英国作家狄更斯长女忆父亲：他是个顾家的男人

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[00:02.99]18 My Father As I Recall Him	回忆我的父亲狄更斯
[00:07.68](By Mamie Dickens )	（译/张玲）
[00:10.38]From his earliest childhood, throughout his earliest married life to the day of his death, his nature was home-loving. 父亲从幼年起，到新婚燕尔，直至辞世的那一天，其本质都是一个爱家的人。
[00:20.25]He was a "home man" in every respect . 不论从哪方面看，父亲都是一个“顾家的男人”。
[00:23.40]When he became celebrated at a very early age, as we know, all his joys and sorrows were taken home; 众所周知，父亲少年成名，从那时起，他就把自己在外的所有快乐与忧伤带回家中，
[00:30.41]and he found there sympathy and the companionship of his "own familiar friends". 而父亲自己也从家里获得了慰藉以及他“熟悉的朋友们”的相伴情谊。
[00:36.94]In his letters to these latter, in his letters to my mother, to my aunt, and, later on, to us children, 在他给这些朋友、给我母亲和姨妈以及后来给我们这些孩子们写的信中，
[00:44.33]he never forgot anything that he knew would be of interest about his work, his successes, his hopes or fears. 他从未忘记过分享任何他觉得有趣的事――关于他的工作、他的成功、他的期盼抑或担心。
[00:51.97]And there was a sweet simplicity in his belief that such news would most certainly be acceptable to all, 而他这么做的原因简单得可爱：因为他相信这样的消息大家肯定最愿意听。
[00:59.25]that is wonderfully touching and child-like coming from a man of genius.	这样的想法出自一个天才真的很令人感动，也很单纯。
[01:04.61]His care and thoughtfulness about home matters, nothing being deemed too small or trivial to claim his attention and consideration, 在父亲看来，家事无小事，事无巨细都值得他关心和思虑。
[01:13.93]were really marvelous when we remember his active, eager, restless, working brain. 每当我们想到他的大脑总是在高速运转，他在饱含激情、笔耕不辍的时候还能对家事如此关注和细心，都觉得这真是太不可思议了。
[01:19.83]No man was so inclined naturally to derive his happiness from home affairs. 没有哪一个男人像他那样天性爱家，把家事当成快乐的源泉。
[01:26.43]He was full of the kind of interest in a house which is commonly confined to women, 通常只有女性才会喜欢家事，可父亲却对家里的一切都充满兴趣，
[01:31.80]and his care of and for us as little children did most certainly "pass the love of women"! 他对我们这些小孩子的关心和照顾也的确完全“超越了女性的那种爱”！
[01:38.32]He was a tender and most affectionate nature.	他就是这样天性温柔，充满慈爱。
[01:41.84]For many consecutive summers we used to be taken to Broadstairs. 连着好几年夏天，父亲都带我们去布罗德斯泰斯避暑。
[01:47.49]This little place became a great favorite with my father. 这个小地方成了父亲的最爱。
[01:51.36]He was always very happy there, and delighted in wandering about the garden of his house, generally accompanied by one or other of his children. 在那里，他总是很快乐，很享受在家里的花园漫步的愉悦，通常身旁都有自己的这个或那个孩子陪着。
[02:01.70]In later years, at Boulogne, he would often have his youngest boy, "The Noble Plorn ",trotting by his side. 后来在布洛涅的那几年里，他总是让自己最小的儿子“高雅的普罗恩”小跑着跟在他身边。
[02:09.30]These two were constant companions in those days, and after these walks my father would always have some funny anecdote to tell us. 那段日子里，两人常常形影不离。和普罗恩一起散完步后，父亲总会有一些趣闻轶事要讲给我们听。
[02:17.79]And when years later the time came for the boy of his heart to go out into the world, my father, after seeing him off, wrote: "Poor Plorn has gone to Australia. 多年以后，当他心爱的儿子普罗恩出国的那一刻到来时，父亲在为他送行之后写道：“可怜的普罗恩已经去了澳大利亚。
[02:28.97]It was a hard parting at the last. 最后的分别尤为艰难。
