0654翻譯：湯姆索亞歷險記（馬克吐溫）
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0654翻譯：湯姆索亞歷險記（馬克吐溫）
Translation: Adventure of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)
梗概
Synopsis
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湯姆·索亞是美國聖彼得斯堡小鎮上一個淘氣的機靈鬼。
Tom Sawyer is a mischievous and smart boy from the town of St. Petersburg, U.S.A.
他父母早亡，
His parents died long time ago.
隨姨媽生活，而姨媽卻管不住他。
He lives with his aunt but the aunt could not keep him under control.
他不是那種聽話本分的的乖寶寶，
He is not one of those good kids who are well behaved and minding their own business.
他是鎮上的孩子頭兒，
Among all the kids in town, he is their leader.
帶他們玩「打仗」，
They follow him in playing 「war」 game.
搞惡作劇，喜歡馬戲，會拿大頂，好幻想，想當兵或當牛仔，
He pulls pranks, likes circus, does handstand, enjoys fantasizing, and wishes to become soldier or cowboy.
他在小夥伴眼中無所不能。
In the eyes of his little companions there is nothing Tom cannot do.
最近，他又萌生了當海盜的念頭。
Recently he has come up with an idea to become a pirate.
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湯姆有幾個朋友：喬奇、班恩、吉姆，但最和他「臭味相投」的是鎮上那個髒兮兮的流浪兒哈克。
Tom has several friends, namely Joe, Ben, and Jim, but the one whom he really gets along with in trouble-making is Huck—a filthy young nomad in town.
哈克的父親是個酒鬼，從不管他，
Huck』s father is a perennial drunk and never watches over Huck.
他就成了個無依無靠遊手好閒的「野孩子」。
So Huck has become a loner good-for-nothing 「street kid」.
在鎮民眼中，他是個無賴，
In the eyes of town folks, he is a bum.
而孩子們都覺得他是個有趣的夥伴。
But to the little children, he is seen as an interesting buddy.
湯姆把當海盜的想法告訴了哈克。
Tom tells Huck on his idea in becoming a pirate.
哈克說海盜都是些膽大的人，他們約定半夜到墓地去試試膽量。
Huck says all pirates have great courage and they agree to meet in the graveyard at midnight to test their valor.
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湯姆假睡騙過姨媽，同哈克一同來到墓地。
Tom pretends to fall asleep to fool his aunt and then goes to the graveyard with Huck.
陰風吹拂下，他們目睹了一場斗殺：喬埃殺死了一個醫生，又嫁禍給醉鬼彼得。
Under bone-chilling wind they witness a violent tussle, and Injun Joe kills a doctor and blames the murder on a drunk named Potter.
兩個孩子都害怕兇悍的喬埃，相互發誓決不開口。
The two children are afraid of vicious Injun Joe and vow to each other they will never tell on the incident.
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膽量得到了檢驗，湯姆和喬奇帶著從家中「偷」來的食物，
Upon recognizing their courage has passed the test, Tom and Joe Harper bring along some food which they 「steal」 from home.
叫上哈克來到密西西比河邊，找到一個小木筏，
They take Huck with them and go to a riverbank of Mississippi River where they find a small raft.
划到下游的傑克遜島。
They peddle to Jackson Island downstream.
這裡荒無人煙，成了三個「小海盜」的快樂大本營。
This completely deserted place with no one around has become the fun-filled headquarter of the three 「pirates」.
晴朗的夜，明亮的星，灌木林叢，篝火野餐；沒有了大人的訓斥、牧師的教誨、法官的威嚴、老師的懲罰，有的是沙灘、草地、樹林、鳥兒、松鼠、蝴蝶……
There are cloudless bright night, shiny stars, shrub woods, bonfire picnic, sandy beach, grass patches, trees, birds, squirrels, butterflies, etc. Adults』 scolding, preacher』s lecturing, judge』s stern face, and teacher』s chastisement are things of the past.
他們無憂無慮、無拘無束，
They are worry-free and carefree.
這裡簡直是一片樂土、凈土！
This place is practically a paradise and sanctuary.
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鎮上的人們找了他們好幾天，急壞了，
People in town have been looking for these children in the past few days and those town people are worried sick.
