When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.

  • -- William Wells Brown 布朗

当这个男孩被带到杨医生那里时,他的名字叫威廉,和我的名字一样,我妈妈奉命把我的名字换成别的名字。在当时,我认为这是对我的权利所能采取的最残酷的行为之一。

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They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.

他们认为我是一个理性的人,所以我从来没有受到来自父母的压力;我想做什么就做什么。我从来没有听到他们说过一句否定的话,什么都没有。

It was as though all my hostilities, anxieties, and conflicts were in one ball that was flying away into space, farther from me all the time, leaving me content with myself.

就好像我所有的敌意、焦虑和冲突都集中在一个球里,飞向太空,离我越来越远,让我心满意足。

A man must serve his time to every trade Save censure---critics all are ready made. Take hackneyed jokes from Miller, got by rote, With just enough of learning to misquote.

一个人必须为他的每一笔交易服务,除了指责——所有的批评都准备好了。就拿米勒的那些老掉牙的笑话来说吧,这些笑话都是死记硬背的,你只需要学习足够多的知识就能错误地引用。

Our mothers and fathers want change. They worked all of their lives, but today live in destitution.

我们的父母想要改变。他们一生都在工作,但今天却过着贫困的生活。

That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.

那乡村摇滚的声音并不像我想象的那么简单。

There is no death. Only a change of worlds.

没有死亡。只是改变了世界。