[02:31.42]He seemed to become once more my youngest and favorite little child as the day drew near, and I did not think I could have been so shaken. 随着离别的日子越来越近，他似乎又一次变回了那个年龄最小、最让我疼爱的小孩。我从未想过自己竟会如此不安。
[02:40.60]These are hard, hard things, but they might have to be done without means or influence, and then they would be far harder. 离别总有千愁万苦，可你却不得不装作若无其事、毫不在意，于是这样的离别就更加令人难过。
[02:49.27]God bless him!"	愿上帝保佑他！”
[02:50.67]When my father was arranging and rehearsing his readings from "Dombey", the death of "little Paul" caused him such real anguish, the reading being so difficult to him, 父亲在筹划和排练《董贝父子》的朗诵表演时(编注：狄更斯从1858年起经常举办作品朗诵会)，“小保罗”之死这个部分让他真切地感到了极度的痛苦，朗诵于他太过艰难，
[03:02.15]that he told us he could only master his intense emotion by keeping the picture of Plorn, well, strong and hearty, steadily before his eyes. 他告诉我们，他只有一直把普罗恩的照片摆在眼前，看着照片中儿子健康强壮、活力四射的样子才能控制住自己强烈的情感。
[03:12.40]We can see by the different child characters in his books what a wonderful knowledge he had of children, 父亲在他的作品中塑造了许多不同的儿童形象，从中我们可以看出父亲对儿童的了解多么深刻，
[03:18.69]and what a wonderful and truly womanly sympathy he had with them in all their childish joys and griefs. 他对孩子们所有的快乐与悲伤抱有多么美好而又真诚的、如女性般的同情。
[03:26.40]I can remember with us, his own children, how kind, considerate and patient he always was. 我记得父亲和我们这些孩子在一起的时候，总是那么和蔼可亲、体贴入 微、无比耐心。
[03:33.54]But we were never afraid to go to him in any trouble, and never had a snub from him or a cross word under any circumstances. 而且无论遇到什么麻烦，我们都不会怕去找他，而他无论如何都从未斥责我们或者说一句生气的话。
[03:42.23]He was always glad to give us "treats", as he called them, and used to conceive all manner of those "treats" for us, 他总是乐于“款待”我们――他称之为“款待”，而且总能想出各种“款待”我们的法子。
[03:49.66]and if any favor had to be asked we were always sure of a favorable answer. 如果真有什么事必须要找他帮忙，我们也很有信心能得到想要的答复。
[03:55.40]On these occasions my sister "Katie" was generally our messenger, we others waiting outside the study door to hear the verdict . 每当这种时候，我的妹妹凯蒂一般就负责当我们的信使，其他人就守在书房外敬候佳音。
[04:04.74]She and I used to have delightful treats in those summer evenings, driving up to Hampstead in the open carriage with him,our mother, and "Auntie", and getting out for a long walk through the lovely country lanes, picking wild roses and other flowers, or walking hand in hand with him listening to some story.	 在那些年的夏天傍晚，我和凯蒂就常常可以开心地享受这样的“款待”。我们俩与父亲、母亲还有“姨妈”一起坐上敞篷马车前往汉普斯特德公园，等下了马车，便沿着美丽的乡间小路一起长久地散步，一边摘一些野玫瑰或其他野花，或是和父亲手拉着手，边走边听他给我们讲某个故事。
[04:25.44]In later years there came changes in our home, inevitable changes. 在后来的几年里，家里发生了一些变故，一些不可避免的变故。
[04:30.80]But no changes could ever alter my father's home-loving nature. 但什么变故都无法改变父亲爱家的本性。
[04:35.17]As he wrote to Mr.Forster, as a young man, so it was with him to the time of his death: 正如他年轻时写给福斯特先生的信中所说(这也是他至死都一直坚守的信念)：
[04:41.78]"We shall soon meet, please God, and be happier than ever we were in all our lives. Oh! Home - home - home!!!"	“如系天意，我们很快会相聚，未来的日子里，我们将拥有前所未有的快乐。哦！家啊――我亲爱的家！！！”

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英国作家狄更斯长女忆父亲：他是个顾家的男人