To the far west of Mongolia—near the borders with Kazakhstan, Russia

　　在蒙古的最西部——靠近与哈萨克斯坦、俄罗斯的边界

　　That was the real focus of the trip—the main motivation for it

　　这是本次旅行的重点所在——也是旅行的主要目的

　　To go exactly to that place, Bayan Ulgil—every year they have the Eagle Festival there

　　直奔目的地，巴彦乌列盖——每年都在此举办猎鹰节

　　Apart from how amazing to see these huge birds—they weigh twenty two kilos, or something?

　　除了观赏这些巨型鸟类带来的视觉震撼——他们重达二十二公斤，也许？

　　The riders of the horses have a rest for their arm—to support their arm

　　骑手们的手臂都有支撑物，来支撑手臂承托重量

　　The eagle is holding on to their arm—they do amazing games, competitions and so on

　　老鹰停在他们的手臂上——表演不可思议的游戏、比赛等

　　But you feel so much it is just for the locals

　　但你会强烈感觉这只是给当地人举办的节日

　　Sure there were foreigners there—tourists—quite a few surprisingly from Australia

　　当然也有外国人——游客——没想到还有很多澳大利亚人

　　But you could vaporize the foreigners and nothing would change

　　就算外国人不在场（消失了），节日内容不会有什么改变

　　This was not for anyone other than the locals

　　这就是专门面向当地人举办的

　　They are so engaged and deeply focused on their own culture and traditions

　　他们十分投入，深深关注着自己的文化和传统

　　it is really a remarkable place

　　那里真的是一个了不起的地方

　　I was taken out in a Russian mini—bus several hours across the grasslands and semi—desert

　　我被带上一辆俄罗斯小型客车，开几个小时，穿过草原和半沙漠地区

　　until we came to this Buddhist shrine—(people) walk round this throwing cups of vodka onto this

　　直到我们到达了这个佛教圣殿——（人们）围着这个地方走，将一杯杯的伏特酒洒在这里

　　then you went off to have a big picnic

　　然后你离开去吃一个丰盛的野餐

　　but it was all locals—I was the only foreigner

　　但野餐的都是本地人——我是唯一的外国人

　　We went across these grasslands—but there were no proper roads

　　我们穿过这些草原——虽然都没有像样的大路

　　There were no fences, no proper roads—and you drive on tracks

　　也没有栅栏，没有正式的马路——你只得沿着小路开

　　The Mongolians—that’s how they do it!

　　蒙古人——他们就是这样做的！

　　Track Two

　　We flew—it would take the best part of three days to drive from Ulan Bator to Bayan Ulgil

　　我们坐飞机——从乌兰巴托坐车到巴彦乌列盖要花近3天

　　So,we flew—it was quite a fine flight—just a twin—prop plane—took about an hour and a half

　　所以，我们坐飞机——飞行旅途很棒——虽然只是一架双螺旋桨飞机——飞了一个半小时就带了

　　once you are there you are in another world

　　一旦你到了那里，就到了另一个世界

　　they are Kazakhs, not Mongolian—and it is a very strong Kazakh culture

　　他们是哈萨克人，不是蒙古人——非常浓郁的哈萨克族文化

　　we stayed in a ‘ger’ camp—it was excellent—but it was basic

　　我们住在一个蒙古包里——非常好——但里面的设施很简单

　　Eagle Festival—what was going on?

　　猎鹰节——是个什么情况？

　　It was over two days—it began with a big parade and registration of the participants

　　大约持续两天多一点——以大游行开场，参与者开始注册登记

　　there were 92 participants—the oldest was 87, the youngest 9

　　有92名参与者——最老的87岁，最小的才9岁

　　there was a very young woman, 10 or 11 years of age—she interestingly enough has just featured in a documentary called the ‘Eagle Huntress’

　　有一个非常年轻的女性，大约10岁或11岁——有趣的是，她就是前不久“女鹰猎人”纪录片的主角。

　　it is a matter of demonstrating their skills with the eagles—their relationship and bonding with the eagles

　　猎鹰节的精髓是展示训鹰技术—驯鹰人与猎鹰之间的那种深厚的联结。

　　there is a very high hill near the competition ground

　　在竞技场附近，有一座非常高的山

　　Eagles would be taken up to the top of the hill—a rider would come out

　　猎鹰会被带到山顶——然后骑手出现

　　he would call the eagle—and the eagle 300/400 metres away would swoop down from the hill and land on his or her arm

　　他会呼叫猎鹰——在300/400米远处的老鹰立即从山顶俯冲下来，落在他或她的手臂上

　　another sport was to drag a carcass of a goat behind a horse

　　另一个运动是在马后面拖着一只山羊的尸体

　　the rider's eagle would see the carcass and swoop on it, land on it

　　骑手的猎鹰会看到山羊尸体，并朝尸体俯冲下来，停在上面

　　A whole series of events around eagles—there was even a camel race which was pretty underwhelming

　　节日有一系列有关鹰的活动——甚至还有赛骆驼，非常震撼

　　The eagle side of it was really quite superb

　　不过关于鹰的那部分表演真是好看到绝了！