脸叔科林·费尔斯 | 我才不Posh

My associations, my more meaningful associations with Russia, having never been there, would be writers. But how did you use that as a cover for a spy network? You know, it’s the 19th century Russian literature, it’s my sort of, you know, that’s my only rear window into Russia as a country.

要是问我与俄罗斯之间是否有某种意义深远的联系，毕竟我从未去过俄罗斯，那一定就是俄国作家了。但如何用俄国文学作为间谍特工作掩护呢？19世纪的俄国文学就是我了解俄罗斯这个国家的一扇窗口。

Interviewer: What’s your favorite author?

你最爱的作家是谁？

Well, I have huge passion of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I read everything. And Tolstoy, and Gogol, and Pushkin. So it’s generally that kind of 19th century thing, which captivated me in my 20’s.

我十分喜欢陀思妥耶夫斯基，我通读过他所有作品。还有托尔斯泰、果戈里、普希金。正是这群19世纪的文坛巨匠让当时20余岁的我为之痴迷不已。

And I’ve just actually been having a re-read of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. And I think you should read them in middle age. It’s wasted on just reading the new.

并且最近我刚好在重读托尔斯泰和陀思妥耶夫斯基的著作。我认为中年人应拜读这几位大师的作品。仅仅读一遍实在是过于浪费。

Interviewer: Speaking of stereotypes. In Russia, you are so loved, you are one of the most famous British actors. Russians love you. And you represent this stereotype of an English gentleman. Russians think that English gentlemen are handsome; they are polite; they’ve got good manners etc. So everything you are…

既然聊到了“刻板印象”，你在俄罗斯特别受欢迎，你是那里最出名的英国演员之一。俄罗斯人爱你爱到不行，你完全就是人们心目中惯有的那种英伦绅士形象。在俄罗斯人眼中，英伦绅士英俊潇洒、温文儒雅、彬彬有礼、举手投足体面端庄，等等。就像你这样。

You only see my best behavior.

你们只见过我守规矩的一面。

Interviewer: Well, that’s what I want to know about you. Are you always like that?

这就是我想要了解你的。你一直以来都是如此绅士吗？

-No, I’m not always like that.

没有，我并不是一直都那样。   

Interviewer: So, for example, are you really one of those English posh people who eat porridge for breakfast and have five o’clock tea?

那你是否真的是英国上流社会的一员呢？比如早餐喝麦片粥、下午5点享用下午茶？

-No.

并没有。

Interviewer: Because that’s what Russians think about English gentlemen.

因为在俄罗斯人民心中英国绅士都会这样做。

No, I mean I’ve had porridge for breakfast. I have had tea a lot in my life, and sometimes it’s been five o’clock. But no, I‘m not, I’m not posh. I know how I sound, but no, I was state-educated. I didn’t go forward with family money or titles or anything like that.

不是的，我的确把麦片粥当早餐，一生中也喝过很多茶，喝茶时间有时确实是下午5点。但是我并不是上流阶层的。我知道我的口音听上去很像上流阶层。但其实我接受的是公立教育。我也没有继承家族财产或是爵位头衔之类的。

So it’s probably all rather bogus. I mean, you know, my parents both sound a little bit like they work for the BBC, but that’s from education rather than, you know, hereditary. They were not nobility or anything like that.

感觉像是伪上流社会人士。我的意思是：我的父母的口音确实听上去像是BBC主播的口音，但这是从教育得来，而不是家族世袭。他们没有贵族之类的头衔。

And then I got in public and I’ve been reasonably well brought up. So I try to pay politely with less as far as it goes.

后来我进入公众视野，因为我的家庭教育相对良好，所以我会尽己所能地彬彬有礼、举止得体。

Interviewer: -Thank you so mush.

非常感谢。

-Thank you.

谢谢你。

Interviewer:-My pleasure.

采访您是我的荣幸。