文、译 / 林巍

城市的温度

文、译 / 林巍1

The Warmth of a City

每个城市都是有温度2一般译成temperature、hotness、heat等，但这里主要是指人情冷暖，故亦用warmth、warmness等。的，这指的当然不是自然气候，而是一种人文感觉。

Every city, in fact, can be felt by its warmth—not in terms of its natural climate but its human touch.

[2]我到过世界上许多城市。初来乍到，新城市对我是陌生的，我对这地方也是陌生人。一来二往3字面意思为One to two to the ground，如“一来二往地，他们相爱了”（One to two to the ground, they fell in love）,还有 in the course of contacts。这里主要讲的是人与人的交往，故用了social intercourse。，慢慢熟悉起来，主要是通过人与人的交往。所以我觉得，最能体现一个城市人文温度的，是这城市里的人对于陌生人的态度。

[2] Personally, I have visited many cities in the world. On my first arrival, the new place and I are mutually alien to one another. We gradually become acquainted after getting down to business through social intercourse. In my view, the attitude towards strangers that the people have in the city thus mirrors its warmth.

[3]二十多年前，我初到澳大利亚的黄金海岸，在街上拿出地图，寻找地方，便有位长者主动过来，问我是否迷路了、需要帮助不？那时，对于经过“文化大革命”、有着阶级意识的我，感到又惊又喜4通俗的译法，还有be surprised but glad、be both surprised and delighted、have mixed feelings of surprise and joy、“half frightened, half pleased”等。。后来，在那里住下了，类似的事情多了，也便习以为常，如路上散步，对面来人，无论认识与否，都问候一句。一天晚上，我在便道上骑车5通常译成ride a bike、cycle、bicycling等，但澳大利亚人的俗语是 push bike。，一年轻女子喊了一声“带我一段”，便窜上了我自行车的后座。带着一身香水味，她告诉我刚参加完聚会，阴差阳错，没赶上车。我们一路还聊了会儿，又过了一段，她蹦下了车，道了一句：“谢谢，拜拜！”这时，我已经没了惊喜，有的倒是一种莫名的“被信任”感。

[3] About two decades ago, I arrived in the Gold Coast, Australia. Searching for a place on a map in the street, I was approached by an elderly man who asked“How are you? Are you lost? How can I help you?” which really impressed and warmed me, as a survivor of the “cultural revolution” where the consciousness of“class struggle” had overwhelmed common sense. I later became used to thecourtesy and friendliness of the people after residing in the city, where people normally greet each other on the road during their strolls. One night, as I was pushing my bike on the sidewalk, a young lady shouted to me: “Carry me please” and then jumped onto the back seat of my bicycle. With a gust of strong perfume, she told me that she had just joined a party and for some reason had been left out. While we had a little chat, she got where she wanted and hopped off my bike with “Thanks, Bye!” At that moment, I had a sense as much of pleasant surprise as of “being trusted”.

[4]还是在澳洲，我朋友的孩子与他的师傅要去悉尼参加跆拳道比赛，俩人为省路费，便试着在路边伸手搭车。一小伙子停下了，得知是同路，便让他们上来；由他俩轮流开车，自己躺在后座睡觉去了。……