口袋里的小石头（2014）

他甚至会弄错数字
He made mistakes with numbers!
安娜觉得很兴奋 能够为这样一个惊人的
Anna felt elated that she could serve this amazing,
不同寻常的 在她看来最棒的男人工作
unusual, and as far as she could see, great man.
她开始在工作的时候穿新裙子 一件传统的职业装
She started to wear a new dress to work, a conservative office dress
但有着更深的领口 打破了她过去的稳重
but with a deeper V neckline than her modesty had previously allowed.
V领用白色的花边装饰 更衬出她蜜桃色的皮肤
The V cut was outlined with white lace, which accented her peachy skin.
这战略奏效了
The strategy worked.
她老板的眼光开始
Her boss’s eyes now lingered
在她裙子的某些部位停留时间更长
on certain parts of her dress a bit longer.
她希望他能够注意到
She was hoping he would notice
这个裹在裙子里的女人
the woman tucked inside that dress.
她的抱负 她的家庭
Her aspirations, the sacrifices
为了她的前途所作的牺牲 现在都不重要了
made by her family for her future didn’t matter now.
她第一次陷入了恋爱 她要得到这个男人 这是关乎生死的问题
She was in love for the first time and she wanted that man,it was a question of life or death!
这种强烈的感觉 自然是被生理决定的
The intensity of that feeling, of course, was biologically determined,
尽管她有生育能力 有着敏感而想象力丰富的大脑
as her fertility aligned with her sensitive, imaginative mind
和已经成熟的身体
and the maturity of her body.
然而她的心灵 却是她的弱点
Her mind, though, was the weak spot.
就像一幢线路凌乱的楼房♥
It was like a badly wired building.
一开始并没有显现出来
It didn’t show right away.
当一个到了一定年龄的 富有冒险精神的男人
When an adventurous man of a certain age
面临一项抉择时 一个是生意的稳定
is presented with a choice between the security of his business,
这对他来说是枯燥的牢笼
which is a jail of boredom to him
而另一个 是一位年轻女人
and a young woman who reminds him
能让他回想起他年轻时的机遇之地
of the land of opportunities of his own youth once was,
这个男人并没有别的选择
that certain man doesn’t really have a choice.
离婚的场面很是难堪
The divorce was ugly.
一开始因杜利斯的妻子不明白他为什么要离开
In the beginning Indulis’s wife didn’t understand why he was leaving.
她一点也不理解
It didn’t make sense to her,
他们的两个孩子都长大了
with their two children grown now,
生意也日渐巩固
business getting more stable every day,
他们变老 更有智慧 身体也变慢了
them getting older, wiser, physically slower
再也不会和行刑队扯上关系了
not getting in trouble with firing squads anymore,
正该是享受人生的黄金时段
this was a prime time to enjoy life,
而不是为了某个“秘书”抛弃一切
not throw it away for some “secretary”!
埃尔莎乞求一个解释
Elsa begged for an explanation.
“我想要更多孩子” 他提出
I want to have more children,He offered.
这个回答貌似有理 却也很残忍♥
which was plausible but of course cruel,
因为他的妻子正处于更年期
because his wife was in the middle of menopause
不可能再为他生更多的孩子了
and she could not possibly deliver him more children.
我觉得我的基因库很棒
I feel my gene pool is very good.
看 我的儿子是多么神气又聪明
Look how dashing and smart my son is!
我的女儿也是
And my daughter, too.
我们拉脱维亚刚刚赢得独♥立♥
Our newly independent Latvian nation needs more
需要更多像我和我的后代这样聪明又勤勉的人
smart and industrious people like me and my offspring.
如果我不能参与政♥治♥
If I can’t participate in politics,
至少我要向祖国贡献我的基因
then at least I want to serve my country with my genes.
这是事实
It was true.
他一直有更崇高的理想
He always wanted to serve a higher purpose,
这也是他进行那些政♥治♥冒险的原因
that’s where his political adventures were coming from,
想要成就势力 产生影响
the need to influence, to make an impact.
对于这个男人来说 这是多大的痛苦
What a pain it must have been for this man to feel
将他绝佳的基因 他非凡的精♥子♥
that his excellent genes, his most amazing sperm
浪费在一个不能生育的女人身上
was just wasted away on a woman who couldn’t procreate,
而一个二十岁的女人仅仅只要睡在他身边
while a 20 year old woman could get pregnant practically
就能怀孕
from just sleeping in his vicinity.
这样的结合
An excellent breed of 10 children
能生出10个卓越的孩子
should come out of this union
为偏僻的拉脱维亚创造出国际化的奇迹
and do international miracles for the small provincial Latvia.
但他没有考虑到一件事 就是基因库的另一端
One thing he didn’t think of, however, was the gene pool of the other side,
他的新妻子
that of his brand new wife.
虽然他求知欲旺盛 但因杜利斯从未探寻过
With all his curious mind, Indulis never inquired
为什么安娜的一些亲戚 没有活到该活的年龄
why some of Anna’s relatives didn’t live up to their potential
为什么他们中的一些人
and why some of them had mysteriously perished
在18岁 20岁 25岁 30岁这样稚嫩的年纪就神秘死去
at the tender ages of 18, 20, 25 and 30.
