奥黛丽·赫本——一位拥有高尚灵魂的使者.pdf

翻译 研究 英译汉： 江西省首届英语翻译大赛决赛 特等奖（第一名）获奖作品选登 Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit 获奖者：南昌大学外国语学院研究生 朱竹雨 英语原文： 译文： Audrey Hepburn, 奥黛丽·赫本 An Elegant Spirit —— 一位拥有高尚灵魂的使者 Although she was never an ardent 尽管我的母亲赫本从来不是任何正式 follower of any formal religion, my 宗教的虔诚教徒，但她的一生始终坚持着 mother’s own faith endured throughout 自己的信仰：她信仰爱，信仰大自然的神 her life: her faith in love, her faith in the 迹，信仰人生的美好。她珍视上天赐予她 miracle of nature, and her faith in the 的第二次生命，并抓住所有机会予以回 goodness of life. She honored this second 报，这尤其体现在她晚年还为联合国儿童 chance at life at every opportunity that 基金会积极地付出。 presented itself and most of all at the end of her life, through her work for UNICEF. Sometimes a near-death experience 生活的磨砺使人们渐渐套上了精神的 can free us of the shackles that life slowly 枷锁，有时，只有一次濒死的经历才能将 trains us to wear. We come to realize 我们从这些枷锁中解脱出来，让我们悟出 what’s worth the sweat and what isn’t. 什么值得为之辛苦奋斗、什么不值得。虽 Although she had no memory of her 然我母亲对童年时濒临死亡的经历记忆不 childhood near-death experience, the 深，但她对这种经历的认识，再加上她谦 knowledge of it, coupled with the fertile 让淡泊的天性，谦逊的种子就此生根发 ground of an already self-effacing nature, 芽，造就了她一生的绚烂。 were the roots of the humility that graced her entire life. I never heard her say, “I