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AnandaShankar_2009I-_用舞蹈战胜癌症_
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[Sanskrit] （梵文）
This is an ode to the mother goddess, that most of us in India learn when we are children. 有一首关于印度神母的颂歌, 是我们大部分的印度人从小就学习的。
ode:n.赋;颂歌;颂诗;
I learned it when I was four at my mother's knee. 在我四岁的时候也学习了这首歌 坐在我母亲的膝头上。
That year she introduced me to dance, and thus began my tryst with classical dance. 也正是那一年,她引导我进入舞蹈的殿堂。 而这一开端 正是我与印度古典舞幽会的伊始。
tryst:n.幽会,约会;vt.约会,约定;与…幽会;vi.约会; classical:adj.古典的;经典的;传统的;第一流的;n.古典音乐;
Since then -- it's been four decades now -- 从那时开始,到现在已经40年了——
I've trained with the best in the field, performed across the globe, taught young and old alike, created, collaborated , choreographed , and wove a rich tapestry of artistry , achievement and awards. 我师从这一行最优秀的舞者, 在世界各地演出, 教导年轻的和年老的舞蹈爱好者, 创造,合作, 编舞, 我编织了一个绚丽的挂毯, 用我的艺术,成就,和奖章。
performed:v.表演;执行;履行;演出;工作,运转(好/不好)(perform的过去分词和过去式) collaborated:v.合作;协作;通敌;勾结敌人;(collaborate的过去分词和过去式) choreographed:vt.精心设计(choreograph的过去式);adj.精心设计的;刻意安排的; wove:adj.布纹的;n.布纹纸;v.织布(weave的过去式); tapestry:n.织锦;挂毯;绣帷;vt.用挂毯装饰; artistry:n.艺术性;工艺;艺术技巧;艺术效果;艺术工作;
The crowning glory was in 2007, when I received this country's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, for my contribution to art. 2007年我获得了至高无上的荣誉, 那一年 我得到了印度 授予公民的第四高荣誉,莲花奖（Padma Shri） 作为我对艺术贡献的回报
crowning glory:无上光荣;至高荣耀;无上的光荣;至高无上的光荣; civilian:adj.民用的;百姓的,平民的;n.平民,百姓; contribution:n.捐款;捐资;定期缴款;贡献;促成作用;稿件;
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But nothing, nothing prepared me for what I was to hear on the first of July 2008. 但是 任何事都不足以让我有心理准备 去面对我将要得知的 在2008年的7月1号
I heard the word " carcinoma ." 我得知了一个词“恶性肿瘤”
carcinoma:n.[肿瘤]癌;
Yes, breast cancer . 是的,乳腺癌
cancer:n.癌症;恶性肿瘤;
As I sat dumbstruck in my doctor's office, 我坐在医生的办公室里,呆若木鸡
dumbstruck:adj.吓得发懵的;被吓得目瞪口呆的;
I heard other words: "cancer," "stage," "grade." 我听到了另外一些词 “癌症”,“期”,“恶性程度”
Until then, Cancer was the zodiac sign of my friend, stage was what I performed on, and grades were what I got in school. 那时之前,癌（Cancer）是十二宫中的巨蟹座。 是我朋友的星座 “期”（Stage）是我表演的舞台, “恶性程度”（Grade）是我在学校得到的成绩
zodiac:n.黄道带,十二宫图;
That day, I realized 那一天,我意识到
I had an unwelcome , uninvited , new life partner. 我有一个不受欢迎的,不请自来的, 新终生伴侣
unwelcome:adj.不受欢迎的;讨厌的;不被接受的;vt.冷淡地对待;n.冷淡; uninvited:adj.未被邀请的;未经请求的;
As a dancer, 作为一个舞者
I know the nine rasas or the navarasas: anger, valor , disgust , humor and fear. 我知道九情操（印度古典舞蹈中通过肢体或表情表达不同情绪的方式） 愤怒,勇敢, 厌恶,诙谐 与恐怖
valor:n.英勇;勇猛(等于valour); disgust:n.厌恶;反感;憎恶;v.使作呕;使厌恶;使反感; humor:n.幽默;心情;情绪;脾气;v.迎合;迁就;
I thought I knew what fear was. 我以为我知道什么是恐惧
That day, I learned what fear was. 那一天,我学会了什么是恐惧
Overcome with the enormity of it all and the complete feeling of loss of control, 经历所有的巨痛 并彻底感到失去控制
