迪 或者尼克松会怎样?
They would have told her, not only are you not gonna work, 他们会告诉她 不只是你会永远找不到工作
you're not gonna work ever again. And your father's gonna be out of work. 你爸爸也永远找不到工作
And your mother. And your brother 还有你妈妈 你兄弟
Everybody in your family is not gonna make one more thin dime 你们全家都再也赚不到一分钱
unless you keep your mouth shut. 除非你把嘴闭上
Well, but Clinton plays it like a lawyer. That's why he didn't want to come. 但是克林顿处理这事跟律师一样 所以他没射出来
Hey, when he came, he was finished. 如果他射了 他就完蛋了
Evidence. Smoking come. 会留下证据
Nineteen ninety-eight was the summer of sanctimony. 1998年度过了一个伪善的夏天
After the fall of Communism and before the horrors of terrorism, 在共产主义衰落后 恐怖主义来袭前
there was a brief interlude when the nation was preoccupied by cocksucking. 穿插了人们津津乐道的总统口交事件
This is Coleman Silk, powerful Dean of Faculty and professor of Classics 这位是马萨诸塞州西部 雅典娜学院的院长Coleman Silk
at Athena College in western Massachusetts. 同时任教古典文学
Educated at NYU and Oxford 在纽约大学和牛津受过教育的Coleman
Coleman taught in England before returning to the U.S. to become 是第一批回到美国任教古典文学的犹太教授
one of the first Jews to teach in a Classics department anywhere in America. 之前他一直在英国执教
When he was appointed Dean of Athena, 当Coleman被任命为雅典娜学院院长时
Coleman took the poulky sleepy-hollow type college 他把这所死气沉沉而又平庸的学院
and dragged it, kicking and screaming, from mediocrity to excellence. 改造成了一所出色的大学
Of course, in the process, he made a good many enemies. 当然 在这过程中 他树敌不少
Sing, O Gods, of the wrath of Achilles 神啊 歌唱吧 歌唱Achilles的愤怒
And finally, "the persecuting spirit" caught up with Coleman. 最终 Coleman也遭到了"精神迫害"
All of European literature springs from a fight, a barroom brawl, really. 欧洲文学始于一场战争 实际上是发生在酒吧的争斗
And what was Achilles so angry about? Achilles为何愤怒呢?
Well, he and King Agamemnon were quarrelling over a woman, 他和阿伽门农统帅因为一个女人发生争执
a young girl and her body 争夺少女和她的身体
and the delights of sexual rapacity. 以及占有她后 得到的快感
Achilles, the most hypersensitive fighting machine Achilles在战争史上
in the history of warfare. 是对感情最敏感的战斗机器
Achilles, who, because of his rage at having to give up the girl, 由于该少女被掠夺
isolates himself defiantly outside the very society Achilles愤然离营 从此不参加战斗
whose protector he is and whose need of him is enormous. 哪怕希腊军队需要他的保护
Achilles, has to give up the girl. He has to give her back. 但他不得不放弃 并交出那个少女
And that is how the great imaginative literature of Europe begins, 富有想象力的欧洲文学就此展开
and that is why three thousand years later, 3000年后的今天 我们也从这里开始学习
we are going to begin there today. 伟大的欧洲文学
Miss Cummings, Tracy Cummings, can you tell us... Cummings小姐 Tracy Cummings 你能否告诉我们...
Still not here. Okay. Mr. Thomas, William Thomas. 又没来 好吧 Thomas先生 William Thomas
Is he here? 来了吗?
We're five weeks into the semester 我们开学已经五周了
and I haven't even laid eyes on these folks. 我根本没见过他们
Can anyone tell me, do these people exist? 谁能告诉我 他们到底存不存在?
Or are they spooks? 他们是幽灵吗?
Were you aware, Professor Silk, Silk教授 你知不知道
that Tracy Cummings and William Thomas are African-Americans? Tracy Cummings和William Thomas是非洲裔美国人?
How could I be? I've never seen them. 我怎么知道? 根本没见过他们
But you are aware of the connotation of the word "spook." 那你知道"幽灵"这个词的其他含义吧
Ghost Professor Roux. Ghost. 鬼魂 Roux教授 还有鬼魂的意思
I was referring to their ectoplasmic character. 我只是用来比喻他们的举止
Here is the, uh, first definition of the word. I quote, 我引用的是该词条的第一种解释
spook, informal ghost, spectre 幽灵 非正式用法 指鬼魂 妖怪
But, Dean Silk, let me remind you of the second definition Silk院长 它还有另一种解释
Negro. 黑鬼
I'd never laid eyes on them. How could I know they were black? Hmm? 我根本没见过他们 怎么知道他们是黑人?
All I did know was that they were invisible. 我只知道他们没来上过课
Nevertheless, they have lodged a complaint. 但是他们提出了控诉
Miss Cummings was devastated. Now the issue here... Cummings小姐觉得受到了伤害 现在事情...
These students have never attended a single class. 这些学生根本没来上过课
Do they exist or are they spooks? Consider the context. 他们是否存在 还是幽灵? 考虑一下上下文
- But, Dean Silk... - I've not finished! - 但是Silk院长... - 我还没说完!
The only issue is the nonattendance of these students, 唯一的问题就是 这些学生旷课
their inexcusable neglect of work and their sheer chutzpah. 他们放肆到无视学业 是不可原谅的
Oh, Miss Cummings is devastated. Give me a break, will you? Cummings小姐竟然觉得自己受到伤害了?
To charge me with racism is not only false, 因为种族歧视控诉我
it is spectacularly false! And you know it! 简直是大错特错! 你们自己清楚!
Thanks a lot, Herb. 失礼了 Herb
- Well, I've quit. - What? - 我不干了 - 什么?
I've resigned from that half-assed college. 我从那个烂学校辞职了
Where's that last year's phone book? 去年的电话本在哪?
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What happened? 慢点说 慢点说 出什么事了?
- I've been accused of a racist epithet. - What racist epithet? - 我被指控种族歧视 - 什么种族歧视?
I used the word "spooks," which fifty years ago was just a slang... 我用了"幽灵"这个词 它50年前是句粗话...
I know what it was slang for. 我知道它是什么意思
Where's that phone book? We'll sue these wimpy bastards. 电话本呢? 我要起诉这群混蛋
- I want that lawyer, Alfred or whatever - Wait, did you remind them - 我要找Alfred律师 或者随便谁 - 等等 你有没有
- that when you were dean you... - Yeah, I reminded them. - 提醒他们 你刚被任命院长的时候... - 我说了
No, you hired Herb Keble, the first black... 你雇佣了Herb Keble 第一个黑人教授...
- Please, "African-American," please. - Okay - 注意用词 是"非洲裔美国人" - 好的
- African-American, ever on the faculty. - Where's that book? - 非洲裔美国人 - 电话本呢?
Isn't Herb on the same committee? Herb也是委员会的吗?
- But wait, wait, just tell me. - Yes, he is. - 等等 等等 告诉我 - 没错 他是
And they're our friends, for God's sake! 上帝啊 他们可是我们的朋友啊!
- Did Herb even open his mouth? - Yes, yes. - Herb说什么了吗? - 说了 说了
I'm sorry, Coleman, I can't be with you on this. Bullshit. 他说对不起Coleman 这件事我不能帮你 混蛋
Fine, fine. They want to fight? 好的 好的 他们是想宣战吗?
I'll give them a fight that they'll never forget! 那就给他们点永生难忘的教训!
This is absolute lunacy! After 35 years of your devotion, 太愚蠢了! 35年来你为事业献身
now you know what we're going to do? We're going to organize. 现在你知道该怎么做了? 我们要做点什么
We're going to get them to sign a petition. That's what we'll do. 我们要让他们签署诉状
No. You know what we're going to do? We're going to do a two-pronged attack. 要给他们双倍反击
We're going to attack We're going to get lawyers, 我们要找律师 要反击
- because I know some... - Okay. I know. Which is why... - 我认识几个... - 我知道 所以要...
- Coly? - What? - Coly? - 怎么了?
- Something's wrong. - I know there is. What do you mean? - 出问题了 - 我知道有问题 你想说什么?
- Coly. - What's the matter? - Coly - 你怎么了?
- Coly. - Hey, come on, sit down. - Coly - 快坐下
What's the matter? Come on. 怎么回事? 告诉我
- Come on. - I'm sorry. - 告诉我 - 对不起
It's all right. 不会有事的
I'm sorry. 对不起
Iris Silk died several hours later in her husband's arms. 几个小时后 Iris Silk死在他丈夫的怀抱里
Six months after that, Coleman came into my life. 六个月后 Coleman走进我的生活
I had been living alone in a small cabin by a lake not far from Athena. 我独自住在湖边的小屋里 离雅典娜学院不远
Including questions about my private life... 包括我私生活在内的问题...
questions no American citizen would ever want to answer. 是每个美国人都不愿被问及的
Still, I must take complete responsibility 但无论是从公共或私人来说
for all my actions both public and private. 我都必须对自己的行为负责
And that is why I am speaking to you tonight. 这也是我今晚站出来讲话的原因
- As you know, in a deposition in January... - Hello? - 在一月份宣誓作证时... - 有人吗?
I was asked questions about my relationship... 我被问及很多与他人关系的问题...
- Are you Mr. Zuckerman? - Yeah. - 你是Zuckerman先生吗? - 是的
- Are you Nathan Zuckerman? - Yeah. - 是Nathan Zuckerman吗? - 是我
You're the Zuckerman that's the writer, correct? 你就是作家Zuckerman 对吧?
- Yeah, but... - We've got to talk. May I come in? - 没错 不过... - 我们需要谈谈 我能进来吗?
Thanks. Your last book won some sort of prize, right? 谢谢 你上一本书得了很多奖 对吧?
- It was short-listed for the... - That was 5 years ago. What happened? - 它入围了... - 那是5年前的事情了 接下来呢?
You're blocked, right? You're blocked! 你把自己封闭起来 对吧? 封闭起来了!
You're worried you don't have another story in you. 你担心再也写不出故事
Well, I can fix that. I'm the answer to your prayers. 我明白的 我就是你祈祷得到的答案
- You know who I am? - Dean Silk? - 你知道我是谁? - Silk院长?