怎麼也不見孩子們的蹤影，
But traces of the children are nowhere to be found.
漸漸地絕望了。
Slowly the town people are losing hope of ever finding the children again.
星期日，鎮民們在教堂為他們三人開追悼會。
On Sunday, the town people hold a gathering in commemoration of the three kids.
當人們悲情難抑之際，牧師發現三個調皮鬼若無其事地走進教堂，來到親人的面前。
Just when those people are overwhelmed with sadness, the preacher finds those three mischief-makers walk to their relatives in the church as if nothing has happened.
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鎮上要開庭審理彼得殺人案了，
Trial starts in town against Potter on the murder case.
湯姆和哈克出庭為彼得作證，
Tom and Huck testify in court for Potter.
混在旁聽席中的喬埃大驚，落荒而逃。
Injun Joe in attendance of the courtroom is shocked and flees.
湯姆和哈克成了小鎮的英雄。
Tom and Huck become heroes of the small town.
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湯姆的冒險心一刻也沒有消失過，
Tom』s sense of adventure has not dwindled a tiny bit.
他知道傳說中海盜都會把金銀財寶埋藏在乾枯的老歪脖樹下，他和哈克要去尋寶。
He knows legend has it that pirates buried treasure under old dried-up grotesque tree, and he and Huck are going to hunt for treasure.
有一天，他們來到鬼屋翻尋時，真的遇上了鬼——喬埃和一個陌生人來到這裡，
One day they go to search in a haunted house and really run into ghost-like characters inside—Injun Joe and a stranger.
準備把搶來的金幣藏起來。兩個強盜商量著要把這金幣一同藏到「二號十字架下面」，
They are prepared to hide the gold coins which they stole and talk about burying the coins 「under Number Two cross」.
這些話被藏在樓上的湯姆和哈克聽得一清二楚。
The conversation is clearly overheard by Tom and Huck hiding in the attic.
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湯姆的同桌貝琪是鎮上大法官撒切爾先生的女兒。
Becky, a classmate sharing Tom』s table in school, is the daughter of the Grand-Judge Thatcher.
她央求父母約請同學們到山上野營，
She asks her parents to organize a picnic with her classmates up the hill.
孩子們乘輪渡來到鎮外的山上。
The children take a ferry to the hill outside of town.
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大家來到有趣的魔克托爾山洞。
All of the children arrive at the fun-filled McDougal』s Cave.
魚貫而入的孩子們對這陰森神秘的山洞心生好奇又有點兒緊張，
In entering the gloomy cave in single file, the children are curious and nervous.
就連好冒險的湯姆也是第一次來。
Even for the adventure-seeking Tom, it is his first time here.
洞內岔路橫生，如同迷宮一樣。
The crisscrossing pathways in the cave are like a maze.
孩子們在洞中玩著，鬧著，陸續從不同方向彙集到了山洞出口。
The children in the cave are playing, frolicking, and then converging to the cave exit from different directions in succession.
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但湯姆和貝琪卻在洞中迷路了。|
But Tom and Becky lose their way in the cave.
一心想當探險家的湯姆帶著貝琪在洞中東竄西走，總也走不出去。
Tom, an inspired explorer, goes with Becky in random directions inside the cave but they fail to find a way out.
貝琪害怕了。
Becky is panicky.
男孩子的勇氣和智慧讓湯姆有了信心，
But Tom, armed with the courage and wisdom innate to boy, is confident.
他安慰貝琪，耐心地尋找山洞的出口。
He consoles Becky and continues to search patiently for an exit out of the cave.
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在洞中，湯姆意外遇到喬埃！
Inside the cave, Tom runs into Injun Joe.
那喬埃已是驚弓之鳥，聽到湯姆的動靜，撒腿就跑。
The on-the-run Joe is already scared stiff and scurries away at hearing signs of Tom』s presence.
湯姆帶著貝琪終於找到了出口，與親人們會合了。
Tom and Becky finally find an exit and reunite with their families.
虛驚一場的兩個孩子在休息了五六天後，
The two children rest for five to six days after the close call.
湯姆到大法官家看望貝琪。
Tom goes to the judge』s home to visit Becky.