Overcome:vt.克服;胜过;vi.克服;得胜; enormity:n.巨大;暴行;极恶;
I shed copious tears and asked my dear husband, Jayant. 我流了很多泪水 问我亲爱的丈夫,Jayant
shed:v.摆脱;去除;蜕;落;n.工棚;简易房;剪羊毛棚;挤奶棚; copious:adj.丰富的;很多的;多产的;
I said, "Is this it? Is this the end of the road? 我说,“结束了么？这就是我生命之路的尽头么？”
Is this the end of my dance?" 这就是我舞蹈的终结么？
And he, the positive soul that he is, said, "No, this is just a hiatus , a hiatus during the treatment , and you'll get back to doing what you do best." 然而他,这个乐观的灵魂 说,“不,这只是一个间隙 治疗的间隙 而且你将回来做你擅长的事
positive:adj.积极的;[数]正的,[医][化学]阳性的;确定的;n.正数;[摄]正片; hiatus:n.裂缝,空隙;脱漏部分; treatment:n.治疗;疗法;对待;处理;讨论;
I realized then that I, who thought I had complete control of my life, had control of only three things: 当时我醒悟到 我认为自己完全控制了自己的人生 但我仅仅控制了3件事
My thought, my mind -- the images that these thoughts created -- and the action that derived from it. 我的思想,我的情绪—— 这些思想所创造的想象 和由这些想象所引起的行动
images:n.印象;声誉;形象;画像;雕像;(image的第三人称单数和复数) derived:adj.导出的;衍生的,派生的;v.得到;推断(derive的过去分词);由…而来;
So here I was wallowing in a vortex of emotions and depression and what have you, with the enormity of the situation, wanting to go to a place of healing , health and happiness. 所以现在我沉迷于 一种情绪的漩涡中 沮丧,和那些令你 感到情况的严酷的思绪 我想得到痊愈,健康和幸福
wallowing:v.打滚,翻滚;沉湎;放纵(wallow的现在分词) vortex:n.[航][流]涡流;漩涡;(动乱,争论等的)中心;旋风; emotions:n.强烈的感情;激情;情感;(emotion的复数) depression:n.沮丧;洼地;不景气;忧愁; healing:n.康复; adj.痊愈中的; v.(使)康复,复原; (heal的现在分词)
I wanted to go from where I was to where I wanted to be, for which I needed something. 我想从现在的我 到达我想到的彼方 为了达到这一目标
I needed something that would pull me out of all this. 我需要有一股可以把我从痛苦中拉出来的力量
So I dried my tears, and I declared to the world at large ... 所以 我擦干泪水 然后 我向世界宣告
I said, "Cancer's only one page in my life, and I will not allow this page to impact the rest of my life." 我说,癌症只是我生命中的一页 我不会让这一页去影响我其余的人生
impact:n.影响;效果;碰撞;冲击力;v.挤入,压紧;撞击;对…产生影响;
I also declared to the world at large that I would ride it out, and I would not allow cancer to ride me. 我还向世界宣告 我将度过难关 我不会允许癌症将我打倒
But to go from where I was to where I wanted to be, 但是 要从我的现状 到达我的期望
I needed something. 我需要一些东西
I needed an anchor, an image, a peg to peg this process on, so that I could go from there. 我需要一个依靠,一种意象 一个标杆 钉在这一过程的起始 然后我可以从那里开始
peg:n.楔子; v.用夹子夹住; process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的;
And I found that in my dance, my dance, my strength, my energy, my passion , my very life breath. 然后 我从舞蹈中发现了它 我的舞蹈,我的力量,我的能量,我的热情 我生命的气息
passion:n.激情;热情;酷爱;盛怒;
But it wasn't easy. 但这并不容易
Believe me, it definitely wasn't easy. 相信我,这绝不容易
definitely:adv.清楚地,当然;明确地,肯定地;
How do you keep cheer when you go from beautiful to bald in three days? 你怎能保持振奋 在你的外型从美丽 在三天之内变成秃字
bald:adj.秃顶的;秃头的;无毛的;
