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A Hope More Powerful than the Sea

《地中海的眼淚》

精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0062/349074/web/

This moving tale takes a closer look into the lives of refugees.

這個感人的故事更詳細地探究了難民的生活。

A Hope More Powerful than the Sea is a true story about a refugee’s struggle to start a new life. At the start of the book, Doaa Al Zamel is just a normal teenager living in Syria. Then, the Syrian civil war starts. She joins a peaceful protest against her government and gets shot by a soldier. To stay safe, Doaa and her family move to Egypt. Doaa is forced to quit school and work in a factory to help support her family. Soon after, she meets another refugee and they get married.

《地中海的眼淚》是一個關於一位難民努力掙扎要開始新人生的真實故事。這本書一開始講到，朵亞‧艾兒‧薩摩亞只是一位住在敘利亞的一般青少女。接著，敘利亞內戰爆發了。她加入針對她政府的和平抗議活動而被一個士兵開槍擊中。為了保命，朵亞和她的家人搬去埃及。朵亞被迫輟學去一間工廠上班來幫忙維持家計。不久後，她遇見另一個難民，後來他們結婚了。

Life in Egypt is dangerous, though, so Doaa and her husband try to move to Europe. On the way there, their boat is attacked by pirates and starts to sink. The passengers all jump into the sea and start drowning one by one. Doaa rescues a baby and grabs anything she can find to float. She’s forced to watch as her husband dies in front of her eyes. Although she’s cold and tired, Doaa continues trying to keep herself and the baby alive. After four days, a Japanese boat finally arrives and rescues Doaa and the baby.

然而在埃及的生活很危險，所以朵亞和她先生試著要搬去歐洲。在去那裡的路上，他們的船被海盜攻擊並開始下沉。乘客都跳到海裡並且開始一個接著一個溺水身亡。朵亞救了一名嬰兒並伸手去抓住她能找到的任何能讓她浮在水上的東西。她當下被迫只能眼睜睜的看著她先生在她眼前死去。雖然朵亞感到既冷又疲憊，但是她不斷試著保住她自己和嬰兒的性命。四天後，一艘日本船終於抵達並解救了朵亞和那個嬰兒。