双语畅销书《我是马拉拉》第13章:古尔玛凯的日记(4)
It was thrilling to see my words on the website.
看着自己的文字出现在网站上,我非常兴奋。I was a bit shy to start with but after a while I got to know the kind of things Hai Kakar wanted me to tAlk about and became more confident.
一开始我有点害羞,但过了一段时间之后,我开始明白海·卡卡尔希望从我这里了解到些什么,因此我变得比较自信。He liked personal feelings and what he called my 'pungent sentences' and also the mix of everyday family life with the terror of the Taliban.
他希望日记呈现的是我个人的感受,用他所谓“辛辣的字句”来描述,将塔利班的恐怖统治与我的日常生活联系在一起。
I wrote a lot about school as that was at the centre of our lives.
我写了很多与学校有关的事情,因为那是我们生活的重心。I loved my royal-blue school uniform but we were advised to wear plain clothes instead and hide our books under our shawls.
我喜欢我的宝蓝色学生制服,但校方建议我们改穿一般的服装上学,同时建议我们将书本藏在披巾底下。One extract was called DO NOT WEAR COLOURFUL CLOTHES.
有一篇名为“不要穿彩色服装”的日记中,In it I wrote, 'I was getting ready for school one day and was about to put on my uniform when I remembered the advice of our principal, so that day I decided to wear my favourite pink dress.'
我写道:“一天,上学时间到了,我正要套上制服,忽然想起校长的叮咛。于是,我决定穿上我最喜欢的粉红色连衣裙去上课。”I also wrote about the burqa.
我也写到罩袍。When you're very young, you love the burqa because it's great for dressing up.
当你年幼时,会喜欢罩袍,因为它穿起来很好看。But when you are made to wear it, that's a different matter.
但是,如果你是被迫穿上罩袍,情况就截然不同了。Also it makes walking difficult!
而且,穿上它令人行走困难!