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翻译：矜锦 校对：胖收儿 小乔初嫁了
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「妙笔生花」
[APPLAUSE]
The Words,
《妙笔生花》
by me.
作者是我
[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
Part one.
第一部分
"The old man stood in the rain.
老人伫立在滂沱大雨中
[♪♪♪]
He watched as Rory and Dora Jansen made their way to the limo.
望着罗里和朵拉·詹森向豪车走去
Somehow it seemed as if the raindrops missed them."
似乎雨水不能把他们打湿
Thank you. Good night.
- 谢谢 - 晚安
Ah...
No, no, tell Mom not to worry. Look, we just want her to feel better, okay?
告诉妈妈别担心，我们只想让她舒服些
All right?
好吗？
Yeah. No, no. She brought her camera. They're gonna take a lot of pictures.
不用，她带相机了，大家也会拍很多照片的
There's a lot of photographers there. It's an event, Dad.
现场有很多摄影师，这可是件大事，爸爸
Okay, all right, we got-- Yes, yes.
好，没问题，我们…是…是
We love you too. Love you, Chuckles.
- 我们也爱你 - 爱你，老爸
Bye.
再见
[GROANS]
Ha-ha-ha. My parents are very excited.
我爸妈很激动
And they love you very much.
他们非常喜欢你
Are you excited?
你激动吗？
Yeah, sure, it's a big night, right?
当然，这可是个大日子，对吧？
DORA: It's a big honor.
这是至高的荣耀
[RORY SIGHS]
Baby, it's-- You're just nervous. It's normal.
宝贝，你只是紧张而已，很正常
I'm just a little overwhelmed, you know?
我有点不知所措，你懂吗？
I didn't expect any of this.
没想到这本书这么受欢迎
Where are you? Hm?
想什么呢？
It was supposed to be a little book, you know?
我原先以为它只是本平淡无奇的书，知道吗？
I know.
知道
[♪♪♪]
So nice that you could make time for our little award.
很感谢你在百忙之中来参加颁奖典礼
We know you're busy. The pleasure's all ours.
- 我们知道你很忙 - 这是我们的荣幸
No. Come now. Your book is fabulous. But, of course, you know that.
你的书精彩极了，当然不用说你也知道
You've read all the reviews. Ha, ha, ha!
那些书评你都看了吧
NELSON: The Window Tears has introduced us to the one of the most exciting
《泪洒窗前》让我们认识了这位文坛新秀
and sensitive young writers
他文笔细腻，振奋人心
to appear on the literary horizon in a very long time.
打破了沉寂很久的文坛
We are privileged to have with us here tonight
今晚我们很荣幸地请到了…
the winner of this year's American Fellowship of Arts and Letters Award,
今年美国文学与艺术奖得主…
Mr. Rory Jansen.
罗里·詹森先生
[APPLAUSE]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Thank you.
谢谢大家
RORY: I simply tried to set down the truth as I imagined it.
我只是凭空虚构了一个故事…
The story of one man, his wife and child.
有关一个男人和他的妻儿
I never thought a little book like this would affect so many different people.
没想到区区这样一本书感动了这么多人
I only wish I had an idea for my second book.
我只希望自己还能有灵感写下一本书
[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
I don't want to take up any more of your time.
不多占用大家时间了
I'll just end by saying
最后我想说
that the honor this evening is truly all mine. Thank you.
衷心感谢各位的厚爱，谢谢
[APPLAUSE]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[♪♪♪]
CLAY: Rory Jansen had everything he had ever dreamed of.
罗里·詹森实现了其全部梦想
But somewhere, the old man was waiting.
但在某处，有位老人等待着
And he would change everything.
而他，将改变一切
"Right after college, they moved to Brooklyn.
大学毕业后，他们搬到了布鲁克林
They found a first floor loft in an old factory.
住在一个老厂房的阁楼上
It was five years before the book and the awards,
那是小说得奖的五年前
but Rory already knew what his life was supposed to look like."
但罗里已经规划好了自己的人生
RORY: So straight back there. That's it.
直着往后退，没错
Keep going? Like two more feet.
- 还要退？ - 再走两步
Okay, here? Yeah.
- 好了， 这里怎么样？ - 就这吧
Let it go. Just let go?
- 松手吧 - 这样？
[GASPS]
[♪♪♪]
[BOTH GRUNT]
CLAY: He loved her.
他爱她
RORY: Dora?
朵拉？
[DORA LAUGHS]
CLAY: He loved New York. You're gonna drop me. Heh-heh-heh.
- 爱纽约 - 你要抱不住了
He loved fighting to make the rent.
他愿意努力赚房租
Fighting to make his art.
努力创造他的艺术
Living like all the great writers he had idolized.
像他崇拜的所有伟大作家那样生活
Okay, I think we should put pictures up there.
我们应该在那里挂幅画
RORY: Mm-hm.
And I think your desk is fine where it's at over there.
你的书桌放在那边挺不错
And I think we should paint the bathroom pink.
再把浴室漆成粉色
RORY: Never. Ha-ha-ha.
没门
CLAY: "A young, struggling writer, fighting to make his voice heard.
努力奋斗的年轻作家想让世界听到他的声音
He liked cheap bottles of wine.
他爱喝廉价酒
How much is it? VENDOR: It's 20 dollars.
- 多少钱？ - 20美元
CLAY: And nothing to do with his days but wander the streets.
除了四处闲晃之外无所事事
Oh.
It matches my eyes. What do you want me to do?
和我眼睛很搭，不然你想我怎样？
[DORA GIGGLES]
CLAY: But at night, when the rest of the city slept,
夜深人静，整个城市酣然入睡后
he wrote."
他开始写作
Thanks, babe.
谢谢，宝贝
Just doing a final pass. Ahem.
最后检查一遍
And then what?
然后呢？
And then I'm gonna head into an agent that Professor Waller recommended.
然后去找瓦勒教授推荐的经纪人
And then what?
然后呢？
And then we're gonna celebrate.
我们庆祝庆祝
[RORY SIGHS]
[WHISPERING] But we don't have any money.
可我们没钱
Shh. Then we're gonna celebrate.
嘘，我们庆祝庆祝
Just gotta finish this.
完成这个就行了
Babe. Mm?
- 宝贝 - 嗯？
Babe.
宝贝
Babe. Come on, I gotta finish this.
宝贝别闹了，我要把这个写完
Okay, I gotta finish this. Heh. Heh-heh. Fine.
- 我要把这个写完 - 好吧
But you're missing out.
但你要错过大好风景了
[GROANS]
Finished.
写完了
JANSEN: Well, if he doesn't want to do it, he doesn't want to do it.
他不想干就是不想干
Listen, I said I'll try.
我说我试试
What do you mean? Of course that's my word.
你什么意思？我当然说话算数
I gotta know by Wednesday, that's when I place the orders.
星期三我才知道当天应该下单了
I'll call you back. Goodbye. Working hard?
- 再打给你吧，再见 - 很忙？
All I do is put out fires. It never stops.
我的工作就是不停地解决问题
Listen, I know you're busy, so, uh, I'm gonna come at you straight, okay?
我知道你忙，那我就直说了，好吗？
Let's go into my office.
去我办公室
How much?
要多少？
Just enough for the next month to cover us.
够我们下个月用就行
And then what? You show up again here next month?
然后呢？下个月再来要？
I got my book into an agent, says it's got potential.
我已经把书给一个经纪人看了，他说有可能出版
Did they give you any money?
他们给你钱了吗？
No, but, Dad, it doesn't work like that. It's not like your business, okay?
没，但是爸爸，这不一样
这跟你的生意不一样
It's not like you do work, you get paid for it, okay?
不是那种干了活就拿钱的工作，懂吗？
I gotta pay my dues. No, I gotta pay your dues, right?
- 我得付账单 - 错了，是我替你付账单，好吧？
Look, I wouldn't ask you if I didn't need it.
要不是走投无路我也不会来求你
You think I like coming down here like this?
你以为我愿意来求你吗？
You think I like saying no?
你以为我愿意拒绝你吗？
I feel like I'm hurting you more than helping you.
我觉得这不是在帮你，而是在害你
You gotta take responsibility for your life.
你得对自己的人生负责
I've been taking responsibility for my life.
我一直对自己的人生负责
I've had a job since I was 15. I was a busboy.
15岁就找活干了，在饭馆打杂
Okay, we decided two years ago
我们两年前说好了
I was gonna dedicate myself to being a writer.
我会努力成为作家
We had this conversation in the living room.
我们在客厅谈的
Mom was right there. She agreed-- But it's been a while.