即便他想要找到真♥相♥
Even if he had the inclination to find out,
安娜的父亲也严令禁止所有的家庭成员
Anna’s father had strictly forbidden all family members
讨论家族秘密
to discuss family secrets,
把它们牢牢尘封在棺盖之下
keeping them safe under the lids of graves.
但因杜利斯甚至没有问过
But Indulis didn’t even ask!
就像他的其它经历一样
Like with his other ventures,
他有个好计划 却并不深入细节
he had a great plan without going too much into detail.
因杜利斯和第一任妻子离婚的那一刻
The moment Indulis divorced his first wife,
他口里的金汤匙就被抽走了
the luxury carpet under his feet was yanked out.
他曾经的岳父想要收回借款
His former father-in-law wanted his loan back
并附加了一笔高昂的利息
with an interest so high
表明现在他是新的商业对手了 为了维持自己的生意
it suggested that he was a new business enemy to keep his own business going,
因杜利斯还清了他的钱
Indulis paid him off,
但新的债权人不断出现
but one after another new creditors appeared
他们都想要回借款 还要加上一笔膨胀的利息
and they all wanted their loans back with inflated interest on top.
因杜利斯的生意瞬间崩塌了
Indulis’s business was ruined in no time.
他带着他的新妻子
With his new wife
租了一间乡下房♥子躲避债权人
he hid from his creditors in a rented country house
那时他们怀上了第一个孩子
where they conceived their first child.
但因杜利斯一点也不在乎他的财政危机
But Indulis was not interested in his creditor problem
或锒铛入狱的危险
or the possibility of going to jail.
他逐渐被嫉妒控制
He was getting more and more possessed with jealousy.
路过的弯腰驼背的农民
The hunched over peasant who passed by,
年轻的农场工人
the young farmhand
过于频繁地在他们家出没
who found things to do in the house too often.
他们似乎都在注意因杜利斯的新太太
They all seemed to look at Indulis’s new wife
心中不怀好意
with inappropriate interest.
她的丈夫老了 她却还年轻
Her husband is old, she is young,
他不可能在床上满足她
he can’t possibly satisfy her in bed
或许我有机会了
so I might be able to have my chance here.
万一他真的没能满足他的年轻妻子呢
What if he indeed didn’t satisfy his young wife?
这想法显然来自于一个
That thought clearly was coming from a man
刚刚同那个50出头
who had just divorced a woman
正处于性♥欲♥高峰期的妻子离婚的男人
who in her early fifties was at her sexual peak.
而这个刚刚怀孕的21岁女人
While a freshly pregnant woman of 21
才刚刚开始认识自己的身体和性需求
is just barely beginning to understand her own body and sexual needs.
安娜会在早晨呕吐
Anna was more inclined to puke in the morning
而在晚上渴望拥抱
and needed cuddling in the evening.
但他看不到这些
But he wouldn’t see it.
他需要把安娜从别的男人窥探的眼神中藏起来
He needed to move Anna away from the other men’s prying eyes.
虽然失败过很多次 因杜利斯仍是个足智多谋的人
With all his failings, Indulis still had an idea-generating brain.
松脂会成为他的生意和私生活的救星
Turpentine would become the savior, of his business and private life.
他返回城市 找到他先前的投资者
He went back to the city, to his previous investors,
作出了一个新的提议
and made a new proposal.
松脂正在市场上兴起
Turpentine is on the rise in the market!
人们需要涂料溶剂来粉刷房♥屋
People need paint solvent to paint their houses.
新兴的化工行业也需要松脂
The newly funded chemical industry is in demand of turpentine too.
拉脱维亚遍地松树林 而松树可以生产松脂 又简单又快捷
Latvia is covered with pine forests,and turpentine comes from pine trees,It’s easy and fast.
嗅到了钱的气息 投资者免除了因杜利斯的债务
Smelling money, the investors forgave Indulis his debts
为他提供条件建造松脂工厂
and gave him the means to build a turpentine factory.
他把工厂建在森林中♥央♥
He built it in the middle of the forest,
最近的民居都在三公里以外
with the closest neighbors three kilometers away
然后雇佣了三个最丑的男人帮助他
and hired three of the ugliest men to help him.
生意慢慢地步入轨道
The business slowly took off.
安娜被封闭在森林中♥央♥
Anna was now locked in the middle of the forest,
身边的人
surrounded by people
也都无意同她进行深刻的交流
who didn’t have an appreciation for sophisticated conversation,
在她丈夫的密切监视之下
under the watchful eye of her husband.
一旦有男人越过了他认为适当的范围
Indulis threw a fit every time a man passed her by
因杜利斯就大发雷霆
closer than he imagined was appropriate.
这都是你的错 你的头发在阳光下发光
It is your fault! Your hair is glowing in the sunshine!
她遮住了头发
She covered her hair.
而其它部分都早已被
Everything else was already covered with
宽松下垂的衣服和过大的靴子遮盖住
baggy clothes and oversized boots.
她的生活非但没有像她曾希望的那样
Instead of shining in a high society spotlight