看“海上鋼琴師”臺(tái)詞學(xué)英語(yǔ)：第8講

I like that. That I can live by. You get me up on that gangway and you roll out in front of me a keyboard of millions and billions of keys that never end,

live by: 靠…為生 gangway: 上下船的跳板 keyboard: 鍵盤 roll out: 鋪開

我喜歡這樣，我只能過(guò)這樣的生活。你把我弄到那個(gè)跳板上，然后你突然在我面前扔了一個(gè)上面有著萬(wàn)千琴鍵的鍵盤，

and that's the truth, Max, that they never end.

這就是我不能下船的原因，Max。是因?yàn)樗麄儫o(wú)窮無(wú)盡。

That keyboard is infinite. And if that keyboard is infinite then there is no music you can play.

那個(gè)鍵盤本身就是無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的，而如果鍵盤是無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的話，那么在上面演奏音樂(lè)是不可能的。

You're sitting on the wrong bench. That's God's piano.

bench: 長(zhǎng)凳

你根本就沒(méi)有站在合適的位置上，那是上帝的鋼琴。

Christ, did you see the streets? Just the streets. There were thousands of them.

street: 街道

天啊，你看到那些街道了嗎?只是街道就有成百上千條。

How do you do it down there? How do you choose just one?

你如何能在那里生活?你如何從那么多中間選擇?

One woman, one house, one piece of land to call your own, one landscape to look at, one way to die.

landscape: 風(fēng)景，山水

一個(gè)女人，一幢房子，一小塊你可以看著的稱之為自己的風(fēng)景的土地，還有一種死亡的方式。

All that world just weighing down on you. You don't even know where it comes to an end.

weigh down: 使…負(fù)重?fù)?dān)

那整個(gè)世界都只是重壓在你身上，你甚至不知道什么時(shí)候才是結(jié)束，是盡頭。

I mean, aren't you ever just scared of breaking apart at the thought of it?

be scared of: 對(duì)…驚恐的 break apart: 分裂【這里指情緒崩潰的意思】 at the thought of: 一想到…

我是說(shuō)，難道你從來(lái)都沒(méi)害怕自己會(huì)因?yàn)橄氲竭@個(gè)就崩潰嗎?

At the enormity of living it? I was born on this ship. And the world passed me by.

enormity: 暴行，極惡;巨大深遠(yuǎn) pass by: 經(jīng)過(guò)，忽略

甚至只是想想生活在其中就不寒而栗嗎?我是生在這艘船上的，我已經(jīng)和這個(gè)世界擦身而過(guò)了。

But two thousand people at a time. And there were wishes here. But never more than fit between prow and stern.

fit: 合適的 prow: 船頭 stern: 船尾

但是每次這里都會(huì)容納兩千人，而且還承載了人們的愿望，但是沒(méi)有比船頭和船尾之間更適合的了。

You played out your happiness but on a piano that was not infinite. I learned to live that way. Land?

infinite: 無(wú)窮的，無(wú)限的

你演奏出了自己的快樂(lè)幸福，但那是在一架有始有終的鋼琴上，那就是我所學(xué)會(huì)的生活方式。陸地?

Land is a ship too big for me. It's a woman too beautiful. It's a voyage too long, perfume too strong.

voyage: 航行，旅行 perfume: 香水

陸地對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是一艘太大的船，是一個(gè)太過(guò)于美麗的女人，是一段太長(zhǎng)的航程，是太過(guò)于濃烈的香水。

It's music I don't know how to make. I could never get off this ship. At best I can step off my life.

at best: 從最好的角度來(lái)看 step out: 退出

是我不會(huì)彈奏的曲子。我永遠(yuǎn)都不能離開這艘船。最不濟(jì)，我還能退出生命的舞臺(tái)。

After all, I don't exist for anyone. You're the exception, Max. You're the only one who knows I'm here.

after all: 畢竟，到底 exist: 存在 exception: 特例

畢竟我不為任何人而存在，你是例外，Max。你是唯一知道我在這里的人。

You're a minority. And you'd better get used to it. Forgive me, my friend, but I'm not getting off.

minority: 少數(shù) get used to: 習(xí)慣于 forgive: 原諒

你是少數(shù)，而且你最好習(xí)慣它。原諒我，我的朋友，我是不會(huì)下船的。

Hey, Max. Picture the scene at the Golden Gates. Some guy searching a list trying to find my name, not finding it.

picture: 描寫，想象 scene: 情景 search: 搜尋

Max，想像一下在天國(guó)的門前有個(gè)人看著名單試圖找到我的名字，卻找不到。

What did you say your name was again? Nineteen Hundred. Niemann, Nightingale, Ninestock… Nittledeen?

