我在一个安静的郊区小镇长大， I grew up in a quiet suburban town,
就在纽约北部。 just north of New York.
在特殊场合，我爸会带我去城里， On special occasions, my dad would take me into the city,
我们会去华尔道夫酒店或广场酒店吃甜点。 and we would go and get dessert at the Waldorf or the Plaza.
我喜欢看我们周围的人。 I loved watching the people around us.
他们的生活似乎很有趣。 They seemed to have interesting lives.
我想成为他们中的一员。 I wanted to be one of them.
我想写小说 I wanted to write novels
会说5种语言，还能旅游。 and speak 5 languages and travel.
我不想做一个普通人。 I didn't want to be ordinary.
我想要与众不同。 I wanted to be extraordinary.
那些记忆在去年强烈地回到我的脑海里 Those memories came storming back to me last year
当我来纽约拜访我最好的朋友的时候 when I came to visit my best friend in New York.
我本来要待几天的， I was only supposed to stay a few days,
然后返回伯克利， and then return to Berkeley,
我男朋友在那儿等我。 where my boyfriend was waiting on me.
但有些事情发生了变化。 But something shifted.
我想在纽约待一段时间。 I want to stay in New York for a while.
一段时间吗?你什么意思，一段时间? A while? What do you mean, a while?
你的学期怎么办？ What about your semester?
是的，但你看，就是这样。 Yeah, but see, that's just it.+
我不想再分析别人的作品了，卡尔。 I don't want to analyze other people's work anymore, Karl.
我想写作。 I want to write.
在纽约? In New York?
是的。 Yeah.
在纽约… In New York...
有抱负的作家不就是这么做的吗? Isn't that what aspiring writers did?
住在廉价公寓，在咖啡馆写作? Live in cheap apartments and write in cafés?
是的,我知道。 Yeah, I know.
但这正是我想要的! But it's what I wanted!
我老板说我们要实现无纸化了。 My boss says we're going paperless.
——所有的邮件。——嗯。 - All emails. - Hmm.
我快疯了，每个人都在写什么， It's driving me nuts, with everyone writing about nothing,
回答“谢谢”，或者更糟，“不客气”。 answering, "Thanks," or worse, "You're welcome."
我的同事给我发邮件问我什么时候吃午饭。 My colleague sends me emails to ask me when I'm having lunch.
我希望这只是一种逐渐消失的趋势。 I hope this is just a trend that will phase out.
我想念你的咆哮。 I miss your rants.
伯克利的每个人都很严肃 Everyone in Berkeley is so serious
喜欢慢跑，穿Tevas鞋。(Tevas 品牌) and into jogging and wearing Tevas.
该死的Tevas! Fucking Tevas!
我就像东海岸的一片乌云 I'm like this big cloud of East Coast irony
萦绕在南加利福尼亚。 haunting Southern California.
嗯, 把一切都化为灰烬。 Hmm, turning everything into ash.
——这就是我。——嗯! - That's me. - Mmm!
卡尔也有同感吗? Does Karl feel the same?
嗯，对他来说，情况并不一样, Um, it's not really the same for him,
因为他已经在那待了几年了 cause he's been there for a couple years,
学校把他当明星一样对待。 and the university sort of treats him like a star.
哦,好吧… Oh, well...
嘿,珍妮,嗯… Hey, Jenny, um...
我不知道具体要多久 I don't know exactly how long
我打算留在纽约。 I'm gonna be staying in New York.
别担心!你就当自己家好了。 Don't worry! Just keep making yourself at home.
吃任何东西。 Eat anything.
好的。 OK.
在伦敦大学学院攻读英语文学硕士学位。 MA in English literature, University College in London.
我想这会使你更有吸引力 I suppose that would make you more appealing
对一些出版商, to some publishers,
对大多数出版商来说则不然。 less to most.
你发表的诗歌吗? You published poetry?
是的，是的，在《巴黎评论》上 Yes, yes, in The Paris Review.
我刚赢了他们的学生竞赛。 I just won their student contest.
别写这个。 Leave that out.
出版商会避用想当作家的人。 Publishers avoid wannabe writers.
是哦，但我确实想当作家 Oh. That is what I wa-want to do, though.
总有一天啦。 Event-eventually.
噢！我知道了！别找出版商 Oh! I got it! Not a publisher.
找文学经纪公司如何？ How about a literary agency?
是的,太棒了! Yeah, great!
纽约最老牌的一家 The oldest in New York.
你会打字吗？ Do you type?
呃，我在七年级的时候学过打字。 Uh, I took typing in, um, 7th grade.
你当然不会打字。 Of course you don't type.
她会问你这件事，而你要说… She's gonna ask if you type, and you're gonna say...
当然会！ Yes!
每分钟60个字。 Sixty words a minute.
但是你会在打字机上打字吗？ But do you type on a typewriter?
这跟用电脑打字很不一样 It's very different from typing on one of those computers.
会。 Yes.
你喜欢读什么书? What do you like to read?
什么都喜欢。 Everything.
