波麗與書的小天地

《The Moment of Everything》by Shelly King

之前之前由於準備別的目標暫停了一陣子，現在終於看完它，共閱讀19.8小時，這是一本很美的書，中文版的譯名，叫做《二手情書》

故事簡介....主角陰錯陽差的和最好的朋友Dizzy進了科技公司，但就在事業達到巔峰時頓時失去了一切，躲進了一家二手書店，遇見了改變她一生的人....
以下節錄一些我很喜歡的片段，加上我個人練習的翻譯如下，分享給大家

在書中作者用了許多平凡的字彙，拼湊出了一個充滿魅力的文字世界，舉例來說，書中有一段對圖書館員的工作描述....加上一些我個人練習的翻譯如下.....
"The librarians I knew were superheroes of data. Like the Old World explorers, they navigated uncharted oceans of information, drawing maps to get anyone anywhere. And they were the keepers of things other people forgot, archiving the incidents of life and piecing them together."
「我所認知的圖書館員是守護歷史的英雄，就像是舊世界的探索者，他們徜徉在未知的資訊海洋內，繪製了地圖，以將任何人帶領至任何地方。他們保存人們遺忘的事物，收集生命中的事件並將它們一片一片的拼湊起來。」

二手書店的店長Hugo，在向他的員工們說明二手書店存在的意義和使命，很喜歡這段
"The thing with used books is that they bring their pasts with them. They haven't just popped off a printer's press and then stacked themselves in a box to be sent to a store. They are abandoned here by people who no longer want them. Orphans in a Dickens novel. They are discarded as people move on with their lives. They're too heavy to move or they take up too much space. That's how they end up here. We have to release them of their former lives so they can move on to who do want them."
「二手書伴隨著他們的過往。它們不只是從印表機列印出來，然後經過包裝送到商店內。它們是被不再想要它們的人遺棄了，就像狄更斯小說內的孤兒，當人們繼續生活時，它們因為太沉重而無法繼續走下去，因為佔用太多空間而被遺留在這裡。我們必須將它們從過去的時光中解放出來，並送到真正需要它們的人手上。」

書中主軸是主角不小心拿到了一本《Lady Chatterley's Lover》，在書頁中，發現了一句句來往於"Henry"與"Catherine"之間的情話，因而沉浸在他們的愛情之中，裏頭有一段文字如下:
"Are we waiting for our most perfect selves, for all our scars to disappear, for the rearrangement of time and science to erase our defects? With more time before we meet, will we be able to excavate greater kindnesses or contentments from our souls? No, it is not for our perfections that we are loved. It is our imperfections that make us more worthy of love."
「我們是否都在等待最完美的自己? 直到我們的傷疤都消失、直到時間與科學都足以抹去我們所有的缺陷? 若我們再晚一點相遇，我們的靈魂是否就能體現出更多的良善與溫柔? 不，相愛不是因為我們的完美，我們的不完美，使我們更值得被愛。」

主角和Dizzy在一個需要Cosplay的讀書派對中相遇，然後她告訴了Dizzy她的決定，留在這裡，而Dizzy將會離開去追尋Avi提出的工作機會，這是在她感受到分離的時刻，內心的想法
"The heartbeat that separated the time when Dizzy was my best friend from the time when he wasn't. And it took the two of us dressing up like people we weren't for me to see it. He would go to Portland and I would stay here. We'd text, we'd video chat, and I would love him forever. But we'd never be as we once were."
「此刻，心跳聲將我與Dizzy分離，他曾是我最好的朋友，而裝扮成另一個人的我們更讓我看清這件事，他將會離開，而我會留下。我們可以傳訊息、視訊，而我也會永遠愛著他，但我們再也回不去了。」

還有一些很有意義的喜歡的句子節錄
"I liked being alone. But I did not like being lonely."
「我喜歡獨處，但不喜歡寂寞。」

"I worry a little for all of them. But then, which of us are ever really ready for anything?"
「我有點擔心他們，但說實話，我們之中又有誰曾經為了任何事做足了準備?」

Some thoughts after reading:
There is no happy ending in this book. Henry and Catherine aren't together in the end, neither do Maggie and Rajhit. But who can define what kind of ending is a "happy" ending? Life goes on. It's not perfect, but it's real, whether you like it or not. Maybe it's already the best ending for everyone in the book.

閱讀難易度等級 ★★★✰✰

書籍個人評比：★★★✰✰ （中等）

然對書籍的評分是很主觀的，也很歡迎有不同想法的人一起交流喔～