Dean Coleman Silk. That's right. 没错 Coleman Silk院长
The late, retired and now resigned and unlamented Dean Silk, 已经死掉的 退休的 辞职的 不足挂齿的Silk院长
following the murder you clock that? 还有谋杀 你听说了吗?
Following the murder of my wife. 谋杀我的妻子
How's that grab you, Zuckerman? 这些听上去怎么样 Zuckerman?
That good enough to get your juices flowing? 足够让你思路清晰了吗?
I'm not sure I understand. 我什么都没听懂
Those sons of bitches killed my wife, Nathan. 那群混蛋害死了我妻子 Nathan
They killed my wife as if they'd taken a gun and fired it into her heart. 就像是用枪直射她心脏一样
Yeah. Who would've thought Iris couldn't take it Iris那么坚强 那么勇敢
as strong as she was, brave as she was? But, uh... 谁能想到她没能承受住? 呃...
yeah, their kind of stupidity was too much even for a juggernaut like my Iris. 他们的愚蠢害死了我的Iris
Massive embolism. 大面积栓塞
Pow! I got her to the hospital, but it was too late. 我送她去医院 已经晚了
The point is they meant to kill me but they got her instead. 他们想弄死我 却害错了人
All in the name of political correctness. 都是以政治正确性的名义
There's an oxymoron if ever I heard one. 太讽刺了
So, there's your book, Nathan. 你可以把我的故事写成书 Nathan
You mind if I call you Nathan? 你不介意我叫你Nathan吧?
- Look, Dean... - Just Coleman. - 听着 院长... - 叫我Coleman
All my other titles I have given away. 我现而今没有任何头衔
Coleman. Look, I'm sorry but I write fiction, and at the moment I'm... Coleman 听着 很抱歉我是写小说的...
Believe me this thing will read like The Manchurian Candidate. 相信我 这个故事写出来不亚于"满洲候选人"(电影名)
They murdered the wrong person, for Christ's sakes! 上帝啊 他们杀错人了!
For one word! Spooks! 就为了一个词! 幽灵!
Spooks! It's unbelievable. 幽灵! 真让人难以置信
Let me tell you something, Nathan. 让我说给你听 Nathan
My father was a saloonkeeper in New Jersey. 我父亲曾在新泽西开酒馆
Yeah, he was the only Jewish saloonkeeper in East Orange. 他是东奥兰治唯一开酒馆的犹太人
He only got as far as the seventh grade. 他只读到七年级
But he insisted on the precision of words. 但是他很坚持用词的准确性
And I have kept faith with him. I have kept faith with him. 我和他信念一致 和他信念一致
If you don't mind a suggestion 如果你不介意
maybe you ought to write this book yourself. 我建议你可以自己写这本书
Yeah. 没错
Maybe I ought to. 也许我应该写
Yeah. 是啊
I guess I ought to go. Let me ask you something, 我该走了 我问你
why are you hiding out here, in the middle of the woods? 为什么要躲在树林里?
- Hiding out? - Yeah. Isn't that what you're doing? - 躲? - 没错 你不就是在躲吗?
What's the moment called in Greek tragedy, 当一个英雄得知 他所了解的一切都是错误
you know, the one where the hero learns that everything he knows is wrong? 这在希腊悲剧中被称为什么?
It's called peripeteio or peripetia. Take your choice. 被称为"噩梦"或者"梦魇" 随便你怎么说
Yeah. That's me. 没错 那就是我
Hey. You by any chance play gin rummy? 嘿 你玩纸牌吗?
And this was how my friendship with Coleman Silk began. 我和Coleman Silk的友谊就是这样开始的
And how I came out from my reclusive life, 也是我怎样从湖边小屋的
living alone in a cabin by a lake. 隐居生活中走了出来
You're divorced, huh? 你离婚了 是吧?
Does it show? 能看出来?
Yeah, you have the look about you of a man at loose ends. 是啊 从你脸上能看出来
Takes one to know one. 时间久了就了解了
Why did your wife leave you? 你妻子为什么离开?
Which one? 哪一个?
The first or the second? 第一个还是第二个?
Several years ago, 几年前
I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. 我被诊断患有前列腺癌
Although the treatment was successful, 尽管后来治疗很成功
I had nevertheless withdrawn to my cabin in the woods, 我还是从现代生活的期盼与纠缠中逃脱出来
away from the expectations and entanglements of modern life. 独自隐居在树林的小屋里
In the year that followed my meeting Coleman, 我和Coleman见面后
the time it took him to write his book, 他就开始写自己的书
we had dinner together several times a week. 我们每周会一起吃几顿晚餐
Sometimes playing penny a point gin rummy, 有时候打打纸牌
sometimes listening to music that came from a small FM station in Springfield 有时候听听地方电台的音乐
that played big band hits from the forties and fifties. 放的都是四五十年代老乐队的歌
It was during that time 就在那段时间
that Coleman dragged me back to life, much as he had Athena College. Coleman把我带回正常生活 就像他在雅典娜学院一样
- What's with the book? - The book has come and gone. - 书写得怎么样了? - 写了又没了
- Meaning? - Meaning it's worthless. - 什么意思? - 意思是毫无意义
Yeah. 是啊
You can't make a college without breaking eggheads, 没有知识分子就不会成立学院
and, I couldn't write a book called Spooks 同样 没有变成疯子 满口疯言疯语
that didn't sound like the ravings of a lunatic. 我就不能写一本叫"幽灵"的书
So... all this is useless. 所以... 这一切都没有用处
Unless you count the dubious thrill of re-reading old love letters. 除非你觉得重读旧情书会感到兴奋
Who's the girl? 这女孩是谁?
- That's Steena Paulsson. - Very pretty. - 是Steena Paulsson - 真漂亮
- Yeah. - This you? - 确实 - 这是你?
Yeah, that's me. 是的 是我
I met her when I was at N.Y.U. 我在纽约大学认识她的
And, it was in 1948 and I was on the GI Bill with the Navy behind me. 那是1948年 我从海军退伍后
At that time I used to live in the village in those days, 那段时间我住在村子里
and I used to go into the library. 常去学校图书馆
It was just like fishing. I'd go into the stacks and come out with a girl. 就像钓鱼一样 我在书架边遇到这个女孩
Steena Paulsson. Yeah, I almost married her. Steena Paulsson 我差点和她结婚
Hi. 嗨
This book will change your life, I promise. 我保证 这本书会改变你一生
I can't stay long. 我不能待太久
Come on in. Just take me a minute to find it. 进来吧 稍等一下 我找找
Oh, this is beautiful. I have two roommates 哦 真漂亮 我和两个室友
and we live in this dungeon at the bottom of an air shaft on West 26th Street. 住在西26街的一个通风井底的地下室里
- Would you like some coffee? - No. Thank you. I should get back. - 喝咖啡吗? - 不用了 谢谢 我要回去了
It's just one cup. That's all, I promise. 就一杯咖啡 没别的意思
And the, uh, the library stays open until ten. 还有图书馆10点才关门
- Sure. Why not? - Good. - 是啊 来一杯吧 - 好的
- How do you take it? - Black is fine, thanks. - 要加什么吗? - 黑咖啡就可以 谢了
- So "Steena Paulsson." That's... what is that Swedish? - "Steena Paulsson"... 你是瑞典人吗?
Close. It's Danish and Icelandic. 差不多 是丹麦和冰岛的混血
- So you're not from New York? - How could you tell? - 那么你不是纽约人了? - 你怎么知道?
Fergus Falls, Minnesota. 我来自明尼苏达的Fergus Falls
Well Miss Steena Paulsson from Fergus Falls, Minnesota 好吧 来自明尼苏达的Steena Paulsson小姐
this is my gift for you. 这是我送你的礼物
Tender is the Night. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 菲茨杰拉德写的"夜色温柔"
He's from the Midwest, too. 他也是中西部人
Thank you. 谢谢
You're welcome. 不客气
The coffee? 还喝咖啡吗?
Coffee. 当然
What happened? 你怎么弄的?
- To what? - The cut over your eye. - 什么? - 你眼睛上的伤口
Oh uh, boxing. It's just a hobby. 哦 啊 打拳击伤的 拳击是我的爱好
You like that sort of thing? 你喜欢那种的运动?
Yes, I do. 是啊 我喜欢
I mean, don't get the wrong idea. It's not about strength. 我的意思是 不要理解错了 这不是比蛮力
It's really all about how smart you are. 这完全是智慧的较量
Are you smart. Miss Paulsson? 你聪明吗 Paulsson小姐?
What do you think, Mr. Silk? 你觉得呢 Silk先生?
I think you'd make a great boxer. 我觉得你会是个不错的拳击手
Good answer. 答得好
Well, come on. Let's see. 好 试一下
- See what? - Show me. - 试什么? - 让我看看
- Show you what? - Show me how good you are. - 给你看什么? - 看看你到底多厉害
Okay. 好的
- Okay. You're right-handed? - Yes. - 好了 你是右撇子吗? - 是的
All right. Put your left leg forward, your right leg back. 左腿向前 右腿向后
Bend at the knees. 膝盖弯曲
Okay? Two fists. 明白了吗? 伸出双拳
Bring your right one back by your chin. Keep it cocked here. 右拳放在下巴旁边 不要动
Left one comes out in front of you. That's what you jab with. 左拳在前用于刺拳
All right. And your thumbs are on the outside, 很好 还有拇指要在拳头外侧
Yeah? Okay. It's like this 好 像这样
- Jab. Jab. Jab. - Jab. Jab. Jab. - 刺拳 刺拳 刺拳 - 刺拳 刺拳 刺拳
That's pretty good for starters. 对新手来说你打的很不错
Um, your right hand, throw that in once in a while. 嗯 右拳偶尔出击
Just to mix the other guy up. 把对手搞混就行
It's a right cross. Like this 这是交叉攻击 像这样
- Jab. Jab right. - Jab. Jab right. - 刺拳 右刺拳 - 刺拳 右刺拳
- That's good. - Jab. Jab right. - 很好 - 刺拳 右刺拳
- All right. The hands. - Okay. I'm getting hot. - 好了 打我的手 - 好的 好热啊
Jab. Jab right. Jab. Jab right. 刺拳 右刺拳 刺拳 右刺拳
Nice. Keep the right back by your chin. 很好 右拳放在下巴旁
Okay. Jab. Jab right. Jab. Jab right. 好的 刺拳 右刺拳 刺拳 右刺拳
- Watch the hands. - Stop moving! Jab. Jab right. - 看准目标 - 别动啊! 刺拳 右刺拳
- Jab. Jab right. - That's good. - 刺拳 右刺拳 - 很好
Jab. Jab right. Jab. Jab right! 刺拳 右刺拳 刺拳 右刺拳!
