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刻下今天，抗拒遺忘

【1】我們知道自己是容易忘記的。有心人能堅持寫下日記，日日記錄，到時回頭還能翻回去，某一年某一天，字字句句都在紙上，能喚起記憶。也有人記憶超群，過了多少年，還能細數某時某地某事，讓人驚嘆。但大部分的我們呢？我曾記過一陣日記，從開始的日日記，到后來的隔日記，再到后來的不知隔多少日記，終于有一天把日記本塵封在寫字臺的某個抽屜角落里了。我也曾與好友仔細回想，在何時何地哪一個場合第一次遇見，卻相顧茫然。

【2】這樣的無從查考，這樣的相顧茫然，并不算得上如何特殊。

【3】生活的大部分形態，總是碎片化的。一時在東，一時在西，紛繁復雜，并不是那么容易記住的。我們記住了海潮翻騰，側耳又聽見大江大河奔涌怒吼；記住了大江大河的浪高聲宏，耳邊又傳來遠處的人聲鼎沸……熱點似乎一個接著一個，連時尚流行都以百倍的速度在此起彼伏，每個似乎都在沸點上翻滾。可新的記憶總是一頁頁壓過舊的，遺忘總在這樣不知不覺的側耳、挪移間發生。

【4】而更多時候，生活的形態，又是屢屢重復的。連古人都說，“年年歲歲花相似”，相似的花，相似的葉，總是最不容易區分的。我們記憶里，只留下似曾相識的影子。提過的話題要再提，理過的邏輯要再理，連聽過的故事，也總在天南海北再聽到相似的講述。“仙桂年年折又生”，如果枝頭還是避著風頭的朝向，連掛著的果子上的疤痕都一般，誰又能分清是哪一年、哪一月種下的樹呢？

【5】若說世上事盡是重復，無疑太消極。而太陽每天都是新的，又高估了普通人心里的飽滿度。我們在光與影里穿行，日久年深。有這樣一個日子，我們停下來，做一個特別的標記，把它從漫長的旅途里區別出來，想想過去，看看前程，也是對自己的一種關懷。在意義被懷疑、被消解的時候，有這樣的莊重的一刻，反觀靜照，在一片喧騰或瑣碎里執著地找到那份屬于自己的歷史感，也是一種覺醒。

一等獎譯文（1）

RecordToday,ResistForgetting【1】Forgetfulnessispronetoplagueus.Therearethosewho,withunwaveringdiligence,chronicletheirdailyaffairsindiaries,everywordandsentenceanevocativetriggerformemoriesofacertaindayinacertainyearastheyflipthroughthepagesindaystocome.Othersareblessedwithprodigiousmemories,abletorecounteventsfromyearsagowithastonishingclarity.Butwhataboutthevastmajorityofus?I,forone,attemptedtokeepadiary,onlytoseemyentriesdwindlefromdailytoeveryotherday,andthentosporadic,untilIfinallysealeditawayinasecludedcornerofmywritingdeskdrawer.Ialsoendeavoredtorecallwithafriendtheprecisemoment,location,andoccasionofourfirstencounter,butwewerebothlostinafog.【2】Suchastateofforgetfulnessandtheensuingfog-boundbefuddlementareparforthecourse.【3】Life,forthemostpart,takesonfragmentedforms.Wemayfindourselvesheretodayandtheretomorrow,amidstaflurryofcomplexitythatisn’talwayseasytocommittomemory.Justaswebegintorecallthetumultuousoceantides,theroaringriversrushtoourears.Oncethemightyrivers’thunderousroarseepsintoourmemory,thedistantdinofchatterresoundsinourears.Thecurrentofhottopicsseemstoflowincessantly,withevenfashionandtrendssurgingandrecedingatbreakneckspeed,eachoneclamoringforourattention.Nevertheless,newmemoriesunfailinglyturnthepageontheold,whileforgettingsneaksuponusunnoticedamidourshiftingattentionandmeanderingmovements.【4】Moreoftenthannot,lifefeelslikeacycleofrepetition,aseventheancientsrecognized,remarkingthat“flowersaresimilaryearinandyearout.”Itisthoseverysimilarflowersandleavesthatprovemostdifficulttodistinguish,leavinguswithfaintlyfamiliarshadowsinourmemory.Topicsoncediscussedresurface,pastlogicalreasoningrequiresreevaluation,andeventhetaleswe’veheardbeforecatchechoesoftheirlikenessrecountedfromthefarreachesoftheearth.AsanancientChinesepoemstates,“theimmortallaurel’sbranchesbreakandreneweachyear.”Ifthebranchesstillshyawayfromthewind,andtheirfruitbearsthesamescars,whothencandiscerntheyearormonththatsawtheplantingofthetree?【5】Toclaimthateverythingintheworldismererepetitionistoobleakanotion.Andyet,toassertthatthesunrisesaneweachdayistooverestimatetheaverageperson'ssenseoffulfillment.Wetraversethroughlightandshadowforyearsonend.Buttherecomesamomentwhenwepauseandcreateaspecialmarktosetapartadayfromthelongprocessionoftime,amomentforustoreflectonthepastandgazetowardthefutureasanactofself-care.Intimeswhenmeaningisdoubtedordiminished,suchamomentofsolemnityallowsustoturninwardandunearthourownsenseofhistoryamidstthetumultandtrivialitiesoflife,whichmightbedeemedaformofawakening.

一等獎譯文（2）

EmbossingthePresent,ResistingOblivionBy

YuJinxingTrans.by

CaiQingmei（蔡清美）【1】Werecognizeourtendencytoforget.Thosemindfulamonguspersistinmaintainingajournal,capturingmomentsonpaper,daybyday.Aswerevisitthesepages,everywordandphrasecanrekindleaforgottenmemory.Someamongusareblessedwithprodigiousmemory,recountingintricatedetailsofexperiencesfromyearspastwithastonishingprecision.Butwhataboutthemajority?TherewasatimeImaintainedadiary,graduallytransitioningfromdailyentriestoeveryotherday,untileventually,gapsofweeksappearedbetweenentries.Eventually,thediaryfoundaquietcornerinadraweratmywritingdesk.I’vetriedtorecallwithfriendsthemomentofourfirstencounter,onlytobegreetedwithmutualbewilderment.【2】Suchperplexity,thismutualbewilderment,isnotparticularlyunusual.【3】Thelargerpartoflifetendstobefragmented.Momentsfleetfromonetoanother,creatingatapestrytoointricatetoremembereasily.Ourattentiondancesfromthetumultuoustidestotheechoingroarofgrandrivers,fromthetoweringwavesandthunderingriverstothedistanthumofhumanvoices.Onetrendfollowsanother,eachseeminglyatitszenith.Yet,thefreshmemoriescontinuetoeclipsetheoldones,andoblivionmanifestssubtlyamidsttheseshiftingfocuses.【4】Frequently,lifemanifestsitselfincyclesofrepetition.Eventheancientsnoted,“Everyyeartheflowersresemblethepreviousones.”Similarflowers,similarleaves,theyarealwaysthehardesttodifferentiate.Weretaininourmemoriesonlyanechooffamiliarity.Topicsoncediscussedarerevisited,logicpreviouslydeducedisreconsidered,andfamiliarstoriesareheardagain,toldwithdifferentflavorsindifferentlocales.Asthesweetosmanthusbloomseachyear,iftheorientationofthebranchremainsunchanged,eventhescarsonthehangingfruitsresembleeachother.Whocouldthendiscerninwhichyearandmonththetreewasplanted