欧美文化博览 柴可夫斯基 生命中的女性(2)

（单词翻译）

In his play, Ostrovsky portrays¹ a sensitive spirit destroyed by a rigid² and uncomprehending society,

在他的戏剧中,奥斯特洛夫斯基描绘了一种刚烈及不了解的社会摧毁的敏感精神,

and it was the idea of the vulnerable young woman in the grip of inescapable fate that touched Tchaikovsky so deeply.

而且其中一个想法是脆弱的年轻女性被不可避免的命运掌控,这深深触动了柴可夫斯基。

Ostrovsky's heroine, Katerina is married to a weak young man dominated by his mother.

奥斯特洛夫斯基的女主角,凯特琳娜嫁给了一个占据他母亲的脆弱年轻人。

Oppressed and frustrated³, she falls secretly in love with another man.

经受着压抑和沮丧,她偷偷的爱上了另一个人。

And left alone, she succumbs⁴ to her passion.

而在独处的时候,她屈服于自己的激情。

A wild storm breaks out and in terror she confesses her guilt⁵.

一场狂野的风暴呼啸而来,在惊恐中,她承认自己的罪行。

She is pursued through the storm by her mother-in-law until she drowns herself in the Volga.

她在风暴中被她的婆婆追逐,直到她将自己淹没在伏尔加。