Did I hurt you? 弄疼你了吗?
No. 没有
Your heart's beating fast. 你的心跳好快
I can't believe this. 真不敢相信
Me neither. 我也是
I guess we do things a little differently back home. 我们老家民风淳朴 不会发展得这么快
Yes, I can imagine. 是的 我觉得也是
First, first we'd be eyeing each other in church, on Sundays, right? 首先 周日 我们会在教堂彼此注视对吗?
And then as fall slipped into winter and the air turned cold, 然后 直到秋去冬来 天气转寒
there'd be sleigh rides skating on frozen lakes 我们一起在湖面上滑冰
singing carols around the yuletide. 在圣诞季节唱颂歌
You forgot logrolling and dunking for apples. 你忘了滚木头和吃苹果(万圣节习俗)
Go on, then. Give me the straight dope. 那么 说实话
- Tell me about real American courtship. - You're American. Jews are American. - 你怎么看真正的美式求爱 - 你是美国人 犹太人也是美国人
Now listen. 听
That's Irving Berlin. 是欧文·柏林(美国作曲家)的音乐
I hear that and everything in me just sort of unclenches, 当我听到这个音乐的时候 内心就有几分解脱
and the wish not to die 还有活下去的希望
never to die becomes almost too great to bear. 永生的愿望变得太强烈 几乎让人无法忍受
Come on, dance with me. 来 和我跳支舞
Come on, dance with me! 来 和我跳支舞!
- I'm not making a pass at you. Come on. - No, no, no. - 我又没和你调情 来啊 - 不 不 不
Loosen up. Live a little! 别害羞 享受一下
Take it easy. Come on, loosen up, relax! 放松 别害羞 放松!
Just don't sing in my ear, all right? 别在我耳边唱歌 好吗?
- All right, all right. - Come on. - 好了 好了 - 来嘛
This is good. It's good for you. 这很好 这对你很好
Turn around. Beautiful. 转个身 很好
Good. A little spin. 很好 来个旋转
Away! 去吧!
Just look at this guy. 看看这个人
Get away! 去吧!
Really good. You're really good! 很好 你跳得很好
I'm having an affair, Nathan. 我犯桃花了 Nathan
I'm having an affair with a thirty-four year-old woman 和一个34岁的女人
and I can't tell you what it's done to me. 我不能告诉你这件事对我影响有多大
I think I have a pretty good idea. 我想我很清楚
When this stuff comes back so late in life, 这种事在晚年发生在我身上
completely unexpected, completely unwanted, 毫无准备 毫不需要
it comes back with such force 它的出现对我的影响甚大
there's nothing you can do about it. 对此确无能为力
There's nothing to dilute it. 完全无能为力
And when she's thirty-four? 在她34岁的时候?
And ignitable, Nathan. 一触即发 Nathan
Ignitable. 一触即发
Ever hear of something called Viagra? 你听说过伟哥吗?
Well, without Viagra 没有伟哥
I could continue into my declining years 我会继续停留在我的晚年之中
and still draw profound philosophical conclusions 还在做着深奥的哲学研究
and still have a steadying moral influence on the young. 还能有着一套影响着年轻人的根深蒂固的道德观念
Without Viagra 没有伟哥
I would not be doing something that makes no sense at all 我就不会做一些完全没有意义的事
something that is ill-considered 一些鲁莽的
and potentially disastrous for all concerned. 留下祸端的事
Just where exactly did you find this astounding woman? 你是在哪里遇到这个令你神魂颠倒的女人?
- We're closing. - Two minutes, that's all I need. - 我们关门了 - 几分钟就行
- I said we're closing. - Two minutes, I promise. - 我说我们已经关门了 - 我保证 就几分钟
It's okay. Thank you. 不会耽误你的 谢谢
Couldn't wait until tomorrow, huh? 就不能等到明天吗?
No, it's my sister's birthday. 不行 这是我妹妹的生日
Good. Thank you. 很好 谢谢
Hi, Phil. 嘿 Phil
Are you telling me, Mr. Starr, Starr先生 你是在告诉我
you believe the President of the United States was lying? 你认为总统在说谎吗?
You know as a witness when you take an oath, 你知道 作为一个证人 当你宣誓的时候
it's a sacred obligation if you are a believer, 如果你是个信仰者的话 这是一项神圣的义务
that you're going to tell the truth, and you say, "So help me, God." 你就要说实话 于是你说"主啊 帮帮我"
I mean, this is very serious business. 我的意思是 这是个非常严重的问题
- You got car trouble? - Every other day. - 车坏了? - 隔天坏一次
Can I give you a lift? 我能送送你吗?
- Where can I drop you? - Uh, Nickerson's. - 你在哪里下车? - 嗯 Nickerson's
- That's the dairy farm. - Yeah. - 那是个乳牛场 - 是的
- You mind if I smoke? - No. Go ahead. - 介意我抽根烟吗? - 不 请便
Yeah, two dykes run it. 过两个堤坝就到了
They give me a room in exchange for doing the milking. 我帮他们挤牛奶 就可以住在那里
So you work at the post office and the dairy farm? 那么你同时在邮局和奶牛场工作?
And the college. 还有大学
Faunia Farley custodial staff. Faunia Farley 我是个保管员
It says so on my name tag. 我的工作牌上就是这么写的
Like to keep busy, huh? 喜欢忙碌啊?
Action is the enemy of thought. 多动就不会多想
Who said that? 谁说的?
- Thanks for the lift. - Okay. - 谢谢你送我一程 - 没事
Want to come in? 进来坐坐?
- You mean now? - Mm-hm. - 现在? - 是啊
I haven't been this close to a woman for... 我好久没有如此接近女人了 自从...
Since your wife died. I know. 从你妻子死后 我知道
Listen, um, we should get something straight. 听着 嗯 让我把话说清楚
If you're looking for sympathy, you've come to the wrong place. 如果你想获得同情 那么你就找错人了
I'm... 我...
I don't do sympathy. 我不会同情
Uh-huh. 嗯
Hey... Whatever. 嘿... 算了
- Thanks for the ride. - Okay. Take care. - 谢谢送我一程 - 不用谢 保重
Oh, God. 哦 天啊
- Hi. - Hi. - 嗨 - 嗨
It's nothing personal, but, uh, you got to go. 没别的意思 但是 你得走了
I just... 我只是...
I don't want to wake up in the morning and have you here, so 我不想明天早晨醒来 你还在这里
- Like I said, it's nothing personal. - Okay. - 像我说的 没别的意思 - 好的
Will I see you again? 以后还能见你吗?
You can't much miss me. 不要太想我
What's that? 那是什么?
The question is will I see you again? 问题是 我以后还能见到你吗?
What are you thinking? 你在想什么?
- I'm thinking you're going to ruin it. - No, I'm not. - 我在想你要破坏这情调 - 没有 我没有
Yes, you are. Just leave it alone. 是的 别猜了
Don't try and get inside my head. 不要试图了解我的想法
Why do we have to talk? 为什么我们一定要聊这个?
All right. All right, have it your way. 好吧 好吧 听你的了
- I was thinking I'm a crow. - A crow, why a crow? - 我刚刚在想我就是一直乌鸦 - 乌鸦 为什么是乌鸦?
- Mm-mm. - Your turn. - 先不说这个 - 到你了
- I was wondering what it's like making love - Fucking. - 我在想做爱是什么感觉 - 性交
All right. What's it like fucking an old man? 好吧 和一个老人家做爱是什么感觉?
It's perfect. No surprises. 感觉非常好 水到渠成
What's it like being out of a job? 丢了饭碗是什么感觉?
It's lonely. Like you, I guess. 很孤独 我想和你一样
My turn, huh 到我了 嗯
Aside from that wreck of a car, you don't seem to have any possessions. 除了那辆破车 你好像没有其他东西了
No books, no pictures 没有书 没有相片
Action is the enemy of thought. 多动就不会多想
All right. My life story. Is that what you want? 好吧 关于我的故事 这就是你要听的吧?
Fine. 好吧
I grew up with a lot of possessions. 我小的时候无所不有
My father was rich. Real rich. Lots of servants. 我老爸很有钱 非常有钱 家里有许多佣人
The whole nine yards. 家里整整有九个院子
Don't you believe me? 你不信吗?
- Mm-hm, yeah, I believe you. - Then my parents got divorced - 嗯 我相信 - 但是 我父母离婚了
and my mother remarried. 接着我老妈再婚了
The thing is, this one couldn't keep his hands off me. 以为这样他就不会对我再有非份之想
Bedtime stories were his specialty. Hey, sweetheart, let me read you a story. 睡觉前他总是给我讲故事 "亲爱的,我给你讲个故事吧"
Next thing you know, fingers in me. 然后他就用手指玩弄我
- You don't have to tell me this. - Hey, you asked. - 你不用非要告诉我这个 - 嘿 你先问的
Told my mother. She didn't believe me. Nobody believed me. 我告诉我妈 她不信 没有人相信我
When I was fourteen, he tried to fuck me. 在我14岁的时候 他想强奸我
That's when I split. I went to Florida. 那年我离家了 我去了佛罗里达
Did a little of this and that. 做点杂七杂八的事
I don't know. You know, girl like me always get by. 我也不知道怎么说 像我这样的女孩总有办法
No possessions. Travel light. 无"财"一身松
- Yeah. - Yeah. - 是啊 - 是啊
Real nice. 真棒
- Did you hear something? - Hear what? I don't hear anything. - 你听到什么了吗? - 听到什么? 我什么都没听到
- What is it? What... - No, no, no, shh. - 是什么? 是... - 不 不 不
- What could it be? - Shhh! - 是什么? - 嘘!
