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0739翻译：社戏（鲁迅）Translation: Community Chinese Opera (Lu Xun)(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam) 我在倒数上去的二十年中，只看过两回中国戏，In tracing through the last twenty years, I only watched Chinese opera twice.前十年是绝不看，因为没有看戏的意思和机会，In the first ten years I would not have watched any because I didn’t have the reason or the opportunity to do so.那两回全在后十年，然而都没有看出什么来就走了。The two times I did watch was in the recent ten years, but then each time I left the show without figuring out anything. ?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 第一回是民国元年我初到北京的时候，The first time was in the initial year after the Republic of China took reign and I newly arrived at Beijing.当时一个朋友对我说，北京戏最好，你不去见见世面么？A friend told me Beijing opera was the greatest and why wouldn’t I check that out to broaden my sight of the world?我想，看戏是有味的，而况在北京呢。I thought watching opera would be fun, especially it was in Beijing.于是都兴致勃勃的跑到什么园，So in all the excitement we ran to one theater.戏文已经开场了，在外面也早听到冬冬地响。The show had already started when we got there, and we could hear the booming sounds from outside.我们挨进门，We waited our turn to get in the door.几个红的绿的在我的眼前一闪烁，便又看见戏台下满是许多头，Once inside, I could see bright red and green objects glittering on stage, and the floor level was packed with people.再定神四面看，却见中间也还有几个空座，When I collected myself and looked around, I saw there were a few empty seats in the middle.挤过去要坐时，又有人对我发议论，When I squeezed my way over to take those seats, someone took issue.我因为耳朵已经喤的响着了，用了心，才听到他是说 “有人，不行！”Because my ears were ringing from the loud noises, I had to pay attention before I could hear what he said was: “No! These seats have been taken.” ?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 我们退到后面，一个辫子很光的却来领我们到了侧面，指出一个地位来。We retreated to the back and someone with a sleek pigtail led us to the side and pointed to a seat.这所谓地位者，原来是一条长凳，然而他那坐板比我的上腿要狭到四分之三，他的脚比我的下腿要长过三分之二。This so-called seat was a long bench wit