The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself — Page 4
这个印记是通过在前额顶部横向切开皮肤，然后将其向下拉至眉毛来授予有资格获得它的人的。
This mark is conferred on the person entitled to it, by cutting the skin across at the top of the forehead, and drawing it down to the eye-brows.
当皮肤处于这个状态时，用一只温热的手按压并摩擦它，直到它在前额下部收缩成一道粗厚的疤痕。
And while it is in this situation applying a warm hand, and rubbing it until it shrinks up into a thick weal across the lower part of the forehead.
大多数法官和议员都有这样的印记；我父亲很久以前就已经带着它了。
Most of the judges and senators were thus marked; my father had long born it.
我曾亲眼见过这个印记被授予我的一个兄弟，而我也被我的父母注定要接受它。
I had seen it conferred on one of my brothers, and I was also destined to receive it by my parents.
那些被称为"Embrence"的首领或要人负责裁决纠纷和惩处罪行，为此他们总是聚集在一起。
Those Embrence, or chief men, decided disputes and punished crimes; for which purpose they always assembled together.
审判程序通常很简短，在大多数案件中，以牙还牙的法则占主导地位。
The proceedings were generally short; and in most cases the law of retaliation prevailed.
我记得有一个人被带到我父亲和其他法官面前，因为他拐走了一个男孩。
I remember a man was brought before my father, and the other judges, for kidnapping a boy.
尽管那个人是一位首领或议员的儿子，他还是被判决以一名男奴或女奴作为赔偿。
And, although he was the son of a chief or senator, he was condemned to make recompense by a man or woman slave.
然而，通奸有时会被处以奴役或死刑；我相信这种惩罚在非洲大多数民族中都被施加于通奸行为。
Adultery, however, was sometimes punished with slavery or death; a punishment which I believe is inflicted on it throughout most of the nations of Africa.
婚床的荣誉在他们之中是如此神圣，他们对妻子忠贞的要求也是如此严格。
So sacred among them is the honour of the marriage bed, and so jealous are they of the fidelity of their wives.
关于这一点，我记得一个例子：一名女子在法官面前被判定犯有通奸罪，并按照惯例被移交给她的丈夫进行惩处。
Of this I recollect an instance: a woman was convicted before the judges of adultery, and delivered over, as the custom was, to her husband to be punished.
Vocabulary
- mark
- 标记；在身体上留下记号
- conferred
- 授予，正式给予某人某种荣誉或标志
- entitled
- 有资格的，有权获得某事物的
- cutting
- 切割，用刀或利器划开
- skin
- 皮肤，身体表面的组织
- across
- 横穿，横跨某物表面
- forehead
- 前额，脸部眼睛以上的部位
- drawing
- 向下拉，拖拽某物
- eye-brows
- 眉毛，眼睛上方的毛发
- while
- 当……时，表示同时发生
- situation
- 情形，状态，处于某种境况中
- applying
- 施加，将某物放置或按压于表面
- rubbing
- 摩擦，反复来回擦拭
- until
- 直到……为止
- shrinks
- 收缩，变小或皱起
- thick
- 厚的，粗的，凸起明显
- weal
- 伤痕隆起，皮肤被打或割后的隆起条纹
- judges
- 法官，负责裁决纠纷的人
- senators
- 议员，部落或国家的高级官员
- thus
- 如此，以这种方式
- marked
- 被标记，身上留有记号
- born
- 承受，带有（此处指携带标记）
- destined
- 注定的，命运安排要经历某事
- chief
- 首领，部落或群体的领导人
- decided
- 裁决，作出判断或决定
- disputes
- 纠纷，争端，双方之间的争议
- punished
- 惩罚，对犯罪者施以处罚
- crimes
- 罪行，违反法律或规则的行为
- purpose
- 目的，意图，要达成的目标
- assembled
- 集合，聚集在一起开会
- proceedings
- 审判程序，正式法律或会议过程
- generally
- 通常，一般情况下
- cases
- 案件，需要裁决的具体事例
- law
- 法律，规定行为的规则
- retaliation
- 报复，以同样方式回击对方
- prevailed
- 盛行，占主导地位，普遍适用
- kidnapping
- 绑架，强行带走他人
- although
- 尽管，虽然，表示让步关系
- senator
- 议员，部落高级官员
- condemned
- 判决，裁定某人有罪并处以处罚
- recompense
- 赔偿，对受害方给予补偿
- slave
- 奴隶，被强迫劳动没有自由的人
- Adultery
- 通奸，已婚者与他人发生不忠关系
- however
- 然而，但是，表示转折
- slavery
- 奴役制度，被迫为他人服务
- death
- 死亡，生命的终结
- punishment
- 惩罚，对违规者施以的处罚
- inflicted
- 施加，强行使某人承受痛苦或惩罚
- throughout
- 遍及，在整个范围内普遍存在
- nations
- 民族，国家，不同的族群
- sacred
- 神圣的，受到高度尊重不可侵犯
- among
- 在……之中，在某群体内部
- honour
- 荣誉，名誉，受人尊敬的品质
- marriage
- 婚姻，男女正式结合的关系
- jealous
- 嫉妒的，对忠诚极为在意保护
- fidelity
- 忠诚，对配偶保持专一
- recollect
- 回忆，想起过去发生的事情
- instance
- 实例，具体的例子
- convicted
- 被定罪，经审判认定有罪
- adultery
- 通奸罪，已婚者不忠行为
- delivered
- 移交，将某人交给另一方处置
- custom
- 习俗，传统惯例，约定俗成的做法
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