呃，卢瑞，汉密特，唐纳德·韦斯特莱克 Uh, Lurie, Hammet, Donald Westlake.
嗯… Hmm...
我刚读完《情感教育》 I just finished A Sentimental Education,
我非常喜欢它。 and I loved it.
它太现代了，让我惊艳。 It was so contemporary. I was amazed.
古斯塔夫·福楼拜…… Gustave Flaubert...
这样是很好 That's good,
但在这个领域， but to be in this field,
你得多看些活人的书 you'll need to read authors who are alive.
嗯…我爱福楼拜! Mmm... I love Flaubert!
我喜欢威斯雷克。他很好笑。 I like Westlake. He's funny.
你可以在圣诞节后来上班 I guess you can start after Christmas.
到时候再谈杰瑞的事 We'll talk about Jerry then.
啊,杰瑞! Ah, Jerry!
你肯定听说过他要么疯了，要么老了 I'm sure you've heard that he's crazy or senile
或是痛恨人类 or a misanthrope.
一派胡言，问题不是他 All lies. He's not the problem.
而是不断来电询问 It's these people who relentlessly call
他的地址，电话号码， for his address, his phone number,
要求跟他、甚至跟我联络的那些人 asking to be put in touch with him, or even with me!
记者，学生，大学院长，制片人。 Reporters, students, university deans, producers.
他们可能很有说服力、很会操控人 They can be persuasive, manipulative.
但你绝对不能泄露 But, you must never, ever
把他的地址给我。 give out his address.
你明白吗? Do you understand?
我明白了。 I understand.
很好。 Good.
记住，很多大学生都 Remember, there's no shortage of college graduates
想要这份工作的人。 who want this job.
要有加班的心理准备 Be prepared for long hours.
帕姆会给你钥匙的。 Pam will give you a key.
帕姆。好的。 Pam. OK.
谢谢你。 Thank you so much.
我真的非常荣幸和兴奋 I can't tell you how honored and thrilled I am.
荣幸就免了，兴奋倒是可以 No need to be honored.
激动,也许。玛格丽特很令人兴奋。 Thrilled, maybe. Margaret is pretty thrilling.
对了，我叫丹尼尔。 I'm Daniel, by the way.
她会在假期后，一月开始工作。 She'll be starting after the holidays, January.
杰里! That Jerry!
啊… Ah...
我当时还不懂什么是文学经纪公司 I didn't know yet what a literary agency was,
但我觉得我又更接近作家的世界了 but felt like I'd stepped closer
我即将被文学界的神人包围 to the world of writers.
和他们接触 I was to be surrounded by godlike literary names.
毫无疑问，势必会对我的文笔有所启发 No doubt, their proximity would inspire my own writing.
恭喜你找到了新工作。 Well, congratulations on your new job.
这是您的钥匙。 Here is your key.
别把它搞丢 Do not lose it.
我们期待你在1月8日早上8点准时到场。 We will expect you at 8:00 a.m. sharp, January 8.
我再也没回过伯克利 I never went back to Berkeley.
纽约即将成为我的新家, 写作是我的新生活， New York was to be my new home, writing, my new life,
还有份抢手的工作能付房租 with a coveted job to pay the rent.
——嗨!——嘿! - Hi! - Hey!
来…跟我们一起坐 Um... Hey! Come, come, come join us.
——嗨!-嗨，你好，马克。 - Hi! - Hi, hi, Mark.
-各位，这是乔安娜。——我是乔安娜。是的,你好! - Everyone, this is Joanna. - I'm Joanna. Yeah, hi!
这位是马克。这是丽莎。 And this is Mark. This is Lisa.
他们，他们刚刚订婚了 They, uh, they just got engaged
所以，我们要庆祝一下。 so, uh, we're celebrating.
哦,哇!哦我的天哪! Oh, wow! Oh my goodness!
恭喜你! Congratulations!
这是假的。 It's fake.
坐……坐……坐下来。 Sit... sit... sit down.
办公室很棒 The office is incredible.
感觉从1927年就没变过 It's like nothing's changed since 1927.
猜猜我老板的客户是谁？ And, um, guess who my boss represents.
——安妮·赖斯?——教皇。 - Anne Rice? - The Pope.
——托马斯·品钦。——J.D.塞林格。 - Thomas Pynchon. - J.D. Salinger.
-不会吧!-他还活着? - No way! - He's still alive?
是的,他是。 Yeah, he is.
他住在新罕布什尔州，基本上完全与世隔绝 He lives up in New Hampshire, in basically total isolation.
记者老是想在当地餐馆突袭他 Reporters are always trying to ambush him in the local diner
或是溜进他的住处 or try to sneak onto his property.
我喜欢《麦田里的守望者》 I love Catcher in the Rye.
《弗兰妮与祖伊》是我的最爱。 Franny and Zooey is my favorite.
我朋友凯特以前在他的出版社工作过。 My friend Kat used to work at his publisher's.