- It's Les. - Who's Les? - 是Les - 谁是Les?
Oh, shit! 哦 糟了!
He's my ex-husband. 他是我前夫
Huh? 嗯?
He follows me around. I can feel him. He's out there somewhere. 他跟踪我 我能感觉到 他就在外面
I can handle him. I used to be a pretty good boxer. 我能搞定他 我以前是个不错的拳击手
Listen to me. I'm not kidding. 听着 我没开玩笑
He's out of his fucking mind. He was in Nam. He did two tours of duty. 他完全就是个疯子 他参加过越战 服过两年兵役
He used to beat me up. 他以前会打我
One time it was so bad he put me in a coma for two days. 有一次特别严重 我甚至昏迷了两天
Hey. There's nobody there. 嘿 那里没人
Did you ever kill anyone in Vietnam, Mr. Farley? Farley先生 你在越南杀过人吗?
- Did I kill anyone? - Uh-huh. - 我杀过人吗? - 嗯
Isn't that what I was supposed to do 如果我被送到该死的越南
when I was sent to fucking Vietnam? Fucking kill gooks? 我不是就该去杀那些亚洲人吗?
They said, "Everything goes," so everything went. 他们说过"怎么都行" 那还有什么不行的
Look, let's get something straight right from the start. 听着 我们直说吧
- I never hurt her. Okay? - Mm-hm. - 我从来都没有伤害过她 好吗? - 嗯
Never. 从来都没有
And I never hurt the kids. That was all lies. 还有我从来都没有伤害过孩子 那些都是谎言
That blue-blooded whore 那个暴发户出身的婊子
Her parents are rich and she wouldn't ask for a dime to help me with the kids 她父母很有钱 但是她不向家里要一个子儿来帮助我和孩子
She never cared about anybody but herself. 她只关心她自己
I should have never let her go off with the kids. 我真不应该让她带着孩子走
- You sure it's all right if I smoke? - Yeah. - 我可以抽根烟吗? - 是的
She waited until I was in rehab. 她一直等到我进了戒毒所
That's why she wanted me in rehab to start with, 她希望我进戒毒所
so she could take the kids. 这样她就可以把孩子带走
She used the whole thing against me to get the kids away. 她利用所有的事来对付我 就是想让我和孩子分开
She had no right to steal my kids. 她没有权利夺走我的孩子
Now she's fucking this old Jew. 现在她和那个老犹太人乱搞
I should have killed her back then. 我就该杀了她
This is nice. 这里真不错
I'm sorry, madam. Smoking is prohibited in the restaurant. Thank you. 对不起 女士 这里禁止吸烟 谢谢合作
- Sorry. - Thank you. - 不好意思 - 谢谢
- I'm sorry about that. - Oh, no, that's fine. - 我很抱歉 - 不不 没事
They seem to have banned smoking everywhere now. 貌似现在所有地方都禁烟了
Is this okay for you? 你可以吧?
Sure. 可以
Coleman? Coleman啊?
I don't know if this is such a good idea, you know. 我不确定这是不是个好主意
It's fine. It's a fine restaurant. 没事的 这是个不错的餐馆
They specialize in fish and all that stuff. 他们的特色是鱼类
- Sorry I'm late. - Oh, hi. Hi, Nathan. - 抱歉我迟到了 - 你好 Nathan
This is, uh, this is Faunia. 这位是 呃 是Faunia
Uh, this is my friend Nathan Zuckerman. 这位是我的朋友Nathan Zuckerman
- Hi. - Nathan is a writer - 你好 - Nathan是位作家
a good writer, 很棒的作家
and uh what was that prize you almost won? 你差点赢的奖励是什么来着?
Oh, never mind, never mind. 别提了 别提了
I've been, uh, I've been teaching Coleman how to play gin rummy. 最近我在教Coleman怎么玩纸牌游戏金罗美
You're full of surprises, aren't you? 你不能省省么?
Okay? I just wanted you to meet a friend of mine, 怎么了? 我只是想让你见下我的朋友
So, Coleman's told me so much about you. Coleman总是跟我提到你
Really? He hasn't told me shit about you. 是么? 他从来没跟我提起你
What did he tell you? 他跟你说什么了?
That he's fucking a cleaning lady? 说他上了一个清洁女工?
Why are you doing this to me? 你为什么要这么对我?
- Doing what? - Why are you doing this? - 我做什么了? - 你为什么要这么做?
You know exactly what you're doing. 你自己知道你到底做了什么
You want somebody to talk to? 你要找人谈心?
You have a good time. I'm out of here. 你们慢慢谈 我走了
I'm sorry about that. 很抱歉
- Coleman. - Later. Excuse me. - Coleman - 回见 不好意思
Well, you've really come down in the world, haven't you? Huh? 看看 你终于也落寞了 不是么?
Dean of the college, professor of Classics 大学院长 古典学教授
Look what you ended up with. 看看你现在的样子
So what did you tell him about me? 你到底跟他说了我什么?
Nathan's my friend, that's all. Just my friend. Nathan是我的朋友 就这样 只是我的朋友
Did you tell him I was your little whore? 跟他说我是你的小妓女了么?
The thing is, you can't handle fucking someone 事实是 你还是无法接受我这种
that you can't take to a fancy restaurant. 只能跟你地下情的人
Let's just end it, you know? 我们结束吧?
Just end it, end it right now. 结束吧 就现在
Hey. 嗨
You don't get it, do you? 你不了解 不是么?
I can't. 我做不到
I simply can't. 我真的做不到
Turn off the fucking light! 把灯他妈的关了!
It's Les. 是Les
Don't worry, I already called the cops. 别担心 我已经叫了警察
They'll be here any minute. 他们随时会到
They know how to deal with him, all right? 他们知道怎么对付他
We just have to wait. 我们就等着吧
What the fuck are you doing? 你他妈的在做什么?
You can't go out there. He's fucking crazy. 你不能出去 他是个疯子
Yeah, so am I. 是嘛 我也是
Hey, Farley! 嘿 Farley!
What do you want Farley? 你想要怎样 Farley?
Come on out of there, you murdering bitch! 滚出来 你个杂种!
- Did she tell you? Did she? - What? - 她告诉你了么? 她说了么? - 什么?
Did she tell you she was giving some guy a blowjob 她告诉你她的孩子被火烧的时候
while her kids were catching on fire, did she? 她在给一个男人吹箫 她有说么?
Did she tell you that? 她告诉你了么?
Get away from here or I'll brain you! 从这里滚开 不然我爆了你的头!
- Get away! - Put that fucking thing down - 滚开! - 把这东西他妈的放下
before I ram it through your fucking skull! 当心我砸了你的头!
That's my wife you're fucking in there! 你在那里干的是我老婆!
I want to talk to her. 我要跟她谈谈
Les! Les 你想干嘛!
Hi, baby. 嗨 宝贝
- Hi, sweetheart. - Go home. Come on. - 亲爱的 - 回去吧 拜托
It's all right. I can... 没事 我可以...
Come on, go home. You hear that? 走吧 回去吧 你听到了吧?
- I had to call the cops. - Ah, what'd you do that for? - 我不得不打给警察 - 你为什么要这么做?
You're always fucking doing that. I just want to talk to you 你他妈的总是这么做 我只是想找你谈谈
you murdering fucking cunt. 你这个王八蛋
Come on, darling, there's enough time 来吧 亲爱的 我们还有时间
What are you fucking this old guy for anyhow? 你为什么要找这个老男人上?
Get away from her. 离她远点
Come on. We'll go for a ride. 来吧 我们去兜一圈
I'll bring you right back, I promise. 我会带你回来的 我发誓
Fuck 'em. 去他妈的
- Come on. - No. - 来吧 - 不
They know me. They're not going to do anything. 他们认识我 他们什么都不会做的
I'll bring you right back, I swear to God. 我会带你回来的 我对天发誓
I don't want to talk to you. 我不想跟你说话
Come on. Get your fucking hands off of me! 走吧 他妈的把你的手拿开!
Fuck! 你妈的!
This is payback for what I did in Nam. 这就是我在越南打仗的回报
This is what I fucking get for saving my fucking country! 我他妈的经历这么多鸟事 拯救了自己的国家
All the shit I went through. 就得到这样的待遇!
I come home to some murdering bitch 我回到家 这杀人的婊子
treats me like garbage! 对我猪狗不如!
Please no more of this! 不能再这样了!
No more! 不能!
You wanted to know why I didn't have any possessions. 你想知道为什么我没有任何财产
This is what's left of my kids. 这是我的孩子们
This. 这个
It was an accident, and he knows. 这是一场意外 他知道的
He knows the truth. 他知道真相
There was a... There was a heater 当时那里有个... 有个取暖器
and it... 然后它...
it tipped over, and the place... 它翻倒了 整个地方...
the place caught fire. 整个地方都起火了
You know, I can't figure out what I should do with them. 我不知道该怎么处理他们
I don't know, do I keep them? 我不知道 我该保留他们?
Do I bury them? 还是埋了他们?
I don't know. 我不知道
What are you looking at? 你看什么?
Huh? Is this all too trailer trash for you? 对你来说这些太像垃圾预告片了吧?
Just get out of here. 离开这里
Go on, just leave. 走吧 离开
You don't want to be a part of this. 你不想掺和进来的
Don't stay. 别留下来
Please go. 走吧
Please go. 麻烦你走吧
I can't. 我做不到
Please go. Go. 走吧 走
Everyone knows you're exploiting an abused woman half your age. 你和一个年纪仅你一半的家暴女有染 这事现在人尽皆知了
Well, if this doesn't take the cake. 还能有什么更槽的事情
What's more, I know damn well who wrote this. 还有 我很清楚是谁写的
- Who? - Delphine Roux. - 谁? - Delphine Roux
Professor of Languages and Literature. 语言和文学系的教授
I hired her, for Christ's sakes. I hired all of them. 我聘请来的 老天啊 他们都是我聘请来的
Why would she send you something like this? 她为什么要寄给你这样的字条?
