http://ppt.cc/IXVY 虽然没甚麽爆点(大多是大家都知道的事情，除了11月在日本有新作之外) 但还是随手翻一下跟大家分享。 ========================翻译分隔线================================= Acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami debuts book 人气日本小说家村上春树发表新书 By David Teraoka Japanese author Haruki Murakami sells books around the globe, with his works (translated into almost 40 languages) making him a contender for the Nobel Prize this year. But living in Hawai‘i, he feels like an average guy. 作品被翻译成近40种语言，诺贝尔文学奖的竞争者－－日本作家村上春树， 正在世界走透透全世界推销他的新书。 但在夏威夷＂我感觉像个普通人。＂，村上如此表示。 "When I'm doing [everyday] things, I think of myself as an ordinary guy. It's important for me to think that way," Murakami said. ＂我做（每件）事时，我会把自己想成是一个一般人。这样的想法对我很重要。＂ Looking relaxed in his plaid shirt and jeans, sitting in his modest office on campus, he seems like a typical person. He enjoys ironing shirts, washing cars and cooking. 穿着格子衬衫与牛仔裤，在学校朴素的办公室中的他显得很轻松，也显得很一般。享受着 烫衣服、洗车和做菜这类日常琐事。 A visiting writer for the Fall 2011 semester, Murakami is no stranger to the islands. "I love this place very much ... Hawai‘i is a very good place for me to work," he said. "I used to be on Kaua‘i. [It's] very beautiful, but these days, I move to O‘ahu. It is very convenient." 作为2011年秋天学期的访问作家，村上对夏威夷其实一点都不陌生。 ＂我非常喜欢这个地方...夏威夷非常适合我工作。我通常住在可爱(Kauai)岛， 那里非常漂亮。但最近我搬到欧胡岛，那比较方便。＂ Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, Murakami began writing at age 30. He has been awarded the International Short Story Award and the Asahi Prize for his novels and short stories, but the fame is not something he enjoys. 在大阪出生且成长的村上，30岁开始写作生涯。他已获得了国际短篇小说奖 和朝日新闻奖，但这些名声不是他喜爱的。 He said he finds being rumored to be a Nobel Prize nominee "disturbing." "I have my own readers, so I can live on through my writing. I don't need any prize. Good readers are my prize. I try not to think about anything else," Murakami said. 他说被传言成为诺贝尔奖的被提名人＂很令人困扰＂。 ＂我有我自己的读者，我可以靠我的作品过活。我并不需要任何奖。 好读者就是我获得的奖，我尽量不去想其他的事情＂ PAST WORK 过去的作品 His new book, "1Q84," released in the U.S. yesterday, took three years to write and is his longest book to date. 他的新书"1Q84"昨天在美国出版，这本小说花了他三年的时间，是到目前为止最长的作品。 It released two years ago in Japan in three volumes, but the American edition will be one book of over a thousand pages. 1Q84两年前在日本出版时分为三册，但在美国将被编为超过一千页的一册。 While writing the novel, Murakami didn't expect it to take so long. "I [thought] I would be able to complete it in less than two years. But once I started writing, I couldn't stop," he said. 刚开始写这部作品时，村上并没有预期它会这麽长 ＂我（想）可以在两年内完成，但当我开始写的时候就停不了了＂村上桑如此表示。 The book follows the stories of two adults in Japan during 1984. Young Aomame finds herself living a parallel life, while math teacher Tengo becomes overwhelmed by a ghostwriting project. It is his first book written entirely in third person. 这本作品描写1984年在日本的两人。年轻的青豆发现她自己活在平行世界，而数学老师 天吾则因代写小说卷入进退维谷的情状。这是村上第一本完全第三人称的小说。 "Kafka on the Shore," winner of the Franz Kafka Award in Germany, was his only other novel to use this perspective. He views the style change as a challenge. "The third-person voice gives me a wider perspective in my writing. So I enjoyed it very much," he said. ＂海边的卡夫卡＂获得德国的＂卡夫卡奖＂是村上除了1Q84之外唯一使用第三人称 的作品。村上将视角的转换当作一种挑战， ＂第三人称的声音让我的作品有更开阔的观点，我很享受。＂村上桑如此表示。 Murakami's surrealist books have captivated readers of all age groups. "I don't know why," he said, laughing. "I believe if the story is good, anybody enjoys that story. There is no age, old or young. If it's a good story, and it's riveting, it works. It should be an exciting story." 村上的超现实主义作品让所有年龄层的读者着迷。＂我也不知道为什麽，＂他说 ＂我相信如果是一个好故事，任何人都可以享受它，无关年龄。 如果它是个好故事，它会引人入胜，也应该令人兴奋＂ In Hawai‘i, Murakami is taking a break from fiction. He sometimes takes six to nine month breaks to get ideas, and is currently writing magazine articles and essays. 在夏威夷，村上从虚构的故事中抽身。他有时会让自己休息六到九个月，只写一些散文 或杂志上的短文。 "My policy is if I don't want to write, I don't write," he said. "I have never experienced writer's block." ＂我的原则是如果我不想写，我就不写，＂村上说＂我从来没有经验过作家的撞墙期。＂ Murakami also does English to Japanese translations, covering the works of Raymond Carver and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When he does write fiction, he writes for four to five hours every day, which is when all of the ideas come to him. "I'm not a talker, I'm not a thinker – I'm a writer," he said. "I think when I'm writing. Through the work of writing, I get the idea. I can make the things clearer when I'm writing." 村上也翻译一些英文作品，如瑞蒙卡佛（Raymond Carver）和史考特费杰罗兹 （F. Scott Fitzgerald）等。当他写小说时，他每天会写四到五个小时，这段期间 思绪会涌向他，＂我不擅长谈话，也不是思想家－－我是个作家，＂他说 ＂我在写作时思考，透过写作我会得出新的想法。写作让我得以厘清事情。＂ FUTURE PLANS 未来计画 At age 62, Murakami doesn't want to slow down anytime soon. His new Japanese novel debuts in November, and he is thinking of writing another short story collection. He is always looking for unconquered territory; it is one of his favorite things about being a writer. 已经62岁的村上并没有打算放慢写作的脚步。他的日文小说11月将在日本发表，而他 正在写另一本短篇小说集。他总在寻找未被征服的领域；那是他做为小说家的最爱之一。 "There will always be a frontier," he said. "So if you cannot do anything new, it would be boring." ＂总有还未开拓的疆界，＂他说＂所以如果你不干点新的活，不是很无聊吗？＂ Murakami also shared his thoughts on the current state of Japan. Regarding the Fukushima disaster, Murakami has been critical of the Japanese government's response. He wants Japan to see the disaster as an opportunity to create a society without nuclear power. 村上也分享他对日本时事的想法。对於福岛核灾，他对日本政府的反应有诸多批评。 他希望日本将这场核灾视为创造非核家园的机会。 "It might be the last chance for our country ... We should have our own, original image. We have to set up a new value system," he said. Murakami has also been thinking of writing about the disaster and feels a personal responsibility to spread the word through his work. "I must do something in my writing. That is my feeling," he said. ＂这也许是这个国家最後的机会了...我们[对自己的国家]应该有原创的想像。 我们应该建立新的价值系统，＂村上这麽表示。 村上也正在思索将这场灾难写入作品，他觉得透过作品散播这些想法是他的个人责任。 ＂我必须做些甚麽－－透过我的作品。我这麽觉得。＂村上说。 --

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