有天晚上，她工作到很晚， And, one night, she was working late,
凌晨1点那么晚 like, 1:00 a.m. late,
办公室里的电话突然响个不停 and the phone rings in the office and keeps ringing.
于是她接起电话 So she picks it up,
她听到有人在尖叫。 and she heard someone screaming.
（公共电话） 原稿没事 The manuscript is OK!
我没让原稿被火烧掉 I saved the manuscript from the fire!
塞林格吗? Salinger?
他的房子被烧毁了， His house had burned down,
他在半夜给我打电话， and he called in the middle of the night,
认定办公室会有人在 assuming someone would be at the office.
是不是很疯狂？ Isn't that crazy?
听说他还在写作，却不想出书 I read he still writes, but doesn't want to publish.
写作才让人成为作家 Writing makes you a writer.
出书是商业行为 Publishing is commerce.
这简直是一派胡言，唐! That is such a crock of shit, Don!
他想先发制人 This is some pre-emptive strike argument
以防他出不了小说 in case he never sells a novel,
如果你写得完的话 if you ever finish.
我会的，但今天的重点是乔安娜 I will, but today is about Joanna
还有她即将见识到的 and her crossing to the dark side
书商黑暗面 with the book merchants.
——干杯!——干杯! - Cheers! - Cheers!
谢谢! Thanks!
几天前我见过唐 I had met Don days earlier
他在一家社会主义书店兼职 in a socialist bookstore where he worked part time.
以前在这儿没见过你。 Haven't seen you around here before.
让我猜一猜。 Let me guess.
你是《纽约客》的实习生吗 You're an intern at The New Yorker?
除了对抗唯物主义和提高阶级意识 Besides fighting materialism and raising class awareness,
唐喜欢拳击、诺曼·梅勒，还有… Don was into boxing, Norman Mailer and...
是的，我在写小说。 Yeah, I'm writing a novel.
他对作家身份非常坦率 He was straightforward about being a writer.
我欣赏他的自信 I admired his confidence.
你知道巴拿马咖啡馆吗？ Do you know the Panama Café?
在A大道上，很多作家都会去那里 It's on Avenue A. It's kind of like a writers' hangout.
-我知道，那里有… I do, actually, yeah, they have...
诗歌朗诵。 Poetry readings.
爱情可遇不可求 Love is the one who's hard to find.
爱情将你的心思摸透 Love's the one who knows your mind.
爱情滋养你的灵魂 Love's the one who feeds your soul.
爱情让你惜如奇珍 Love's the one to have and hold.
但要如何将她留住？ But hold a minute. Hold how?
有上百种渴求可使她被拥护或困阻 There's a hundred hungry ways to hold her up or hold her down.
她是否仍有余裕应付？ Will she still be able to get around?
她是否能将阵地守住？ Will she be able to hold her ground?
于是她探向箱底 So she digs down deep to the bottom of the box
想找到当初的狐狸皮 to find the original hide of the fox.
而它就在那里… And it's there, all right.
你跑哪去了？ Where the hell were you?
今天不把草除好 Cut the goddamn grass today,
我就把你的车卖掉，知道吗？ or else I'm selling your K-car, you hear?
亲爱的塞林格先生, Dear Mr. Salinger,
我读了你的书《麦田里的守望者》 I read your book The Catcher In the Rye
3次。 3 times now.
希望您以这部杰作为荣 It's a masterpiece, and I hope you're proud of it.
您绝对该以它为荣 I mean, you certainly should be.
现在的人写的垃圾 Most of the crap that's written today
内容匮乏到让我反胃 is so uncompelling, it makes me sick.
没几个人写的东西 I mean, not too many people write anything
跟真诚一词沾得上边 that even approaches sincerity.
我不是说 And I don't mean to say
您的读者都能理解 that everyone who reads your book gets it,
不是的 not at all.
很多人都不懂 Lots of people don't.
我是说，我知道很多愚蠢的例子 I mean, I can give you plenty of idiotic examples,
但我不想说 but I won't.
这想法可能会让您发笑 You might be laughing out loud right now at the thought,
但我认为我懂 but I think I get it.
也许我不懂 Maybe I don't.
你好! Hello!
你来了啊 Well, you're here.
是的 I am!
我们知道你会打字，太棒了! We know you can type, hooray!
但你用过口述录音机吗？ But have you ever used a dictaphone?
别紧张 At ease.
一开始比较难， It can be tricky at first,
但你会上手的 but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.
播放，倒带，这些应该是控制速度的 Play, rewind, and I think those control speed.
休可以帮你 Hugh can help.
休…… Hugh...
你可以从这些开始。 You can get started with these.
这是我们的科技区 This is our technological area.
这些都很新 It is all very new.
你要用这部影印机来 This is the Xerox machine you'll use
复印我的信函。 to make copies of my correspondence.
按这个按钮就能复印了 I believe that is the button you press to make a copy.
她跟你说过 Did she give you her speech
关于数字时代弊端的演讲了吗？ about the evils of the digital age yet?
麦克斯，这是乔安娜，我的新助理。 Max, this is Joanna, my new assistant.