- 我妈也在场，她也同意的 - 已经过去很长时间了
So maybe now this should be a hobby
所以也许在你成家立业之前
instead of a profession until you get your feet on the ground.
最好把写作当成爱好而非职业
Well, thanks for the encouragement, Pop.
谢谢你的鼓励啊，老爸
What about Dora? What about Dora?
- 朵拉怎么办？ - 朵拉怎么了？
Well, I mean, you got to have money before you get married.
我是说你们结婚也要用钱
You know what? I'm sorry I wasted your time.
算了，很抱歉浪费你的时间
Come here! Hey, sit down! Sit down.
过来！坐下，坐下！
Talking about marriage...?
谈到结婚…？
What are you, 11?
你是11岁小孩吗？
[SIGHS]
This is the last time.
最后一次了
You gotta get a job, something steady, support yourself.
找份稳定的工作，养活你自己
That's just part of being a man.
是男人就该做到这一点
I'm trying to be a man, Dad.
我已经在努力了，爸爸
Another part of being a man,
男人还得做到一件事
no matter how painful it might be, is accepting your own limitations.
可能很痛苦，就是要有自知之明
Come here.
过来
I love you. I love you.
- 爱你 - 爱你
I'm gonna pay you back, you know. Yeah.
- 我会还钱的 - 嗯
Yeah. Hey, you can always work here.
对了，你可以随时来这工作
Ha-ha. We'd kill each other.
我们会折磨死对方的
CLAY: "He continued to write,
他继续写作
believing he had a story to tell.
坚信自己有故事可讲
He sent his work anywhere they might publish him.
他把作品寄到任何可能出版的地方
But all he heard back was rejection, disinterest,
但回信不是拒绝就是不感兴趣
or the loudest sound of all:
要么就是最打击人的
Silence.
杳无音信
最后，罗里·詹森这位伟大的作家
[♪♪♪]
Finally, the great writer, Rory Jansen was forced to take a day job.
不得不找了份工作
He found a position at one of the biggest publishing houses
他在纽约一家大出版社谋了个差事
in New York, hoping to make some connections."
希望可以积累些人脉
I made a million connections here.
我在这建立了好多关系
What, you're a writer? Yeah.
- 怎么，你是作家？ - 没错
I got all my stuff into different agents around here.
我把自己的作品给这里不同的经纪人看
I'm actually glad it's taking me a while to break through.
其实晚点出道也挺好的
It's given me a chance to develop my style, understand the market.
这让我有机会找到自己的风格，了解市场
So, what kind of stuff do you write?
你写什么类型？
Uh, angry young men, I guess. Ha-ha-ha.
愤青吧
I used to be like that.
以前我也差不多
Now I write sci-fi.
现在我写科幻
You mature, you know. Just give it time.
你早晚会成熟起来的，慢慢来
Ah...
Are you gonna write tonight? Uh...
今晚还写吗？
I'll just stay in and watch a movie or get food or something. Ahem.
我就待着，看个电影吃点东西什么的
Okay.
好吧
CLAY: "Without even knowing it, they had settled into their lives.
不知不觉，他们开始安于现状
And on a Friday afternoon, they were married at City Hall.
一个周五下午，他们在市政厅举行了婚礼
[CHUCKLES]
They honeymooned in Paris."
去巴黎度了蜜月
[♪♪♪]
You ready?
准备好了？
Yup.
是的
「厄内斯特·海明威（1899-1961）」
DORA: Two minutes, okay?
就两分钟，行吗？
Just two more minutes. No more antique shops.
- 就逛两分钟嘛 - 别再逛古董店了
Mm, thank you. Put that down.
谢啦，把那玩意放下
Rory. [IN OLD MAN'S VOICE] Klondike 474.
克朗迪克474
Repeat 47...
重拨47…
What do you think of this? It's like some...
这个怎么样？它像…
Oh.
That's nice.
不错
What do you think of it?
你觉得怎么样？
[IN NORMAL VOICE] I think it's old.
太旧了
I think it's great.
我看不错
I feel like if we clean it up, you can use it for work.
擦干净后你可以上班用
Yeah? It's classy.
- 是吗？ - 很漂亮
I'm gonna get it for you.
我买给你
[♪♪♪]
Thank you, Mrs. Jansen.
多谢了，詹森夫人
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
CLAY: They returned to New York, and the honeymoon was over.
蜜月结束后，他们回到纽约
All mail and packages go to the assistants only.
所有邮件包裹都送到助理那里
Hey, Irene.
你好，艾琳
CLAY: "And then, with no warning at all,
接着，毫无征兆地
Rory got the call that he had been waiting for."
罗里接到了他期盼已久的电话
Thank you. Heh-heh-heh. Okay.
谢谢你，好的
Thank you very much. All right, okay.
太感谢了，没问题，好的
CLAY: The agent had a reputation for impeccable taste
这位经纪人以品味无可挑剔著称
「詹森 R·瑞沃 文学代理公司」
and discovering young literary stars.
擅长发掘青年文坛新秀
It's good.
作品不错
It's really good. I mean, it's a beautiful piece of writing,
真的挺棒，文笔很好
and the truth is that you should be very proud of yourself.
你真该为自己感到自豪
Thank you very much. Wow. Uh...
非常感谢
I worked very hard on it. The work shows.
- 我花了很多心思 - 看得出来
I look at you, I can't believe how young you are.
我没想到眼前的你这么年轻
Ha-ha-ha. Well...
这个…
I have to tell you, Rory, I just see so much truth in your work.
不得不承认，罗里，你的书让我感到很真实
I-- I am... I'm so impressed.
让我…我印象深刻
Wow, I can't believe this. This is-- Heh-heh.
我真不敢相信，这真是…
Whoo.
But unfortunately, the nature of the publishing business right now,
但很遗憾，现在市场不景气
at this particular time, is such that I don't know
以目前出版业的状况
how to publish a book like this.
我没办法出版这本书
Look, Rory, no one is gonna support a book like this.
是这样的，罗里，没人会赞助这样一本书
Book like this? From an unknown writer.
- 这样一本书？ - 无名小辈的作品
There's just no market for it.
根本没有市场
Now, it's hard for any writer, under any circumstances,
除非之前的作品销量都很好，不然的话
without a track record to get published. And this book--
现在出版作品对谁而言都是难上加难
而且这本书…
I mean, it's so interior.
过于内敛
Interior? What is that?
内敛？什么意思？
It's artistic, it's subtle. It's...
它很文艺，很微妙，是…
It's a piece of art.
是件艺术品
So this book, I should just shelve this and forget about it.
所以我就该把它束之高阁然后忘得一干二净
I just-- I spent three years working on it.
我…我花了三年时间写这本书
I'm just trying to be honest with you.
我只是想告诉你实话
I'm just telling you the reality of the situation.
现在行情就是如此
Have patience.
耐心点
[SIGHS]
You know, I wouldn't have brought you in here if I really didn't believe in you.
要不是真心欣赏你，我都不会见你
[♪♪♪]
「感谢您的稿件」
「很抱歉我们不能出版您的小说」
「显然您付出了大量心血」
「很遗憾现在我们不能出版」
DORA: You're gonna be fine.
会好起来的
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
[RORY SIGHS]
So we have two weeks in September. We're planning a trip.
九月份有两周假，我们打算去旅游
We think we're gonna charter-- What? We're gonna charter a boat.
计划租个…对，租个船
We're going to Turks, but we're gonna get a boat.
我们想去土耳其，但要租个船
Like a 50-footer. Nothing crazy.
- 大概50英尺 - 没什么疯狂的
Great, but it's the first two weeks of September.
挺好，但那是九月份的前两周
It's the beginning-- Get a sub.
- 刚开始… - 找人替班
You don't wanna miss this.
错过此行你会追悔莫及的
This is gonna be truly great. CAMY: It's gonna be amazing.
- 肯定很棒 - 会很愉快的
Breakfast, lunch, dinner. You pull out fish,
- 早餐，中餐，晚餐 - 你钓上来新鲜的海鱼
right out of the ocean, they cook them up. It's incredible.
厨师帮你做好端上来，简直难以相信
CAMY: Snorkeling, diving. Totally different on a boat.
潜水跳水这些在船上玩感觉很不一样
CLAY: "He couldn't stop thinking about that story.
他无法停止想那个故事
Where did it come from?
它从哪里来？
Who had written it?
是谁写的？
In those words,
他在字里行间
he had been confronted by everything he had ever aspired to be,
看到了自己渴求的一切
and the reality of what he would never become."
