2005-03-04 00:55:18Bionic Cat

小小伊變猶太人遊大歐洲[廣播翻譯]

出處:http://www.hathawaymix.org/shelly/websites/elijah/production.htm

The three Lord of the Rings movies are among the most successful films of all time. The brilliantly-made epics have made huge stars of several of the actors involved, none more so than Elijah Wood, who plays the central character Frodo Baggins. The 23-year-old is undoubtedly the biggest celebrity to appear at this year's Karlovy Vary film festival, where sightings of the Lord of the Rings star caused great excitement, and his every move was accompanied by high security.
Elijah身為魔戒領銜演員,雖然來到Karlovy Vary影展當貴賓,他的舉手投足仍引起當地民眾的狂熱,所到之處都有高度警備。

Elijah Wood is currently based in Prague where he is making a film. We asked him to tell us more about what he was doing in the Czech capital. "Well it's my first time in the Czech Republic, my first time in Prague. It's been incredible; it's one of the privileges of being an actor, being able to live in different places to make films.
Elijah目前正在布拉格拍片,我們要他告訴我們更多他在布拉格的趣聞,他說「這是我第一次到捷克,也是第一次到布拉格,真是不可思議。這真是當演員最大的特權,你能飛到世界各地拍片。」

"I've been there for about five weeks now working on a movie called 'Everything is Illuminated', that Liev Schreiber has adapted and he's directing. It's based on a book that came out about two years ago, by a man named Jonathon Safran Foer. It's incredibly funny but also so touching and dramatic. It's a beautiful, beautiful story and I'm excited to be working on it."
「我已經在這呆了五週,在拍Everything is Illuminated”,由Live改編劇本跟導演。這是根據一本兩年前出版的小說,作者是Jonathon Safran Foer。劇情很爆笑,但是又令人感動,很有戲劇效果。是個很美很美的故事,我很高興能拍這部片。」

In the film, Elijah Wood plays a young Jewish American who goes to Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II. The countryside near Prague stands in for Ukraine in some parts of the movie, and for added authenticity the main character drives that icon of the East, a Trabant car. While few in the region remember the East German car with much nostalgia, Elijah Wood said he had grown fond of his 'Trabbie'.
在影片中,Elijah飾演一個年輕的猶太裔美國人,來到烏克蘭尋找曾在二次大戰救過他祖父的一個女人。他們以布拉格近郊當作烏克蘭來拍,為了增加可信度,他們還讓主角開一部東德老車Trabant。現在的東德年輕人已經不太懷舊了,Elijah卻開始愛上這部老爺車。

"Let me tell you we've been spending a lot of time in that car. I don't know if it's reliable enough to drive back home. It's good. I do have a fondness for that car, we do spend a lot of time in it.
「讓我告訴你,如果你再那部車裡呆太久會發生什麼事。我不知道那部車是否能讓我安全開回家,車況不錯,我是真的蠻喜歡那部車的,我們在車裡花了很多時間拍戲。」(難怪照片都是車…)

"It's funny, when Liev showed us the car for the first time he showed us with a bit of trepidation - 'look this is where you're going to be spending a lot of time in the movie, how unfortunate for you'. And I actually really love the car, it's a bit of a jalopy but it's got character."
「當時真好笑,當Live第一次讓我們看車時,他還有點害怕─”這就是你將來要待很久的地方,你真是不幸啊”而我真的很喜歡這部車,雖然老舊,但是有個性。」

With his trademark huge blue eyes, Elijah Wood is as striking looking in real life as he is in the Lord of the Rings. But the fact that he is so recognisable hasn't prevented him from getting out and about in the Czech capital. Here's what he said when Radio Prague asked him what he was doing in his free time.
Elijah的註冊商標就是大大的藍眼睛,他在現實生活中就跟魔戒裡一樣俊美。大是他實在太受歡迎了,大家都認得出來,所以他無法在捷克優游自如。接下來他會說說他休閒時都在做什麼。

"A lot of dinners, a lot of bars. There's a really great bar in Prague, an Irish pub that I've been frequenting. There are a few Irish people in the film so we go in there on Friday nights to wind down after the week of work.
「吃很多頓晚餐,跑很多間酒吧。布拉格有加酒吧真的很棒,是一間我很常去的愛爾蘭酒吧(譯註:現在知道我為什麼要翻這篇了吧,哈哈!將來當他的口譯一定要陪他好好喝一杯…)。因為影片中也有一些愛爾蘭人,所以我們周五夜晚會議起去酒吧消除一週的疲勞。(譯註:難怪他會去愛爾蘭Galway那種小鎮,原來是有愛爾蘭朋友啊…可惡!我還是好恨!!擦肩而過的惡夢啊~~)」

"I've done a bit of sightseeing, walking around the city. It's one of those cities where everywhere you turn it's so unbelievably gorgeous, so I've tried to walk around as much as I can. It's really wonderful, I just feel privileged to be here - it's great."
「我也參觀過一些地方,逛逛城市。布拉格是那種到處都有驚人美景的城市,我試著盡可能多走多看。這裡真的很棒,我覺得自己能到這兒實在太幸運了─太棒了。」
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後言:看來站長要好好跟從前的捷克室友保持聯絡了…小伊之前都在美國拍片,自從拍完魔戒後就開始往歐洲跑,先是去英國拍Hooligan,又到捷克拍Everything is Illuminated,而我當時人都在歐洲,真是靠到最高點&*^%*&^%…