——你好,乔安娜!- 麦克斯。 - Hello, Joanna! - Max.
- 幸会 - 幸会 - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
嗯… Um...
所以，这里没有电脑？ So, there are no computers?
我们选择不用电脑 We choose not to use computers.
我看过它们运作 I've seen them in action.
它们只让人事倍功半，浪费时间 They just make more work for everyone, wasting time.
好了 All right.
如您所见，这里的环境很放松、和善 As you can see, we have a relaxed, cordial environment.
请你别穿连身工作服、球鞋 We ask that you don't wear dungarees, sneakers,
T恤、运动衫，尤其是连帽的 T-shirts, sweatshirts, especially the kind with hoods.
别穿露趾鞋 No open-toed shoes,
但女性绝对可以穿长裤 but it's perfectly fine to wear trousers if you're a woman,
夏天也不用穿丝袜 and no need to wear stockings in the summer.
露腿完全没问题 Bare legs are perfectly fine.
如果杰瑞打电话来，你就说 And if Jerry calls, you just say:
“好的，杰瑞，我会告诉我老板的。” "Yes, Jerry, I will let my boss know."
杰瑞·塞林格吗? Jerry Salinger?
当然是杰里·塞林格。 Well, of course, Jerry Salinger.
最重要的是，你绝对不能打给他 And above all, you never, ever call him.
我为什么要给杰里·塞林格打电话? Why would I call Jerry Salinger?
杰瑞不想听你有多爱 Jerry doesn't want to hear about
《麦田里的守望者》 how much you loved The Catcher in the Rye
也不想看你写的小说 And he doesn't want to read your stories.
-我没有小说 —很好。 - I don't have stories. - Good.
作家是最糟糕的助理 Writers make the worst assistants.
去忙吧 Get to work.
经营者特此授予 The proprietor hereby grants
出版商… to the publisher...
…自本协议签订之日起生效 ...starting from the date of this agreement.
经营者… The proprietor...
我是休。你一定是乔安娜。 I'm Hugh. You must be Joanna.
是的,你好!很高兴认识你。 Yes, hi! Nice to meet you.
如果你需要什么，尽管找我。 If you need anything, I'm right here.
我负责合约、法务、版权，有趣的事情。 I take care of contracts, legal, copyrights, the fun stuff.
塞林格的信件，粉丝来信。 Salinger's letters, fan mail.
你得用这些来回复 You need to answer them using these.
每种请求都有制式回应 There's one for each type of inquiry:
改编,自传, adaptation, autobiography,
签名,照片,访谈… autograph, photograph, interview...
名人拍卖。 celebrity auction.
“塞林格先生不希望收到读者的邮件。 "Mr. Salinger does not wish to receive mail from his readers.
因此，请恕我们无法转交您的信函。” Thus we cannot pass your kind note on to him."
1963年? 1963?
他在那年决定不再亲自回信 That's the year he stopped responding himself.
你得按照这些打字回信 You need to type the new one based exactly on this, verbatim.
一字不漏，不做更动 No change.
塞林格没收到他的信吗? So, Salinger doesn't get any of his mail?
没错，把它们送进碎纸机 Not one, you shred them in the shredder.
你还是要看这些信 You should always read them.
是的,没错。 Yes, indeed.
-以防万一。-以防万一。 - Just in case. - Just in case.
什么万一？ In case of what?
马克·大卫·查普曼那件事之后我们就特别小心了。 We've been extra careful since the Marc David Chapman thing.
约翰列侬的刺客。 John Lennon's assassin.
当警察到达达科塔时， When the police arrived at the Dakota,
他们发现查普曼平静地坐在人行道上 they found Chapman calmly sitting on the sidewalk
看《麦田里的守望者》 reading Catcher in the Rye.
在他的审判中, At his trial,
查普曼说他内心大部分很像霍尔顿·考尔菲德。 Chapman said that the big part of him was Holden Caulfield.
小部分则是… And the small part of him was...
恶魔 the devil.
查普曼给塞林格写信了吗? Did Chapman write to Salinger?
不知道，因为我们都把信丢掉 We'll never know, since we throw away the mail.
仔细看每一封信 Read everything thoroughly.
善用你的判断力 Use your judgment.
我经常想起霍顿。 I think about Holden a lot.
当我第一次想起他的时候， When I first think about him,
我都会傻笑，你知道… I get a stupid grin on my face, you know...
想着他是一个多么有趣的人。 thinking about what a funny guy he is and all.
但我接着就会无比沮丧 But then I usually get depressed as hell...
因为我只想到霍顿 'cause I only think about Holden
每当我情绪失控时 when I'm feeling very emotional, and...
我很容易激动。 I can get quite emotional.
“我会变得很情绪化。” "I can get quite emotional."
这个男生好诚恳 This boy is so earnest.
他明明就是个废柴 A major loser is what he is.
嘿!他不是! Hey! He is not!
他就是。 He is.
他很温柔 He's very sweet.
