文、译/林巍

老炮儿的讲究

Mr. Six’s Way

文、译/林巍

颇受欢迎的国产电影《老炮儿》，开头有这样一幕：一民工模样的小偷，在拿走战利品中的现金之后，把钱包扔进了垃圾桶，这时老炮儿逼着他把证件给人寄回去，末了儿冒出一句“讲究1这里的“讲究”京味十足，不是一般意义上的stress/strive for/be particular about/pay great attention to/devote particular care to/daintily等，而是一种特殊的做事方式，故成此译文。”!

[2]这个“讲究”很有学问2这是句京腔，不是平时讲的have knowledge/learning/learned/literacy 等，即有特殊含义。。分析起来，主要有两方面的涵义，一是“规矩”，一是“面子”。

[3]凭着这“规矩”，老炮儿几乎成了胡同里的道德警察，他拉群架，挡城管，劝和气，有效地维系着胡同中的民间秩序。

[4]内在的，老炮儿心里也有那么一股高贵劲儿，支撑着他的“面子”。虽然身上没俩钱儿，但穷也讲礼数，如遛个八哥，且见面一定打招呼，嘴头上永远没有不得体的时候3这句话颇有北京人的幽默，不宜照字面意思翻译，故不妨以immaculate courtesy一语概括。。

At the start of the plot of the popular Chinese movie entitled Mr. Six, when a migrant-laborer-looking burglar throws out a wallet after empting all its cash, Mr. Six insists on him sending back all the cards to their owner, shouting“That’s our way of doing things”.

[2] “Our way of doing things” is meaningful on two fronts: following the rules and maintaining face.

[3] By applying his rules he has virtually become the moral policeman of the hutong (alleys), refereeing fights, reasoning with city inspectors and mediating among neighbors, so as to effectively maintain the folk order of the community.

[4] Inwardly, he has an air of nobility which well preserves his face. With little money in his pocket, Mr. Six manages to keep his decency by a gracious way of living (such as playing myna) and immaculate courtesy.

[5]但是，老炮儿的这些讲究，从性质上说，是江湖的。

[6]对于“江湖”，我们的教科书似乎始终没有一个到位的定义，例如“泛指流落四方各地”等。

[7]其实，据我理解，江湖的本质是与官方相对立，另有一套，类似潜规则之类的，故不妨译为street practice in sub-communities。

[8]这便有了两条致命的弱点：一、拿不上桌面；二、跟不上现代社会的趟，于是就很拧巴4也是北京人的一句现代用语，有awkward/uncomfortable/troublesome/difficult to deal with/hard to get along with等意思，这里用了somewhat odd，以表别扭。。

[9]例如，他跟已经发迹了的哥们儿借钱，人家二话不说把钱掏了出来，但他又嫌人家说“钱”了，不给面子；奇怪得很，来借钱又不能提钱的事儿，这不是虚伪吗5此句不一定要译成疑问句，而可为陈述句并作相应的句式调整。……