以及自己永远求之不得的现实
JASON: Buddy, what's going on with you, man?
老兄，你怎么了？
You're 100 miles away. CAMY: We want you to go.
- 都神游天外了 - 你们也一起去吧
Why don't you shut up?
能闭嘴吗？
[SIGHS]
DORA: Rory!
罗里！
What the hell? Oh, don't. Just don't.
- 你搞什么鬼？ - 别问了
Really, I can't right now. What is the matter with you?
- 真的，现在不行 - 你怎么了？
I don't...
我不是…
How the fuck do you end up here?
你该死的怎么混成这样？
Rory.
罗里
I look at my life, I look at your life, I look at his life,
我看着自己的人生，你的人生，他的人生
I look at my father's, I look at everybody's,
我爸的人生，大家的人生
I don't have a clue how anybody winds up where they do.
我真不知道大家怎么混到这般田地
I don't know. You don't have to know.
- 我想不通 - 你没必要想通
I don't know! It's okay! You don't have to know.
- 我不明白！ - 没关系！没人强迫你明白
There's so much time, Rory.
来日方长，罗里
I'm talking about my fucking life here!
我在讲我该死的人生啊！
What about your life? It's not right!
- 你人生怎么了？ - 就没对的地方！
Nothing's right!
一无是处！
Rory, how is that supposed to make me feel?
罗里，你这样讲考虑过我的感受吗？
How is that supposed to make me feel?
想过我的感受吗？
I'm not who I thought I was, okay?
我不是自己自诩的那种人
I'm not.
我不是
And I'm terrified that I never will be.
我很害怕自己永远无法成为那样的人
[♪♪♪]
RORY: I'm sorry.
对不起
[♪♪♪]
[GROANS]
It's okay.
没事
[GROANS]
[SIGHS]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[♪♪♪]
CLAY: "He didn't know why he was doing it.
他不知道为什么要这样做
He just wanted to feel the words pass through his fingers,
他只想享受文字滑过指尖…
through his mind.
穿过脑海的体验
[♪♪♪]
He retyped every word as it was written on those pages.
他将文稿逐字输入电脑
He didn't change a period, a comma, or even correct the spelling mistakes.
一个标点也没动，甚至连错别字都没改
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[♪♪♪]
He needed to know what it felt like
他想知道触摸这些文字
to touch it,
是种什么感觉
if only for a moment."
片刻足矣
[SIGHS]
[DOOR SCRAPING]
Rory, can you come here?
罗里，能来一下吗？
What's up?
怎么了？
Hey. You all right?
你还好吗？
What's wrong, babe?
怎么了，宝贝？
Hey.
DORA: Just kiss me.
吻我
Hey, what is it?
到底怎么了？
Oh, my God. What?
- 天啊 - 什么？
[CHUCKLES]
What? Are you pregnant?
- 怎么了？ - 你怀孕了？
No, no, no. I want you to listen to me.
不是，我希望你好好听我说
I was working on the computer today, and, um...
今天我用电脑工作的时候…
And I swear to you I've never gone through your things before,
我发誓以前从没翻看过你的东西
but your book was on the screen
但是你的书就在桌面上
and I started reading one sentence, Oh, no, no, no.
- 我开始只是读了一句 - 不是吧
then I read the second, and I couldn't put it down.
接着又读第二句，就再也无法自拔了
Listen to me. You are everything you've always wanted to be.
听我说，你就是你想成为的那种人
Dora, you don't under...
朵拉，你不知道…
Why would you keep this a secret from me?
为什么跟我保密？
No, it's not a secret.
不，这不是什么秘密
These stories, they're so different from anything you've ever done before.
这些故事和你以前写的都不一样
It's as if you stopped hiding.
就好像你不再躲闪了
They're fuller, they're truer, they're more honest.
更饱满，更真实，更有诚意
There are parts of you in this novel that I always knew were there,
小说里有你自己的一部分，我早就感受到了
but I had never seen before.
只是从未见过
I've never-- What parts?
- 我从未… - 哪部分？
What parts?
哪部分？
All of you.
你的全部
All of you, baby.
宝贝，你的全部
This has to be seen.
一定要让大家看到这个
Just listen to me, okay.
好好听我说
You always said that all you ever wanted to do was be a good writer.
你总说此生唯一的志向就是成为一个好作家
With this, Rory,
有了这个故事，罗里
you're a great writer.
你就是个伟大的作家
Baby,
宝贝
take it to work and show it to someone.
把它带到公司给人看看
And if you're not gonna do it for yourself,
就算不是为了你自己
then please do it for me.
也为了我试试吧
[♪♪♪]
Sorry to bother you, Mr. Cutler. Hey, Rory. How are you today?
- 抱歉打扰了，卡特勒先生 - 你好，罗里，今天怎么样？
Good. Good.
- 不错 - 那就好
Ahem. Do you have a minute?
有时间吗？
Uh, I'm kind of busy here. What can I do for you?
现在有点忙，有事吗？
I've worked here for, uh, over two years. I haven't asked anybody for anything.
我在这工作已经两年多了，还没求过谁
Uh, I have a feeling you're about to ask for a thing now.
我感觉你现在有事求我
You see, there's this novel, um...
你看，这本小说…
And I know that you get submissions all the time and you're very busy,
我知道你每天收到很多稿件，你也很忙
but I don't want anything other than your opinion.
但我只想听听你的意见
I would really appreciate it.
我会非常感激
CLAY: Days passed.
日复一日
Weeks became months.
时光飞逝
And by the time autumn arrived, Rory had all but forgotten about the book.
秋天到来的时候，罗里都几乎忘了书的事了
CUTLER: Rory.
罗里
Can I help you, Mr. Cutler?
有事吗，卡特勒先生？
Come on in here for a second. I'm in the middle of training--
- 过来一下 - 我正在培训…
Yeah, yeah, he'll find his way back. Shut the door.
没关系，他等会能跟上，把门关上
You know what I did last night?
你猜我昨晚干什么了？
On the absolute insistence of Debra, and God knows I tried to blow her off,
我本来不想搭理黛布拉，但在她强烈要求下
I read your novel last night.
我昨晚看了你的小说
You did?
真的？
Have you, uh, shown this to anyone else, anyone outside the agency?
你给出版社以外的人看过吗？
No, no, you're the only one that's seen it.
没有，就给你看了
I mean, uh, outside of my wife.
我是说，除了我妻子
What does she think?
她觉得怎么样？
She was the one that insisted I show it to you.
就是她坚持让我把书给您看的
Well, I can't wait to meet her and thank her.
我都等不及想当面谢谢她了
Rory, I would very much like to represent you
罗里，我很乐意做你的代理人
and your work.
还有你的作品
[♪♪♪]
You've written
你写了一本
a remarkable work of fiction.
卓越的小说
[♪♪♪]
CLAY: "There was no epiphany.
没有灵光闪现
No sign from the gods to point him in the right direction
也没有上帝给他指引正确的方向
like there had been in all the books that he had loved growing up.
这和那些伴他成长的书所描述的完全不同
All he had to do was sign the contract.
他唯一要做的，就是在合约上签字
The book was a unanimous critical and commercial success."
这本书在书评界广受赞誉，销量惊人
Thank you. Hi.
谢谢，你好
CLAY: "He was the darling of the New York literary world."
他是纽约文坛的宠儿
The winner of this year's American Fellowship of Arts and Letters Award,
今年美国文学与艺术奖得主是
Mr. Rory Jansen.
罗里·詹森先生
[SIGHS]
Let's raise a glass here to our son, the writer.
为我们的作家儿子干杯
To Rory. To Rory.
敬罗里
CLAY: "Rory Jansen had made his choice.
罗里·詹森做出了他的选择
[♪♪♪]
And then he met the old man."
随后，他遇见了那个老人
That's, um, the end of part one.
第一部分到此为止
Thank you.
谢谢大家
Thank you for coming.
谢谢你能来
RICHARD: Come along, people. Give the man some breathing room.
散了吧各位，让他喘口气
It's his break, after all.
这毕竟是他的休息时间
Ah. Heh-heh. Thank you.
谢谢
If you want to lie down or relax for a while,
如果你想躺下休息一会
you know where the room is.
去休息室就行
I read that you liked the 2005 Rosé.
我知道你喜欢2005年的玫瑰干红
[CHATTERING]
Don't forget, Clayton, 30 minutes, so no time for foreplay.
别忘了只有30分钟，克莱顿，没时间前戏
I'm so sorry. That's okay, I've read his books.
- 很抱歉 - 没关系，我读过他的书
Ah. Heh-heh.
