談到傾聽,我想到搶救雷恩大兵的一段電影對白,我ㄧ直玩味再三,藉此拋磚引玉,為忠於原著,引用英文原文,中文翻的不好,還請學長們海涵和指正:
2 b( c: U0 s$ [- R- ZPrivate Jackson: Sir... I have an opinion on this matter.(長官,我對這件事<指搶救雷恩大兵>有不一樣的想法)4 ?7 t" x4 O: q% p4 d* U; W; D
Captain Miller: Well, by all means, share it with the squad. (你當然可以和弟兄們分享你的想法。)% |. f- _* n$ I8 J: b
Private Jackson: Well, from my way of thinking, sir, this entire mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources. (長官,按照我的想法,這個任務是寶貴軍事資源的錯置。)5 ~; j( E. J. @
Captain Miller: Yeah. Go on. (是的,繼續講。)
z& `' q. w+ E3 v# Q0 EPrivate Jackson: Well, it seems to me, sir, that God gave me a special gift, made me a fine instrument of warfare. (長官,就我而言,上帝給了我特別的天賦,我是一個絕佳的戰爭工具。)
# ]; R1 _; h5 P3 ?3 \6 zCaptain Miller: Reiben, pay attention. Now, this is the way to gripe. Continue, Jackson. (Reiben,你注意聽,這就是訴苦,Jackson,繼續講。)/ L6 T$ b2 d4 ~
Private Jackson: Well, what I mean by that, sir, is... if you was to put me and this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile of Adolf Hitler with a clear line of sight, sir... pack your bags, fellas, war's over. Amen. (長官,我的意思是,假如你把我放到希特勒附近一哩處的任何地點,只要在清楚視線下,長官,可以打包囉,也就是戰爭結束了,阿門。)' n0 Q. K" H2 M3 X0 l
Private Reiben: Oh, that's brilliant, bumpkin. Hey, so, Captain, what about you? I mean, you don't gripe at all? (噢,鄉巴佬,那太棒了,喂,上尉,那你呢,我的意思是你都不會訴苦嗎?)" X) B/ t8 Y, t% {9 w; y
Captain Miller: I don't gripe to *you*, Reiben. I'm a captain. There's a chain of command. Gripes go up, not down. Always up. You gripe to me, I gripe to my superior officer, so on, so on, and so on. I don't gripe to you. I don't gripe in front of you. You should know that as a Ranger. (Reiben,我不會向你訴苦,我是上尉,有指揮體系在,訴苦是往上級,而不是往下層,一向如此啊,你向我訴苦,我再向我的上級長官訴苦,以此類推上去,我不會向你訴苦,也不會在你面前訴苦,身為突擊隊員,你應該了解這點。)
+ n" H4 s- R. [5 r+ _Private Reiben: I'm sorry, sir, but uh... let's say you weren't a captain, or maybe I was a major. What would you say then? (對不起,長官,但假如你不是上尉,而我是少校時,你又將會怎們說。)
$ _0 }3 J, |8 G {Captain Miller: Well, in that case... I'd say, "This is an excellent mission, sir, with an extremely valuable objective, sir, worthy of my best efforts, sir. Moreover... I feel heartfelt sorrow for the mother of Private James Ryan and am willing to lay down my life and the lives of my men - especially you, Reiben - to ease her suffering." (在這種情況下,我會說:「長官,這是一個很棒的任務,任務目標非常有價值,值得盡我所能去完成,而且,我對Private James Ryan的母親感到最深的哀慟,我將付出我和弟兄們的生命,特別是Reiben的命,去減輕她的痛苦。」)" H; j9 {) L3 t9 J2 _9 C, U* f
Mellish: He's good. (他是好樣的。)
1 d( G2 w( l" v9 Q! [Private Caparzo: I love him.(我愛他。) |