【赫临译笔】 咸咖啡是甜昧的

ヮ成熟、羙°

咸咖啡的味道是甜的

荷叶/译

      她风韵迷人，而他却相貌平平。一天，他邀她去喝杯咖啡。仅仅是出于礼貌，她没有拒绝。在一个宜人的咖啡屋，他羞得一句话也说不出口，她感觉很不舒服，心想：不如回家。

      他突然对服务员说：“请给我拿些盐来，我要把它放进咖啡。”所有的人都盯着他看，太奇怪了！他的脸涨红了，但他还是把盐加到咖啡里，喝了下去。

      她好奇地问：“你怎么会爱喝这种口味的咖啡？”

      他回答：“当我小时候，我和父母住在海边。现在，我每次喝到咸咖啡，都会想到家乡和父母。”他说着，眼里充满了泪水。

      她被深深地打动了。她相信：一个可以当众说出自己想家的人，一定会深爱家庭，关心家人。他们的约会继续了下去。他如此完美，她不得不感激那杯咸咖啡。接下来两人结婚，过上了幸福生活。她每次给他冲咖啡，都加上点盐。

      四十年后，他去世了，给她留下一封信，信里写道：“亲爱的，还记得我们每一次约会吗？那一次，我太紧张了。我实际上想要些糖，却说成了盐。当时要想改正太难了，我只能将错就错。”

     “我不敢和你说实话，因为我向你许下过诺言：永不向你撒谎。”

     “我不喜欢喝咸咖啡。太难喝了！如果我可以再活一次的话，我依然想要认识你，把你当作我生活的全部，即使代价是终生喝咸咖啡。”她泪如雨下。

      有一天，一个人问她：“咸咖啡什么味道？”

     “甜的。”她答道。

附：原文

  
She was so charming while he was ordinary. One day, he invited her to have a coffee with him. Just to be polite, she agreed. In a nice cafe he was too shy to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable, thinking, “Please let me go home.”

  Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I want to put it in my coffee.” Everybody stared at him---so strange! His face turned red, but still he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.

  She asked him curiously, “Why do you have this hobby?”

  He replied, “When I was a little boy, I was living near the sea with my parents. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always miss my hometown and my parents.” While he was saying that, tears filled his eyes.

  She was deeply touched. She believed a man who can tell out his homesickness must love home and care about his family. Then they continued to date. He was such a perfect person that she didn’t miss him thanks to the salty coffee. Then she married him and they were living a happy life. And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in it.

  After forty years, he passed away, leaving her a letter, which said, “My dearest, remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time. Actually, I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead.”

  “I was too afraid to tell you the truth, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything.”

“I don’t like the salty coffee. What a bad taste! But if I can live for a second time, I still want to know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again.” Her eyes rained tears.

  Someday, somebody asked her, “What’s the taste of salty coffee?”

“It’s sweet.”she replied.

丛中笑

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-7-5 06:42
说得对，知错能改，善莫大焉。

ヮ成熟、羙°

丛中笑 发表于 2013-7-3 19:03
对任何人来说，有不足能改就好 ！！！

说得对，知错能改，善莫大焉。

丛中笑

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-7-2 18:00
还是老师宽容，荷叶可能看到不好学的学生太多了，心态变坏了。

对任何人来说，有不足能改就好 ！！！

ヮ成熟、羙°

老牛 发表于 2013-7-3 07:20
欣赏。

多谢朋友关注。

老牛

欣赏。

ヮ成熟、羙°

丛中笑 发表于 2013-6-30 21:27
错了改过来不就好了嘛，有什么象话不象话的。

还是老师宽容，荷叶可能看到不好学的学生太多了，心态变坏了。

丛中笑

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-6-30 21:23
谢老师，现在的荷叶太不象话了，心不在焉，确实错了。

错了改过来不就好了嘛，有什么象话不象话的。

ヮ成熟、羙°

丛中笑 发表于 2013-6-30 20:12
荷叶好！
“但他还是把咸加到咖啡里”的“咸”，是否应当是“盐”？
这种情况下的咸咖啡一定是甜 ...

谢老师，现在的荷叶太不象话了，心不在焉，确实错了。

丛中笑

荷叶好！
“但他还是把咸加到咖啡里”的“咸”，是否应当是“盐”？
这种情况下的咸咖啡一定是甜的。