So, what'd you say your name was again?
你说你叫什么名字？
I didn't. It's Daniella.
我还没告诉过你，我叫丹妮娜
Mmm. That's a beautiful name.
很好听的名字
Oh, can't you think of something better than that?
就不能说点更好听的？
Well, how about this:
好吧，要不这样
They gave me a little green room back there.
他们在后面给我准备了一个小休息室
It's got really great wine and cheese. And I won't have to sign any more books,
红酒和奶酪很棒，我也不用再签什么书了
and maybe I'll think of something more interesting to say.
在那说不定我会想到更风趣的话
Wanna go?
去吗？
Lead the way. Come on.
- 好吧 - 这边请
[LAUGHS]
Shut up. CLAY: I have to rest my voice.
- 别逗了 - 我得歇歇嗓子
It gets really dry when I read, and I have a whole other section.
读得嗓子都冒烟了，等会还要再读一整章
Don't bullshit me. I'm not.
- 别胡说八道了 - 我没有
It's okay. I already know everything about you anyway.
没关系，反正我对你了如指掌
Oh, really? Everything? Mm-hm.
真的？了如指掌？
Everything.
了如指掌
What do you know?
你都了解什么？
I know you hate tomatoes.
你讨厌西红柿
I know
我知道
Miles Davis' Kind ofBlue is your favorite jazz recording.
麦尔斯·戴维斯的《泛蓝调调》是你最爱的爵士唱片
I know you love to watch Cheers reruns.
还知道你喜欢看重播的《欢乐酒店》
And I know you took Latin for seven years
我还知道你学了7年拉丁语
and cheated on every single test.
每次考试都作弊
Wait a minute. How do you know that?
等等，这个你怎么知道？
Esquire, you said it yourself. Ugh.
《时尚先生》，你自己说的
I've got to start reading my interviews. Ha-ha-ha.
我得开始好好看看自己的访谈了
So...
那…
what else do you know?
你还知道些什么？
I know that you've been with your wife since your freshman year of college.
我知道你和你妻子大一就在一起了
I know that you go to every single Yankees home game,
我知道洋基队的每一个主场你都会去看
and I know that you, Clayton Hammond, are a genius.
我还知道你，克莱顿·哈蒙德，是个天才
Heh. Shows how much you know. Why's that?
- 你也不是无所不知啊 - 怎么？
I missed two Yankee games last year.
去年洋基队的比赛我有两场没看
Oh, sorry.
哦，抱歉
And, uh, my wife and I are, um...
而且，我和我妻子
separated.
已经分居了
I actually did know that, but you're wearing a ring.
其实我知道，不过你还带着婚戒
Yeah.
是啊
So, uh, Daniella,
那么…丹妮娜
how did you get backstage tonight?
今晚你怎么到后台的？
I'm a grad student at Columbia, and I begged my professor for his ticket.
我是哥伦比亚大学的研究生
我求导师把票让给我了
I won the Elman Fellowship, just like you.
我拿了埃尔曼奖学金，和你一样
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Mr. Hammond, they're ready for you.
哈蒙德先生，该上场了
Yes, Mr. Hammond, we're ready for you.
对，哈蒙德先生，我们都在等你呢
[APPLAUSE]
This is the second and, uh, final selection of the evening.
这是今晚第二部分，也是最后一部分
"It was a crisp and clear autumn morning.
那是一个秋高气爽的早晨
The old man was dressed exactly as the day before."
老人穿的和前一天一模一样
[♪♪♪]
Can I hail you a cab? I'm gonna take the bus, thanks.
- 用我给您打辆车吗？ - 我坐公车就好，谢谢
DOORMAN: You're welcome.
没关系
Go to Central Park? Great.
去中央公园吗？太好了
[GRUNTS]
[SIGHS]
[HUMMING]
How you doing today?
今天怎么样？
I'm okay. How are you?
还行吧，你呢？
[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
You know what I mean? Sure.
- 你懂我的话？ - 当然
What's that book you're reading?
你看的什么书？
Ask the Dust, John Fante.
约翰·方特的《问尘情缘》
Oh, how did you find him? Nobody knows him.
你怎么知道他？他没什么名气
You read Fante?
你也看方特的书？
Read him? I knew him.
看他的书？我认识他
You knew John Fante.
你认识约翰·方特
Met him in Los Angeles.
在洛杉矶遇见的
Must have been 1958.
应该是1958年
He should have been someone that everybody knows.
他本可以成为家喻户晓的大作家
Yeah.
是啊
What happened?
发生了什么事？
Life.
人生
So how does it feel?
那是什么感觉？
How does what feel?
什么感觉？
To be somebody everybody knows?
成为人尽皆知的大明星？
You know, I don't really think about it.
其实我真没想过要出名
Oh, come on.
得了吧
Don't bullshit an old bullshitter.
别想糊弄我这老骗子
It feels good, right?
感觉很棒，是吗？
Feels good to have your work recognized, yeah.
作品得到认可是很不错
Mm, yeah, heh-heh, I'm sure it does, yeah, hm.
是啊，我就知道
Bet you get good tables in restaurants now.
你现在在餐厅可以订到好位子了吧
I do. Mm.
- 确实
[LAUGHS]
Life was kind to you.
生活眷顾你
Gods smiled when you were born.
你出生的时候众神都笑了
They looked down and they said, "Ooh, look there, that one is a writer.
他们俯视着说，看，那个孩子是个作家
His words will be celebrated."
他的作品会广受赞誉
Ha-ha-ha. I don't know if it's that grandiose. I just got lucky.
没那么夸张吧，我只是侥幸罢了
I wrote a book, people happened to like it.
我写了本书，大家正好喜欢看而已
I mean, I don't know how things happen.
我也不明所以
I mean, I wrote two books
我之前写过两本书
that wouldn't have gotten published if that one never did.
要不是这本书，它们根本出版不了
Well, I'll bet they'll publish them now.
我打赌出版社马上就会出版了
I read your book.
我读了你的书
I liked it very, very much.
非常喜欢
Thank you. I appreciate that.
谢谢，感激不尽
And now forgive an old fan for a moment.
别怪我这个老书迷多嘴
Just indulge me.
让我说两句
You wrote about Paris
你描写了战后的
right after the war. Mm-hm.
巴黎
And when I read your stories, I was right there.
看你的书让我有种身临其境的感觉
I tasted that wine, the sweetness of that wine.
我品尝到红酒的甘甜芬芳
I...
我…
made love to the girl.
和那个女孩做爱
I sat in the cafe that morning
那天早晨我坐在咖啡馆
wondering what the future held for me.
思考着我的未来
Or if it held anything at all for me.
一片茫然
I heard...
我听见…
that child cry in the night.
那孩子在深夜里哭泣
And I felt the longing
我还感受到
for my home so far away.
对远方家乡的思念
[HUMMING]
You are some writer, my friend.
你是个了不起的作家，伙计
Thank you.
谢谢
Wow, thank you. I really do appreciate that.
谢谢，真的非常感谢
I, uh... Wow, I have to go. My wife--
我…我得走了，我妻子…
I know, I know.
我知道
Artists always feel uncomfortable talking about their work.
艺术家们谈到自己作品时总是不自在
No, no, no. I wonder if there's just one thing
- 不是这样 - 我在想你是否可以
you'd do for me. Sure. Ahem.
- 为我做一件事 - 当然可以
I wondered if you'd autograph
拜托在你这本书上
my copy of your book. Ah, of course.
- 给我签个名吧 - 没问题
Do you have a pen?
你带笔了吗？
Oh.
A writer without a pen.
一个不带笔的作家
Well...
Well, today's a reading day.
今天是阅读日
Oh, yes.
也是
Well, I have a pen.
我带笔了
So...
其实
I do have a story.
我倒有个故事
A very good story.
非常精彩
Now, I know you get this line all the time, but I think you'll like the story. Hm?
我知道你常听到这样的话
但你绝对会喜欢这个，想听吗？
If I was to tell you the story and you wrote it,
如果我告诉你故事，你再把它写出来
well, then, maybe
那么也许
you could give me a little credit?
你也会分我一杯羹？
Well, that wouldn't be fair, would it?
那对你不公平，是吧？
Have a good day.
今天好心情
It's about a man who wrote a book and then lost it
故事讲的是一个弄丢了自己手稿的男人
and the pissant kid who found it.
和捡到它的傻小子
You still here?
你还在吗？
Do you want to hear my story?
想听听我的故事吗？
Or don't you have the time?
还是说你没空？
So...
