星雲大師的「佛系」同傳和慈禧太后的御用翻譯都是什麼水平？

05-25

前不久，一位操著流利「佛系」英語的清秀妹子火了。

她的佛系，不是你我的假裝洒脫，也不是威士忌里放枸杞的無奈傾頹，而是真真正正的在用英語傳達著佛祖的指教。

她的佛系，是身體力行的，她剃髮為尼，有個美麗的名字——妙光法師。

也許你從未了解過她的故事，但她的師傅星雲大師你一定有所耳聞。

可再厲害的人也有自己的短板，Biu君相信，如果沒有妙光法師一樣的徒弟，星雲大師的思想頓悟也不過是在漢語圈內風生水起，想要讓歐美徒兒們得到他的真傳，還是難點兒。

畢竟翻譯詩詞佛法這種東西，若想達到信、達、雅，並非等閑之輩能夠做到的。

然而，妙光法師做到了，她就這樣默默地站在師父身後，連紙筆都不需要，一句句準確而出彩的佛系英文翻譯便從嘴邊流出...

https://www.zhihu.com/video/980768588227084288

這水平，別說一般英語專業的畢業生很難達到，就是從事同傳多年的老油條也自嘆不如。

講真，不看字幕，Biu君甚至覺得這段視頻中的英文比中文更好聽懂。

在此，Biu君奉上中英原文供大家膜拜：

講起來這世間都是苦海，趕快到極樂世界。
Also, the fact that Buddhist are always saying, 「this world is filled with sufferings so quickly go to Pure Land」 makes one sad.

你以為到極樂世界就解決問題了嗎？
Do you think things will be better by going to Pure Land?
極樂世界的人比我們娑婆世界的人更辛苦。
You might not realize that people live a harder life in Pure Land.
你們讀《阿彌陀經》的人就知道，每天早上起來，要以鮮花供養十萬億十方諸佛，要很早，要做功課。
You will find evidence in the Amitabha Sutra where the heavenly beings in Western Pure Land have to wake up very early, travel far distances to make offering of flowers. This is their daily practice.
供養過十方諸佛回來，你還以為能再睡回籠覺嗎？不能。要念佛、念法、念僧。
After the traveling and offering, do you think you go back to bed? No, you have to go back to chanting the Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha, you have to keep working.
要跟諸上善人相處，怎麼樣讓諸上善人接受我們呢？

You have to constantly be the person of virtue. How do you do that?
我要有禮貌，我要勤勞，我要負責任。
You have to have manners, you have to be diligent, and you have to be responsible.
甚至吃過飯以後還要飯食經行，還要運動呢。
And then after eating a meal, you have to do walking meditation, you have to exercise.
那許多樹木花草，你能不去澆水嗎？
Then you have to tend to all the trees along the roads.
那些七寶樓閣，你能不保持它的清潔、乾淨、莊嚴美麗嗎？
And then you have to maintain all these jewel pavilions by keeping them clean.
我的意思是，到了極樂世界一樣的很辛苦。

What Im trying to say is life in Pure Land would be just as hard.
你在這個世間上，養成了勤勞的習慣，念佛、念法、念僧，加以信仰，將來到了極樂世界，就會習慣了。
Therefore, whats more important right now is for you to begin by nurturing your nature of diligence in chanting the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, and one day when you eventually arrive in Pure Land, everything would be easier.