汉译英佳作翻译：史铁生《我与地坛》节选
<p>我在好几篇小说中都提到过一座废弃的古园，实际就是地坛。许多年前旅游业还没有开展，园子荒芜冷落得如同一片野地，很少被人记起。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>, <span word="I">I</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="referred">referred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="antiquated">antiquated</span> <span word="park">park</span>: <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Temple">Temple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span> <span word="Park">Park</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="before">before</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="much">much</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="desolate">desolate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="neglected">neglected</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wasteland">wasteland</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="seldom">seldom</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>.</p><p>地坛离我家很近。或者说我家离地坛很近。总之，只好认为这是缘分。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Temple">Temple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span> <span word="wasn">wasn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="wasn">wasn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="fate">fate</span>.</p><p>地坛在我出生前四百多年就坐落在那儿了，而自从我的祖母年轻时带着我父亲来到北京，就一直住在离它不远的地方——五十多年间搬过几次家，可搬来搬去总是在它周围，而且是越搬离它越近了。我常觉得这中间有着宿命的味道：仿佛这古园就是为了等我，而历尽沧桑在那儿等待了四百多年。</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="reposed">reposed</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="birth">birth</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="since">since</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="grandmother">grandmother</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="it">it</span>: <span word="in">in</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="fifty">fifty</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="times">times</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="vicinity">vicinity</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="closer">closer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="foreordained">foreordained</span>—<span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="park">park</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="me">me</span>: <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="years">years</span>—<span word="through">through</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tumultuous">tumultuous</span> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span>.</p>
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