I've no idea. How the hell should I know? You're my lawyer. 我不清楚 我怎么会知道? 你是我的律师
Send her a letter. Warn her off. 给她发个警告信
- She'll just deny that she ever... - That's her writing. - 她会否认她曾经... - 那是她的笔迹
Any handwriting expert will confirm that. 任何笔迹鉴定专家都能确认这一点
Coleman, Listen, forget about the letter. Coleman 听着 别管什么警告信了
What are you going to do about Lester Farley? 你打算怎么对付Lester Farley?
I'll get an injunction. 我会去申请个禁止令
A restraining order. I don't know. 限制令 我不知道
Have you any idea what you're getting into here, Coleman? 你明白自己现在处境如何吗 Coleman?
You want me to fight a legal war for you on two fronts. 你要我用法律手段帮你对付两方
One of them with a phantom correspondent, and the other with a lunatic. 一边是和一个幽灵般的记者 另一边是和一个疯子
I can get you a handwriting expert. 我可以帮你找个笔迹专家
I can get you a bulletproof vest. 我也能帮你弄件防弹衣
But what I can't provide is what you're never going to know 但只要你还和这个女人有任何瓜葛
as long as you're involved with this woman. 我可保证不了 会出什么事
A scandal-free life. Is she HIV-negative, by the way? 别再惹闲话了 顺便问下 她有艾滋病毒吗?
Did you have her tested, Coleman? 你让她去检查了吗 Coleman?
Did you use a condom, Coleman? 你用安全套了吗 Coleman?
And if you don't use protection does she? 如果你没有用保护措施 她用了吗?
How do you know she doesn't want to use you to make up for all that she's lost? 你怎么知道 她不是想利用你来弥补她自己的损失呢?
Do I represent you in a paternity suit, Coleman? 到时我是不是还要代理你的生父确认诉讼呢 Coleman?
Give up the girl, Achilles. 放弃那个女人吧 Achilles
I took your Intro to European Lit umpteen years ago as an undergrad. 好多年前我读本科的时候 还上过你的"欧洲文学介绍"
Give her up, and your troubles go away. 放弃她 你的问题都会迎刃而解的
Faunia Farley is not in your league and she's not from your world. Faunia Farley和你完全不同 你们根本不是一个世界的人
Last night, you got a good look at her world. 昨晚 你也看清楚她是什么样的人了
The fact is... she ain't worth it. 事实就是... 她不值得
Achilles on Viagra. How much sense does that make anyway? 靠伟哥的Achilles 你觉得这样究竟还能维持多久?
Ah, Nelson. Nelson啊
I'm sorry, have you quite finished? 抱歉 你说完了吗?
Yes. 完了
Nelson, you're a genuine vocal master. Nelson 你是个天才演说家
And so rich with contempt for every last human problem 对自己从未面对过的人性问题
you've never had to face. 也可以如此蔑视
- Listen, I was only... - No, you listen. - 听着 我只是... - 不 你听着
I never again want to hear that self-admiring voice of yours, 我再也不想听到你自我标榜的声音
or see your smug, lily-white face. 也不想看到你自以为是的纯白脸蛋
Good! Good-Good-Good! Yeah. 不错! 不错不错不错! 好的
- Get out of the corner - Finish it off, finish it off. - 别待在角落 - 把他干掉 把他干掉
That's enough. That's enough. 够了 够了
Next week, West Point. 下周 西点军校
Oh, come on, Doc. That guy's got five pounds on me. 拜托 博士 那个人比我重5磅
But he's slow. You can take him easy. 但是他动作慢 你轻易就能打败他
Besides, the coach of Pitt is gonna be there. He's a buddy of mine. 另外 匹兹堡大学的教练会到场 他是我兄弟
I want him to see you fight. 我想让他看你比赛
- So? - So? - 然后? - 然后?
Once he sees your stuff, and once I tell him about your grades, 一旦他看到你的实力 一旦我告诉他你的成绩
I'm pretty sure he'll offer you a scholarship. 我很确信他会给你提供奖学金
I can't go to Pitt! My father wants me to go to Howard. 我不能去匹兹堡大学! 我父亲希望我去霍华德大学
- He's an optician, your dad? - Used to be. - 他是眼科医生吧 你父亲? - 曾经是
He lost his business in the Depression. 大萧条的时候丢了工作
Well, look, Coleman. Just box for the guy, that's all. Coleman 就为那人打一场 就这样
- Then we'll see what happens. - Okay - 以后的事以后再说 - 好
One thing. 有一件事
When you meet the guy from Pitt, don't tell him you're colored, okay? 见到匹兹堡大学的那个人时 别告诉他你是黑人 可以吗?
- Don't tell him? - Don't bring it up. - 别告诉他? - 别提起
You're neither one thing nor the other. You're Silky Silk, that's all. 别说是白人也不说是黑人 你就是"蚕丝色"Silk而已
- He won't know? - How's he going to know? - 他不会知道吗? - 他怎么会知道?
Here's the top kid from East Orange High and he's with Doc Chizner. 你是东橘市高中最优秀的学生 再加上我Chizner博士的举荐
He's going to think you're Jewish. 他会认为你是犹太人
- You're late! - I know. - 你迟到了! - 我知道
- Walter's home on leave. - Hide this for me, will you? - Walter休假回家了 - 帮我藏起来 好吗?
Sorry I'm late. 抱歉我迟到了
Hey, Mom. 嘿 妈妈
- Walt. - Cole. - Walt老兄 - Cole老弟
- How are you? - Fine. - 怎么样? - 不错
So what's this I hear about you being class valedictorian? 我听说你代表全班做了毕业演说?
It's all true. 没错
Hey, with the only 4.0 grade average, who else were they going to choose? 当然 唯一的平均绩点4分 他们还会选谁?
Yes, we're very proud of Coleman. 没错 我们都为Coleman感到骄傲
- May I inquire how you did, Cole? - How I did? - 我能问下你做得怎么样吗 Cole? - 什么怎样?
Today in the boxing ring. 今天的拳击赛
I'm asking whether you won or lost your bout. 我是问 你比赛是赢了还是输了
- Did you tell him? - Kindly answer my question. - 你告诉他了? - 麻烦你回答我的问题
I won. 我赢了
How many fights have you won? 你赢了多少场比赛了?
Eleven. 11场
And how many have you lost? 输了多少场?
- None. - So far. - 没输过 - 到目前为止
Just when were you planning on turning professional? 那你准备什么时候成为职业选手?
- Dad, I don't think... - This does not concern you, Walter. - 爸爸 我不认为... - 这不关你的事 Walter
I asked you a question, young man. 我在问你问题 年轻人
Doc says I could get an athletic scholarship. 博士说我能拿到运动员奖学金
Maybe to Pitt. 可能是匹兹堡大学的
Like Walter, you will go to Howard. 你要像Walter一样 去霍华德大学
And after Howard, should you choose to become a doctor, 从霍华德毕业后 你要成为一名医生
you will not be doing your hands any good 去打拳击对你的双手
pummeling them in a boxing ring, will you? 没有任何益处 知道了吗?
You know, Coleman, if I were your father, do you know what I would tell you now? 你知道吗 Coleman 如果我是你父亲 我现在会告诉你什么?
- You are my father. - I'm not at all sure. - 你就是我的父亲 - 我不确定了
I was thinking Doc Chizner was your father. 我认为Chizner博士才是你父亲
He's my coach. That's all. 他只是我的教练而已
He teaches me how to fight. You're my father. 他教我怎么打拳击 你才是我的父亲
Well, if I were your father, do you know what I would tell you now? 如果我是你父亲 你知道我会告诉你什么吗?
I would say, "You won today. Good. 我会说 "今天你赢了 很好
Now you can retire undefeated." 现在你可以全身而退"
You're retired. 该退役了
If you'll excuse me, I don't wish to be late for my train. 失陪了 我不想误了火车
Boy! 小子!
Yes, sir? 怎么了 先生?
This fish is overcooked. 这条鱼煮老了
Very sorry. I will attend to it right away, sir. 很抱歉 先生 我马上处理
Cowards die many times before their death. 懦夫在真正死亡之前已死百千回
The valiant only taste death but once. 而对于勇士 却只此一回
Of all the rumors that I yet have heard, 在我听过的所有流言中
it seems to me most strange that men should fear 最奇怪的当属 人理应
seeing that death, a necessary end, 畏惧死亡 这个必经的终点
will come when it will come. 该来时终究会来
Clarence Silk knew well these words from Julius Caesar. Clarence Silk很熟悉"凯撒大帝"的这段话
He was a man of great intellect, 他是一个十分智慧的人
unflinching courage, and an uncompromising honor. 怀有坚定的勇气和不妥协的荣耀
But above all else, he was devoted to his family. 但最重要的是 他把全部都奉献给了他的家庭
His wife, Dorothy, his sons, Walter and Coleman, 他的妻子Dorothy 他的儿子们Walter和Coleman
and his pride and joy, young Ernestine. 还有他的骄傲和快乐之所在 年幼的Ernestine
Clarence Silk was the finest man I've ever met. Clarence Silk是我见过的最为优雅的人
Coleman? Coleman啊?
You're on duty? Tonight? 你要去值班? 今晚?
It's better this way. For me, anyway. 不管怎样 对我来说 这样更好一些
I never knew him, Mom. 我从没了解过他 妈妈
Not really. 真正地了解
I didn't have any idea what he went through 我完全没体会到 他所经历的一切
day after day after day. 日复一日
I don't believe he wanted you to know, dear. 我相信他并不想让你知道 亲爱的
He couldn't see the point. 他觉得告诉你没有意义
The point is 意义就在于
if you're colored 如果你是黑人
it doesn't matter how much you know. You work in the dining car. 不管你知识多么渊博 你都只能在餐车工作
He did that so you wouldn't have to. 他那么做 是为了你不用那样
Coleman, you don't have to worry. Coleman 不用担心
Your father's insurance and your academic record 你父亲的保险和你的成绩
will see to it that you get into Howard. 可以保证你能够上霍华德大学
I heard all about Howard from Walt. 霍华德的一切 我都从Walt那里听说了
He said they're always talking about the Negro people 他说他们总是在谈论黑人
about "we, the Negro people." 谈论"我们 这些黑人"
I'm not a political person, Mom. I don't understand who this "we" is. 我不是搞政治的 妈妈 我不懂这个"我们"指的是谁
Who do you think you are? 你认为你是谁?