他有点搞笑， He's a little funny,
但他很贴心，也很在乎。 but he's sweet and he cares so much.
我不能回信告诉他 I can't send him a letter that says:
亲爱的孩子，塞林格先生对你没兴趣， "Dear kid, Mr. Salinger has no interest in you,
所以请滚开!” so please fuck off!"
看，这一封来自荷兰 Look, this one is from the Netherlands:
“我和我的妻子跟着霍顿的脚步走遍纽约” "Me and my wife traced Holden's steps around New York".
“你知道中央公园的鸭子” "Did you know that the ducks in Central Park
会在那里过冬吗？” stay through winter?"
天啊，他们真是一群强迫症怪胎! Oh my God, they're literally a bunch of obsessive freaks!
我还没读过《麦田里的守望者》 I haven't read Catcher in the Rye.
你在开玩笑吧。 You're kidding.
我没读过塞林格的书。 I haven't read any Salinger.
哇! Wow!
大家起码都看过《麦田里的守望者》 Everybody's read Catcher in the Rye. at the very least.
是啊，你可能会很失望 Yeah, well, at the risk of disappointing you,
我还有几个作家的书没看过 there are actually a few writers that I have yet to read.
嗯,我震惊了。 Well, I'm shocked.
嘿，看，这个女孩准备和他上床了。 Hey, look, this girl is ready to go to bed with him.
他都七十几了 He's 70-something.
别傻了 Don't be naive!
好的文学作品是一种强大的催情剂。 Good literature is a powerful aphrodisiac.
我少女时期没迷过塞林格 I never had that teenage Salinger moment.
我们在学校没看过《麦田里的守望者》 We never read Catcher in the Rye at school,
我后来对艰涩的写实小说产生兴趣 and later, I was interested in difficult, gritty fiction.
嘿,亲爱的! Hey, hon!
珍妮现在不在。 Uh, Jenny's not here right now.
哦!我在厨房。 Oh! I'll be in the kitchen.
我想象着塞林格的书 I imagined Salinger's books
会过于可爱、古怪而珍贵 to be insufferably cute, quirky and precious.
我不想被娱乐 I didn't want to be entertained.
我想被刺激 I wanted to be provoked.
每天早上! Every morning!
每天扛一堆原稿让我肩膀痛死了 My shoulder hurts from carrying all those manuscripts.
——嘿,乔安娜!——你好! - Hey, Joanna! - Hi!
哦!我在废稿堆替麦斯找到一个作家 Oh! I found a writer for Max out of the slush pile.
他的小说很棒 The stories are so good.
我昨晚看的，看完我都哭了。 I read them last night, and I was sobbing by the end.
-废稿堆是什么？ What's the slush pile?
-废稿堆？ The slush pile?
好吧，最让我们 OK, it's like the most amazing
又爱又恨的工作 and most horrible part of our job.
一整叠没人想看的手稿 The stacks of manuscripts nobody wants to read.
基本上就是自我推荐信 Basically, it's all the unsolicited query letters,
作者没门道，就直接联络经纪公司 people with no referral who write to agents cold.
废稿堆有99%是胡言乱语 The slush pile is, like, 99% crazy shit,
不过有些真的很好笑 though some of it is seriously hilarious.
但偶尔会挖到难得的宝藏 But very, very occasionally, you find something amazing.
你老板没让你看稿？ Your boss doesn't let you read?
我可以读手稿， I can read manuscripts,
如果这是你感兴趣的事情， should that be something that interests you,
我当然会用下班时间看 at home on my free time, of course!
手稿吗? Manuscripts?
不行 No.
标记错了 Tabs, wrong.
边缘宽度错了 Margins, wrong.
专有名词错了 Proper names, wrong.
全部都打错了 Really, everything wrong.
你今天可以开始重打 You can start re-typing today.
另外还有今天的口述 And here, as a bonus, is today's dictation.
好… That...
别想看稿的事 Forget about manuscripts.
你得把这些搞定 You need to get that right.
启动了吗？ Is it on?
哦,没有。 Uh, no.
如你所知，我向来认为电脑会增加工作 As you know, I believe that computers make work
而不是减少工作 rather than alleviate it,
但我同意在办公室装一个， but I agreed to install one in the office,
试试看，因为… on a trial basis, because...
这个黑色很典雅 It came in an elegant black.
因为休发现有人… Because Hugh discovered that people...
我不知道这些人是谁 I don't know who these people are
或者为什么他们没有更重要的东西 or why they don't have more important things
与他们的生活有关… to do with their lives...
但有人将塞林格的小说完整发布 but people have been publishing whole Salinger stories
在他们个人的网上。 on their personal e-webs.
网络日志 Web logs.
网络日志……荒谬极了! Web logs... Ridiculous!
这是公然侵犯版权， This is blatant copyright infringement,
我们必须扫荡互联网 and we're going to have to scour the World Wide Web
遏止这种事 to put an end to it.
这是这部电脑唯一的用途 And that is all the computer is to be used for.
抱歉打断你们，我只是经过而已 Sorry to interrupt. Just passing through.
