【一句话翻译】The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan（译文已加）

【汉译英 Chinese to English】

 

我并不是一下子迷失了自我。多年来，我擦拭着自己的脸以洗去我的痛苦，就像石头上的雕刻被水磨去一样。

 

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.

 

Notes:

(1) The sentences are from from Amy Tan’s novel ‘The Joy Luck Club’ which is a New York Times bestseller. 谭恩美所著《喜福会》，一部描写华人移民的小说，写了一个麻将俱乐部的八个女人，曾被好莱坞拍成同名电影。

(2) It is considered a classic work of Asian American and more general American literature.

(3) 文中的“我”是主角之一的Ying-Ying St. Clair，这个段落选自Ying-Ying St. Clair: The Moon Lady一章， 在第一部分Feathers from a Thousand Li Away。