翻译俗世奇人刷子李(冯骥才).docxVIP

翻译：俗世奇人: 刷子李（冯骥才）Translation: Mundane World Phenom: Paint-Brush Li(Feng Jicai)(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: adam.L)一间屋子，一个屋顶四面墙，先刷屋顶后刷墙。顶子尤其难刷，A house has one ceiling and four walls. Normally we paint the ceiling first and then the walls. The ceiling is especially difficult to paint.蘸了稀溜溜粉浆的板刷往上一举，谁能一滴不掉？一掉准掉在身上。可刷子李一举刷子，就赛没有蘸浆。How can anyone lift up the scrubber brush saturated with thin watery whitewash and not a drop is dripped? The drip will for sure fall on the body.But when Paint-Brush Li lifted his whitewash-soaked brush, it would beat operating a brush without whitewash.但刷子划过屋顶，立时匀匀实实一道白，白得透亮，白得清爽。When his brush swept across the ceiling, immediately an even, solid, shiny and crisp white stripe would appear.有人说这蘸浆的手臂悠然摆来，悠然摆去，好赛伴着鼓点，和着琴音，每一摆刷，那长长的带浆的毛刷便在墙面“啪”的清脆一响，极是好听。Some people said the rhythms of his whitewash-stained arm moving unhurriedly back and forth rivaled harmonizing drum beats and piano sounds. At every stroke of the brush, the whitewash-soaked long brittles made a distinct smacking sound on the wall surface quite pleasing to the ears.啪啪声里，一道道浆，衔接得天衣无缝，刷过去的墙面，真好比平平整整打开一面雪白的屏障。At those slapping sounds, rows after rows of seamless whitewash were brushed across the wall surface as if a neat and tidy snow-white screen was opened up.可是曹小三最关心的还是刷子李身上到底有没有白点？But what Cao Xiaosan was most concerned about was whether Paint-Brush Li had white spots on his body after all?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------刷子李干活还有个规矩，每刷完一面墙，必得在凳子上坐一大会儿，抽袋烟，喝一碗茶，再刷下一面墙。In carrying out his job, Paint-Brush Li had a routine. After painting a wall, he had to sit on a stool for a long while to smoke a pipe and drink a cup of tea before moving on to paint the next face of wall.此刻，曹小三借着给师傅倒水点烟的机会，拿目光仔细搜索刷子李的全身。Cao Xiaosan made use of the opportunity in pouring tea and lighting cigarette for his master Li to check out his entire body thoroughly.每一面墙刷完，他搜索一遍，居然连一个芝麻大小的粉点也没发现。他真觉得这身黑色的衣服有种神圣不可侵犯的威严