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《The Old Man and the Sea》Chapter 3—2
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老人跪下来，用钓钩在鱼竿下方找到了藏在“安乐窝”下的金枪鱼，并将它拉近自己身边，同时确保它远离缠绕的线绳。He knelt down and found the tuna under the stem with the gaff and drew it toward him keeping it clear of the coiled lines.
再用左肩夹住钓线，并用左手和手臂作为支撑；老人将金枪鱼从钓钩上取下，并将钓钩放回原位。Holding the line with his left shoulder again, and bracing on his left hand and arm, he took the tuna off the gaff hook and put the gaff back in place.
老人用一只膝盖顶住鱼身，从鱼头后方至鱼尾处纵向切割出深红色肉块。He putone knee on the fish and cut strips of dark red meat longitudinally from the back of the head to the tail.
它们是呈楔形的条状物：老人从靠近脊椎背骨的位置切下，一直延伸到腹部边缘。They were wedge_shaped strips and he cut them from next to the back bone down to the edge of the belly.
当切完六块肉块后，老人便将它们平铺在弓木上，用刀子擦拭过裤子后，便提起鲣鱼的尾巴，将其尸体抛入海中。When he bad cut six strips he spread them out on the wood of the bow, wiped his knife on his trousers, and lifted the carcass of the bonito by the tail and dropped it overboard.
老人说道：“我觉得自己恐怕吃不完一整条。”随即，用刀子划过其中一条鱼片。"I don't think I can eat an entire one," he said and drew his knile across one of the strips.
他能感受到鱼线那稳定而有力的拉扯感，而他的左手则感到有些发麻。鱼线紧紧缠绕在粗重的绳索上，他不禁面露厌恶之色。He could feel the steady hard pull of the line and his left hand was cramped. It drew up tight on the heavy cord and he looked at it in disgust.
老人说：“这是怎样的手啊！如果，你想的话，就绞着手，把自己变成一只爪子吧。这对你没好处。”("What kind of a hand is that," he said. "Cramp then if you wan. Make yourself into a claw. It will do you no good.")
来吧，他想；并低下头，注视着那条斜线所指向的漆黑水域。现在就吃下去吧，这样就能增强体力。Come on, he thought and looked down into the dark water at the slant of the line. Eat it now and it will strengthen the hand.
这并非手的问题，而且你已经和这条鱼相处了多时。但是，你可以永远陪伴它。It is not the hand's fault and you have been many hours with the fish. But you can stay with him forever.
现在就吃鲣鱼吧。老人拿起一块，放进嘴里慢慢咀嚼。味道并不难吃。Eat the bonito now. He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly. It was not unpleasant.
他想，好好咀嚼它，把所有的汁液都吸出来。配着一些青柠、柠檬或盐来吃，应该不错。Chew it well, he thought, and get all the juices. It would not be bad to eat with a little lime or with lemon or with salt.
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他问那只像极了僵尸一般硬绑绑、紧绷的手：“手，感觉怎么样？我再给你吃点。”("How do you feel, hand？" He asked the cramped hand that was almost as stif as rigor mortis. "I'll eat some more for you.")
老人吃掉了那块鱼的另一部分，把它分割成两半。他仔细咀嚼后，把皮吐了出来。He ate the other part of the piece that he had cut in two. He chewed it carefully and then spat out the skin.
“进展如何，我的手？还是差得远？”他又拿了一整块，咀嚼起来。"How does it go, hand？Or is it too early to know？" He took another full piece and chewed it.
“这是一条强壮的纯种鱼，”他想，“我幸运地得到了它，而不是海豚。”("It is a strong full_blooded fish," he thought. "I was lucky to get him instead of dolphin.")
海豚太甜了。这条鱼几乎不甜，而且所有的能量都还在里面。Dolphin is too sweet. This is hardly sweet at all and all the strength is still in it."
不过，除了务实之外，似乎也没什么别的意义了，他想。真希望，我能有些盐。There is no sense in being anything but practical though, he thought. I wish I had some salt.
而且，我也不太确定，太阳是否会把剩下的部分在腐烂前晒干；所以，我最好还是把它们都吃掉吧，尽管我并不感到饥饿。And I do not know whether the sun will rot or dry what is left, so I had better eat it all although I am not hungry.
这条鱼，显得平静而稳定。
The fish is calm and steady.
我把它全部吃掉，然后便做好了准备。老人说：“手，耐心点；我这么做是为了你。”I will eat it all and then I will be ready. "Be patient, hand," he said. "I do this for you."
老人想，真希望我能喂鱼。它，是我的兄弟。但我必须杀死它，并且要坚强地做到这一点。I wish I could feed the fish, he thought. He is my brother. But I must kill him and keep strong to do it.
老人，慢慢地、认真地吃完了所有楔形的鱼条。他挺直身子，用手擦了擦裤子。Slowly and conscientiously he ate all of the wedge_shaped strips of fish. He straightened up, wiping his hand on his trousers.
“现在，”他说道。“你可以松开绳索和手，我来试着只用右臂来操控，直到你停止这种胡闹的行为。”("Now," he said. "You can let the cord go, hand, and I will handle him with the right arm alone until you stop that nonsense.)
他将左脚踩在左手先前紧握的、沉重的绳结上，身体向后仰，承受着绳结对其背部的拉力。"He put his left foot on the heavy line that the left hand had held and lay back against the pull against his back.
老人说：“上帝保佑我，让抽筋快点好起来吧；因为，我不知道那条大鱼还会有怎样的行动。”("God help me to have the cramp go," he said. "Because I do not know what the fish is going to do.")
但它看上去很镇静，老人心想，而且正在按照自己的计划行事。But he seems calm, he thought, and following his plan.
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不过，它的计划究竟是什么呢？老人想。而我的计划，又是什么呢？因其体型庞大，我必须根据具体情况随机应变。But what is his plan, he thought. And what is mine？Mine I must improvise to his because of his great size.
倘若它打算跃起，我就能趁机将其击杀。但若它永远保持着静止状态。那么，我也必须一同长时间保持静止。If he will jump I can kill him. But he stays down forever. Then I will stay down with him forever.
老人用僵硬的手掌，去蹭他的裤子，试图轻柔地舒展开手指。但是，始终无法张开。He rubbed the cramped hand against his trousers and tried to gentle the fingers. But it would not open.
他心想，或许等到太阳出来时，它就会张开；或许，等到吞下那盘劲道的生金枪鱼后，它也会张开。Maybe it will open with the sun, he thought. Maybe it will open when the strong raw tuna is digested.
如果非吃不可的话，我就得把它打开，不惜任何代价。但我并不想这样做，现在还是不要强行打开为好。If I have to have it, I will open it, cost whatever it costs. But I do not want to open it now by force.
让它自己打开，然后自行回归。Let it open by itself and come back of its own accord.
毕竟，我曾经在夜间多次地滥用它，以便在需要解开各种绳索时释放它。After all I abused it much in the night when it was necessary to free and untie the various lines.
老人眺望着大海彼岸，深知自己此刻是何等的孤独。然而，他能看见深暗水域中的棱镜，以及前方延伸的线条，还有平静海面所呈现的奇异波动。He looked across the sea and knew how alone he was now. But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm.
云层正逐渐聚集，为“信风”做准备；他向前望去，只见一群野鸭在水面之上划出一道道痕迹；The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water,
而后逐渐模糊，随后又再次显现；老人意识到，海上从来都不曾有过真正的孤独者。then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea.
………………未完待续………………