- I know who I am. - You need to be proud of your race. - 我知道我是谁 - 你应该为你的种族感到骄傲
What about me? 那我自己呢?
What about just being proud of being me? 为什么不能仅仅为我自己感到骄傲?
It's my life. Or don't I get any say in the matter? 人生是我自己的 我自己却没有发言权吗?
Coleman, I'm not clever enough to argue with you. Coleman 我没你聪明 争不过你
Then don't. Don't let's argue. 那就别争 让我们不要争论了
I love you, Mom. But don't ask me to go there. 我爱你 妈妈 但是不要让我去那里
Coleman, you're barely eighteen years old. Coleman 你刚满十八岁
What are you going to do? 你要去做什么?
Have a seat. 请坐
You have a registration card? 你有没有注册卡?
Yes. 有
种族
白人
Welcome to the Navy, young man. 欢迎加入海军 小伙子
So what did the lawyer say? 律师是怎么说的?
He was more worried about Lester Farley? 他是不是更担心Lester Farley?
Yeah. I don't want to talk about Lester Farley. 是的 我不想谈论Lester Farley
Anyway, I can handle him. 不管怎样 我能摆平他
Coleman, you yourself told me that Lester Farley is a psychotic Coleman 你自己跟我说的 Lester Farley是一个曾被关进退伍军人医院
who's been locked up in the mental ward at the VA hospital. Twice! 精神病房的疯子 还关过两次!
Let me ask you something. 我来问问你
What do you think would have happened last night 你觉得昨晚要是警察没有来
if the police hadn't shown up when they had? 会发生什么?
Lester Farley is not going to just disappear off the face of the earth. Lester Farley是不会从地球上消失的
This kind of thing is going to happen again, 这种事情还会重演
and when it does, next time uh, you might not be so lucky. 下次再发生 你可能就没有这么幸运了
So... I just throw her to the wolves. It's just like that, huh? 所以... 我就把她丢入狼口 放任自流吗?
I'm not thinking about her. I'm thinking about you. 我担心的不是她 我担心的是你
Nathan. She's waiting for that. To her, sex and betrayal are synonymous. Nathan 她等的就是这个 对她而言 性和背叛就是同义词
Coleman, every mistake a man can make usually has a sexual accelerator. Coleman 男人犯下的每个错误 通常都有性在驱使
The things that restore you can also destroy you. 水能载舟 亦能覆舟
Yeah, I know that. 是的 我知道
And I'll tell you something. I don't give a damn. 那我告诉你吧 我一点都不在乎
These things don't come without a cost. 得到这些东西要付出代价的
Look, look what's happening here. 看看 看看现在出的事
People are saying that you got her pregnant 人们在说你让她怀孕了
and she had an abortion and tried to kill herself. 她做了流产 还差点自杀了
Uh-huh. And what else are they saying, Nathan? 嗯 他们还说了些什么 Nathan?
Hmm? What else are they saying, Nathan? 哼? 他们还说了些什么 Nathan?
Don't you look at me like that. 别那样看着我
I know this is bullshit. I'm your friend, remember? 我知道这些都是胡扯 我是你的朋友 记得吗?
Then act like a friend! 那就表现得像个朋友!
Stop judging me, and stop judging her! 别再评断我 也别再评断她!
Jesus Christ! 老天啊!
So what do you want me to say? 那你想让我说些什么?
I just want you to acknowledge that 我只想让你承认
something important is taking place between me and this woman. 在我和这个女人之间 发生着很重要的事情
Something that's worthy of respect. 值得尊重的事情
I guess you were right. This really is about great sex. 我猜你说得没错 这真的就是关于床事
Oh, fuck you, too. 哦 去你的 一路货色
Coleman! Coleman. Coleman! Coleman哎
Okay. 好吧
Granted, she's not my first love. Granted, she's not my great love. 我同意 她不是我的初恋 我同意 她不是我的挚爱
But she sure as hell is my last love. 但她的的确确是我最后的爱人
Doesn't that count for something? 这都算不上什么吗?
Enough to risk getting killed for? 值得你去冒死亡的风险吗?
I'm not afraid of dying, Nathan. 我并不怕死 Nathan
I'm not the one who ran off to a cabin in the woods to hide. 我可不是跑到森林小屋里躲起来的那种人
Dance for me. 为我跳支舞吧
One dance, for me. 一支舞 为我
Sure. Why not? 好 有何不可呢?
Why not? 有何不可呢?
Don't fall in love with me, Coleman. 别爱上我 Coleman
We're just a man and a woman, in a room, alone, right here, right now. 我们只是此时此刻 一男一女独处一室而已
Nothing else matters. Don't fuck it up. 别的没什么 别破坏气氛
This is more than sex. 这不仅仅是性
No, it's not. You just forgot what sex is. 不 就是 你只是忘了床上的感觉
Did I? 我忘了吗?
Dance for me. Come on. 为我起舞吧 来吧
You're way too young for me. 对我来说 你还是太年轻了
I need a man much older than you. Someone at least a hundred. 我需要一个比你老得多的男人 至少一百岁的
You know anyone in a wheelchair? 你认不认识哪个老到坐轮椅的?
I will do whatever you want. 我愿意为你做任何事
How many times 女人
have you heard a woman say that and really mean it? 这样说的时候 有几次是当真的?
I see you, Coleman. 我看透了你 Coleman
You want to know what I see? 想知道我看到了什么吗?
I see anger. 我看到了愤怒
And I see shame. 还看到了羞耻
- I see everything. - Is that a fact? - 我看到了一切 - 是这样吗?
- You imagine you kept secrets from me? - You never know. - 你以为你能瞒得过我? - 你永远也不会知道
Thank you. 谢谢
- Mr. Wilson, can you watch the register? - Yeah. - Wilson先生 能帮我顾一下收银台吗? - 好的
Can I help you? 您需要点什么?
Yes. Um... 呃...
I was looking for Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto, the, uh... 我在找拉赫玛尼诺夫第三钢琴协奏曲 那个 呃...
- The Horowitz recording? - Yes, that's right. - 霍洛维茨的版本吗? - 对 是的
Right this way. 就在这边
Did you go to East Orange High School? 你是不是上过东橘市高中?
Yes. Yes, I did. 是的 我是
I thought you looked familiar. Charley Hamilton's my cousin. 我就觉得你看着脸熟 Charley Hamilton是我表哥
I haven't seen him in a while. How's he been? 我有一阵子没见到他了 他怎么样?
He's good. He's good. Actually, I think he's getting married. 他很好 很好 事实上 我想他要结婚了
Good for him. Now the Rachmaninoff please. 真为他高兴 请帮我找拉赫玛尼诺夫吧
Is that your girlfriend? 那是你女朋友吗?
Yes. Yes it is. Look, 嗯 是的 听着
maybe I should come back some other time 也许我应该下次再来
- and then we can talk, okay? - Fine. Here. - 到时我们再谈谈 好吗? - 好的 给
That'll do the trick a lot better than Rachmaninoff. 这个比拉赫玛尼诺夫更厉害
Dance for me. 为我跳支舞吧
That has got to be the single most sexy dance 这肯定是有史以来 Fergus Falls的女孩
ever danced by a girl from Fergus Falls 跳过的世上最性感的舞蹈了
in the history of the world. 无出其右者
I love you. 我爱你
I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. 我爱你 我爱你 我爱你 我爱你
I love you. I love you. 我爱你 我爱你
I want to spend my life with you. 我想和你共度今生
What are you doing Sunday? 周日有事吗?
Nothing. Why? 没事 怎么了?
On Sunday 周日
we're taking the train to New Jersey 我们坐火车去新泽西
to have dinner with my mother. 与我母亲共用晚餐
Okay. 好的
Okay? 好吗?
I'd like that. 我愿意
Oh, I hope she likes me. 噢 我希望她会喜欢我
I hope the chocolates are okay. 我希望这些巧克力会合适
Chocolates'll be fine. 巧克力很合适
Maybe I should have gotten flowers. 也许我应该买些花的
There was a place back at the station I could get... 刚才车站那儿有个地方 我可以买...
Chocolates will be fine. And you'll be fine. 巧克力很合适 没事的
Okay. 好吧
You know, this is my old paper route. 看 这是我儿时送报的路线
That's where I crashed my bike into Mr. Harris' front porch. 我就是在那里骑着自行车 撞进了Harris先生家的前廊
Which one? 哪一个?
Right over there. My father made me pay for the damage. 那边那个 我父亲让我赔偿损失
To the bike and the porch. 自行车的和前廊的
Uh... I'm scared. 啊... 我好害怕
I love you. 我爱你
You know that, don't you? 你知道的 是吗?
I love you, too. 我也爱你
Hi. 嗨
Sorry we're late. 很抱歉我们晚了
Mother, this is Steena Paulsson. 妈妈 这是Steena Paulsson
Steena, this is my mother. Steena 这是我妈妈
How lovely. Please come in. 真漂亮 请进
It's quite a beautiful city, Fergus Falls. Fergus Falls 是个很美的城市
It's quite unusual, because we have the Otter Tail Lake 它很特别 因为在那里Otter Tail湖
and the Otter Tail River very close to each other. 和Otter Tail河挨得特别近
My father owns a small hardware supply store, a lumberyard there. 我父亲在那里开着一家五金店 一个伐木场
He's the disorganized one. 他是个缺乏条理的人
He cuts himself and doesn't even bother to wash it. 他切到手了甚至都懒得去洗一下
They're tough, those Icelanders. 他们很强壮 那些冰岛人
I actually didn't even know they were called Icelanders, growing up. 小时候 我其实都不知道他们被叫做冰岛人
My mother, she's a Rasmussen. She's the opposite. 我的母亲 是个挪威人 她正好相反
Sets the table for Saturday dinner at five the night before. 前一天晚上 就会把周六晚餐的桌子收拾好
I guess I was sort of caught between the two extremes and so 我猜可能是我夹在两个极端的人中间
I decided to get away for college out of their reach, so to speak. 所以才决定上大学 可以说是 想脱离他们的怀抱
And that's how I came to New York. 因此我就来到了纽约
I've never been to the Midwest, but I'm sure I'd like it. 我还从来没有去过中西部 但我肯定我会喜欢那里的
Coleman, wouldn't you like to see the Midwest? Coleman 你难道不想去中西部看看吗?
