工作与时日（2020）

那时候的自行车
是有挂钉的
After a bath,
he’d start drinking there first,
洗完澡
他会先在那里喝酒
and after coming home
he kept drinking whisky.
回到家后
他继续喝威士忌
– Fancy!
– And then…
-了不起！
-然后…
– Your grandad?
– My grandad.
-你的祖父？
-对，我爷爷
In about one month,
there was a mountain of empty bottles,
大约一个月后
空酒瓶都堆成山了
piled up in the garden.
堆积在花♥园♥里
And in the end, we don’t hear
this word these days,
我们现在很少听到这个词了
so-called ‘chuki’.
Trembling hands.
所谓的「手颤」
颤抖的手
So at lunchtime, there were
always clattering sounds.
所以在午餐时间
总能听见卡嗒卡嗒的声音
But when he drank it stopped.
但当他喝了酒，就不响了
I’ve heard it. I know.
我听过这种声音，我知道
The other day, Fukukita
told me his hands tremble,
前几天，福北
告诉我他的手在颤抖
so I told him
it won’t stop soon.
所以我告诉他
它不会很快停下
He also said
it stops when he drinks.
他还说
喝了酒以后就停下了
And in calligraphy,
one has to stop and brush quickly.
在写书法时
他必须停下颤抖快速刷几个大字
Oh, I see.
哦，了解
So he drinks and writes.
所以他边喝酒边写字
– So he keeps his drinks next to him.
– That’s right.
-所以他把酒放在身边
-对
You can control the trembling.
你可以控制这种颤抖
He says he’s fine to die anytime.
He’d rather die than stop drinking.
他说他随时都可以死
他宁愿死也不愿停止喝酒
– Such people still exist.
– Yes. Right.
-还有这样的人存在
-对的
Drinking gives
people various things.
喝酒给人带来很多东西
For example, I went to see
a documentary about Go.
比如我去看了
关于围棋的纪录片
I play Go a little.
I’m not good at it.
我很少玩围棋
因为不擅长
I see.
哦哦
The Yasuo-san we saw today,
我们今天看到的康夫
he is one of the best five players
in Ayabe.
他是绫部最好的五名棋手之一
– Really? Fukui Yasuo-san?
– That’s right. Top class.
-真的吗？福井康夫？
-对，一流的
I became interested,
particularly the past ten years.
我最近十年
才开始感兴趣
I got interested in
professional Go players.
我对职业围棋手
感兴趣
There was a player called
Fujisawa Shuko,
有一个棋手叫
藤泽秀行
who died two years ago.
两年前去世了
He had a very sharp mind.
他头脑很敏锐
But the only problem was
但唯一的问题是
– he did a lot of this…
– I see.
-他做了很多这种事…（指喝酒）
-明白了
Like Master Masuda.
就像增田大神一样
That’s right.
对的
He appeared on TV,
and once he was drunk.
有一次他醉醺醺地
出现在电视上
And he was banned
from that network.
从此就被网络封♥杀♥了
He was infamous for it.
他为此臭名远扬
They cancelled the deliberation over
Article 9 seventy-seven times!
他们第七十七次取消了
对第九条的审议！
They adjourned the meeting!
他们休会了！
Ladies and gentlemen,
why do you think this happened?
女士们先生们
这种事为何频频发生？
Article 9 of the Constitution…
宪法第九条…
They worked very hard on
the breeding to improve them.
他们非常努力地
育种来改善它
Finally they did it well,
and those were exported to America.
最终他们做得很好
这些都出口到了美国
At first, the trading company
was called Tsukina in America.
一开始在美国的贸易公♥司♥
叫月奈
– Tsukina.
– The silk trading company.
-月奈
-丝绸贸易公♥司♥
– Sorry I haven’t looked after your drink.
– Thank you very much.
-对不起，我没看着你的酒
-多谢
– May I smoke tobacco here?
– It’s fine.
-我可以在这里抽烟吗？
-可以
You don’t need to worry about
smoking here now.
在这儿抽烟
你不用担心
– You are right.
– You cannot enjoy smoking these days.
-你说得对
-这些天你都没能抽烟
It’s true, isn’t it?
是的啊
Around here, it’s fine even if
you pee outside. No big deal.
在这儿，你就算去大街上撒尿
也没什么大不了的
You don’t need to have an ashtray.
Just drop it here.
你不需要烟灰缸
烟灰弹在这儿就行
Oh, it is a nice breeze.
哦，微风很舒服
There is a valley here,
called Shiotani.
这里有一个山谷
叫盐谷
The wind is coming
from the valley.
风是从那儿吹来的
Why do so many places
have Shio in their names here?
为什么有这么多地方的名字
以「盐」字开头？
I think salt used to be
found here.
我想过去盐是从这里发现的
– Maybe rock salt?
– Salt was precious in the old days.
-也许是岩盐？
-盐在过去是珍贵的
– When you watch animals…
– They lick rocks.
-你看那些动物
-他们舔石头
They lick them.
舔来舔去
People might have found rock salt
around here, I guess.
我猜人们在这附近
发现了岩盐
– There still could be some.
– Yeah, could be.
-说不定还残余了一些
-是啊，有可能
So, it’s called Shiotani.
所以，它叫盐谷
Wind blows up from
the valley naturally.
风自然地从山谷吹来
It’s really cold
at the bottom of the valley.
谷底真的很冷
He worked hard to
revive the village economy.
他努力工作
以振兴乡村经济
Yes, he did.
是的是的
He was running
a chestnut garden, too.
他还经营着一家
栗子园
– He had chestnuts and a poultry farm.
– Yes, he did.
-他有栗子和家禽养殖场
-是的，他有
There are lots of wild boars,
so he is really tired of them.
有很多野猪
他受够了它们
– They have to be culled.
– Yeah.
-他们必须被淘汰
-嗯
If you kill wild boars in the summer
though, they aren’t tasty at all.
要是你在夏天杀野猪
它们会一点也不好吃
– Oh, is that true?
– Deer are tasty even in the summer.
-哦，是真的吗？
-鹿肉在夏天也很好吃的
– They are tasty in the summer.
– Are they tasty?
-夏天很好吃
-好吃吗？