双面劳伦斯（2012）

Need a hand?
你确定不歇会儿？
You look lost with that old dinosaur
刚才那个老恐龙把你累得够呛
You were forty minutes late!
你迟到了40分钟！
What’s one more?
还想怎么样呢？
Where was I?
我们到哪儿了？
What are you looking for, Laurence Alia?
你在寻找什么 劳伦斯·阿利亚？
I’m looking for a person
我在…寻找一个人
Who understands my language and speaks it
能理解我说的话 并且能和我交流的人
A person who, without being a pariah
一个…不是来自下层
Will question not only the rights and the value of the marginalized
不会仅仅质疑社会边缘人士的权利和价值
But also those of the people
同时对那些声称正常的人们
Who claim to be normal
也感兴趣的
Fuck me!
噢 妈的！
Who are these problems?
搞什么啊？
Shall I we add them now
我该把这个加进…
To the list of things that minimize our pleasure?
“什么让我们最不爽”的单子？
Laurence?
劳伦斯？
What are you wearing tonight?
今晚你准备穿什么？
Nothing
什么也不♥穿♥
What will you say at the Michel Berthiaume Award ceremony?
那你在领米歇尔·贝尔提约姆奖时准备说些什么？
Something minimalist, like…
一些最简短的话 比如…
“Literature!”
“文学！”
“Torrent of beauty!”
“美的洪流！”
“Cascade of sperm!”
“精♥液♥的瀑布！”
“Glistening stream!”
“闪亮的溪水！”
“Infinitesimal dust!”
“无穷小的尘埃！”
So… What is your full name?
那么… 你的全名是什么？
Laurence Emmanuel James Alia
劳伦斯·埃玛努而·詹姆斯·阿利亚
Age? ThirtySeven
年龄？ 37岁
Should I call your publisher?
我是否该跟你的出版商确认？
I have a meeting in two hours and…
我2小时后还有会要开…
Forty-Five!
45岁啦！
Gender?
性别？
What’s next?”Blood type”and”Favorite colour”?
然后是什么？ 还要问我的血型和最喜欢的颜色吗？
Ten years ago, these would have made puke
十年前你问我这些我会立刻呕吐
Proust describes too much
普鲁斯特用了太多形容了
Three hundred pages to tell us that Tutur fucks Tatave…
他用整整300页告诉我们突突上了塔塔…
Is too much
太多字
In fact
事实上
Were it not for his talent
如果不是因为他的才华
L-F.Céline would not have been spared
路易·费迪南·塞利纳不会获得现在的地位 (法国作家 为普鲁斯特所发现并推崇)
Collaborating authors did not come off unscathed after World War II
作家联盟也不会这么顺利的在二战后成立
Writers like Bernard Grasset or Jacques Chardonne
像贝尔纳·格拉塞和雅克·夏多内这样的作家
Were tried by the Writers’ Council
都曾被作家委员会审查
And suspended for cooperating with the occupying forces
并且由于和占领军合作的原因都被停职了
Whereas others
而其他人
Like Céine
比如塞利纳本人
Opted for the fresh air of Denmark
选择了去丹麦呼吸新鲜空气
Just to kick back in kinder climes
那儿的气候更宜人
Today, his talent…
在今天 他的才华…
Has precedence over his true self. Such is life
已经凌驾于他的真实自我之上 这就是人生
Can one’s writings, therefore, be great enough
因此 一个人的作品能否够伟大…
To exempt one from the rejection and ostracism
以帮助他免受被排斥和孤立
That affect people who are different?
而这种排斥和孤立常常影响哪些与众不同的人呢？
One who, in another time-Space, could be you or me
换一个时空来说 那可能就是你或我
That’s the topic of your next essay
这就是你们下一篇论文的题目
Laurence!
劳伦斯！
Hi, everyone!
嗨 大家好！
Congratulations!
恭喜你！
A friend of mine won the Berthiaume Prize
我有个获得过贝尔提约姆奖的朋友
Years ago. My father…
一年前吧 我的父亲…
Used to hang out with Berthiaume
和贝尔提约姆有交情
Before his arrest in’71 . Then we lost touch
那还是在71年他被捕前的事了 然后就失去了联♥系♥
Anyway, congratulations!
