麦子书单㉖ Cirque Du Freak #6 The Vampire Prince
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在goodreads上了解到Cirque Du Freak-The Sage of Darren Shan这一系列是分四大部的:1-3本是Vampire Blood Trilogy,4-6本是Vampire Rites Trilogy,7-9本是Vampire War Trilogy,10-12是Vampire Destiny Trilogy。
也就是说我目前看完了前两大部曲,再接再厉啊!
整个系列的三观都极其的正,非常有思辨性,而且还趣味性十足。并且所有角色特别主角Darren是在成长的,成长得更坚强,更有独自思考的能力,值得所有孩子阅读。
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*以下全是本人的渣翻 见谅*
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关于Mr. Crepsley:
1. 去找失踪的Darren时说:
His death distresses me, but the uncertainty regarding Darren unsettles me more.
Gavner的死让我悲痛,但最让我不安的是Darren的下落不明。
2. 突然见到以为已经死了的Darren时激动不已:
"Darren!" Mr. Crepsley roared with delight as he started toward me, arms outstretched.
“Darren!”Mr. Crepsley兴奋呼喊着,伸开双臂向我大步走来。
3. 先生和导师一起出现在战争现场:
I saw Mr. Crepsley and Seba Nile entering the cave, their red robes billowing behind them, eager to be part of the bloodshed.
Mr. Crepsley和Seba的鲜红衣袍在身后飞鼓着……(哇 画面感!
4. 和心上人Arra:
"You always said I had a talent for putting my foot in my mouth."
你总是说我不会说话呢。
Arra生命垂危时:
Mr. Crepsley said, tears dripping down his cheeks, a display of emotion I never thought I'd see.
Mr. Crepsley说着,泪水滑落他的脸颊,我从未想过他会真情流露。
His eyes had filled with tears. I handed him a scrap of cloth as they began to drip, but he didn't use it.
他的眼里满是泪水。我递给他一块布料想让他擦去落下的眼泪,但他没有。
……carrying himself like an old, tired, broken man.
他就像一个年迈的,疲倦的,潦倒的人。
Darren安慰先生时好温暖啊:#1315
这一段心都碎了!!!
"but I miss her. With all my heart and soul, I miss her."
但我想念她。我的心和我的魂都在拼命的想念她。
He didn't even shed a tear when the funeral litter was set alight. It was only later , when he was alone in his cell, that he wept loudly, and his cries echoed through the corridors and tunnels of Vampire Mountain, far into the cold, lonely dawn.
在葬礼上他(遵守诺言)没落一滴泪。直到后来,他独自呆在自己的房间,哭得很厉害,悲怆的声音在血族山脉的走廊和隧道里回响,伸向冰冷孤寂的黎明。
5. 用生命维护Darren,不允许任何人伤害他:
Anyone wishing to lay hands on my assistant will first have to lay hands on me, and I swear by all that is sacred, I will fight them to my last savage breath!
任何想动我助手的人,都要先过我这一关,而我以所有神圣之物起誓,我会跟他们血拼到底!
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关于Darren:
1. Darren与狼群相依为命时学到的:
I remained where I was awhile, thinking about death and how the wolf had accepted it so calmly, remembering how I'd run when it had been my time to face it.
(看见年老的母狼独自离去等待死亡后)我留在原地没有走,思考着死亡和狼在接受死亡时是多么平静,回想自己面对死亡却是逃避。
2. 血族国君赦免Darren的罪:
……any dishonor you incurred has been canceled out by this act of selfless dedication . You are a true vampire, Darren Shan, as worthy to walk the night as any I know.
你的无私献身洗刷了之前所有蒙受的羞辱。你是一位真正的吸血鬼,Darren Shan,和任何行走于黑夜的血族一样值得尊敬。
3. 对死亡和战争的思考:
第一次亲手杀死人后Darren的震惊、惭愧和反思:
Maybe he deserved death.
也许他死不足惜。
Then again, maybe he'd been an ordinary guy, like me or any of the vampires, only here because he'd been following orders. Either way , deserving or not, who was I to decide? I didn't have the right to pass judgment on others and kill them. Yet I'd done it. Excited by the fear of the vampaneze , intent on revenge, letting my heart rule my head, I'd raised a weapon against this man and killed him.
但如果他只是一个普通人,和我们这些吸血鬼一样,身负命令不得不到这来。但无论如何,我又怎么能裁定他人的生死?我没有权利判决他人,没有权利杀害他人。但我已经杀了。对吸血魔的恐惧刺激着我,推着我去复仇,让我的心统治我的头脑,最后举起我的武器对抗并杀害了他。
……but how did one separate right from wrong where killing was concerned?
但谁又能裁决谁的杀戮是错与对呢?
Only my sense of duty held me in place.
于我自己,我只能坚守我的责任与职位。
If I deserted my post, vampires would perish in great numbers along with the vampaneze. I had to concentrate on the bigger picture, regardless of how I felt inside.
如果我放弃职责,血族就会被吸血魔大量屠杀。我必须聚焦长远的宏图,屏退内心的杂念。
看见吸血鬼肆意屠杀吸血魔的思考:
Instead I saw warriors, terrified and humiliated, stranded far from their homes and allies, about to be ruthlessly slaughtered.
我反而看到的是战士们被恐吓被羞辱,在远离故土和盟友的地方,被血族残忍的屠杀。
I didn't hold their eagerness to kill against them. I didn't hold it against any of the vampires. I just thought it was misplaced and unseemly.
其实我并没有因为血族的嗜杀成性而怨恨他们。我没有因此怨恨任何血族。我只是觉得这样错了,这样毫无意义。
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Kurda啊,我爱的上将啊,好爱他目光长远深思熟虑的理想:
I sought to save lives, not take them.
我寻求的是解救生命的途径,而不是索取。
He'd have done what he felt needed to be done, the same as any true-hearted vampire.
他为自己觉得值得去做的事拼命,和任何热血的、真正的血族一样。
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The bald prince hated the vampaneze more than most, because one of them had killed his wife many years ago.
光头国君是最恨吸血魔的,因为多年前他的妻子被其所杀。
这就让我想到了《发现女巫》里丈夫被女巫所杀的Matthew妈妈对父母被女巫所杀的女主说:whoever did it, make them pay. It doesn't take the pain away. But it helps.
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一点笔记:
