纪录片《文明》 第54期 自视如何（15）

（单词翻译）

When Romans thought about

当罗马人思考

where the impulse to portraiture¹ came from -

他们绘制肖像的冲动从何而来

even the impulse to painting as a whole -

甚至说绘画的冲动是从何而来的时候

they had a very vivid story to tell

他们有一个很生动的故事

about a young woman who was the creative genius

故事是关于第一幅肖像背后

behind the very first portrait.

一位很有创造天赋的女人

Her lover was going away on a long journey

她的爱人要离家踏上一段长途旅程

and before he went, she got a lamp

在他离开之前 她得到了一盏灯

and she threw his shadow against a wall

她把她爱人的影子投到了墙上

and traced round it to create a silhouette².

沿着影子创造出了一个剪影

She was trying not just to memorialise him,

她不只是在试着纪念他

but to keep his presence in her world.

也是为了让他永远存在于自己的世界里

I think there's something like that going on

我认为关于阿特米多鲁斯的脸

with the face of Artemidorus.

背后也有这种故事

Domestic ware³ and tear,

家用器皿和裂痕

even children's scribbles⁴ on some coffins⁵,

甚至在一些棺材上还有孩童们的涂鸦

suggest that they weren't instantly confined to the grave.

都表明了它们不是立刻就被封入墓穴之中的

For a while, they may have stood in the land of the living,

有段时间 它们可能被竖立在人世间

perhaps in the family home.

也许就在家中