中、英對照的七則選句
〈梵谷選句〉一共才七則，是中、英對照的，我找了一下，其中六則可以從梵谷的信件中找到原句。
梵谷信件的英譯文，現今在網路上可查到的有兩種版本，一種是流傳比較廣泛的舊譯版，另一個是 2009 年才出版的新譯版。新譯版的電子化相當完備，有原文、註解等完整的資料可供查詢。
以下我把我找到的結果列出來。加圖框的，是歷史博物館〈梵谷選句〉中的文字；而其下方用線框框起的部分，分別是舊譯和新譯的文字，與原信件的英譯連結。
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
對我來說，沒有什麼是我能確知的，但是映入眼簾的星星，能引發我的夢想。
"For my own part, I declare I know nothing whatever about it. But to look at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots of a map representing towns and villages."
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/18/506.htm"For myself, I declare I don’t know anything about it. But the sight of the stars always makes me dream in as simple a way as the black spots on the map, representing towns and villages, make me dream."
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let638/letter.html
這句話出自梵谷 1888 年 7 月於阿爾寫給西奧的信，這和我上次在介紹梵谷的記錄片：Vincent: The Full Story 時，最後所引用的那幾句話，是出自同一封；事實上，上次的那一段話，是接在這句話之後，現在我擷取《梵谷書簡全集》對上面原文的翻譯如下：
我本人聲明我對它一無所知；但仰觀群星使我所有夢想，單純一如我面對地圖上代表城鎮與村莊的黑點而神遊。為什麼，我自問天空中那閃爍的星點，不是像法國地圖上的黑點一樣可觸及嗎？活著的時候，我們無法摘星，這情形好比我們死去時不能搭火車一樣。因此，我覺得霍亂、腎結石、肺結核、及癌症似乎是前往天國的交通工具，正如汽船、公共汽車和火車是地上的交通工具。於老年時平靜逝去的人，不啻是徒步走到那兒去。
"Vincent : The Full Story" 記錄片中，對這封信特別有興趣，因為在這封信裡，梵谷承認他性無能。
In life it is the same as in drawing - one must sometimes act quickly and decisively, attack a thing with energy, trace the outlines as quickly as lightning.
人生就像是畫素描一樣：有時你必須行動明快果決，迅如閃電捕捉事物，描繪形貌。
"In life it is the same as in drawing - one must sometimes act quickly and decisively, attack a thing with energy, trace the outlines as quickly as lightning."
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/11/197.htm"Life is the same as drawing: sometimes one has to act quickly and resolutely, tackle things with willpower, take care that the broad outlines appear with lightning speed."
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let226/letter.html
這句話的英文部分，是從舊譯文完整抄錄。出自 1882 年 5 月 13 日梵谷於海牙寫給西奧的信。同一句話，在《梵谷書簡全集》中，雨云的翻譯如下（第 176 頁）：
生活猶如素描：一個人有時候應該迅速而堅決地行動，全力攻擊一個東西，快如閃電般地追尋其輪廓。
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
我覺得沒有什麼比愛人更是一種真正的藝術。
"You are kind to painters, and I tell you, the more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/18/538.htm"You’re kind to painters, and be sure that the more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people."
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let682/letter.html
這句話出自 1888 年 9 月 18 日的信，寄自阿爾。《梵谷書簡全集》中，我沒有找到這句話，可能是我沒仔細找，也可能是被譯者或 Irving Stone 給刪去。
Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
繪畫是種信仰，不在乎世人的意見是其必須肩負的使命。
"Only it is an established fact that Mother is unable to grasp the fact that painting is a faith, and that it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion - and that in painting one conquers by perseverance and not by making concessions - and that 'I cannot give thee the faith' - this is exactly what is the matter between her and me - as it was to Father, and remained so. Oh dear. "
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/15/398.htm"Only it’s certain that Ma simply cannot comprehend that painting is a faith and that it brings with it the duty to pay no heed to public opinion — and that in it one conquers by perseverance and not by giving in. And — 'I can't give you faith' is also the case between Her Hon. and me — just as it was and remained with Pa too."
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let490/letter.html
這句話是從一段長句中，擷取其一小部分而成的。出自 1885 年 4 月 6 日給西奧的信。是時梵谷父親已經過世，而他的妹妹 Anna 希望梵谷不要再住家裡，兩人因此鬧翻。這整句話，是在說明他父親和母親，無法了解藝術家特異獨行的特質。
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.
在靈魂一角可能有著一座燃燒著熾熱火焰的火爐，然而無人前來取暖；過客只瞥見煙囪的一抹輕煙，又匆匆繼續他們的旅程。
"There may be a great fire in our soul, but no one ever comes to warm himself by it, all that passers-by can see is a little smoke coming out of the chimney, and they walk on."
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/8/133.htm"Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way."
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let155/letter.html
此語我印象很深，出自梵谷從居斯美寄給西奧的信，時間是 1880 年 6 月。《梵谷傳》和《梵谷書簡全集》這兩本書中都有收錄。《梵谷書簡全集》雨云的譯文：
我們的靈魂裡，可能有一道大火，卻沒有人來到這火前取暖；路過的人只看到一絲煙從煙囪裡出來，然後又向前走。（第 107 頁）
《梵谷傳》是在第一章最後，西奧來到礦區解救梵谷， Irving Stone 將這句話寫進兩人的對話中，是時西奧倒了一杯牛奶給梵谷。余光中的翻譯：
文生喝得太快，幾乎給濃得嗆住了。等不及揩乾急於說話的嘴唇上的奶漬，他接下去說，「我們內在的思想會露到外面來嗎？也許我們的靈魂裡有一把烈火，可是沒有人走近來取暖。過路的人只看見煙囪裡冒出一點輕煙，便向前走了。你看該怎麼辦呢？難道我們不應該守護那內在的火焰，保持活力，耐心等待有這麼一天，有人會走過來取暖嗎？」
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
我夢想著繪畫，我畫我的夢想。
這句話很有名，流傳也很廣，但我從信件裡搜尋不到來源。有人找到的話，請告訴我。謝謝。
I want to do drawings which touch people...in figure or landscape I should wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow.
我想畫出觸動人心的素描……。我想透過人物或風景畫所表達的，不是傷感的憂鬱，而是真摯的悲傷。
"I want to make drawings that touch some people. ...What I want to express, in both figure and landscape, isn't anything sentimental or melancholy, but deep anguish."
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/11/218.htm"I want to make drawings that move some people. Sorrow is a small beginning — perhaps small landscapes like the Laan van Meerdervoort, the Rijswijk meadows and the Fish-drying barn are also small beginnings. At least they contain something straight from my own feelings.
Whether in figures or in landscapes, I would like to express not something sentimentally melancholic but deep sorrow."
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let249/letter.html
這是從 1882 年 7 月於海牙寫給西奧的信中所摘出。《梵谷書簡全集》是在第 198 頁的最下方：
透過人物畫或風景畫，我想表現的，不是感傷性的憂鬱，而是莊嚴的哀愁。
0 意見:
張貼留言