撒切爾先生告訴他：為了防止再有人迷路，魔克托爾山洞的出口被封死了。
Mr. Thatcher tells him: 「To prevent people from getting lost again, the exit of McDougal』s Cave has been sealed off.」
湯姆說洞中還有逃犯喬埃呢！
Tom says there is still Joe, the on-the-lam criminal, inside the cave.
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鎮上的人們再次擁向魔克托爾山洞，見到喬埃已在洞內倒斃多日了。
The town folks flock to McDougal』s Cave and find Joe has been dead inside the cave for many days.
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湯姆帶哈克再次來到洞中尋寶，
Tom takes Huck along to the cave to hunt for treasure.
終於在一個刻有十字記號的大岩石下，挖出了喬埃埋藏的那些金幣。
Finally underneath a big rock marked with a cross sign they dig out those gold coins hidden by Joe.
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湯姆和哈克劃著小船回鎮上去了，他的歷險該對鎮上的人們產生怎樣的震動啊！
Tom and Huck row a small boat back to town, and what a big shock their adventure would be to the town people.
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精彩片段
Highlights
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到了禮拜二的黃昏，
Tuesday afternoon came, and waned to the twilight.
聖彼得斯堡鎮仍然籠罩在一片悲傷之中，
The village of St. Petersburg still mourned.
兩個走失的孩子還沒有找到。
The lost children had not been found.
鎮上的人們已經為他們作了公開的祈禱，還有許許多多的人私下裡為這兩個孩子作了祈禱，誠心誠意地保佑他們平平安安，但是依然沒有從洞里傳來好消息。
Public prayers had been offered up for them, and many and many a private prayer that had the petitioners whole heart in it; but still no good news came from the cave.
大多數搜索的人已經放棄了搜尋孩子這件事，回到鎮上繼續干他們平日的活兒去了，他們認為孩子明擺著是找不回來了。
The majority of the searchers had given up the quest and gone back to their daily avocations, saying that it was plain the children could never be found.
撒切爾太太病得厲害，大部分時間都在說胡話。
Mrs. Thatcher was very ill, and a great part of the time delirious.
人們聽見她呼喊孩子的聲音，看見她每次抬起頭側耳聽上整整一分鐘，然後一邊呻吟著一邊軟弱無力地倒下頭去的情景，那真是讓人心碎。
People said it was heartbreaking to hear her call her child, and raise her head and listen a whole minute at a time, then lay it wearily down again with a moan.
波莉姨媽已經陷入了悲痛絕望之中，她那滿頭的灰發幾乎全變白了。
Aunt Polly had drooped into a settled melancholy, and her gray hair had grown almost white.
到了禮拜二晚上，鎮上停止了一切活動，整個小鎮被蒙上了悲痛與凄慘的陰影。
The village went to its rest on Tuesday night, sad and forlorn.
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半夜時分，鎮上傳來了發瘋般的鐘聲。不一會兒，街道上簇擁著欣喜若狂、衣衫不整的人群，他們高聲喊著：「快來看！他倆被找回來了！」
Away in the middle of the night a wild peal burst from the village bells, and in a moment the streets were swarming with frantic half-clad people, who shouted, "Turn out! turn out! theyre found! theyre found!"
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這時，人們丁丁當當地敲響了鐵碗銅盆，滴滴答答的喇叭聲與人們的喧嚷聲匯成了一片。人們成群結隊地擁向河岸，去迎接那兩個乘敞篷車歸來的孩子，車子由歡呼著的村民拉著、簇擁著。前來迎接的人們加入了這支回小鎮的隊伍，他們邁著雄壯有力的步伐，浩浩蕩蕩地穿過大街，歡呼聲一浪高過一浪！
Tin pans and horns were added to the din, the population massed itself and moved toward the river, met the children coming in an open carriage drawn by shouting citizens, thronged around it, joined its homeward march, and swept magnificently up the main street roaring huzzah after huzzah!
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整個小鎮燈火通明，誰也沒有再回去睡覺。這是這個小鎮前所未有的最輝煌的一個夜晚。
The village was illuminated; nobody went to bed again; it was the greatest night the little town had ever seen.