How do you not despair when, with the body ravaged by chemotherapy , climbing a mere flight of stairs was sheer torture , that to someone like me who could dance for three hours? 你怎能不绝望 在你的身体对化疗产生不良反应时 爬几节楼梯都像攀登险峰 对于我这样一个能连续跳3个小时的舞者？
despair:v.绝望;失去希望;丧失信心;n.绝望; ravaged:v.毁坏;损坏;严重损害;(ravage的过去分词和过去式) chemotherapy:n.[临床]化学疗法; mere:adj.仅仅的;只不过的;n.小湖;池塘; sheer:adj.纯; v.十足地; n.透明薄纱; v.[航海](使)偏航; (使)转向; torture:v.折磨;拷问;歪曲;n.折磨;拷问;歪曲;
How do you not get overwhelmed by the despair and the misery of it all? 你怎能不彷徨失措 因为痛苦和绝望
overwhelmed:v.受打击,压倒;淹没;(overwhelm的过去分词和过去式) misery:n.痛苦,悲惨;不幸;苦恼;穷困;
All I wanted to do was curl up and weep . 我想做的只有蜷缩起来哭泣
curl:v.卷;蜷缩;鬈曲;(使)成拳曲状;n.(一绺)鬈发;(头发)拳曲;卷状物;螺旋状物; weep:n.哭泣;落泪;v.流泪;流出;
But I kept telling myself fear and tears are options I did not have. 但是我一直告诉我自己 畏缩和哭泣 都不是我将要做的选择
options:n.选择; v.得到或获准进行选择; (option的三单形式)
So I would drag myself into my dance studio -- body, mind and spirit -- every day into my dance studio, and learn everything I learned when I was four, all over again, reworked , relearned , regrouped . 所以我强拉自己到我的舞蹈室 我的身体,思想,和灵魂,每天都在我的舞蹈室 学习我曾经学习过的所有东西 就好像我又回到四岁 从新工作,从头学习,从新组织
drag:v.拖曳;生拉硬拽;拖动;n.拖累;令人厌烦的人;累赘;绊脚石; studio:n.工作室;[广播][电视]演播室;画室;电影制片厂; reworked:v.修改;重做;再加工;(rework的过去分词和过去式) relearned:vt.重学;再学习; regrouped:vi.重新组合;重新编组;vt.重组;重新部署;
It was excruciatingly painful , but I did it. 这一过程非常痛苦,但是我完成了
excruciatingly:adv.极其痛苦地;难以忍受地; painful:adj.痛苦的;疼痛的;令人不快的;
Difficult. 困难
I focused on my mudras, on the imagery of my dance, on the poetry and the metaphor and the philosophy of the dance itself. 我专注于我的身印手印 专注于我舞蹈的意境 专注于韵律和意象 和舞蹈的哲学本身
imagery:n.像;意象;比喻;形象化; poetry:n.诗;诗意,诗情;诗歌艺术; metaphor:n.暗喻,隐喻;比喻说法; philosophy:n.哲学;哲理;人生观;
And slowly, I moved out of that miserable state of mind. 然后 缓慢的 我脱离了 我心中的悲惨境遇
miserable:adj.悲惨的;痛苦的;卑鄙的;
But I needed something else. 但是 我需要另外一些东西
I needed something to go that extra mile, and I found it in that metaphor which I had learned from my mother when I was four. 我需要增加我的旅程 我在意象中找到了它 那是从我四岁就学起的
extra:adj.额外的:n.额外的事物:adv.额外:另外:
The metaphor of Mahishasura Mardhini, of Durga. 湿婆神的意象 杜尔迦女神
Durga, the mother goddess, the fearless one, created by the pantheon of Hindu gods. 杜尔迦女神 无畏的神母 由印度诸神所创造
fearless:adj.无畏的;大胆的; pantheon:n.万神殿;名流群; Hindu:adj.印度的;印度教的;n.印度人;印度教教徒;
Durga, resplendent , bedecked , beautiful, her 18 arms ready for warfare , as she rode astride her lion into the battlefield to destroy Mahishasur. 杜尔迦女神 辉煌 雍容 美丽 她的十八支手臂 随时准备战斗 她乘坐神狮 进入战场去毁灭水牛阿修罗
resplendent:adj.光辉的;华丽的; bedecked:adj.以…装饰或点缀的;v.装饰,修饰(bedeck的过去式); warfare:n.战争;冲突; astride:v.跨着; adj.跨着的; prep.跨在…上; battlefield:n.战场;沙场;斗争的领域;容易引发冲突的情况
Durga, the epitome of creative feminine energy, or shakti. 杜尔迦女神 女性创造力量的象征 或者叫女性力量
epitome:n.缩影;摘要;象征; creative:adj.创造性的; feminine:adj.女性的;妇女(似)的;阴性的;娇柔的;
Durga, the fearless one. 杜尔迦 无畏的女神
