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Iceland and Australia are geographically like this. In the middle of the two is South Africa.
冰島和澳大利亞的地理位置，像是這樣。在兩者中間，是南非。
We decided upon the city of Cape Town, and there we met for one week.
我們決定在南非的開(kāi)普敦進(jìn)行一周時(shí)間的見(jiàn)面。
The city itself proved to be a stunningly powerful environment to focus on reconciliation and forgiveness.
事實(shí)證明，這座城市本身有著令人驚奇的強(qiáng)大氛圍，它能夠幫助人們專注于和解和寬恕。
Nowhere else has healing and rapprochement been tested like it has in South Africa.
沒(méi)有其他地方像南非一樣有著歷經(jīng)檢驗(yàn)的治愈力量和友好氛圍。
As a nation, South Africa sought to sit within the truth of its past, and to listen to the details of its history.
作為一個(gè)國(guó)家，南非面對(duì)真實(shí)的過(guò)去，尊重歷史的細(xì)節(jié)。
Knowing this only magnified the effect that Cape Town had on us.
了解這些，更是加大了開(kāi)普敦對(duì)我們的影響。
Over the course of this week, we literally spoke our life stories to each other, from start to finish.
在這一周里，由始至終，我們相互傾訴著各自生活中的故事。
And this was about analyzing our own history.
這就是對(duì)我們自身過(guò)往的分析。
We followed a strict policy of being honest, and this also came with a certain exposure, an open-chested vulnerability.
我們遵守嚴(yán)格誠(chéng)實(shí)的規(guī)則，而這也帶來(lái)了一定程度的暴露，一種因推心置腹而帶來(lái)的脆弱感。
There were gutting confessions, and moments where we just absolutely couldn't fathom the other person's experience.
這其中有深刻的懺悔，以及我們絕對(duì)無(wú)法完全了解的另一個(gè)人所經(jīng)歷的瞬間。
The seismic effects of sexual violence were spoken aloud and felt, face to face.
性暴力所帶來(lái)的巨大影響，被面對(duì)面地表達(dá)和感知。
At other times, though, we found a soaring clarity, and even some totally unexpected but liberating laughter.
在其他時(shí)間里，一些問(wèn)題得以快速明晰，我們甚至?xí)馔獾匕l(fā)出釋懷的笑聲。
When it came down to it, we did out best to listen to each other intently.
實(shí)際上，我們盡全力認(rèn)真地彼此聆聽(tīng)。
And our individual realities were aired with an unfiltered purity that couldn't do any less than lighten the soul.
我們各自的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活像是被純凈的空氣，點(diǎn)亮了靈魂。