在找到孩子們後的半個小時，鎮上的人排著隊來到撒切爾法官家，摟著兩個獲救的孩子又親又吻，同時還使勁握住撒切爾太太的手，滿肚子的話想說又說不出，淚水如雨，灑了一地。
During the first half-hour a procession of villagers filed through Judge Thatchers house, seized the saved ones and kissed them, squeezed Mrs. Thatchers hand, tried to speak but couldnt—and drifted out raining tears all over the place.
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波莉姨媽真是高興到了極點，撒切爾太太也是如此。
Aunt Pollys happiness was complete, and Mrs. Thatchers nearly so.
然而，等派到山洞裡的信使把這個喜訊報告給她的丈夫時，快樂才會變得十全十美。
It would be complete, however, as soon as the messenger dispatched with the great news to the cave should get the word to her husband.
湯姆躺在一張沙發上，身邊圍滿了熱切的聽眾。他給他們講著這次精彩的歷險過程，同時還誇張地吹噓了一番，最後又描述了他怎樣離開貝琪去探險，如何在風箏線能達到的情況下順著那兩條通道向前探路，如何又去探索第三條通道，直到風箏線不夠用了為止。正當他轉身往回走時，他突然發現遠處有一小塊亮光，好像是太陽光，於是他放下風箏線朝它摸索著走了過去。他把肩和頭從一個小洞中探了出來，竟看見寬闊的密西西比河正波浪滾滾地從下面流過！
Tom lay upon a sofa with an eager auditory about him and told the history of the wonderful adventure, putting in many striking additions to adorn it withal; and closed with a description of how he left Becky and went on an exploring expedition; how he followed two avenues as far as his kite-line would reach; how he followed a third to the fullest stretch of the kite-line, and was about to turn back when he glimpsed a far-off speck that looked like daylight; dropped the line and groped toward it, pushed his head and shoulders through a small hole, and saw the broad Mississippi rolling by!
如果碰巧是晚上，他決不會看見那一小塊太陽光，也就找不到這條通道了！
And if it had only happened to be night he would not have seen that speck of daylight and would not have explored that passage anymore!
他又講述了他怎樣回去找貝琪，告訴了她這個好消息，而她卻讓他別拿這些無聊的謊話來煩她了，因為她很累，知道自己快要死了，她也願意死掉。
He told how he went back for Becky and broke the good news and she told him not to fret her with such stuff, for she was tired, and knew she was going to die, and wanted to.
他又講了自己如何費盡口舌說服了她，當貝琪摸索著爬到洞口，看見那一小塊太陽光時，怎樣興奮得不得了，她簡直就要高興死了。他還說自己怎樣先爬出洞口，然後又幫助貝琪爬了出來，他們是如何坐在那裡高興得大聲哭了起來，一些人怎樣乘著小船打那兒經過，他倆又是怎樣呼喊著他們，告訴他們自己的遭遇。他也描述了起初這些人如何不相信這荒唐離奇的故事。因為他們說：「你們是在河的下游，離那個峽谷里的山洞有五英里遠呢。」然後他們就將他倆扶上船，划到一戶人家，給他們吃了晚飯，讓他們歇息了兩三個小時，隨後便把他們送回了家。
He described how he labored with her and convinced her; and how she almost died for joy when she had groped to where she actually saw the blue speck of daylight; how he pushed his way out at the hole and then helped her out; how they sat there and cried for gladness; how some men came along in a skiff and Tom hailed them and told them their situation and their famished condition; how the men didnt believe the wild tale at first, "because," said they, "you are five miles down the river below the valley the cave is in"—then took them aboard, rowed to a house, gave them supper, made them rest till two or three hours after dark and then brought them home.
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Before day-dawn, Judge Thatcher and the handful of searchers with him were tracked out, in the cave, by the twine clews they had strung behind them, and informed of the great news.
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湯姆和貝琪很快發現，在洞里所遭受的三天三夜的疲勞和飢餓，是不可能馬上恢復過來的。
Three days and nights of toil and hunger in the cave were not to be shaken off at once, as Tom and Becky soon discovered.