那么…
it's 1944, and there's this 18-year-old kid,
那是1944年，有个18岁的小兵
a soldier in the army, never saw any action.
从来没上过战场
He was sent to Paris right at the end of the war.
战争刚结束他就被派往巴黎
[♪♪♪]
OLD MAN: There he is,
就是他
a dumb kid with a dumbass grin on his face.
总是一脸傻笑的蠢蛋
There he is in Paris.
彼时他在巴黎
To him, it might as well have been the other side of the goddamned world.
对他而言不过就是世界的另一端罢了
It was a joke that his unit was constantly drawing the worst details.
可笑的是
他所在的小队总是分到些鸡毛蒜皮的琐事
Most of the time, they were relaying sewage pipes
他们大部分时间都在修理那些被占时期
blown apart by the Germans during the occupation.
被德国人炸毁的下水道
It was god-awful work.
那工作烂透了
MAN: Street smell.
街上都能闻着味
I miss Utah.
我怀念犹他州
[MEN WHOOPING AND LAUGHING]
OLD MAN: Somehow the kid was happy,
不知为何这个小孩却很高兴
like a pig in shit.
就像在污泥里打滚的猪仔一样
The guys in his unit, most of them were different
队里的战友们
from anybody he'd known in his neighborhood.
大部分跟他从前认识的邻居不同
They were from all over, little towns he'd never even heard of.
他们来自五湖四海，有些地方他从未听过
[♪♪♪]
Poor kid probably hit a mine.
这可怜的孩子挖到地雷了
Let's get the body to the morgue.
把他搬到停尸房吧
[SIREN WAILING]
[♪♪♪]
OLD MAN: That was the only dead body he saw his whole time in the Army.
这是他从军生涯中见过的唯一尸体
There was this one guy in his unit real different to him,
部队里有个家伙很特别
an intellectual, real bookworm,
是个文化人，十足的书虫
and over time, he became the boy's best friend.
渐渐地，他成了男孩最要好的朋友
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
OLD MAN: He lent him some books to read,
他把书借给男孩读
the first books the kid had ever read about anything.
这些书让男孩大开眼界
[♪♪♪]
For the first time
生平第一次
he saw a world that was bigger than the one he'd been born into.
他看到了一个比现实更为广阔的世界
And he wanted more.
并且，他想要更多
He wanted to be something more.
他想成为更优秀的人
A writer. Yeah,
- 一个作家 - 没错
but he had no idea what the word really meant. Heh.
但他还不知道作家到底意味着什么
Certainly didn't have a clue about how to go about it.
当然也不清楚怎么才能成为一名作家
You grew up in Philadelphia? Hm.
- 你在费城长大？ - 嗯
Grew up in Philly, but born in London.
在费城长大，不过生于伦敦
London? Hm.
- 伦敦？ - 对
[CELIA SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[CELIA SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
What did she just say?
她刚说什么？
What did she say? My French is a little weak,
- 她说什么了？ - 我法语不好
but I'm pretty sure she said she loves you.
但我肯定她说她爱你
Ha-ha-ha. Go talk to her. No.
- 去找她聊聊 - 不去
Go. ha-ha. That's not funny.
- 去吧 - 有什么好笑的
Go talk to her.
去聊聊吧
Come on, if you don't, I will.
快点，不然我可去了
OLD MAN: He found out some time later that what she'd actually said was:
他之后才发现她说的其实是
"Pay your check and get the hell out of here."
“买单走人”
But who was he to question fate?
但这就是命运的安排吧？
[♪♪♪]
He'd picked up one word of French.
他学到了一个法语单词
Oui.
是
OLD MAN: And she knew one word of English.
她也学到了一个英语单词
Yes.
是
OLD MAN: It was the perfect relationship.
真是完美的爱情啊
[SPEAKING IN BROKEN FRENCH]
What is ice cream? [SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
冰激凌用法语怎么说？
[BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH]
[♪♪♪]
Oh-oh. What?
- 哦 - 怎么了？
What? It's cold in my head.
- 怎么了？ - 我脑袋发凉
Cold in your head? Yeah, pain.
- 脑袋凉？ - 对，头疼
Go like this. Take your finger like this.
这样，把你小指放这里
Under your tongue. It's a little trick. It'll make it go away, okay?
放舌头底下，是个偏方，这样就不疼了
It doesn't wanna go. Give it a second, okay?
- 还是疼 - 再等一下
Now?
现在呢？
It's gone.
不疼了
Told you.
我就说嘛
Okay, one more.
那好，再吃一个
[LAUGHS]
[♪♪♪]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
What happened?
然后呢？
He got discharged from the Army.
他退伍了
[♪♪♪]
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]
[♪♪♪]
OLD MAN: But what once was his whole world suddenly seemed...
但曾是他全部世界的家乡
small.
却似乎变小了
Nothing had changed since he'd been away.
他走后什么都没变
Except him.
除了他自己
He had changed.
他变了
For the first time in his life,
他生平第一次
he tried to write.
尝试写作
[CHATTERING]
Tried to write about Paris,
试着写巴黎
about what he'd seen
写他的所见所闻
and how he'd felt.
以及他的感受
But the words just wouldn't come.
但是他表达不出来
[♪♪♪]
He knew the life he wanted.
他知道自己想要什么样的生活
He knew what he had to do to get it.
也知道为此要付出怎样的代价
[♪♪♪]
[GLASS SHATTERING]
[♪♪♪]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
The young man began his apprenticeship as a writer.
年轻人开始了学徒生涯
He got a job as a journalist for a small English-language weekly.
他在一个英语周报社找了份记者的差事
There were a lot of them springing up for all the expats,
当时为了方便移民，涌现了很多这类报刊
and they'd hire anyone who could string a few words together.
只要会写几个字就可以进去工作
It was a good place to learn.
那是个学习的好地方
[♪♪♪]
He married Celia two weeks later.
两周后他娶了西莉亚
[♪♪♪]
Six pounds and three ounces, eyes like her mother.
孩子6磅3盎司，眼睛像她妈妈
That was his moment,
那是他最好的时光
not that he knew it at the time.
而当时，他浑然不知
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Maybe one never does.
也许每个人都是这样
[CELIA SINGING SOFTLY IN FRENCH]
[BABY CRYING]
She used to cry so much.
她总是哭
At times, he could barely think, let alone write.
这让他几乎没法思考，更别提写作了
Sir?
先生？
She was sick.
她病了
The wife?
妻子病了？
My daughter.
我女儿
There was nothing he could do.
他无能为力
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[CELIA SOBBING]
[♪♪♪]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[CELIA SOBBING]
[♪♪♪]
OLD MAN: Celia was never the same.
西莉亚变了
And he wasn't the same either,
他也和以前不一样了
even though he tried to pretend.
努力伪装也无济于事
[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
[YOUNG MAN SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
I'll be back later.
我等会回来
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
[HUMMING]
Celia?
西莉亚？
OLD MAN: She said she'd gone home to her mother's in the country.
她说她回乡下娘家住一段时间
Needed time to think.
她需要时间考虑
She needed to be apart.
她要分开一阵子
「《太阳照常升起》 厄内斯特·海明威著」
[THUDS]
[GRUNTS]
[SOBBING]
[TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]
[♪♪♪]
OLD MAN: He couldn't remember sleeping or eating.
他废寝忘食
The words simply poured out of him.
文思泉涌
A stream that he could not control
他无法控制这股思潮
nor question where they came from.
也搞不清灵感从何而来
The words became form, the form became whole,
文字变成章节，章节又汇成书
and after two weeks, it was finished.
两周后，作品完成了
「完」
And then?
然后呢？
Then he slept.
然后他就睡了
Dreamless sleep.
没有做梦
When he woke, he cleaned the apartment and went to find his wife.
睡醒后，他收拾好公寓，去找妻子
[♪♪♪]
She looked like a child to him,
她在他面前像孩子一样
sitting in the room she grew up in.
坐在她小时候的房间里
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
She begged him to go back to Paris without her.
她求他一个人回巴黎
Just go. Go.
走吧，快走
[♪♪♪]
OLD MAN: A few weeks later, she finally came home.
几周过后，她终于回家了
He was so grateful to have her home.
他很欣慰妻子能回来
Thank you.
谢谢
OLD MAN: He just wanted to hold her,
他只想抱着她
see her laugh again.
再次看到她的笑容
So you, um...? You read my story?
你看我写的故事了吗？
No, I'm not ready yet.
没，我还没准备好
OLD MAN: She said she wanted to start life over.
她说她想重新开始
Well, that's okay.
