0501翻译窃读记林海音.docxVIP

0501翻译：窃读记（林海音）Translation: Bookstore Freeloader’s Journal (Lin Haiyin)(translated by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)转过街角，看见饭店的招牌，闻见炒菜的香味，听见锅勺敲打的的声音，After turning around a street corner, I noticed the store-sign, cooking-aroma and spatula-knocking-pannoises of the restaurant.我放慢了脚步。I slowed down my pace.放学后急匆匆地从学校赶到这里，目的地可不是饭店，而是紧邻它的一家书店。After school, I hurried over here, but my destination was not the restaurant but the bookstore right next to it. 我边走边想：“昨天读到什么地方了？As I was walking, I thought in my mind: “Where was I yesterday with the book I was reading?那本书放在哪里？Where did I leave the book?左边第三排，不错……”Was it at the third row on the left? It has to be…”走到门口，便看见书店里仍像往日一样挤满了顾客。When I walked up to the door, I saw the bookstore was packed with customers as usual.我可以安心了。I felt at ease.但我又担忧那本书会不会卖光，因为一连几天都看见有人买，昨天好像只剩下一两本了。But then I was worried that book could have been sold out because I noticed people were buying it for each of the last few days, and it seemed there were only one or two copies left yesterday. 我跨进店门，暗喜没人注意。I stepped into the bookstore and was clandestinely pleased that I was not noticed.我踮起脚尖，从大人的腋下钻过去。哟，把短头发弄乱了，I tiptoed through under the armpits of adults and in the process, messed up my hair.没关系，我总算挤到里边来了。That did not matter and I finally squeezed to inside of the store.在一排排花花绿绿的书里，我的眼睛急切地寻找，却找不到那本书。Among rows of colorful books, my eyes were searching anxiously but I could not find the book I was looking for.从头来，再找一遍。Then I started from the top to search all over again.啊！它在这里，原来不在昨天的地方了。Oh, it was here and actually it was not at yesterday’s location.急忙打开书，一页，两页，我像一匹饿狼，贪婪地读着。I quickly opened the book and read greedily like a hungry wolf page after page.我很快乐，也很惧怕——这种窃读的滋味！I was very happy but also very afraid in experiencing the taste in steal-reading.我害怕被书店老板发现，I was concerned the bookstore owner might find out what I was doing.每当我觉得当时的环境已不适宜再读下去的时候，我会知趣地放下书走出去，再走进另一家。Every time when I felt situation at a certain moment was inappropriate to continue o