英譯《花蜜與蜂刺》

作者簡介：朱凱麗（1992— ），女，河南平頂山人，碩士研究生。研究方向：英語筆譯研究。

摘要：蜂刺是蜜蜂最主要的武器。英譯《花蜜與蜂刺》寫了蜜蜂不僅僅因它辛勤釀蜜而獲得贊美，而且因它蜂刺的巨大威力而獲得贊美，更說明了蜜蜂英勇搏斗、視死如歸的精神。

關(guān)鍵詞：蜂刺；花蜜；蜜蜂

原文作者介紹：

秦牧，著名作家。中華書局廣州編輯主任，《羊城晚報(bào)》副總編輯，《作品》雜志主編。。暨南大學(xué)中文系主任。中國當(dāng)代文學(xué)研究會(huì)副會(huì)長，中國當(dāng)代文學(xué)學(xué)會(huì)顧問。代表作品為：《土地》、《長河浪花集》

《花蜜與蜂刺》原文

蜜蜂，這美妙神奇的小昆蟲給人贊美得夠多了。

為了采一公斤的蜜，蜜蜂在一百萬朵的鮮花上面，辛勤地飛行、釀造。而釀成的高度濃縮的蜜糖呢，不論蕎麥蜜、椴花蜜、槐花蜜、橙花蜜、棗花蜜、荔枝蜜、龍眼蜜以至其他甚麼的，顏色又都是那麼鮮艷，甜味那麼濃烈，可以保存得那麼長久，這樣的事情實(shí)在是很美妙的，世界上如果沒有蜜蜂，地球也將為之減色。

蜂刺和蜂蜜，實(shí)際上都同樣值得贊美。

一根蜂刺，究竟有多大的威力呢？

如果單獨(dú)地看，它最多只能使人的皮膚腫一個(gè)小小的疙瘩，但是累百累千的蜂，它們集體的蜂刺威力可就相當(dāng)驚人了。凡給蜂螫過的人都知道，蜂在攻擊動(dòng)物時(shí)那種英勇搏斗、視死如歸的精神，簡直令人贊嘆。我有一次給幾只蜂螫過，雖然感到奇痛，但看到失去蜂刺以后，墜地掙扎死亡的傷蜂死蜂，心裏卻莫名奇妙地涌起一種欽佩的感情。

這些年來，中國的養(yǎng)蜂事業(yè)很發(fā)達(dá)，常見到一些外省的人，帶著一車一車的蜂箱，像草原牧民「逐水草而居」那樣，「逐花蜜而居」。特別是浙江省的養(yǎng)蜂人，「追蜜」的足跡幾乎遍及南北各省。在火車站裏，或者在甚麼正當(dāng)原野繁花盛開的農(nóng)村，我有時(shí)和這些養(yǎng)蜂人聊天，他們告訴我的事情常常使我異常驚異。有一個(gè)浙江養(yǎng)蜂人說，他曾經(jīng)親眼看過：當(dāng)一匹馬碰倒一個(gè)蜂箱的時(shí)候，整群蜂的威力，竟然把那匹馬活活螫死。

能夠螫死一匹馬的蜂群，也能夠把一個(gè)人螫死，那是用不著多說的。在國外和國內(nèi)，都發(fā)生過這種事情。

Nectar and Bee Stings

◎朱凱麗

A bee， this wonderful small insect has won enough praise from humans.

When we see the blooming flowers which are like a piece of brocade， we will think of it. When we taste the bright-yellow and sweet-smelling honey， we will think of it. Sometimes， when we see the excellent labors that learn widely from others strong points and make outstanding achievements， we also cant help thinking of it.

In order to get one-kilogram honey， bees will fly arduously over a million flowers and make honey industriously. Highly enriched honey， no matter it is honey from buckwheat， linden blossom， acacia blossom， orange blossom， Chinese date， litchi， longan or other kind of plants， all of which have such a bright color， such strong sweetness and such a long period of preservation that it is a very wonderful thing. If there is no honey in the world， the world will look somewhat less enticing than it is. The tiny honey messenger， whose activity patterns make me think of the creation of labour， the art and philosophy.

Actually， bee stings and bee honey are worthy of the praise equally.

So how powerful is a bee sting？

Seeing alone， it can only swell a small pimple in the skin of human body. However， the strength of hundreds of bee stings is very horrendous. Anyone who has been once stung by bees knows their admirable spirit. During their attack of other animals， they struggle like a hero and face the death unflinchingly. Once I was stung by several bees. Although I felt very painful then， a sense of admiring feeling occurred in my mind when I saw the injured or dead bees which had fallen down the ground and struggled for their lives.

In recent years， Chinas beekeeping business has booming prosperously. I always see that some people from other provinces take truckloads of honey and live where bees can find nectar， like those grassland nomads who live near the water and the grass. Especially bee keepers from Zhejiang province， they track the nectar almost across south and north provinces in the country. Chatting with the bee keepers sometimes in railway stations or in certain countryside full of blooming flowers， I am often astonished by what I was told. There was a bee keeper from Zhejiang province telling me that he once saw in person that the power of a group of bees unexpectedly stung a horse to death since the horse had knocked over a hive.

Needless to say， a swarm of bees can also sting a person to death， which has ever happened both at home and abroad.endprint