I made that image of Durga and her every attribute , her every nuance , my very own. 我做成了杜尔迦女神的意象 和她所有的属性和特质 我专属的意象
attribute:n.属性;象征;v.把…归因于;认为…属于;认为某人(某物)具有某种特性; nuance:n.细微差别;
Powered by the symbology of a myth and the passion of my training, 在她那种神秘符号的推动下 并伴随着我对训练的热情
symbology:n.符号学,符号使用;象征学,象征的使用; myth:n.神话;虚构的人,虚构的事;
I brought laser-sharp focus into my dance, laser-sharp focus to such an extent that I danced a few weeks after surgery . 我像激光刀般精准的专注于我的舞蹈 像激光刀般专注这样一个领域 在手术之后我跳了几周的舞
extent:n.程度;范围;长度; surgery:n.外科;外科手术;手术室;诊疗室;
I danced through chemo and radiation cycles, much to the dismay of my oncologist . 在化疗和放射疗法的治疗周期我依然跳舞 我的治疗医生很惊异
radiation:n.辐射;放射线;放射疗法; dismay:n.沮丧,灰心;惊慌;vt.使沮丧;使惊慌; oncologist:n.肿瘤学家;肿瘤医师;
I danced between chemo and radiation cycles and badgered him to fit it to my performing dance schedule . 我在化疗和放射的期间跳舞 我纠缠着让他使治疗周期 配合我的舞蹈计划
badgered:n.贪睡的獾(电影名); performing:adj.表演的;演奏的;v.做;执行;演出;运转(perform的现在分词) schedule:工作计划,日程安排
What I had done is I had tuned out of cancer and tuned into my dance. 我所成就的是 我摆脱了癌症 专注于我的舞蹈
tuned:v.(为乐器)调音,校音;调整,调节(发动机);调频道(tune的过去分词和过去式)
Yes, cancer has just been one page in my life. 是的,癌症只成为我生命中的一页
My story is a story of overcoming setbacks , obstacles and challenges that life throws at you. 我的故事 是一个克服挫折 障碍和挑战的故事 那些生命带给你的
overcoming:v.克服;解决;战胜;(overcome的现在分词) setbacks:n.挫折;周折(setback复数); obstacles:n.障碍;障碍物;阻碍;(obstacle的复数形式)
My story is the power of thought. 我的故事是思想的力量
My story is the power of choice. 我的故事是选择的力量
It's the power of focus. 是专注的力量
It's the power of bringing ourselves to the attention of something that so animates you, so moves you, that something even like cancer becomes insignificant . 这是一种力量让我们注意那些 赋予我们生机活力 深刻的感动我们 和令癌症变得无足轻重的东西
animates:vt.使有生气;使活泼;鼓舞;推动;adj.有生命的; insignificant:adj.无关紧要的;
My story is the power of a metaphor. 我的故事是意境的力量
It's the power of an image. 是意象的力量
Mine was that of Durga, 我的意象是杜尔迦
Durga the fearless one. 杜尔迦无畏的女神
She was also called Simhanandini, the one who rode the lion. 她也叫做Simhanandini 骑狮子的人
As I ride out, as I ride my own inner strength, my own inner resilience , armed as I am with what medication can provide and continue treatment, as I ride out into the battlefield of cancer, asking my rogue cells to behave , 在我度过难关的过程中 我驾驭了我自己的内在力量 我的内在恢复力 我武装自己并联合治疗效果 我继续治疗 我经历了与癌症的战争 我命令那些肆意妄为的细胞顺从起来
inner:n.内部;射中接近靶心部分的一发;adj.里面的;向内的;内部的;接近中心的; resilience:n.恢复力;弹力;顺应力; medication:n.药;药物; rogue:n.流氓; v.游手好闲; adj.(野兽)凶猛的; behave:v.表现;(机器等)运转;举止端正;(事物)起某种作用;
I want to be known not as a cancer survivor, but as a cancer conqueror . 我希望被世人认可,不是作为癌症幸存者 而是作为癌症征服者
conqueror:n.征服者;占领者;胜利者;
I present to you an excerpt of that work "Simhanandini." 我向你们呈现一段我的舞蹈 “狮子吼经”（Simhanandani）
excerpt:n.摘录,引用;vt.引用,摘录;vi.摘录,引用;
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