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本帖最后由 il_ladro 于 2011-6-18 21:21 编辑
went to the Soviet Union in the Brezhnev years and have filmed in Burma and Tibet, but I have never before been anywhere I have been so watched and controlled, or where everything is so stage-managed.
在勃列日涅夫时代，我去过拍摄过苏联、缅甸和西藏，但我之前从未在任何一个地方受到过监视和控制，或者说一切都处于监控之下。
我去过勃列日涅夫时代的苏联，也在缅甸和西藏拍摄过，但我之前从未去过任何一个如此地受到监视和控制的地方，或者一切都如此地被精心安排展示的地方。
Potemkin villages sprang up wherever I went. I visited model farms, model villages, model factories and model schools, though, at the school, even my government minders looked faintly embarrassed when I asked a model pupil in an English language class who he admired most among modern world leaders and he answered: "Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong."
我去过经历了跨越式发展的Potemkin村。我参观了示范性的农场，示范性的村庄，示范性的工厂和示范性的学校；然而在学校，当我在一节英语课上向一些模范学生提问时，政府的监控者看起来隐约有些紧张，我问他们谁是你们最敬佩的现代领导人，他们回答道：“约瑟夫·斯大林和毛泽东。”
我走到哪里，Potemkin的村庄都迅速行动起来。我参观了模范农场，示范性的村庄，示范性的工厂和示范性的学校；不过在学校，当我在一堂英语课上问一个模范学生他最敬佩哪一位现代的世界领导人、而他回答“约瑟夫·斯大林和毛泽东”时，就连政府的监视陪同看上去都有一点点尴尬。
spring up：to appear or develop quickly and/or suddenly
and marching Young Pioneers
漏译marching
when a group of children playing spontaneously by the side of the road were abruptly shoved aside
当一些正在路边玩耍的小孩子突然被猛推到一边
一群在路边自顾玩耍的孩子被突兀鲁莽地赶到一边
（这个字眼是为了下面一段的发挥）
But spontaneity is not allowed in North Korea.
但在朝鲜，自然而然的事物是不被允许的。
但在朝鲜，自发的事情是不允许的。
More children are employed to sweep the steps leading up to the 60ft bronze statue of the Great Leader, which dominates Pyongyang.
更多的儿童被派去打扫耸立在平壤的60英尺高的伟大领袖雕像。
更多的儿童被派去打扫通向60英尺高、俯瞰着平壤的伟大领袖的铜像的台级。
（雕像怎么打扫？:lol:）
I thought it might be polite to ask to film the country's football team which has, for the first time since 1966, qualified to play in the World Cup.
我想礼貌的请求去拍摄国家足球队是会被允许的，自1966年后，该球队第一次被允许参加世界杯。
我想，提出拍摄该国足球队的要求也许会显得我很有礼节——自1966年后，该球队第一次有资格参加世界杯。
Not only was the football team out of bounds, but, they claimed, there was not a single football match taking place in the entire county during my nine-day stay.
要求见足球队是无法接受的，而且他们声称我住宿9天的县城里不会举行一场足球比赛。
不仅球队“出界”了（大概意思是不在当地无法访问-译注），而且……
we'd ask cruelly every morning.
我们每天早晨都不抱希望的请求：
每天早晨我们都会故意戏弄地问（他们）。
Despite the craziness, at least I have been able to make something of my stage-managed trip to North Korea - if only to illustrate, by what they allowed me to film - that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is truly the most bizarre country in the world.
即便如此，我至少能够用我在北韩被监视的旅行----只要加上他们允许我拍的短片，就能说明朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的确是世界上最怪诞的国家。
尽管有上述疯狂经历，至少我还能从这次被精心安排的朝鲜之行拿出些东西，虽然（以他们允许我拍摄的资料）所展现的无非是：朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的确是世界上最怪诞的国家。
But one can only weep at the thought of the Brazilian football correspondents at the ballet.
而巴西足球记者却只能在芭蕾舞剧院里憋住眼泪。
可是想到看芭蕾的巴西足球记者，人们也只能感到悲哀了。 |
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