不管怎样 恭喜你啊！
You amaze me!
让人刮目相看！
Well done!
做得好！
That newspaper likes me
那个杂♥志♥喜欢我
And spilled some ink
说了点好话而已
It’s a small award
这只是个小的奖
False modesty!
假谦虚 假谦虚！
Small award , big winner!
小的奖 大赢家！
Have a drink on us when you get it
等拿到后记得请大家喝酒
In vino veritas!
酒后才会吐真言！
Back to”Pink”
回到”粉红”
“Liking pink”
“就像粉红色”
“And baby blue…”
“和婴儿蓝…”
Write!
写下！
“Indicates …”
“它们暗示着…”
“A latent…”
“潜在的…”
Write it down.”Latent…”
写下来嘛”潜在的…”
“Childhood …”
“童年…”
“…Trauma!”
“…阴影！”
Authors’ Note
作者注
Parents…
那些父母…
Who paint their kids’ rooms in pastels
把孩子房♥间刷成柔和色的
Go on the list of things that subtly minimize our pleasure!
会进入”什么最让我们不爽”的单子！
Time for”Yellow”, sir?
那”黄色”呢 先生？
Yellow?”Massive ego.”
黄色啊？”严重的自大”
Fuck! I swear, Laurence, I swear to you!
干！ 我发誓 劳伦斯 我跟你发誓！
I was thinking”big ego”.
我正想到的就是”极端自大”
“And potentially problematic!”
“而且会有潜在问题！”
Now, a yellow car…
比如 一辆黄色轿车…
That’s a fucking statement!
这话够武断的！
Get out of my lane!
好狗不挡道！
“Brown …”
“棕色呢…”
“The anti-Sexual color”
“是反性感色彩”
You just hate my brown Bermudas
你只是讨厌我的棕色百慕大内♥裤♥
Absolutely not!
当然不是！
I love ’em!
我喜欢它！
By charter, our lists must be impartial!
先定规矩 我们的单子必须不带偏袒！
I hate brown? I’m wearing brown socks!
说我讨厌棕色？ 我穿的袜子就是棕色！
“Red.”
“红色”
“The color of rage!”
“暴怒的颜色！”
“And blood!”
“还有鲜血！”
“And seduction!”
“还有诱惑！”
“And passion!”
“还有激♥情♥！”
“Bugsy Brown!”
“巴格西·布朗！”(brown这里是人名)
Red!
红色！
Gimme some red!
给我红色！
I’m starving!
我饿了！
Dark chocolate?!
黑巧克力？！
What have I done to deserve this?
我做错了什么 你给我这样的惩罚？
I fucked up, I was high , I took the wrong bar
我搞砸了 我喝醉了 买♥♥错了
My bad!
我的错！
Dark chocolate minimizes our pleasure, as you well know!
黑巧克力是最让我们不爽的东西 你明明知道！
A mere sign of man’s self-Destructive nature
这只是体现了人类天生喜欢自毁的倾向
It can’t happen again!
绝对不许再发生！
That’s on the list of things that cannot happen again!
这是被列入”绝对没有下次”单子的事情！
Let’s tear up the dance floor!
现在让我们去征服舞池吧！
Berthiaume winners don’t dance!
贝尔提约姆奖的获得者都不跳舞的！
Back off!
别提它啊！
I love it, I want it by the bed!
我很宝贝它的 我要把它放床头！
Please stop scrapbooking
不要再做剪贴簿了
It’s fucking torture, no one wants that
太折磨人 而且没人想看
“For your 35th birthday. To you, to me, to us
“献给你的35岁生日 给你 给我 给我们
To our past, to our present…”
给我们的过去 我们的现在…”
Fucking lame. On purpose?
好没劲啊 你故意的？
Absolutely
当然
Surprise!
惊喜吗！
Who’s surprised now?
看看现在是谁惊谁了？