英译《花蜜与蜂刺》

作者简介：朱凯丽（1992— ），女，河南平顶山人，硕士研究生。研究方向：英语笔译研究。

摘要：蜂刺是蜜蜂最主要的武器。英译《花蜜与蜂刺》写了蜜蜂不仅仅因它辛勤酿蜜而获得赞美，而且因它蜂刺的巨大威力而获得赞美，更说明了蜜蜂英勇搏斗、视死如归的精神。

关键词：蜂刺；花蜜；蜜蜂

原文作者介绍：

秦牧，著名作家。中华书局广州编辑主任，《羊城晚报》副总编辑，《作品》杂志主编。。暨南大学中文系主任。中国当代文学研究会副会长，中国当代文学学会顾问。代表作品为：《土地》、《长河浪花集》

《花蜜与蜂刺》原文

蜜蜂，这美妙神奇的小昆虫给人赞美得够多了。

为了采一公斤的蜜，蜜蜂在一百万朵的鲜花上面，辛勤地飞行、酿造。而酿成的高度浓缩的蜜糖呢，不论荞麦蜜、椴花蜜、槐花蜜、橙花蜜、枣花蜜、荔枝蜜、龙眼蜜以至其他甚麼的，颜色又都是那麼鲜艳，甜味那麼浓烈，可以保存得那麼长久，这样的事情实在是很美妙的，世界上如果没有蜜蜂，地球也将为之减色。

蜂刺和蜂蜜，实际上都同样值得赞美。

一根蜂刺，究竟有多大的威力呢？

如果单独地看，它最多只能使人的皮肤肿一个小小的疙瘩，但是累百累千的蜂，它们集体的蜂刺威力可就相当惊人了。凡给蜂螫过的人都知道，蜂在攻击动物时那种英勇搏斗、视死如归的精神，简直令人赞叹。我有一次给几只蜂螫过，虽然感到奇痛，但看到失去蜂刺以后，坠地挣扎死亡的伤蜂死蜂，心裏却莫名奇妙地涌起一种钦佩的感情。

这些年来，中国的养蜂事业很发达，常见到一些外省的人，带著一车一车的蜂箱，像草原牧民「逐水草而居」那样，「逐花蜜而居」。特别是浙江省的养蜂人，「追蜜」的足迹几乎遍及南北各省。在火车站裏，或者在甚麼正当原野繁花盛开的农村，我有时和这些养蜂人聊天，他们告诉我的事情常常使我异常惊异。有一个浙江养蜂人说，他曾经亲眼看过：当一匹马碰倒一个蜂箱的时候，整群蜂的威力，竟然把那匹马活活螫死。

能够螫死一匹马的蜂群，也能够把一个人螫死，那是用不著多说的。在国外和国内，都发生过这种事情。

Nectar and Bee Stings

◎朱凯丽

A bee， this wonderful small insect has won enough praise from humans.

When we see the blooming flowers which are like a piece of brocade， we will think of it. When we taste the bright-yellow and sweet-smelling honey， we will think of it. Sometimes， when we see the excellent labors that learn widely from others strong points and make outstanding achievements， we also cant help thinking of it.

In order to get one-kilogram honey， bees will fly arduously over a million flowers and make honey industriously. Highly enriched honey， no matter it is honey from buckwheat， linden blossom， acacia blossom， orange blossom， Chinese date， litchi， longan or other kind of plants， all of which have such a bright color， such strong sweetness and such a long period of preservation that it is a very wonderful thing. If there is no honey in the world， the world will look somewhat less enticing than it is. The tiny honey messenger， whose activity patterns make me think of the creation of labour， the art and philosophy.

Actually， bee stings and bee honey are worthy of the praise equally.

So how powerful is a bee sting？

Seeing alone， it can only swell a small pimple in the skin of human body. However， the strength of hundreds of bee stings is very horrendous. Anyone who has been once stung by bees knows their admirable spirit. During their attack of other animals， they struggle like a hero and face the death unflinchingly. Once I was stung by several bees. Although I felt very painful then， a sense of admiring feeling occurred in my mind when I saw the injured or dead bees which had fallen down the ground and struggled for their lives.

In recent years， Chinas beekeeping business has booming prosperously. I always see that some people from other provinces take truckloads of honey and live where bees can find nectar， like those grassland nomads who live near the water and the grass. Especially bee keepers from Zhejiang province， they track the nectar almost across south and north provinces in the country. Chatting with the bee keepers sometimes in railway stations or in certain countryside full of blooming flowers， I am often astonished by what I was told. There was a bee keeper from Zhejiang province telling me that he once saw in person that the power of a group of bees unexpectedly stung a horse to death since the horse had knocked over a hive.

Needless to say， a swarm of bees can also sting a person to death， which has ever happened both at home and abroad.endprint