孙维民·《遭遇》英译

由于命运的指使他忽然走出停靠在黄昏的南下快车逆向穿过人影稀疏的月台走近一列北上的平快他先攀登第５车厢的梯级稀薄的日光灯色与电扇的呼吸声响在每一个车厢反覆出现然而稍微犹豫之后他即决定坐在第７车厢

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当他携带皮包与梦魇通过中间一节几乎空洞荒凉的车厢时他看见了下班之后偎倚着疲惫和挫折双手犹如秋末的芒草植根于膝上一册图解山海经的我

The Encounter

Sun Weimin

A twist of fate, and he suddenly steps out of the evening southbound express, walks through a scattering of commuters on the station platform, and heads to the northbound local express. First he climbs the steps to the number 5 car, with its weak fluorescent lighting and breathing electric fans—a sound repeated in every car he passes through. Then, after hesitating, he finally chooses to sit in the number 7 car.

With his briefcase and bad dreams, he passes through a nearly deserted section of the car, at which moment he sees me huddling after work, exhausted, defeated; my hands like roots of late fall mangcao¹ on the illustrated Classic of Mountains and Seas.²

1. Mangcao, or Miscanthus sinensis, is a grass with long serrated leaves and tall plumes in fall.

2. The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) is an ancient geographical work, possibly of second–third centuries B.C., describing China and the neighboring lands. It contains much ancient myth and folklore, and originally was accompanied by illustrations.

（Mike O’Connor 译）