灵感来自生活

ouchoushou · 发表于 2006-1-3 15:56:56

Life experience inspires author's books
灵感来自生活
 
By Xiao Ma (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-01-03 06:35
 
Working odd jobs in Beijing is not just a way to pay the bills for Dong Mingxia. Her work as a housemaid, restaurant handy helper and unprofessional actress is motivated not by the paycheck, but for the experience. 
董明霞在北京在辛苦的工作并不仅仅是为了生活,她的工作是一个住家工,饭店服务员和一位不专业的演员并不是全为了薪水,但是为了经历.
 
Dong, a female author from Central China's Hubei Province, gets her writing inspiration first hand. Her new novel, to be titled "City Forest," is about a female college graduate who lives on a meagre income gleaned from various low-paying jobs. 
董,一个女作家来自河北省的中部,她创作的灵感来自她的亲身经历.她的新作品,<城市的森林>,讲述了一个女大学生靠一些非常低薪水的工作来生活.
 
To better understand her character, 35-year-old Dong came to Beijing about a month ago with only 600 yuan (US$74) in her pocket. 
为了更好地了解主人公的性格,35岁的董怀着600元来自北京寻找工作.
 
"But I want to experience a hard life in awkward situation this time. I have to work this time for my first-hand experience, which is so important to me for my story," Dong told the Beijing News daily yesterday. 
“但是我想亲自经历一下在这个环境下的真实生活,今次我需要亲身去经历,这对我的作品是非常重要的.”董昨天对北京新闻报说.
 
"Without the experiences, I just cannot write anything concrete." 
“没有亲身经历,我不可能准确的描写”.
 
She is now living in a temporary bedroom of a housekeeping company in Chaoyang District which requires a rent of 200 yuan (US$25) a month - and works as a housemaid in a nearby neighbourhood. 
她现在在一个家务公司的临时宿舍里面住,每个月需要200元的房租,并服务于附近一家邻居的佣人.
 
"I love Beijing. Here, there are so many migrant workers, who have their own ideas and stories to tell. In meeting with them, I could have some sparks in thought," she said. 
我爱北京,这里有很多临时工,每人都有他们自己的故事要.和他们在一起时,我的灵感就来了”她说.
 
Her job is to accompany the woman master who has difficulty in walk to go for a walk as exercises, cook meals and do cleaning work. Back home, Dong seldom cooks or does chores. 
她的工作就是服待一个行动不便的老人出去运动,煮饭和打扫卫生,在家里,董很多煮饭和做家务事的.
 
"I am lucky as I can now master my own fate, and enter into all walks of life I have in my mind for a story," she said. 
“我非常幸运现在我可以自己掌握自己的命运,而且我脑中已经形成的故事的轮廓.”
 
"When I am back in my own bedroom at night, close the door, and bring out my computer to pen a few line, I feel free free to do what I really like." 
“当我晚上回到自己卧室的时候,关上门,打开电脑写,我感到这是最自由的时间.”
 
Dong is best known for a winning a top prize in a Web contest last year with "Love Doudou." 
董因为上年在网上那篇<爱东东>的辨论而出名.
 
The novel, about a love affair in Beijing between an orphan Xu Doudou and online confidant Ant, won the Second Chinese Original Literature Competition of Sina.com a forerunner news portal, with a cash prize of 50,000 yuan (US$6,165). It later came out in book form in January this year at the Beijing Publishing House. 
这篇小说,描写一个孤儿吴东东和网上的知心朋友的爱情故事.获得第二届搜孤网的原创作品奖,获得了50,000的现金奖,这小说今年一月份在北京印刷发行.
 
In writing "Love Doudou," Dong came to Beijing in September 2004 from her hometown of Wuhan Hubei's provincial capital, and stayed in the capital for three months to collect material for her story by meeting with various types of people. 
在<爱东东>这篇小说里,董在2004年9月从她的家乡河北省的省都武汉来自北京首都停留了三个月,见不少了人,为她的小说收集资料.
 
"I always long for social progress, and have been thinking of a harmonious society in which everyone has something to eat and is free to express one's thoughts," Dong said. "I am longing for a heart-shaking piece." 
“我向往社会进步,并希望一个和谐的社会让所有人有饭吃,而且自由交换想法.””董说”我渴望心灵的冲击”.
 
Besides "Love Doudou," Dong also finished two other novels "Futures Love" and "Safe Exit" last year. The former high school teacher said she began to publish prose and poems in 1987. 
除了<爱东东>之外,董在去年也完成了另外两部小说<未来的爱>和<安全出口>,她以前的高中老师说将要出版在1987年写的诗歌和散文.
 
Her earlier experiences made her think, she said. "For one thing, high-rises accompany luxurious recreation sites in Beijing, while in the other, there are people struggling under the poverty line. This made me think that we have an urgent need to create an atmosphere of social harmony." 
她以前的经验让她思考,她说:”总的来说,北京是一座高消费的城市,但是在另一面,很多人们挣扎在贫困线之下,这些使我想到我们需要紧急建立一个和谐社会”.
 
This time around, Dong has come to see some people's sorrows while doing her fieldwork and has experienced some personal growth. 
时间飞逝,董透过她的工作看到的别人的悲惨,也学到了不少东西.
 
"Frankly speaking, I am a miserable spiritual traveller, who wants to explore social progress. Through my contacts with temporary workers and housemaids in Beijing, I have become serious with my life," she said. 
“坦白地说,我是一个悲观主义者,想让这个社会进步,在我和临时工的交往中和我在北京的佣人经历中,我开始对我的人生严肃起来.”她说.
 
 
各位指教一下有没有翻译错,偶奋斗了半个小时才完工.

nick · 发表于 2006-1-8 22:37:46

原来是你翻译的，我一定会看完，但不是现在。

次日三天 · 发表于 2006-1-3 21:55:45

有空一定看完

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ouchoushou · 发表于 2006-2-18 12:12:55

不是故事,只是无聊时翻翻而已.

嘻嘻哈哈 · 发表于 2006-2-17 11:02:52

你真是个细心的人,我爱不懂英文,至少可以从中文里看了这个故事.

嘻嘻哈哈 · 发表于 2006-2-21 09:37:38

ouchoushou是不是师范毕业或当过老师呀,或者说比较追求完美吧.我发现这个论坛里,大家都看到的错误,只有你会及时纠正过来的.嘻嘻

ouchoushou · 发表于 2006-2-21 09:50:35

小女子初中毕业,请多多指教.

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