不用大惊小怪 Don't mean to cause a fuss.
我们可以把它关掉了 We can turn it off now.
-已经关机了-很好 - Uh, it's already off. - OK, good.
它在照片上还有一件保护套 And maybe the little coat that goes over it.
我在照片上看到过。谢谢你,马克斯。 I've seen it in pictures. Thank you, Max.
恐怕我们没有…… I'm afraid we don't have a...
有几百个或几千个像我们这样的人，都是女生 There were hundreds of us, thousands maybe, all girls,
在文学经纪公司或出版社工作 working at literary agencies or publishing houses.
我们帮老板接电话 We answered calls for our bosses,
招呼作家、帮他们倒水 ushered in the writers, fetched them water...
从不掩饰我们也想成为作家 never belying the fact that we wanted to be writers ourselves.
我们悄悄谈论那些幸运儿 We whispered about the lucky ones,
那些有老板培育的人 the ones who were mentored by their bosses,
可以承接书或客户的人 who were allowed to take on books or clients,
打破成规、一展长才的人 the ones who broke the rules to show initiative...
野心够强大的人 ...the ones who wanted it badly enough.
请见两份 Please find two copies
与圣马丁出版社的合约… of the contract with St. Martin publishing.
面对现实吧，我就是个秘书 Let's face it. I was a secretary.
喂? Hello?
你好?喂? Hello? Hello?
喂? Hello?
你是哪位？我是杰里 Speaking to? It's Jerry.
你好,塞林格先生! Hello, Mr. Salinger!
你是谁？ Who is this?
这是乔安娜。 This is Joanna.
-谁？ Who?
我…我是乔安娜。 I... I'm Joanna.
我…我是玛格丽特的新助理。 I'm... I'm Margaret's new assistant.
哦，玛格丽特的新助理 Oh, Margaret's new assistant!
幸会，苏珊娜 Nice to meet you, Suzanna.
你喜欢这份新工作吗？ How do you like your job?
非常喜欢 I love it!
很好，我有事要找你老板 Good to hear. I'm calling to speak to your boss.
很不幸，她现在刚好不在 Unfortunately, she's not in right now.
嗯，我能给她留言吗? Um, can I leave her a message?
不用了，我晚点再打来 Oh, no, I'll call back.
好吧,你一定有很多事要忙 Well, I'm sure you have a lot of work.
能跟你讲到话真好，苏珊娜 It was very nice talking to you, Suzanna.
我期待与你见面 I'm looking forward to meeting you in person.
我也是 You too.
祝你今天顺心 Have a great day!
再见! Goodbye!
我从来不说“祝你今天顺心”的 I never say: "Have a great day."
是杰里？ Jerry?
他聋了，打仗时被炸聋的 He's deaf. An explosion during the war.
她刚刚离开吗? She just left?
是的。 Yes.
最你最好跟她说 Better go tell her.
快一点 Quicker.
玛格丽特! Margaret!
不好意思打扰两位 Sorry! I'm sorry to disturb you.
刚刚有… You just got a call from...
有客户打来找你 Your client just called.
我不知道是哪一个！ I wonder which one!
我得接这通电话 I have to take this.
去吧，我会在餐厅等你 Go ahead, Books. I'll wait for you at the restaurant.
你这么做是对的 You did the right thing.
塞林格想要出版一本书。 Salinger wants to publish a book.
媒体会抓狂的 The press is gonna go nuts.
不能让任何媒体知道 No press. No one must know.
这是我们的工作。 That's our job.
所以他确实在写作 So it's true. He's been writing.
不，这是旧作，《哈普沃思》（加拿大地名） Well, no, it's an old story, Hapworth.
出版商克利福德·布拉德伯里 A publisher, Clifford Bradbury,
想将它独立出书 approached him to publish it as a stand-alone book.
他已经考虑八年了 He has been thinking about it for 8 years.
出版商是1988年写信给他的 The publisher wrote to him back in '88.
杰里很欣赏对方用打字机写信 Jerry liked the fact that he wrote on a typewriter.
他怎么知道杰瑞的地址的? How did he get Jerry's address?
他把它寄给了J.D.塞林格 He addressed it to J.D. Salinger,
新罕布什尔州康沃尔。 Cornish, New Hampshire.
邮差把信送到了 Postman delivered it!
真聪明 That's brilliant.
等等，等等，玛格丽特。 Wait, wait, wait, Margaret.
这是什么样的出版商? What kind of publisher is this?
不可能是小布朗或其他大公司 It can't be Little, Brown or any major house.
他们会直接打电话给你的。 They would have just called you.
哦,男孩!你会喜欢的，麦克斯。 Oh boy! You're gonna love this, Max.
是维吉尼亚州的小出版社 It is a tiny press in Virginia.
算是一人公司吧，梅里戈尔德出版社。 Kind of a one-man operation: Merrygold Press.
是梅里贝出版社吗？ Merrybells Press?
是的,没错。你知道他们? Yes, that's it. You know them?