New York City. Final destination Penn Station, New York City. 纽约市 终点站佩恩站 纽约市
Steena? 嗨Steena?
Honey, we're almost there. 亲爱的 我们就要到了
Honey. 亲爱的
I can't do this, Coleman. 我做不到 Coleman
I love you. 我爱你
I love you, but I can't. 我爱你 但我做不到
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Saint Nicholas Arena. 晚上好 女士们先生们 欢迎来到Saint Nicholas竞技场
Tonight, in our opening battle, from East Orange, New Jersey 今晚 我们的开场战斗 由来自新泽西东橘市
weighing a hundred and sixty-two pounds, Coleman "Silky" Silk! 体重162磅的Coleman "蚕丝色" Silk!
A record five wins and no losses! 记录是五胜零负!
From Rochester, New York, weighing a hundred and seventy pounds, 对阵来自纽约Rochester 体重170磅
Sugar "Pete" Cunningham! 的Sugar "涤纶色" Cunningham!
A record six wins, one loss. 记录是六胜一负
Take it easy with the guy, okay? 对他下手轻点 好吗?
Let's give the people their money's worth. 让这些观众的钱不白花
Dance him around for three, four rounds, then go to work. 和他玩儿三到四个回合 然后再认真
Hey, kid. Hey! 嘿 孩子 嘿!
I asked you nicely to give folks their money's worth. 我好心跟你说了 要让这些观众钱有所值
You could have stopped the forth round instead of the first. 你应该在第四回合再结束比赛的 而不是第一回合
I'm a hundred and sixty-two pounds. He's a hundred and seventy. 我只有162磅 他有170磅
I'm supposed to let him hit me in the head 我难道应该让他多朝我的头
five, ten, extra times to put on a show? 打个五下十下 好来献上一场表演吗?
I ain't holding up no nigger. 我最受不了黑鬼
It's beautiful, isn't it? 太美妙了 不是吗?
I have to go. 我必须走了
Stay tonight. 今晚留下吧
No. I never stay. 不 我从不过夜
Just this once. 就这一次吧
Hi. Good morning. 嗨 早上好
Would you like some breakfast? 要不要来点早餐?
Uh... Eggs Benedict and ham? 呃... 蛋饼和火腿?
Sit down. Please. 请坐吧
Coffee? 咖啡?
No milk, huh? 不加牛奶 是吗?
There you go. Okay. 来了 好了
Looks like Monica Lewinsky isn't going to 看来眼下莫尼卡 莱温斯基在纽约
get a job in New York for the time being. 是找不到工作了
Can't you avoid the fucking seminar? 你就不能不去那该死的研讨会?
I don't give a fuck if Monica can't find a job. 我才不管莱温斯基找不找得到工作
Does fucking Monica care if my back hurts from milking those fucking cows? 我在给该死的奶牛挤奶时 那什么莫尼卡关心过我的背疼不疼了吗?
Does she fucking care that I have to clean up other people's shit 我在见鬼的邮局里必须给别人擦屁股的时候
in the fucking post office? 她关心过了吗?
You think losing your fucking job 你觉得你在要退休时
when you're about to retire is a big deal, don't you, Coleman? I mean... 弄丢了你那无聊的工作是件大事 不是吗 Coleman? 我是说...
No... I hate to tell you, but it ain't! 不... 我真不愿告诉你 但那不是!
Having your stepfather put his fingers in your cunt, that's a big deal. 继父用手指插进你下体 那才是大事
Having your husband come up behind you with an iron pipe 被丈夫拿着钢管从后面过来
and hit you in the fucking head, that is a fucking big deal! 打在你脑袋上 那才是该死的大事!
Having your two kids suffocating and dying! 眼睁睁看着你的两个孩子窒息而死!
That is a big fucking deal! 那才是该死的大事!
Don't you ever fucking talk to me about that. 你永远也别在我面前说大事
Because you don't fucking know! 因为你根本不懂!
I knew I shouldn't have stayed. 我就知道我不该留下过夜
I knew I shouldn't have stayed. It was a mistake. 我就知道我不该留下 真是个错误
It was a big mistake. 是个大错误
Even whores know better. They know. 妓女都比我懂 她们知道
Men don't pay you to sleep with them. They pay you to fucking go home. 男人付钱不是为了让你陪他们睡觉 他们付钱是为了让你滚
Hey, there. Hey, Prince. 嘿 看这儿 嘿 王子
Yeah, it's me. 没错 是我
You remember me, don't you? It's Faunia. 你还记得我 对吗? 我是Faunia
Did you forget me? 你忘记我了吗?
I wanted to come and see you, but I couldn't. 我曾想来看看你的 可我不能
Hi. 嗨
I haven't seen you in... It must be three, four, months. 我至少有... 三四个月没见过你了吧
Prince missed you. He got out the other day. 王子很想你 前几天它飞了出去
The other birds attacked him. They would've killed him. 其他鸟儿袭击了它 它们差点弄死它
He doesn't have the right voice. 到现在它的叫声还是不正常
It's because he's hand-raised. 因为它是人工饲养的
He's been hanging around people like us all his life. 它一辈子都和像我们这样的人在一起
A crow that doesn't know how to be a crow. 身为乌鸦却不知道如何做一只乌鸦
The first time I tried, it was a month after they died. 我第一次尝试 是在他们死后一个月
I got all dressed up. 我盛装打扮
Even my mother would have been proud. 连我妈妈都会为我骄傲的
You know I called her? 你知道吗 我给她打了电话
I did. 我打了
Called her to tell her my kids were dead. 打电话告诉她 我的孩子们死了
Mom, it's Faunia. 妈妈 我是Faunia
Twenty years. No call for twenty years. 二十年 二十年没有联系过了
She said, "Oh, I don't know anybody by that name" and hung up. 她说 "噢 我不认识什么叫这名字的人" 然后挂了电话
Bitch. 婊子
Why did they have to break the door down? 他们为什么要把门砸开?
Even the nurse said... She said later, There wasn't a heartbeat. 连护士都说... 她后来说 当时我已经没有心跳了
Not when they first showed up. Not a heartbeat. 他们刚看到我时 已经没有心跳了
Why couldn't they let me die? 他们为什么不能让我去死?
Couldn't even get that right, could I? 我连死的权利都没有 是吗?
No. 没有
I think I made a mistake this morning. 我想我早上犯了个错误
Faunia Farley, custodial staff, you know? 保管员Faunia Farley 你知道吧?
Just, uh... just doing my thing. 只是 呃... 只是料理点自己的事
So where were you? 你刚去了哪儿了?
- I was starting to get worried. - I walked around. Went to a movie. - 我有点儿担心 - 我在附近逛了圈 去看了场电影
Listen, I'm... 听着 我...
I'm sorry. 我很抱歉
Everything that I said, and everything that I did, I... 我当时说的每句话 做的每件事 我...
You were right. What happened to me is nothing. 你说得对 我的遭遇根本不算什么
No. You lost everything. You lost your wife, you lost your job. 不 你失去了一切 你失去了你的妻子 你的工作
They took your life away from you over a stupid, pissy little word. 只因为一个莫名其妙的单词 他们就夺走了你的一切
- That's not nothing. - Maybe. - 那并非不算什么 - 也许吧
I don't think you can measure sorrow. 我想 悲伤是无法去测量的
Yeah 没错
I brought you these. They're doughnuts. 我给你带了些这些 甜甜圈
They're from the... from the doughnut store. Jelly. 它们是从... 是我从Jelly甜甜圈店买来的
Listen, if you don't want me, If you want me to go, you know, 听着 如果你不再需要我 如果你想让我离开
then I understand that because... 我会理解的 因为...
I understand and I won't blame you. 我能理解 所以我不会怪你
- What are you smiling at? - Just so happy to see you. - 你在笑什么? - 只是高兴能见到你
Same here. I'm happy, too. 我也是 我也很高兴
Listen, there's something I need to tell you. 听着 有些事我得告诉你
It seemed impossible to me 一个像Coleman这样有活力的人
that someone as vital as Coleman 居然会在一次警察所谓的
could have been killed in what the police called, 罕见意外中丧生 实在是让我觉得
a freak accident. 匪夷所思
The more I thought I about it, the more I began to feel that 我越想 就越是觉得
Coleman and Faunia could not have died without the presence, 若不是Lester Farley开着他的皮卡车在附近出现
somewhere nearby, of Lester Farley and his pickup truck. Coleman和Faunia也不会死
At what point did you get in your truck that morning? 那天早上你什么时候出的车?
Before sunup. 在日出前
- Why did you get in your truck? - To get him. - 你为什么要开车? - 为了找到他
- To get who? - The Jew professor. - 找到谁? - 那个犹太教授
- Why were you going to get him? - Because I had to. - 你为什么要找到他? - 因为我必须得这么做
You were going to kill him? 你打算杀了他?
Oh, yes. All of us. 噢 是的 我们都得死
That was the plan. 这是我的计划
- There was planning, then. - There was no planning. - 那么 你是经过策划的 - 我没有做什么策划
- Uh, but you knew what you were doing. - Yes. - 呃 可是你知道自己在干什么 - 是的
But you didn't plan it? 但你事先没有事先策划?
No. 没有
- Did you think you were back in Vietnam? - No Vietnam. - 你当时觉得自己又回到了越南吗? - 没有
Were you thinking about the kids? Was this payback? 你是为了孩子才那么做的吗? 是报复吗?
No payback. 不是报复
Weren't you trying to get revenge to take revenge for that? 你不是为了报仇才去寻仇的吗?
