ThE HAppy LiFE oF A MAN oF thE FoREst森林漢子的幸福生活

⊙ By RT.com

翻譯：丁一

ThE HAppy LiFE oF A MAN oF thE FoREst森林漢子的幸福生活

⊙ By RT.com

翻譯：丁一

我們不時聽說有人會跑到深山老林去獨居，當(dāng)個隱士。不過，這篇文章的主人公可不是一般的隱士，他獨居的地方緊挨著北極圈，常年冰天雪地，可他始終樂在其中。如果有機會去看北極光，也許你可以去跟他聊聊呢。

In the midst of a forest, Nicholai Tuchola,a1)hermit, lives here alone, without the2)perks of modern life.

Nicholai:(via translator)The good thing about life here is that you don’t have to worry about electricity or heating being cut off. I take water from an ice hole and3)chop4)firewood to keep me warm.

Nicholai Tuchola is a Finn by nationality and a Russian citizen. He’s also “a man of the forest” as he calls himself. He became a5)legendary figure in Karelia and Finland a long time ago. Nicholai turned his life around when he was a young man. He6)bade farewell to friends and family, left his village home and settled down in the woods.

Nicholai:(via translator)It’s so quiet here.Everything is clean and calm. The forest is sobeautiful, especially now during sunset. In the summer,there are a lot of people, all hustle and bustle. I have already begun to forget all that. I have been here for 20 years already.

Nicholai relies on7)subsistence farming. Like many others before him, he hunts and fishes. Dogs are his best friends. Nicholai likes being a hermit, but he has not been completely alone throughout the 20 years of his life outside civilization.

Nicolai has a8)philosophical view on his lifestyle.Tourists come here to visit him. Hunters know they can always count on help here. Many make a point of going to his house to spend the night there, rather than in a tent9)pitched on the snow.

Visitor:(via translator)I brought you something to keep you connected.

Nicholai:(via translator)It’s a battery.

Visitor:(via translator)That’s right. And a10)charger.Nicholai:(via translator)Oh, that’s very good.

In the summer, there are a lot of people, all hustle and bustle.

詞組hustle and bustle的兩個主詞只有一個字母之差，從含義上看像個重疊詞，hustle作“忙碌，奔忙”解，bustle是“喧鬧，繁忙”的意思，詞組要表達(dá)的正是兩個詞加起來的意思，指熙熙攘攘、忙亂、忙碌喧囂的喧鬧氣氛。詞組本身的含義是中性的，可根據(jù)不同的語境產(chǎn)生褒貶之分，既可指熙來攘往的熱鬧氣氛，也可指忙碌卻無序的忙亂環(huán)境，如：

● I love living among the hustle and bustle of big cities. （我很喜歡大城市的熱鬧生活。）

● The hustle and bustle of moving house drove me crazy.（搬家時的忙亂快讓我發(fā)瘋了。）

參考譯文

在森林深處，隱士尼古拉·吐哈拉獨自一人生活，不享受現(xiàn)代生活的種種便利。

尼古拉：（通過翻譯）在這里生活的好處是你不用擔(dān)心斷電或停暖。我從冰洞里取水，劈柴取暖。

尼古拉·吐哈拉是芬蘭裔俄國人，他稱自己為“森林漢子”。在芬蘭和俄羅斯的卡累里亞地區(qū)，他從很早以前就已是傳奇人物了。尼古拉在年輕的時候顛覆了自己的生活。他告別了親朋好友，離開自己生活的村莊，在森林里定居下來。

尼古拉：（通過翻譯）這里非常安靜。一切都那么干凈、安寧。森林非常美，特別是像現(xiàn)在這種日落時分。夏天時會有許多人來，顯得異常熱鬧。我早已忘記了外面的世界，我來這里已經(jīng)20年了。

尼古拉過著自給自足的生活。他與前人一樣狩獵、捕魚。狗是他最好的朋友。尼古拉很享受這種隱居生活，不過在遠(yuǎn)離現(xiàn)代文明生活的20年里，他其實并不孤單。

尼古拉對自己的生活方式頗有一套個人哲學(xué)，游客會到這里來探望他，獵人知道在這里總能得到幫助。許多人會特意到他的小屋里過夜，而不是外面的雪地帳篷。

訪客：（通過翻譯）我給你帶來了能讓你與世界保持聯(lián)系的東西。

尼古拉：（通過翻譯）是電池。

訪客：（通過翻譯）是的，還有充電器。尼古拉：（通過翻譯）噢，這太好了。

1) hermit [?hз?m?t] n. 隱居者，離群索居者

2) perk [pз?k] n. 額外津貼，額外待遇

3) chop [t??p] v. 砍，劈

4) fi rewood [?fa??（r）w?d] n. 木柴，柴火

5) legendary fi gure 傳奇式人物

6) bid farewell 告別，辭行；常與to連用

7) subsistence farming 自給農(nóng)業(yè)

8) philosophical [f?l??s?f?k（?）l] adj. 哲學(xué)的

9) pitch [p?t?] v. 扎（營），搭（帳篷）

10) charger [?t?ɑ?d??（r）] n. 充電器