他们出版诗集，有几个诗人还不错 They publish poetry, and I like few of their poets.
开什么玩笑？ Are you fucking kidding me?
一人出版社想出版 A one-man press is going to publish
塞林格三十年来的 the first book from Salinger
第一本书？ in 3 decades?
太扯了 That's fucked.
出版塞林格的书可不像 Publishing Salinger is different
出版诗集。 than publishing poetry.
谢谢你！ Thank you.
显然，我们必须小心行事。 Obviously, we have to proceed carefully.
尽我们所能找出关于克利福德·布拉德伯里的一切。 Find out everything we can about this Clifford Bradbury.
我会打电话给他。 I'll call him.
我不会提到塞林格了 I won't mention Salinger,
我会跟他要书目和样本来留底 and I'll ask for his catalogue and a sample for our records.
好主意 Good thinking.
休，拿《纽约客》的合约给我看 Hugh, get me the contract with The New Yorker, please.
《哈普华兹》是什么? What's Hapworth?
1965年在《纽约客》上发表的短篇 It was published in The New Yorker in '65.
几乎占满整本杂志 Took up almost the whole magazine.
-让我看看。-那时候很常见。 - Let me see. - Pretty common in those days.
《君子杂志》做过，《柯梦波丹》也是 Esquire did it, Cosmo.
我就是这样开始的。帮杂志买小说 That's where I got my start. Buying stories for a magazine.
帮《柯梦波丹》？ For Cosmo?
《花花公子》 For Playboy.
你怎么会帮《花花公子》做事？ How did you end up working for Playboy?
我们聊够了，乔安娜。回去工作吧 Enough chit-chat, Joanna. Back to work.
嗨！你是克利福德·布拉德伯里吗? Hi! Is this Clifford Bradbury?
嗨！我是乔安娜·拉科夫。 Hi! This is Joanna Rakoff.
我在A & F文学经纪公司工作 I work for A & F Literary Management.
经纪人的职责 The job of an agent
是帮客户找机会 is to open up opportunities for their clients.
但是当谈到塞林格的时候，状况完全相反 But when it came to Salinger, the logic was reversed.
我们必须替他挡住外界 We had to shield him from the outside world,
维护他身为神秘隐士的声誉 bolstering his reputation as a complicated recluse.
是的,谢谢你。 Yeah, thank you.
但出版《哈普华兹》 But publishing Hapworth
会引来很多关注 was going to get a lot of attention.
没人知道他为何改变心意 Nobody understood his change of heart.
晚安,杰里。 Night, Jerry.
我觉得我可能知道 Maybe, I thought, I understood.
也许他意识到他想要的 Maybe he realized that what he wanted
并不是他真心想要的 wasn't what he wanted at all.
我说:“你是认真的吗?” I was like: "Are you serious?"
她就像: She was like:
“是的，他绝对是来我梦里看我的。” "Yeah, he's totally visiting me in my dreams.
我想他有话要告诉我。” I think he has a message for me."
我朝两边看了看，看有没有人听见 And I looked to either side of me to see if anyone heard.
你在写什么? What are you writing?
写一首很糟糕的诗。 Writing a very bad poem.
听着，布瑞特和我聊过，然后… Listen, Bret and I were talking, and...
这样吧... Look...
你第一次回到纽约的时候， When you first got back to New York,
我说你可以留下来， and I said that you could stay here,
说实话，我以为你会和卡尔一起回伯克利。 to be honest, I thought you'd go back to Berkeley with Karl.
你要赶我走？ You're kicking me out?
不,不是啦… No, like...
你能来我很高兴，如果你愿意，你可以留下， I'm happy to have you here, and you can stay if you want,
但你打算怎么做? but what did you plan on doing?
你有什么选择? What are your options?
哦!啊! Oh! Ah!
我们给公寓消毒了 We disinfected the apartment.
因为之前那个人有7只猫。 'Cause the man before had 7 cats.
但是像你们这样的年轻夫妇 But young married couple like you
会把公寓照顾得比较好，是吧? take better care of it, yeah?
我们没结婚 We're not married.
隔壁的那个男人， The man next door,
如果你需要，可以帮你们处理一些小事。 he takes care of little things if you need.
他是墨西哥人。爱喝酒。 He's Mexican. He drinks.
但是他工作很努力。 But he works hard.
嗯,多少钱? Uh, how much?
560美元。 $560.
我们会考虑的! We'll think about it!
不，我们要这个。 No, we'll take it.
哦!好交易! Oh! Good deal!
你是犹太人,是吗? You're Jewish, yeah?
——我吗?——嗯? - Me? - Mmm?
不是。 No.
我喜欢，很负责任。 I like, very responsible.
——嗯。-按时支付工资。 - Hmm. - Pay on time.
呃，我们签个字吧。 Uh, let's sign the paper.
租约要在她的名下 The lease is gonna be under her name.
什么? Hmm?
给我们自己一天时间好好想想。 Could have just given ourselves a day to think about it.
