評論
打印
holding up the head of the enemy general, Holofernes,
手里拿著敵軍將領霍洛芬斯的頭顱
she'd just beheaded.
她剛砍下他的頭
But Judith had been set up on the Piazza Della Signoria,
但朱迪思被樹立在領主廣場上
in front of the seat of Florence's government
正對著佛羅倫薩政府
to celebrate chasing the Medici despots out of Florence.
以此來慶祝美第奇家族暴君被趕出佛羅倫薩
So when, almost a century later,
于是某一刻 幾乎是一個世紀之后
Cosimo de' Medici became duke,
科西莫.德.美第奇成了公爵
he wanted a statue which would reverse all that,
他想要一件可以扭轉一切的雕像
a manly hero beheading a female monster.
一位男英雄斬落女魔頭的頭顱
And Cellini, an alpha-male who knew all about bloody killings,
而切利尼 一個熟稔血腥屠殺的強勢男性
seized his chance.
得到了他的機會
Donatello had cast Judith in pieces,
多納泰羅用多塊青銅鑄造了朱迪思
Cellini promised to do the Perseus in one casting.
切利尼則承諾用一塊鑄造珀耳修斯
"Impossible," Scoffed the duke.
"絕不可能"公爵嘲笑道
"The liquid bronze won't reach all those extremities."
"青銅液體不可能做出所有四肢"
"Watch me," Said Cellini, who liked talking back to his patrons.
"看我的"切利尼說 他喜歡反駁自己的顧客
Cellini was playing for the highest stakes imaginable,
切利尼下了最不可能贏的賭注
the casting of the Perseus was the moment that was going to
鑄造珀耳修斯將會把他從
transform him from a goldsmith, a craftsman, a mere artisan,
一位金匠 一位手藝人 一位工匠
to whom everybody condescended, into an artist superhero -
變成所有人都敬仰的人物 一位超級藝術家
the real thing.
貨真價實
Having set up everything just right,
當一切都準備就緒
suddenly as the melted bronze
融化的青銅正要
was going to be poured, Cellini falls deathly ill
緩緩倒入 切利尼突然病倒了
of a terrible fever.
持續的高熱非常嚴重
So sick, so ill, he's sure he's going to die.
病得如此嚴重 他很確信自己要死去了
There's an incredible storm.
一場難以置信的暴風雨來臨
Wind, rain, the roof is partly removed,
大風和大雨將屋頂掀走了一部分
the cover of the furnace explodes.
熔爐的蓋子爆開了
And most fatally, the temperature of the molten bronze
最致命的是 用以澆鑄的青銅溫度
starts to lower.
開始變低
That word that nobody wants to hear in a foundry - caking.
鑄造廠里沒有人想聽到那個詞 燒結
The premature coagulation of the alloy starts to be set.
合金過早的凝結開始了
The assistants come running, "Maestro, maestro!"
助理們跑來大叫 "大師 不好了"
Everything is going pear-shaped.
一切都正在變成梨形
The bronze alloy will cool, it won't run to all the extremities
青銅合金馬上冷卻 來不及灌入
of the mould, and you end up with this little, kind of, dwarfish homunculus.
四肢的模型 你只能得到這種像侏儒一樣矮小的人形