可以啊
OLD MAN: Said it like it would be the easiest thing in the world to do.
说的好像这事再容易不过了
It's in the valise here.
书在旅行箱里
No.
没有
I don't understand, I had it with me on the train.
怎么回事，我明明带着它了
What? I had it with me on the train.
- 什么？ - 我带着它上火车的
But it was in a different case?
那在其他箱子里吗？
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
OLD MAN: It shouldn't have meant anything,
这本书本来没什么特别的意义
but writing that story had somehow saved him.
但是写这个故事在某种程度上挽救了他
How could she not understand?
她怎么就不明白呢？
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[♪♪♪]
For years, he'd never forgive himself for caring about those stupid words.
多年来，他都无法原谅自己对那些愚蠢文字的偏执
You know what?
你知道吗？
You are not the only one who lost her.
不是只有你失去了孩子
[♪♪♪]
[FOOTSTEPS]
[♪♪♪]
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
She left something. Listen to me, okay?
她落东西了，听我说，好吗？
[♪♪♪]
[CHATTERING]
For a time, they tried to patch things up together,
有段时间他们希望重归于好
but you can't erase the past,
但不管你多努力
no matter how much you want to.
都抹不掉那些过去
And for the first time, the young man began to long for home.
他第一次开始想家
Soon the longing grew so strong he...
很快，思乡之情越来越强烈
He left.
他走了
Never went back to Paris.
再没有回到巴黎
Never saw Celia again.
再没见过西莉亚
But after he lost those pages...
但那个小说弄丢以后
he was never able to set down one word...
他再也写不出任何…
that looked right to him.
让自己满意的文字
Maybe he was afraid of going that deep again.
可能他害怕再一次陷进去
Perhaps he just lost the knack. Anyway, he stopped trying.
也可能他失去了写作的能力
总之，他再也不写了
And after a time...
一段时间以后
he found a little town up north, settled there.
他在北部一个小城定居下来
Found a kind of peace.
算是找到一些宁静吧
RORY: How's that feel?
那是什么感觉？
Hm.
Wait.
等等
It's not over yet.
还没完
[♪♪♪]
This is where it really gets interesting.
好戏才刚开始
Long after all of this faded into the past,
这段记忆尘封多年之后
the young man, who was now an old man,
年轻人也变成老头子了
wandered into a bookstore.
他逛到一家书店
The blurb said that the author of the story is a new fresh voice
书封简介说这位文坛新秀
who had something new to say.
写了点新鲜的故事
I opened the book and began to read.
我翻开书开始读
Your book.
你的书
And the narrator was standing over a crib.
说故事的人站在摇篮旁边
His child was dying,
他的孩子快不行了
and there was nothing he could do.
而他束手无策
[♪♪♪]
Look...
你看…
I...
我…
A misunderstanding, I...
这是误会，我…
No, no, my friend,
不，朋友
there's no misunderstanding, no. I found...
- 没有误会，没有 - 我找到…
You can't slide out of it now.
你摆脱不了
These are my words,
这些是我写的文章
my stories.
我的故事
Hm?
What the fuck is a window tear anyway?
再说《泪洒窗前》是什么鬼东西？
I don't know how you did it.
我不知道你是怎么找到它的
To be brutally honest, I don't care.
说实话，我也不在乎
I just thought you should know the story
我只是觉得你应该了解一下
behind these stories in case anyone was to ask.
故事背后的故事，以防有人问起
Maybe now you've got your next book.
或许现在你已经知道下一本该写什么了
[♪♪♪]
CLAY: "And he sat on that bench, unaware of the world,
他坐在长凳上，仿佛失去了知觉
or of time passing around him.
仿佛时间都凝固了
After a few hours, the sun finally set
几个小时后，太阳终于落山了
and Rory Jansen slowly rose,
罗里·詹森慢慢站了起来
searching for his way home."
摸索着回家的路
Thank you.
谢谢
If you wanna know the rest of the story,
想知道接下来的故事
you'll just have to buy the book.
就得买书了
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
WOMAN: Your work, you seem hesitant to draw any conclusions about our moral behavior.
你在书中似乎对道德评判有些犹豫
Do you make any statements about that? CLAY: Yes, I am hesitant.
- 对此你作何评价？ - 是的，我确实有犹豫
What I think is great about art and artists
我想对于艺术和艺术家而言最棒的是
is that we get to ask the questions...
即使永远不知道答案
even though we may never know the answers.
也要提出问题
Excuse me a minute.
失陪一下
Oh. Oh, excuse me, Miss,
抱歉，小姐
may I seem some ID first? Ohh.
我能先看下你的身份证吗？
You looked like you were drowning. No, no. I'm in my element.
- 你看起来很绝望啊 - 才没有，我自在得很
You wanna get out of here?
想不想溜走？
Well, ahem, I'm supposed to be over there, mingling, taking pictures,
这个嘛，我应该在这应酬，拍照
and smiling. Raising all that money in these troubled economic times.
微笑，在经济低迷的时候多赚点钱
Oh. That's too bad. Well, okay, you talked me into it.
- 太遗憾了 - 好吧，听你的
Okay, I thought you'd never ask. Let's slam these.
- 我还以为你不会问 - 不管这些了
[CHUCKLES]
DANIELLA: I wanna see where you write.
我想看看你写作的地方
CLAY: I can assure you, it's not that exciting.
我保证那里没什么意思
DANIELLA: Why don't you let me be the judge of that?
何不让我来决定呢？
[DOOR CLOSES]
Wow.
This place, it's, um...
这个地方，很…
Empty. Heh.
很空
Empty, yeah. Mm.
很空，没错
Somehow it's exactly the way I imagined it.
其实跟我想的差不多
Really? So you imagined me living in a place for eight months
是吗？那你能想到我在这住了八个月
and barely unpacking a box?
几乎没拆过一个箱子吗？
It's very elegant, Mr. Hammond.
很优雅，哈蒙德先生
Oh.
May I take your jacket? Yes.
- 我能帮你拿夹克吗？ - 可以
See, I told you it's not all that exciting.
你看，我说过这里没什么意思
Are you kidding?
你开玩笑吧？
I could write my entire dissertation on your view.
我可以用你的观点写一篇论文
That was hit by Babe Ruth.
那是贝比·鲁斯击过的球
Unfortunately, it was when he was a goddamn Red Sock,
很遗憾那时他在该死的红袜队
but what can you do? Heh.
但是你又能怎么样呢？
I've got a bottle of Bordeaux downstairs
楼下还有一瓶波尔多红酒
that's just been screaming for an occasion like this.
正是为这种场合准备的
You know, that sounds good. Mm-hm.
听上去不错
Come on. Can we drink it here?
- 来吧 - 能在这喝吗？
What, at my desk? Yeah. Can we?
- 什么，在我书桌这？ - 是啊，可以吗？
We can do anything we want.
我们想干什么就干什么
We're grown-ups.
都是成年人了
Then get the wine.
那就去拿酒吧
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪]
Your wine. Thank you.
- 你的酒 - 谢谢
So, what should we drink to?
那，我们该为什么干杯呢？
Your new book, of course.
当然为你的新书了
How about we drink to--? Your book.
- 何不为…？ - 你的书
Will you tell me something?
你能告诉我吗？
What happens?
后来怎样了？
What happens to Rory after the old man finds him?
那个老先生找到罗里后发生了什么？
Will you tell me something?
你能告诉我吗？
If I can.
可以的话
Why would such a beautiful, intelligent girl such as yourself
为什么像你这样美丽聪明的女孩
wanna be something so silly as a writer?
却看上作家这个愚蠢的行业？
Ha. Silly?
愚蠢？
Don't you know words ruin everything?
你不知道文字能摧毁一切吗？
I don't believe you for a second. You love words.
我才不信，你热爱文字
I'm young, spoiled, impetuous and American. Humor me.
我年轻，娇惯，冲动，富有美国精神
让我高兴高兴吧
Please? Pretty, pretty, pretty please?
拜托，求你了?
[♪♪♪]
Close your eyes.
闭上眼睛
[♪♪♪]
CLAY: And so, like so many of the great clichés in the history of civilization,
然后，跟人类文明史上众多的陈词滥调一样
Rory Jansen decided the only thing to do was
罗里·詹森决定只做一件事
drink on it.
借酒消愁
[CAR HORN HONKING AND TIRES SCREECHING]
And so he gets rip-roaring, death-defyingly drunk,
他玩命地喝酒，酩酊大醉
and now he's got his nerve.
然后他鼓起勇气
And he starts to think.
他开始思考
He allows himself to think the whole thing through.
