The Souls of Black Folk — Page 6

English → Chinese Full Text Level 8/10

After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world,—a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world.

在埃及人与印度人、希腊人与罗马人、条顿人与蒙古人之后，黑人仿佛是第七个儿子，生来蒙着面纱，在这美国世界中被赋予了第二重视觉——这个世界无法给予他真正的自我意识，只让他通过另一个世界的启示来认识自己。

It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.

这是一种奇特的感受，这种双重意识，这种始终通过他人的眼睛审视自我、用一个以戏谑的轻蔑与怜悯旁观着的世界的尺度来丈量自己灵魂的感受。

One ever feels his twoness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

一个人始终感受到自身的二重性——一个美国人，一个黑人；两个灵魂，两种思想，两种难以调和的追求；两种相互交战的理想寄居在一副黑暗的躯体之中，唯有那顽强的意志才使它免于被撕裂。

The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife,—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self.

美国黑人的历史就是这种抗争的历史——这种渴望获得自觉的人格尊严、将双重自我融合为一个更美好、更真实的自我的渴望。

In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost.

在这种融合之中，他不希望任何一个旧有的自我就此消失。

He would not Africanize America, for America has too much to teach the world and Africa.

他不愿将美国非洲化，因为美国对于世界和非洲都有太多值得传授的东西。

He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of white Americanism, for he knows that Negro blood has a message for the world.

他不愿在白人美国主义的洪流中漂白自己的黑人灵魂，因为他深知黑人的血脉对这个世界承载着一份讯息。

He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face.