No. No revenge 不 不是为了报仇
- Were you depressed? - No. No depression. - 你很沮丧? - 不 不沮丧
- Angry? - No more anger. - 很愤怒? - 已经不再愤怒了
But you drove your truck into their car. 可你驾车撞向了他们
I didn't kill them. 我没有杀死他们
They killed themselves. 是他们害死了自己
- What do you think? - I checked with the police and - 你怎么认为? - 我向警方确认过
there are no skid marks at the site of the accident, 在事故现场没有刹车痕迹
no sign of a collision. 也没有碰撞的迹象
I think Lester Farley is delusional. 我认为Lester Farley有妄想症
Completely delusional. 十足的妄想症患者
My name is Herbert Keble. 我叫Herbert Keble
And I am among those who failed to rise to Coleman's defense 当Coleman被指有种族歧视行为时
when he was accused of racism. 我同样没有起身为他辩护
Coleman, I can't be with you on this. Coleman 这件事我没法帮你
That is what I said to my everlasting shame. 这是我当时说的话 并让我抱憾终身
I should have spoken up to say then what I want to say now 我当时就应该在他以前的同事们面前
in the presence of his former colleagues 大声说出我现在想说的话
that the alleged misconduct never took place. 告诉他们 他被指控的不当行为从未发生过
Coleman Silk and his wife, Iris, Coleman Silk和他的妻子Iris
were betrayed by the moral stupidity 遭遇的是一种背叛
of a censorious and coercive community. 是这个苛刻且高压的社会给予的背叛
And I was a part of that community. 而我也是这个社会的一部分
We all were. 我们都是
Mrs. Keble. Keble夫人
My name is Nathan Zuckerman. I was a friend of Coleman's. 我叫Nathan Zuckerman 是Coleman的朋友
- I thought your husband's speech was... - I'm not Mrs. Keble. - 我认为你丈夫的发言... - 我不是Keble夫人
Are you? 那你是?
I'm Coleman Silk's sister. 我是Coleman Silk的妹妹
Iris. Nice name. And when is the happy day? Iris 好名字 婚礼定在什么时候?
June 14th. 六月14日
Have you told her? 你告诉她了吗?
When will you? 那你打算什么时候告诉她?
You plan on bringing her home for dinner? 你打算带她回来吃晚饭吗?
I told her my parents are dead. 我告诉她我父母已经去世了
Dead? 去世了?
You have no brother? You have no sister? 你没有兄弟? 没有姐妹?
There's no Ernestine? There's no Walter? 没有Ernestine? 没有Walter?
I don't want to be Coleman Silk, the Negro Classics professor. 我不想变成黑人古典文学教授Coleman Silk
And that's how it would always come out, Mom. 到头来总会变成这样 妈妈
You know it, and I know it. 你明白 我也明白
Funny, I never thought of you as black or white. 孩子 我从未考虑过你是白人还是黑人
Gold. You were my golden child. 金色的 你是我的黄金宝贝
Look, Mom... 听着 妈妈...
I haven't... 我还没有...
I haven't figured the whole thing out yet. 这事我还没完全决定
Will you have children? 你们会要孩子吗?
Yes, I suppose so. 会的 我想会的吧
You aren't going to let them see me, are you? 你也不打算让他们和我见面 是吧?
My grandchildren. 我的孙子们
Mom, you'll tell me 妈妈 你会这么告诉我
sit in the waiting room in Penn Station at 11:15 a.m. 你上午11点15分时坐在佩恩站的候车室里
I'll walk by with my kids in their Sunday best. 我会带着盛装打扮的孩子们 经过那里
That'll be my birthday present five years from now. 那会是我五年后的生日礼物
And you know I'll be there. 你知道我到时会去的
But aren't you taking a risk having children? 但若你想要孩子 不是也得冒风险吗?
The suspense will be unbearable. 那种悬念让人无法忍受
Suppose they don't pop out of her womb as white as you? 假如他们不像你一样 生来就是白色皮肤呢?
Won't you have some explaining to do? 你难道不需要做些解释吗?
Will you accuse her of adultery with a Negro? 你会指控她和黑人有奸情吗?
I have to go now, Mom. 我得走了 妈妈
Coleman Coleman啊
you think like a prisoner. 你思考问题时简直像个囚徒
You're white as snow and you think like a slave. 你像雪一样白 思考问题却像个黑奴
Murderer. 不孝子啊
- Is that the doorbell? - I'll get it. - 是门铃在响吗? - 我去看看
- Don't you ever come near Mom again. - Walter... - 你不准再接近妈妈一步 - Walter...
You don't call, you don't write, you don't nothing. 你不许再打电话 不许再写信 不许再做任何事
I never want to see your lily-white face again. 我不想再看见你这张纯白脸蛋
And your mother obeyed Walter. 你妈妈听从Walter的话了
All the Silk men, from my father on down, are very decisive. 自我父亲以来 所有Silk家的人都很果断
Yes, she did it. But I didn't. 是的 她听从了 但我没有
I was trying to reach him two days ago. It was his birthday. 我在两天前试着和他联系 那是他的生日
The day after he was killed. 就在他被杀的后一天
I don't blame Walter. He was only trying to protect Mother. 我不怪Walter 他只是想保护妈妈
And was he successful? 那么他成功了吗?
Just before she died, she was delirious. 妈妈死前精神错乱了
She kept saying, "Oh, nurse, get me to the train. 她一直在说 "噢 护士 快带我去赶火车
I've got a sick baby at home." 我家里有个生病的孩子呢"
Did you know why your brother resigned from the college? 你知道你哥哥为何从大学辞职吗?
I gather he was accused of racism. 我听说 他被指控种族歧视
That beats it all, doesn't it? 一个指控毁了他的一切 是吗?
For using the word "spooks." 只是用了 "黑鬼(幽灵)" 这么一个词
Sounds like from what I heard today, almost anything goes nowadays. 从我今天听到的来看 如今似乎什么事情都可能发生
People are just getting dumber 人们变得越来越沉默
but more opinionated. 也越来越武断
You know what's sad, Mr. Zuckerman? 你知道可悲的是什么吗 Zuckerman先生?
Nowadays, it's hard to imagine 很难想象 当初Coleman不得已
that anyone would do what Coleman felt he had to do. 才做的事情 如今可能人人都会去做
Constructing his whole life around a lie. 将自己的一生建立在谎言之上
Coleman could have stopped that racism charge in its tracks, Coleman本可以轻松驳回种族歧视的指控
if he'd only told the truth. 只要他能说出实话
But that's the one thing he couldn't do. 可事实他却说不出口
Do you think he ever told anyone? 你觉得 他可曾告诉过别人吗?
Maybe. 也许吧
Maybe someone. 也许跟某个人说过吧
So finally, I guess my mother was right. 因此 到头来 我猜我妈妈说的没错
I wanted to be free, but I became a prisoner instead. 我想要获得自由 却反而变成了囚徒
And you never told anyone? 你从没告诉过别人吗?
Not even my wife. She... 连我妻子也不知道 她...
I have not said a word about it to anyone until tonight. 今晚之前 我对此事一直只字未提
I haven't told anyone until... you. 我跟谁都没说过... 除了你
Why me? Why did you tell me now? 为什么是我? 你为什么现在要告诉我?
It was during my conversation with Ernestine 在我和Ernestine交谈过后
that I decided to write this book. 我决定要写这本书
A book that Coleman could never write himself. 一本Coleman自己永远不会写的书
The story of his mother and father, 他父亲母亲的故事
of Walter and Ernestine, Walter和Ernestine的故事
of Steena Paulsson Steena Paulsson的故事
and of Faunia Farley. 还有Faunia Farley的故事
Who ran from a world of privilage 她逃离了被压迫的世界
just as Coleman had run from a world bound by race. 就像Coleman逃离一个被种族所束缚的世界
And finally, there was one thing I had to do. 最后 我还需要做一件事
Beautiful spot. 很漂亮的地方
It's peaceful. 这里很安宁
As long as I can keep it secret. 只要这地方还能一直保密
Only now I know. 只是现在被我发现了
- You're the writer, aren't you? - That I am. - 你就是那个作家 是吧? - 是我
Any luck? 运气好吗?
Not much. 不怎么样
What do you think about out here when the fish aren't biting? 鱼不上钩时 你在想什么?
I was thinking if I had a son, he'd be out here with me now, fishing. 我在想 如果我有个儿子 现在就有人陪我一块出来钓鱼了
That's what I was thinking about when you walked out here. 你朝这儿走来的时候 我就在想这个
What kind of books you write? 你写的是什么书?
I write about people like you. 我写那些像你这样的人
Their problems. 他们的困惑
You live at Mike Dumouchel's place, right? 你住在Mike Dumouchel那里 是吗?
The cabin on the lake. 湖边的小木屋里
What's the name of one of your books? 你写的书叫什么名字?
The Human Stain. 人性污点
- Can I get it? - It's not finished. - 能给我一本吗? - 尚未完稿
I'll send you a copy. 我会给你寄一份的
You know, I started ice fishing after my wife left me. 我妻子离开我后 我就开始冰上钓鱼
All you need is warm clothes and the right equipment. 你只需要保暖的衣服 和合适的工具
Like this auger. 就像这个钻孔机
You drill a hole through the ice. 你在冰上钻一个洞
This'll cut through just about anything. 这玩意几乎什么都能切开
Then you drop your line with your favorite lure right through. 接着你把喜欢的饵料投到洞里
Any flash down there, fish are attracted, even in the dark. 稍微有点光线 即使在黑暗中的鱼儿们也会很快被吸引过来
And it's way dark down there. 冰面下可黑多了
And if I had a son 假如我有个儿子
little Les, a son of my own, 小Les 我自己的儿子
I reckon I'd be telling him all this stuff instead of you. 我估计我会对他说这些 而不是对你说
- It's cold out here. - You better believe it. - 这儿很冷 - 说得一点没错
I should be going. 我该走了
Yeah, well, you know your ice fishing now, don't you? 是啊 那么 你现在了解冰上钓鱼了吧 对吗?
- You can put it in your book. - I will. - 你可以写进你的书里 - 我会的
And you know my secret place. 你也知道了我的私密地
You know everything now, don't you, Mr. Zuckerman? 你现在什么都知道了 对吗 Zuckerman先生?
But you won't tell, will you? 但你不会说出去的 对吗?
And, hey! 还有 嘿!
The book. Send me one. 那本书 寄给我一本
It's in the mail. 等着看邮箱吧
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