他把整件事理了一遍
Maybe for the first time in his entire life.
这可能是他生平第一次
And he comes to the conclusion,
然后他得出了一个结论
or more appropriately, this myth
或者更确切地说
that he's heard so many times before,
他想起自己曾多次听到的一句话
that the truth shall set you free.
即真相使人解脱
DORA: Hey. Guess what, I spoke to the realtor today,
你猜怎么着，我今天和中介聊了聊
and she said that we can move in as early as the 6th.
她说我们最快6号就可以搬进去
Isn't that awesome?
是不是很棒？
We'll need to buy some carpets and stuff--
我们需要买些地毯什么的
Why do you love me?
你为什么爱我？
Dora? Are you drunk?
- 朵拉？ - 你喝酒了？
I need to know why you love me.
我要知道你为什么爱我
Okay. Uh, heh-heh.
好吧
I love you because you have beautiful eyes.
因为你有一双漂亮的眼睛
I love you because you're serious all the time,
因为你一直严肃认真
but deep, deep down, you're nothing but a goofball.
但在内心深处，你就是一个小傻瓜
I just love you.
我就是爱你
Rory, what's going on?
罗里，发生什么事了？
You really think my eyes are beautiful?
你真觉得我的眼睛漂亮？
Heh-heh. I think your eyes are beautiful, yes.
对，我觉得很漂亮
They're not mine.
那不是我的
Okay.
好吧
[WHISPERING] I'm a liar.
我是骗子
I don't...
我不…
What are you doing right now?
你怎么了？
What's wrong?
出什么事了？
[IN NORMAL VOICE] I didn't write the book.
那本书不是我写的
What do you...?
你怎么……？
The book, I stole it.
那本书，我抄的
I just found it.
我只是发现了这本书
I didn't even change any of it. I mean, I...
我甚至一个字都没改，我是说…
I don't know who I was stealing it from and...
我不知道是谁写的
But I knew it wasn't mine.
但绝对不是我
I'm very confused right now.
我现在很混乱
So you didn't--? You--? You didn't write the book?
所以你没…？那本书不是你写的？
None of it is mine, not one single word.
一点都不是，一个字都不是
I don't know what's going on.
我不知道怎么回事
Uh-- It-- It was there and...
它…就在那…
I think I wanted so badly
我想是我太想把这本书
for it to have come from me...
据为己有了…
and then the look, the way you looked at me
在你认为是我写了那本书之后
when you thought it was mine...
你的表情，你看我的眼神
And for a moment I actually convinced myself that I wrote it. Heh-heh-heh.
有片刻让我真觉得是自己写的
Do you believe that?
你信吗？
I could never write anything that good. I know that.
我永远写不出那么好的书，我知道
Okay, so then-- You-- I mean, you said so yourself--
- 好，那么… - 你…我是说你自己这么说的
I said-- I said what?
我说…我说什么了？
It doesn't matter. What? What did I say?
- 那不重要 - 我说什么了？
You should've known. You did know, right? You knew--
你应该知道啊 ，你知道的吧？你知道…
What do you mean? You knew when you read them
- 你什么意思？ - 你读的时候就知道
that they weren't my words. I knew?
- 不是我写的 - 我知道？
You know me so well.
- 你太了解我了 - 你开什么玩笑？
You were doing research on Paris.
你在巴黎做过研究
We had just gotten back from our honeymoon.
我们刚度蜜月回来
Yeah, but you had to have known.
是没错，但是你一定知道
What do you mean? I believed you.
你说的什么话？我那么相信你
No, you wanted to believe. I know, I believed you!
- 不，你只是想去相信 - 我知道，我相信你！
You wanted to-- I fucking believed you!
- 你想… - 我该死的相信你！
Dora?
朵拉？
[TIMER BEEPING]
[GRUNTS]
Don't touch it.
别碰
You lied to me.
你骗我
When you...
当你…
When you read those words, when you copied them,
你读的时候，你抄的时候
did you ever stop to think about us?
你有没有停下来想想我们？
Did you think about what this was gonna do to us?
想想这对我们会有什么后果？
To you?
对你？
Did I ever cross your mind?
你想过我吗？
I can't be here right now.
我待不下去了
I'm sorry, I just can't be here.
抱歉，我真的待不下去了
[♪♪♪]
You really fucked up.
你真的完蛋了
I think we need to think this through.
我们要考虑周全
What does that mean?
什么意思？
You got the cover of the book review this Sunday.
你的书上了本周日书评专栏的封面
I didn't get the cover of this, some old man got it.
不是我的，是一个老先生
The other book of yours, did you write that?
你另外一本书是你本人写的吗？
Of course I wrote that. But I didn't plan this.
当然是我写的，但这不在我计划内
This isn't something that I planned.
我不是故意搞成这样
But the only reason why anybody ever read my stuff is because of this book.
但就是因为这本书大家才开始读我的书
You don't want this.
你不想这样
Everything you're saying you want, you don't want it.
你说的你希望的一切，你不是这么想的
Just take my name off the book.
把我名字从书上删掉吧
And what do you think is gonna happen?
你想过后果吗？
Do you think they're gonna give you a hall pass?
你认为你还能全身而退吗？
The media? The press? They're gonna crucify you.
媒体呢？报社？它们会弄死你的
And my ass is out there on the line with you.
我也没好果子吃
You wanna pay this man off your advance,
把版税分给那个人点
that's the right thing to do.
这才是你该做的
You wanna cut him into the movie rights, fine.
电影版权也算他一份，可以
You wanna buy him a house, a car, a fucking boat?
你给他买房，买车，买该死的游艇都可以
But don't screw yourself for the rest of your life
但是别因为一个愚蠢的错误
for one stupid mistake. And don't you fuck me!
把你下半生都毁了，还有别把我拖下水！
Trust me, this isn't the first time an author's done something like this.
相信我，你不是第一个这么干的作家
Don't do that.
别这样
You may not believe me now...
你现在可能不信我
but you will thank me later.
但你日后会感激我的
My book, the one you sold...
我的书，你卖的那本
is it as good as this book?
有这本书好吗？
Tell me the truth, Joe.
乔，说实话
Thank you.
谢谢
We're supposed to have dinner with your parents tonight.
我们今晚应该和你父母吃个饭的
I'm really not up for it.
但我真的没心情
Fine, I'll call your mother.
好，我给你妈打个电话
How much longer until this is over, Rory?
这件事什么时候才能了结，罗里？
What do you want from me?
你想让我怎么办？
Do you think you're the only person on this earth who's ever made a mistake?
你觉得你是世界上唯一犯错的人吗？
Are you gonna let this destroy you?
你要让这件事毁了你吗？
Destroy us?
毁了我们？
What if we had a baby?
要是我们有了小孩呢？
We've always wanted to. We've always wanted to start a family.
我们一直想要的
我们一直希望组建一个家庭
I think I'm gonna break.
我快崩溃了
I'm gonna break in half. I'm gonna break in half.
我撑不住了，撑不住了
DORA: You're not gonna break. You're not gonna break.
你不会的，不会的
I won't let you.
我不允许
Can we just try to put this behind us?
我们试着把它忘了吧？
[RORY GROANS]
Look at me. Can we?
看着我，可以吗？
[♪♪♪]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[HUMMING]
RORY: How are you doing today?
今天怎么样？
What type of plant is that?
那是什么植物？
Plectranthus.
香茶菜
Swedish ivy.
瑞典常青藤
RORY: It's nice.
很漂亮
You come up here just to bullshit about plants?
你过来就是为了闲扯花花草草吗？
No, I did not.
不，不是
Well, if you came to see if I was gonna blow the whistle on you
如果你是来看看我有没有揭发你
you should relax and go back home to your great, big life.
你放宽心，回家过你的好日子去吧
I wanna fix this.
我想补偿
There's nothing to fix.
没什么可补偿的
You just go live the life you made for yourself.
你好好过你自己创造的生活去吧
If you didn't want anything, why did you come find me and tell me?
如果你什么都不要，那为什么要告诉我真相？
It couldn't be just to torture me.
肯定不是为了折磨我这么简单
You don't even know who I am.
你连我是谁都不知道
You don't know how, you don't know why.
你不知道我怎么做的，为什么这么做
I just...
我只是…
thought you should know, that's all.
觉得你应该知道，就这样
Do you think you can just steal part of my life? Hm?
你觉得你可以就这样偷走我人生的一部分吗？
Any man's life?
任何人的人生？
Take it as your own
据为己有
and expect there'd be no price to pay?
还想不付任何代价？
No. Don't you understand? This is why I'm here.