禮拜三和禮拜四整整兩天他們一直卧床不起，好像越躺越難受，渾身沒有一點兒力氣。
They were bedridden all of Wednesday and Thursday, and seemed to grow more and more tired and worn, all the time.
湯姆禮拜四稍微能下地活動一會兒，禮拜五就能到鎮上逛逛了，到了禮拜六差不多完全恢復正常了。但貝琪直到禮拜天才能夠到戶外走走，看上去好像剛得了一場大病似的。
Tom got about, a little, on Thursday, was downtown Friday, and nearly as whole as ever Saturday; but Becky did not leave her room until Sunday, and then she looked as if she had passed through a wasting illness.
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湯姆聽說哈克病了，禮拜五便去看他，誰知道被擋在了門外，禮拜六、禮拜天一連兩天也都沒讓他進去。
Tom learned of Hucks sickness and went to see him on Friday, but could not be admitted to the bedroom; neither could he on Saturday or Sunday.
過了禮拜天，他可以每天進去了，但是那家的人告誡他不能透露他的探險經過，也不要談及任何令人興奮的話題。
He was admitted daily after that, but was warned to keep still about his adventure and introduce no exciting topic.
道格拉斯寡婦守候在旁邊，看湯姆是否遵守規定。
The Widow Douglas stayed by to see that he obeyed.
回到家裡，湯姆才聽說卡迪夫山發生的事，還得知那個「衣衫襤褸的人」的屍體最後在渡船碼頭附近被發現了，很可能是在逃跑途中溺水而死的。
At home Tom learned of the Cardiff Hill event; also that the "ragged mans" body had eventually been found in the river near the ferry-landing; he had been drowned while trying to escape, perhaps.
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湯姆從洞里獲救之後，大約過了兩個禮拜，他又去看望哈克。哈克現在已經強壯多了，也不怕聽令人激動的話題了。湯姆想，他正有一些話題是哈克感興趣的。撒切爾法官的家離哈克住的地方不遠，於是湯姆就順道去看了看貝琪。
About a fortnight after Toms rescue from the cave, he started off to visit Huck, who had grown plenty strong enough, now, to hear exciting talk, and Tom had some that would interest him, he thought. Judge Thatchers house was on Toms way, and he stopped to see Becky.
法官和他的幾個朋友逗他滔滔不絕地講了起來，有的人還用嘲弄的口吻問他是否還想再去那個山洞走一趟。
The Judge and some friends set Tom to talking, and someone asked him ironically if he wouldnt like to go to the cave again.
湯姆說，他認為他不會在意的。
Tom said he thought he wouldnt mind it.
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法官說：「還有一些人和你一樣想去山洞看看呢，湯姆，這一點我是毫無疑問的。
The Judge said: "Well, there are others just like you, Tom, Ive not the least doubt.
但是我們已經採取了防範措施，以後誰也不會再在那個山洞裡迷路了。」
But we have taken care of that. Nobody will get lost in that cave anymore."
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「為什麼？」
"Why?"
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「因為兩周前我就找人用鍋爐鋼板把山洞的洞口封上了，然後又上了三道鎖，鑰匙在我這裡。」
"Because I had its big door sheathed with boiler iron two weeks ago, and triple-locked—and Ive got the keys."
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湯姆的臉立刻變得煞白。
Tom turned as white as a sheet.
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「怎麼了，孩子！
"Whats the matter, boy!
喂，快來人哪！
Here, run, somebody!
快拿杯水來！」
Fetch a glass of water!"
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有人拿過一杯水，一下子潑在了湯姆的臉上。
The water was brought and thrown into Toms face.
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「啊，現在沒事了。
"Ah, now youre all right.
你怎麼了，湯姆？」
What was the matter with you, Tom?"
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「哎呀，法官，印江·喬埃還留在洞里呢！」
"Oh, Judge, Injun Joes in the cave!"
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附註：
(1) 一般描寫過去發生的事情一般是用過去式 (Past Tense), 但故事為使生動如在眼前發生所以用現在時也有。
(2) 「梗概/Synopsis」部分是翻譯； 「精彩片段/Highlights」 部分是原文；
(3) 斜體字是中文翻譯沒有的原文。
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