冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第1061期:第五十章 布兰(7)

 　　That's a Brandon, the tall one with the dreamy face, he was Brandon the Shipwright¹, because he loved the sea. 那个个子很高，一副做梦模样的国王也叫布兰登，‘造船者’布兰登，他很喜欢海洋。

　　His tomb is empty. He tried to sail west across the Sunset Sea and was never seen again. 他的坟墓是空的，因为他乘船向西横渡落日之海，从此下落不明。

　　His son was Brandon the Burner, because he put the torch to all his father's ships in grief. 他的儿子是‘焚船者’布兰登，他在伤心之余，纵火烧掉了父亲所有的船只。

　　There's Rodrik Stark², who won Bear Island in a wrestling match and gave it to the Mormonts. 那个是罗德利克·史塔克，传说他在一场摔角比赛里赢得了熊岛，并把熊岛赠送给莫尔蒙家族。

　　And that's Torrhen Stark, the King Who Knelt. 那个就是‘降服王’托伦·史塔克，最后的北境之王，

　　He was the last King in the North and the first Lord of Winterfell, after he yielded to Aegon the Conqueror³. 第一个临冬城公爵，是他向征服者伊耿投降。

　　Oh, there, he's Cregan Stark. He fought with Prince Aemon once, and the Dragonknight said he'd never faced a finer swordsman." 噢，你看那边，他是克雷根·史塔克，曾经和伊蒙王子决斗，后来，龙骑士说这辈子再没碰上比他更优秀的剑手。”

　　They were almost at the end now, and Bran felt a sadness creeping over him. 他们几乎走到了末端，布兰只觉一阵哀伤涌上心头。

　　"And there's my grandfather, Lord Rickard, who was beheaded by Mad King Aerys. “那是我爷爷，瑞卡德公爵，他被‘疯王’伊里斯处死。

　　His daughter Lyanna and his son Brandon are in the tombs beside him. 他女儿莱安娜和他儿子布兰登就在他身旁的坟墓里。

　　Not me, another Brandon, my father's brother. 不是我，是另一个布兰登，我父亲的哥哥。

　　They're not supposed to have statues, that's only for the lords and the kings, but my father loved them so much he had them done." 他们原本不该有雕像的，那是公爵和国王才享有的荣耀，可父亲实在太爱他们，所以也为他们造了雕像。”

　　The maid's a fair one, Osha said. “这女孩很漂亮。”欧莎说。

　　Robert was betrothed⁴ to marry her, but Prince Rhaegar carried her off and raped⁵ her, Bran explained. “劳勃和她已经订了婚，雷加王子却把她强行掳走，并强暴了她。”布兰解释，

　　"Robert fought a war to win her back. “为了救她回来，劳勃挑起了一场战争，

　　He killed Rhaegar on the Trident with his hammer, but Lyanna died and he never got her back at all." 他在三叉戟河上用自己的战锤亲手杀了雷加，但莱安娜却已经死去，他最后还是来不及救她。”

1 shipwright   

n.造船工人

参考例句：

• His dream is to be a shipwright.他的梦想是成为一名造船者。
• The daughter of a shipwright in the Royal Navy,Elizabeth Marsh had her first sailing adventure as she travelled in her mother's womb from Jamaica to England in 1735.1735年在从牙买加开往英格兰的船上，伊莉莎白·马什，这位英国皇家海军部队造船匠的女儿在母亲的肚中经历了她第一次的航海远行。

2 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

3 conqueror   

n.征服者，胜利者

参考例句：

• We shall never yield to a conqueror.我们永远不会向征服者低头。
• They abandoned the city to the conqueror.他们把那个城市丢弃给征服者。

4 betrothed   

n. 已订婚者 动词betroth的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She is betrothed to John. 她同约翰订了婚。
• His daughter was betrothed to a teacher. 他的女儿同一个教师订了婚。

5 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句