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高考热点青春奋斗：《后浪》及其英文翻译
中英文版
后浪
Rising
Waves
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翻译：许景城（广东外
语外贸大学英文学院，英国班戈大学英
语文学院）
那些口口声声
“
一代不如一代
”
的人，
Those who speculate about “humanity
further doomed
generation after
generation”
应该看着你们，
should
take you into observation
像我一样，
like I am
now
我看着你们，满怀羡慕。
eyeing you, admirable:
人类积攒了几千年的财富，
All
the wealth, lore, insight, wisdom and art
所有的知识、见识、智慧和艺术，
having been mushrooming in human
history for thousands of
years
像是专门为你们准备的礼物；
seem to be the prepared gifts for you;
科技繁荣、文化繁茂、城市繁华，
the booms in science, technology,
culture, and urbanity,
现代文明的成果被层层打开，
the
fruits of modern civilization are being peeled off
可以尽情享用。
for you
to relish.
自由学习一门语言、学习一门手艺、
You can learn any language or any craft
that suits your
interest;
欣赏一部电影、去遥远的地方旅行。
you can savor a film or embark on a
journey to somewhere
remote.
很多人，从小你们就在自由探索自己的兴趣；
Many of you since childhood have been
exploring your interest
freely;
很多人在童年就进入了不惑之年；
even many of you in childhood sensed
your sensitivity fade
into sensibility,
不惑于自己喜欢什么，不喜欢什么。
no longer bemused by what you like and
dislike.
人与人之间的壁垒被打破，
All barriers among humans are
dismantled:
你们只凭相同的爱好，
Only by virtue of the same hobbies, can
就能结交千万个值得干杯的朋友，
you befriend droves of strangers who
are willing to share your
sorrow and
joy.
你们拥有了，
What
you possess
我们曾经梦寐以求的权利
——
选择的权利；
is what we
used to yearn for
—
the
freedom of choice;
你所热爱的就是你的生活。
what
grasps your passion is your life.
你们有幸遇见这样的时代，
You
are blessed to dwell in such an epoch,
但是时代更有幸遇见这样的你们。
which in return is more fortunate to
embrace you.
我看着你们，满怀敬意。
I’
m gazing at you,
respectful.
向你们的专业态度致敬，
My homage is vented to your adroitness,
你们正在把传统的变成现代的，
for you are turning something from
traditional to modern,
把经典的变成流行的；
from
classic to popular;
把学术的变成大众的，
from
scholarly to public,
把民族的变成世界的；
from
national to global;
你们把自己的热爱
you are forging your own passion and
aspiration
变成了一个和成千上万的人分享快乐的事业，
into a happy enterprise that can be
shared by tens of
thousands of people.
向你们的自信致敬。
My
homage is registered here to your confidence.
弱小的人，才习惯嘲讽与否定；
The vulnerable are wont to jeer and
smear;
内心强大的人，从不吝啬赞美与鼓励。
the strong are always generous in
praise and encouragement.
向你们的大气致敬，
My
homage is also paid to your generosity.
小人同而不和，
The
wicked are always disagreeing to agree
君子美美与共，和而不同。
while the gentle are happy to see a
diversification of differing
views,
agreeing to disagree.
更年轻的身体，容得下更多元的文化、审美和价值观。
A younger soul allows for more diverse
cultures, aesthetics,
and values.
有一天我终于发现，
One
day, an epiphany struck me:
不只是我们在教你们如何生活，
It’s not simply that we have been
teaching you
how to live
your life,
你们也在启发我们，怎样去更好地生活。
but also that you have been updating
our ways to live a better
life.
那些抱怨
“
一代不如一代
”<
/p>
的人，
Those who
speculate about “humanity further doomed
generation after generation”
应该看看你们，
should
take you into observation,
就像我一样，
just like
I am now,
我看着你们，满怀感激；
viewing you, grateful;
因为你们，这个世界会更喜欢中国，
thanks to you, the world is growing
fonder of China,
因为一个国家最好看的风景，
for
the best view of a country
就是这个国家的年轻人。
rests
just upon the youth who inhabit it.
因为你们，
Because of
you,
这世上的小说、音乐、电影所表现的青春，
the youth represented by novels,
melodies, and movies on
Earth
就不再是忧伤迷茫，
will be
defined not by sadness or loss in any guise
whatsoever,
而是善良、勇敢、无私、无所畏惧。
but by kindness, courage, selflessness,
and dauntlessness
withal.
是心里有火，眼里有光。
Youth
will see fire in your heart, and light in your
eyes.
不用活成我们想象中的样子，
Never should you lead a life as we’ve
envisioned,
我们这一代人的想象力
for
our imagination is too meager
不足以想象你们的未来；
to
tell what your future will look like.
如果你们依然需要我们的祝福，
If
you still expect best wishes from us,
那么，
then we’re
happy to hearten you:
奔涌吧，后浪，
Please
surge, rising waves!
我们在同一条奔涌的河流。
We
are all in the same surging river!
注释
①
标题
Rising Waves
暗含过
程性动态哲学思维。
Rising
一词强
调浪花涌起的动作过程。中文原词中不管是
“
后
”
浪还是
“
前
”
浪，侧重
时间先后顺序，强调结果状态，是结束性
静态哲学思维。什么年龄
段算是青年人？联合国世界卫生组织认为，
44
岁以下为青年人，
45
岁至<
/p>
59
岁为中年人。随着我国乃至全球人均寿命不断增长，在中年<
/p>
人甚至更年长的人心中，势必对青年这一概念有着另一方解读。他
们始终还驻守着一颗年轻的心，认为自己或许不是前浪，也不会甘
心作为前浪而被后浪拍
死在沙滩上。所以，他们时刻准备着汹涌，
准备
rising<
/p>
奋起拼搏，而不是甘心于
falling
沉沦。译文如此处理也
间接避免了原中文演讲词中一些歧义和不足之处，比如贬低前浪之
嫌和过度强调精英主义思想等。或许有读者会觉得
“
后浪
”
在英文中
找不到合
适对等词。其实不然。通过查找发现，有短语
Rising
G
eneration
。这一概念是
Joseph Smith<
/p>
在
1843
年
4
月宗教大会上
提出。他当时预言耶稣基督或许在他快
85
岁之前也不会再次降临。
他说到：
“Were I going to prophesy, I would say the end [of the
world] would not come in
1844, 5, or 6, or in forty years. There
are those of the rising generation who
shall not taste death till
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