不，你不明白吗？我正是为这个来的
Put that back in your pocket or I'll kick the shit out of you.
揣回去，不然我就揍扁你
This is not a payoff. This is all I could get out right now,
这不是全部，我现在只能取这么多
but it's all yours. I'm gonna take my name off the book.
全是你的钱，我会把我名字删掉
I'm gonna tell everybody the truth.
我会让大家知道真相
Then you're even more of a fool than I thought you were.
那你比我想象得还笨
What is all this about then? What is it about?
- 那你到底要怎样？ - 我要怎样？
It's about my life.
它关系到我的人生
It's about my wife, about my child.
我的妻子，我的孩子
It's about the joy and the pain that gave birth to those words.
关系到写这本书时感受到的喜悦和痛苦
[COUGHING]
You take those words, you take the pain.
你把文章拿走了，就得承受痛苦
[COUGHING]
Now, why don't you buy a plant with that money?
要不你花钱买个植物吧？
Here, a Plectranthus, since you love them so much.
给你，香茶菜，既然你喜欢这个
You take your plant and your money and you get out of here. Get out of here. Go on.
你拿着你的植物和钱滚蛋，快滚
Hey, I wanna make things right.
我想弥补我的过错
You can't just make things right.
你弥补不了
Things are just things.
木已成舟
You understand? No matter how you try and martyr yourself.
明白吗？不管你怎么折磨自己都无济于事
I've got work to do. This place doesn't run itself.
我还有活要干，这里必须有人打理
Sir, sir. Please. Sir.
先生，拜托了，先生
Please.
求你了
[♪♪♪]
I did see her one more time.
后来我见过她一次
You did?
真的？
新泽西，在上班路上
I was on my way to work.
[BRAKES SQUEALING]
[BELL RINGING]
[♪♪♪]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[♪♪♪]
Over all those years,
这么多年来
[♪♪♪]
I thought about her every day.
我每天都在想她
Broken because of what I did to her.
我伤害了她，为此伤心欲绝
And then all of a sudden, there she was.
然后突然间，她出现在我眼前
She seemed happy.
她看起来很幸福
Well, if I was to tell you that realization didn't cause me pain, I'd be lying.
如果我告诉你这件事对我毫无影响，那是骗人
But, in some ways, it helped me.
但在某种程度上，这帮了我
Helped me turn a corner.
帮我走出阴影
Pick up again without looking back all the time.
重新振作起来，而不是沉溺于过去
Ah, you think I ruined my life because I never wrote again.
就因为我不再写作了
你就认为我毁掉了自己的生活?
Just because I lost a book of stories. No, I just...
- 就因为我弄丢了一本书 - 不，我只是…
God, you had so much more to do.
天啊，你还有好多事要做
Oh, I've done enough. Believe me.
我做得够多了，相信我
I've done what I can the best that I can. That's all you can ask of a person.
我已经尽可能做好每一件事，竭尽全力
No,
不
my tragedy was that I loved words more than I loved the woman
我的悲剧就在于爱文字胜过女人
who inspired me to write them. Heh.
带给我创作灵感的女人
You wanna do something for me? Anything at all.
- 你想弥补是吗？ - 做什么都可以
Walk away, don't look back.
走吧，别回头
[COUGHS]
We all make choices in life.
我们在生命中容易做出各种选择
The hard thing is to live with them.
难的是承担后果
And there ain't nobody can help you with that.
并且没有人可以代劳
Go on.
走吧
Sir?
先生？
[SIGHS]
I do love your book.
我真的很喜欢你的书
[♪♪♪]
CLAY: We all make our choices.
我们在生命中容易做出各种选择
The hard part is living with them.
难的是承担后果
Finally, Rory Jansen knew what he had to do
最后，罗里·詹森知道要怎样…
to live with his.
承担后果了
The Window Tears
《泪洒窗台》
by Rory Jansen.
作者罗里·詹森
And the old man?
老先生呢？
A few weeks after Rory went to visit him,
在罗里拜访他几周后
the old man died.
老先生去世了
And the secret died with him.
秘密也随他而去
[♪♪♪]
CLAY: Whatever he had to do, whatever he had to lose, he would seal it off.
不管他要做什么，付出怎样的代价
他都会保守这个秘密
It was as if by locking off the secret of one man's life forever,
好像一个男人一生的秘密永远隐藏起来
he had unveiled
他又揭开…
another much deeper and darker secret within himself.
内心深处一个更黑暗的秘密
[♪♪♪]
And that's it. The end.
就是这样，故事结束了
Poof.
No moral, no comeuppance, no incredible gain of knowledge,
没有道德说教，没有因果报应
也没有大彻大悟
other than the belief that one can, after making a terrible mistake in life,
我只是想证明一个人在铸成大错后
continue to live and perhaps even live well.
还可以继续活着，甚至可能过得更好
Everyone has to sleep at night.
每个人晚上都需要安眠
What really happened, Clay, after he tells himself all that?
克莱，他对自己说了那些话后发生什么事了？
I just told you. No, tell me the truth.
- 我刚告诉你了 - 不，告诉我实话
He goes on. He lives, he writes, as well as he can,
他继续过日子，写文章，尽力而为
he's a big success.
他很成功
Bullshit.
胡说
I'm not talking about the book. You're just avoiding. Tell me the truth.
我不是说那本书，你在回避，说实话
What are you afraid of, Clay?
你在怕什么，克莱？
Look, why don't you tell me?
你来告诉我怎么样？
What? I wanna know what you think.
- 什么？ - 我想知道你怎么想的
You're so smart, you got yourself in here, you got me talking.
你很聪明，把自己弄到这儿来，跟我聊天
Acting so precocious, throwing your little ass around,
挺会装大人，小翘臀晃来晃去
quoting Shakespeare, batting your eyelashes.
引用莎士比亚的话，乱抛媚眼
Why don't you tell me? I wanna know what you think.
为什么不告诉我？我想知道你的想法
What happens to them?
他们后来怎样了？
I... No, no, no.
- 我… - 不，不
You tell me what happens to Rory and Dora or you can get the hell out.
你告诉我罗里和朵拉后来怎么样了
要不你就滚蛋
He's fucked.
他完蛋了
Now go on.
请继续
Maybe he can forget, maybe he can write, create,
就算他可能忘了那件事，还可以创作
but it doesn't matter because he'll never, ever believe it.
但那都不重要了，因为他再也无法相信自己
He's robbed himself of the chance to find out.
他剥夺了自己寻找答案的机会
Not bad.
还不错
Or maybe he can't write, although he's been able to fool a few people.
或者他再也写不出来
尽管糊弄几个人还不成问题
Even better.
更精彩了
Maybe his marriage falls apart because for him and his wife to look at one another
他的婚姻可能破裂了
因为他跟妻子彼此对视时
is for them to look at the truth.
看到的只有残酷的真相
Maybe when he goes in public,
也许他能够带着自信高雅的面具
he can wear that mask of confidence and sophistication,
出入公共场合
but back when he's alone late at night, he can't sleep,
可夜深人静，孤身一人时
他却无法入睡
because when he closes his eyes he still sees the face of that old man.
因为一闭上眼睛，老先生的脸就浮现在眼前
Maybe
也许
he sees his own face,
他看到的是自己的脸
and the old man is just a story he made up.
那个老人只是他编的一个故事
Or maybe he finds himself in his beautiful New York apartment
或者他发现自己身在漂亮的纽约公寓
overlooking the park, with a girl who's much too young for him,
和一个比自己年轻许多的姑娘欣赏公园景色
and he's telling her what he knows to be are tired old stories.
正跟她讲这个自己早已厌倦的老故事
Because for some reason she believes that he has something to give her.
因为由于某些原因，她相信他能给自己些什么
You're very talented, Daniella.
你很有天赋，丹妮娜
But at some point, you have to choose between life and fiction.
但有时，你要在生活和小说之间做出选择
The two are very close, but they never actually touch.
它们可以无限接近，但永远不会相交
They're two very, very different things.
它们截然不同
[GASPS]
What?
怎么了？
What's wrong?
没事吧？
[♪♪♪]
You don't want me? No, no, no.
- 你不想要吗？ - 不，不
Look, it's not like you're corrupting anything here.
听着，这并不代表你堕落了
I want this. I want you.
我想要，我想要你
I, um....
我…
You should leave.
你该走了
Is that what you really want...
你真的希望这样？
Clay?
克莱？
What do you really want?
你到底想要什么？
[♪♪♪]
I'm sorry.
对不起
[♪♪♪]