他只是希望让一个人能够同时作为黑人和美国人而存在，不被同胞诅咒与唾弃，不被机遇之门粗暴地当面关闭。

Vocabulary

在: zài — At, in, on; indicates location or ongoing action.
埃及人: Āijí rén — Egyptian person; a person from Egypt.
与: yǔ — And, with; connects nouns or phrases together.
印度人: Yìndù rén — Indian person; a person from India.
希腊人: Xīlà rén — Greek person; a person from Greece.
罗马人: Luómǎ rén — Roman person; a person from ancient Rome.
蒙古人: Měnggǔ rén — Mongol person; a person of Mongolian origin.
之后: zhī hòu — After, afterwards; following a point in time.
黑人: hēi rén — Black person; person of African descent.
仿佛: fǎngfú — As if, seemingly; used to express resemblance or impression.
是: shì — To be; the main linking verb in Chinese.
第七个: dì qī gè — The seventh one; ordinal number seventh.
儿子: érzi — Son; a male child of a parent.
生来: shēng lái — Born with; innately, from birth.
蒙着: méng zhe — Covered with, veiled by something over a surface.
面纱: miànshā — Veil; a thin cloth covering the face.
这: zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating something nearby.
美国: Měiguó — America; the United States of America.
世界: shìjiè — World; the earth and all of existence.
中: zhōng — In, within, among; indicates being inside something.
被: bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject receives an action.
赋予: fùyǔ — To endow with, bestow upon; grant a quality or ability.
了: le — Particle indicating completion or change of state.
第二重: dì èr chóng — The second layer or dimension of something.
视觉: shìjué — Vision, sight; the sense or faculty of seeing.
这个: zhège — This, this one; demonstrative pronoun for a specific item.
无法: wúfǎ — Unable to, cannot; incapable of doing something.
给予: jǐyǔ — To give, to grant; bestow something upon someone.
他: tā — He, him; third-person singular masculine pronoun.
真正: zhēnzhèng — True, genuine, real; authentically or properly so.
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.
自我意识: zìwǒ yìshí — Self-awareness, self-consciousness; awareness of one's own identity.
只: zhǐ — Only, merely, just; restricts to a single option.
让: ràng — Let, allow, cause; permit someone to do something.
通过: tōngguò — Through, by means of; via a method or medium.
另一个: lìng yī gè — Another one; a different or additional individual or thing.
启示: qǐshì — Revelation, enlightenment; insight or divine disclosure.
来: lái — To come; also used as directional or purposive complement.
认识: rènshi — To know, recognize; become acquainted with someone or something.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun referring back to subject.
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of, a type of; one sort of something.
奇特: qítè — Strange, peculiar, unique; unusually distinctive or odd.
感受: gǎnshòu — Feeling, sensation; to experience or feel something emotionally.
这种: zhè zhǒng — This kind of, this type of; referring to something specific.
双重: shuāngchóng — Double, dual; consisting of two layers or aspects.
意识: yìshí — Consciousness, awareness; mental perception of one's existence.
始终: shǐzhōng — Always, from beginning to end; consistently throughout.
他人: tārén — Others, other people; persons other than oneself.
眼睛: yǎnjīng — Eyes; the organs of sight on a face.
审视: shěnshì — To examine closely, scrutinize; look at carefully and critically.
自我: zìwǒ — Self, ego; one's own identity or inner being.
用: yòng — To use, employ; utilizing a tool or method.
一个: yī gè — One, a; the numeral one with general measure word.
以: yǐ — With, by means of; using something as a basis.
轻蔑: qīngmiè — Contempt, disdain; looking down on someone scornfully.
怜悯: liánmǐn — Pity, compassion; feeling sorry for someone's misfortune.
旁观: pángguān — To look on, observe; watch from the sidelines without involvement.
着: zhe — Particle indicating ongoing action or state.
尺度: chǐdù — Scale, standard, measure; a criterion for judgment.
丈量: zhàngliáng — To measure, survey; assess dimensions with a standard.
灵魂: línghún — Soul, spirit; the immaterial essence of a person.
一个人: yī gè rén — A person, one person; an individual human being.
感受到: gǎnshòu dào — To feel, sense, perceive; become aware of a feeling.
自身: zìshēn — Oneself, one's own self; referring to one's own body or identity.
二重性: èr chóng xìng — Duality, dual nature; the quality of having two aspects.
美国人: Měiguó rén — American person; a citizen or native of the United States.
两个: liǎng gè — Two, a pair of; the number two with a measure word.
两种: liǎng zhǒng — Two kinds of, two types of something.
思想: sīxiǎng — Thought, ideology, thinking; a person's ideas or beliefs.
难以: nányǐ — Hard to, difficult to; it is difficult to do something.
调和: tiáohé — To reconcile, harmonize; bring conflicting things into agreement.
追求: zhuīqiú — To pursue, seek; strive toward a goal or ideal.
相互: xiānghù — Mutually, each other; reciprocal between two parties.
交战: jiāozhàn — To be at war, battle; engage in conflict or struggle.
理想: lǐxiǎng — Ideal, aspiration; a perfect standard or cherished goal.
寄居: jìjū — To live temporarily in; reside as a guest or lodger.
一副: yī fù — A pair or set of; measure word for body or face.
黑暗: hēiàn — Dark, darkness; absence of light, metaphorically oppressive.
躯体: qūtǐ — Body, physical form; the material body of a person.
之中: zhī zhōng — Within, inside, among; in the middle of something.
唯有: wéiyǒu — Only, solely; nothing else but this one thing.
那: nà — That; demonstrative pronoun indicating something at a distance.
顽强: wánqiáng — Tenacious, unyielding; stubbornly strong and persistent.
意志: yìzhì — Will, willpower; determination to achieve something despite difficulty.
才: cái — Only then; indicates a result contingent on a condition.
使它: shǐ tā — To make it, cause it; have something undergo a change.
免于: miǎn yú — To be spared from, exempt from; avoid a negative outcome.
撕裂: sīliè — To tear apart, rip; violently split something into pieces.
历史: lìshǐ — History; the record of past events and developments.
就是: jiùshì — Exactly is, precisely; used for emphasis or affirmation.
抗争: kàngzhēng — To struggle against, resist; fight back against oppression or difficulty.
渴望: kěwàng — To yearn for, crave; desire something intensely and urgently.
获得: huòdé — To obtain, acquire, gain; successfully receive something sought.
自觉: zìjué — Self-awareness, conscious realization; voluntarily aware of oneself.
人格: réngé — Personality, character, dignity; the moral worth of a person.
尊严: zūnyán — Dignity, honor; the quality of being worthy of respect.
将: jiāng — Will, shall; future tense marker or literary 'to take'.
融合: rónghé — To merge, blend, integrate; combine different things harmoniously.
为: wéi — To become, be; used as a verb meaning to turn into.
更: gèng — Even more, still more; comparative degree intensifier.
美好: měihǎo — Beautiful, wonderful; pleasantly good or admirable.
真实: zhēnshí — Real, genuine, authentic; corresponding to actual reality.
不: bù — Not, no; general negation particle in Chinese.
希望: xīwàng — To hope, wish; desire that something will happen.
任何: rènhé — Any, any kind of; used in reference to all possibilities.
旧有: jiùyǒu — Previously existing, old; something that existed before.
就此: jiùcǐ — Hereupon, at this point; from this moment ceasing or stopping.
消失: xiāoshī — To disappear, vanish; cease to exist or be visible.
不愿: bù yuàn — Unwilling, reluctant; not wanting to do something.
因为: yīnwèi — Because, since; introduces the reason for something.
对于: duìyú — Regarding, with respect to; in relation to something.
和: hé — And, with; connects two nouns or clauses together.
非洲: Fēizhōu — Africa; the continent of Africa.
都: dōu — All, both, already; indicates totality or universality.
有: yǒu — To have, there is; indicates possession or existence.
太多: tài duō — Too much, too many; an excessive amount of something.
值得: zhídé — Worth, deserving; something merits effort or attention.
传授: chuánshòu — To teach, impart; pass on knowledge or skills to others.
东西: dōngxi — Thing, stuff; a general term for objects or matters.
白人: báirén — White person; a person of Caucasian racial background.
洪流: hóngliú — Mighty current, flood tide; a powerful overwhelming force.
漂白: piǎobái — To bleach, whiten; remove color or cultural identity forcibly.
深知: shēnzhī — To know deeply, fully aware; understand something profoundly.
血脉: xuèmài — Bloodline, lineage; inherited heritage through family descent.
对: duì — To, toward; directed at someone or something.
承载: chéngzài — To carry, bear; hold and support a weight or message.
一份: yī fèn — A portion, a copy of; one serving or share of something.
讯息: xùnxī — Message, information; a piece of communicated information.
只是: zhǐshì — Just, merely, only; restricts or qualifies a statement.
能够: nénggòu — To be able to, capable of; have the ability to do something.
同时: tóngshí — At the same time, simultaneously; occurring concurrently.
作为: zuòwéi — As, in the capacity of; serving in a particular role.
而: ér — And yet, but; a conjunction indicating contrast or continuation.
存在: cúnzài — To exist, existence; the state of being or having being.
同胞: tóngbāo — Compatriot, fellow countryman; people sharing the same nationality.
诅咒: zǔzhòu — Curse, imprecation; a wish or spell for harm on someone.
唾弃: tuòqì — To spurn, spit on; express utter contempt and rejection.
机遇: jīyù — Opportunity, chance; a favorable circumstance for advancement.
之门: zhī mén — The door of, gateway to; entrance leading to an opportunity.
粗暴: cūbào — Rough, rude, brutal; violently aggressive in manner or action.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb or adjective to verb.
当面: dāngmiàn — To one's face, in person; directly in someone's presence.
关闭: guānbì — To close, shut; seal an entrance or stop an operation.

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