【精英翻譯】的部落格

精英翻譯轉自https://paper.udn.com/papers.php?pname=POH0054

"You don't understand me, Dad," I shout.
"You're old, and grumpy, and mean.
You've no idea what it's like to be me—
what it's like to be a teen!"

「你不了解我，爸」我大吼。
「你老了、脾氣暴躁又刻薄。
你根本不懂我的感受──
不懂一個青少年的感受！」

I stomp to my room, my face red with rage,
and I shut the door with a slam.
I hate him. I hate him. I hate him, I think.
He just doesn't get who I am.

我跺著腳回到自己房間，氣得臉都紅了，
我砰的一聲甩上門。
我討厭他，我討厭他，我討厭他。我這麼想著。

We are two different species, from two different planets.
Millions of light-years apart.
We're apples and oranges, cats and dogs.
He's science; I am art.

我們是兩個不同的物種，來自兩個不同的星球
兩者相隔百萬光年之遙。
我們是蘋果和橘子、貓和狗。
他是科學，我是藝術。

A knock at my door. My mother comes in,
and in her hands there's a book.
"Can I show you this?" she asks with a smile.
I shrug and agree to look.

有人敲了我的房門。我母親走進房間，
她手裡拿著一本書。
「我可以給你看一下這個嗎？」她笑著問。
我聳聳肩，同意看一下。

I open it up—there are photos
inside of a young boy around my age.
He's laughing with friends
and looking so cool on page after page after page.

我打開本子──裡面有些照片
照片上是個跟我年紀差不多的少年。
他跟朋友開懷大笑，看起來很酷的樣子
畫面一頁又一頁地閃過。

Here's one of him surfing at the beach.
Here's one of him playing guitar.
Here's one of him with his hair dyed green.
He looks like a young rock star!

這張是他在海邊衝浪的照片。
這張是他在彈吉他的照片。
這張是他頭髮染成綠色的照片。
他看起來像個青澀的搖滾明星！

"Who is this kid?" I ask my mother.
She says, "What? Don't you recognize the lad?"
I shake my head. I have no idea.
"That, my boy, is your dad!"

「這個小孩是誰？」我問母親。
她說：「什麼？你不認得這小子？」
我搖搖頭，我真的不知道。
「孩子啊，這個人，就是你爸！」