Section 1:英譯漢(50 分)
三十多年來,我一直在想關于L. R. Generson的事情。
跟老公過第一個圣誕節的那天,他送給我一整套狄更斯的書。一共有二十冊,灰布封面,黑邊裹角,雖有些泛舊,但保存完好。每一本書的扉頁上,之前主人的名字大寫而就:L. R. Generson, M.D.,布朗克斯,紐約;只是字跡有些斑駁。
這套狄更斯的作品是我收到的最好的禮物之一。有些書還是原來的樣子,但是像《荒涼山莊》《大衛-科波菲爾》這幾本,尤其是《遠大前程》,由于反復閱讀已經翻爛。多年來書中的人物一直陪伴著我, 當然還有L. R. Generson,雖然他靜默又神秘。
他是否也像我一樣珍愛這些書?他是誰?(我時常這樣想)有一次心血來潮,便上網搜索。信息不多,只在一個老兵網站上搜到了二戰時期一個叫里奧納德-杰內森的上尉。但我找到了理查德-杰內森博士,他是新澤西州一位口腔外科醫生。由于姓氏杰內森并不常見,我決定寫信給他。
杰內森博士很熱心,給我回了信。他告訴我,他的父親,里奧納德-理查德-杰內森,1909年生于紐約。后來在瑞士Basel讀醫科,能熟練地講十種語言。成為一名婦產科醫生后,二戰前夕他在布朗克斯開了一家診所。在他兒子眼中,父親是“一個非常愛國的人”;日本偷襲珍珠港后,他隨即關閉了診所參了軍。戰爭期間他在歐洲一支空運特種部隊擔任外科醫生,是獲得最高榮譽勛章的醫生之一。
里奧納德-杰內森的兒子不記得那套狄更斯的書籍,但是他告訴我,那時他們家一直有很多小說。大概是他的媽媽在1977年他父親去世后“整理房間”處理了一部分書,而恰在那一年,我丈夫在一家二手書店買到了那套書。
我覺得這封信很感人,盡管它只簡短地介紹了一個智慧、勇敢的人,及他畢生的貢獻。同時,我不禁產生一個疑問,由于我和L. R. Generson 曾擁有同一套書,因此我們之間才有了某種聯系。那封信告訴我了一些他的信息,而我永遠不會真正了解他,為什么我要了解呢?他的兒子收到一個陌生人由只字片語而寄來的信時一定很驚訝。我當時是怎么想的?
我想可能是讀了太多狄更斯的緣故,這解釋聽來有幾分可笑。在他的小說里,任何事物都跟其他的事物相聯系。孤兒找到親人,有情人終成眷屬(或者有緣無分,各自心靈得到升華),舊時秘密被探知,昔日宿怨最終得償,謎題解開,故事也就結束了。
僅僅一套書的機緣巧合,里奧納德-杰內森的生活就打動了我,他接觸過的人必定受他影響更深。下次我再讀狄更斯的小說時,我會想起他,想起他的軍旅生涯,他能講的十種語言。我也會想起他所接生過的數百個嬰兒,現在都過著自己的生活,有著獨特的故事。
Section 2:漢譯英(50 分)
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