再說(shuō)一遍你叫什么。1900。Niemann,，Nightingale,，Ninestock…Nittledeen?

Well, you see, sir I was born on a ship. Beg your pardon? Born, raised, and died on a ship.

beg your pardon: 請(qǐng)?jiān)僬f(shuō)一遍 raise: 養(yǎng)育

你看，先生，我是在船上出生的。你說(shuō)什么?我在船上生，在船上長(zhǎng)，在船上結(jié)束生命。

Maybe I'm not registered there. Shipwreck? Six and a half tons of dynamite Boom. Six and a half tons of dynamite Boom.

register: 登記，注冊(cè) shipwreck: 遇難船，海難 dynamite: 炸藥

說(shuō)不定你的冊(cè)子里沒(méi)我的名字。你是死在船上的?六噸半的炸藥炸的。

Feeling better now? Yeah, I'm fine except I lost an arm. An arm? Yes, in the explosion.

explosion: 爆炸

現(xiàn)在感覺(jué)好多了吧?是啊，感覺(jué)還不錯(cuò)，除了少了條胳膊。少胳膊?對(duì)，炸飛了。

Well, you should be able to find one over there. Which one did you say you were missing?

be able to: 能夠

沒(méi)事，你能在那找到條新胳膊，你少了哪條胳膊?

Left, sir. I'm dreadfully sorry, we only seem to have two rights. Two right arms? Afraid so.

dreadfully:極其

左邊的，先生。十分抱歉，我們這里似乎只剩下兩條右胳膊了。只有兩條右胳膊?恐怕是這樣。

Would you mind awfully if… If I what? Well, if you take a right arm instead of a left?

awfully: 及其 instead of: 代替

你介不介意如果…如果我什么?如果你能接受用一條右胳膊替代左邊的?

Well, all things considered better a right arm than nothing, I suppose.

consider: 認(rèn)為 suppose: 猜想，認(rèn)為

那么，好像就算只有右胳膊也比什么都沒(méi)有強(qiáng)，我想是這樣。

Couldn't agree more. No laughing matter, Max. What a cock-up. Spend eternity with two right arms?

cock-up: 錯(cuò)誤，一團(tuán)糟 eternity: 永遠(yuǎn)，來(lái)世

雙手贊成!笑也沒(méi)用，Max。糟糕啊，下輩子得一直過(guò)只有兩條右胳膊的生活。

I mean, how would you make the sign of the cross? Hey, Max. Imagine the music I could play with two right arms.

sigh: 符號(hào)，標(biāo)記 imagine: 想象

我說(shuō)，你要怎么用胳膊做出十字的形狀啊?Max，想象一下我用兩條右胳膊彈奏的鋼琴曲吧。

Hope I can find a piano up there.

希望我能在上面找著架鋼琴。

-Max: What would you have done in my shoes?

in one's shoes: 處于某人的位置

如果你是我要怎么辦?

-Pops: I don't know. I wouldn't probably have felt quite useless.

useless: 無(wú)用的，無(wú)價(jià)值的

我不知道，不會(huì)覺(jué)得自己這么沒(méi)用。

-Max: Sooner or later, all stories end and there's nothing left to add. Anyhow, thanks, pops.

sooner or later: 遲早 add: 添加

遲早所有的故事總會(huì)有一個(gè)結(jié)局的，然后就再也沒(méi)有可以添加的東西。不管怎樣，謝謝了!

-Pops: Conn, There's just one thing I don't get. Who hid the broken record inside the piano?

record: 唱片

Conn，有一件事我不明白，是誰(shuí)把壞掉的唱片藏在鋼琴里的?

-Max: You're looking at him

那人遠(yuǎn)在天邊，近在眼前啊。

-Pops: So you weren't so useless after all. Conn. Here. Take your trumpet. Well, you'll be needing it.

trumpet: 小號(hào)

那你還不是一點(diǎn)都沒(méi)用啊!Conn，給，把你的小號(hào)帶走吧!你會(huì)需要的。

Never mind the money. A good story's worth more than an old trumpet.

worth: 值…錢，值得…的

別擔(dān)心，不要錢。一個(gè)好故事比這個(gè)舊小號(hào)值多了。

-Max: Okay, pops

謝謝!