不，这是纽约，小姐，大时代! No, this is New York City, young lady, the big time!
我每周只能挣300美元。 I barely make $300 a week.
不，等等，我们平分房租，布巴。 No, wait, we split the rent, Buba.
我付我那一半。 I'm gonna pay my half.
我只是…我只是要避开征信调查 I just... I just have to avoid the credit check.
我来处理家具，好吗? Look, I'll take care of the furniture, all right?
那里没有水槽 There's no sink.
什么? What?
厨房里没有水槽 There's no sink in the kitchen.
我就知道公寓有点不对劲。 I knew something was off about the apartment.
但一时说不上来 I couldn't put my finger on it.
厨房里没有水槽 There's no kitchen sink.
我们刚签了一间没有水槽的公寓的租约! We just signed a lease for an apartment with no sink!
我们可以用浴缸洗碗. Well, we can do the dishes in the bathtub.
没什么啦 It's no big deal.
那里有浴缸，相信我 There's a tub. Trust me.
嘿,老兄!你要来吗? Hey, man! You coming?
女士们,先生们… Ladies and gentlemen...
亲爱的塞林格先生，请原谅我的英语不好。 Dear Mr. Salinger, please forgive my bad English.
我常在晚上工作 I work much at night,
我喜欢它，因为可以少跟人交谈 and I like it because I don't have to talk to people so much.
我有很多心事，就像霍尔顿·考尔菲德一样。 My heart is troubled, just like Holden Caulfield.
霍顿就像我的祖父，你知道的，一个言出必行的人。 Holden is like my grandfather, you know, a no-bullshit man.
他教会了我很多关于人性的东西。 He taught me a lot about human nature.
他警告我说，大多数人都会让我失望。 He warned me I would be disappointed by most people.
我们会深感荣幸 We would be very honored
若你明年愿意参加我们的毕业典礼 if you would serve as our commencement reader next year.
当然，我们会为您提供住宿 We would, of course, provide you with accommodation
在一家舒适的旅馆 in a very fine inn,
我知道你的隐私对你来说很重要 where your privacy, which I know is important to you,
也会予以尊重 would be scrupulously respected.
钓鱼对我很有帮助 The fishing helps me.
能让我不去想我的恶梦 A nice refuge from my nightmares.
越南战争已经过去27年了。 It's been 27 years since Vietnam.
恶梦却越来越严重 They just keep getting worse.
看到你死去的朋友 You know, seeing your dead friends
肚破肠流的… having their guts ripped out...
我相信你肯定也做过类似的梦， Well, I'm sure you must have similar type dreams,
毕竟你也打过仗… being a veteran who...
“…不愿收到读者的信” "...does not wish to receive mail from his readers.
“请恕我们无法转交您的信函” "Thus, we cannot pass along your kind note to him.
我们非常感谢你对塞林格先生的书的兴趣 We thank you for your interest in Mr. Salinger's book."
我女儿死于白血病。 My daughter died from leukemia.
她是一位有才华的年轻作家。 She was a talented young writer.
为了纪念她，我创办了一家小型文学杂志， I'm founding a small literary magazine in her memory,
请允许我称它为“香蕉鱼”， and I'd like permission to call it Bananafish,
因为塞林格是她的最爱… as Salinger was her fav...
书名不受版权保护 Titles can't be copyrighted.
我可以写一本小说 I could write a novel
如果我愿意，就把它叫做《了不起的盖茨比》吧。 and call it The Great Gatsby if I wanted to.
所以，是的，她可以叫她的杂志《香蕉鱼》 So, yes, she can call her magazine Bananafish.
太棒了! Great!
但是公司不能给她建议。 But the agency can't advise her.
我们向来… As always...
真的吗? Really?
是的!我告诉你这些只是为了启发你。 Yep! I'm just telling you this for your own edification.
寄出制式回复，把信碎掉 Send the form letter and finish shredding.
这是荒谬的! That's absurd!
当然，你是对的。 Well, of course, you're right.
她会冲我大喊大叫的 She's gonna start yelling at me
她一挂断电话。 the minute she's off the phone.
很高兴和你聊天，杰里，一如既往。再见! A pleasure to talk to you, Jerry, as always. Goodbye!
废话连篇！ Crap sandwich!
——休!-什么事？ - Hugh! - Yes?
塞林格的合同准备好了吗? Do you have the Salinger contract ready?
是的,差不多了。 Yes, almost there.
让帕姆打电话给信使 Ask Pam to call a messenger
所以我们可以在6点前把它送到《纽约客》。 so we can get it over to The New Yorker before 6:00.
《纽约客》? The New Yorker?
是的。 Yes.
我亲自送过去比较好吧？ Probably best if I just bring it myself then, no?
我从小看《纽约客》长大 I grew up reading The New Yorker,
这是受我爸的影响 following my father's ritual.
他会先看影评 He would start with the movie reviews,
再看“城中话题” and then turn to "The Talk of the Town,"
接着再看专题 and then the features.
在大学里，每个人都喜欢《纽约客》。 In college, everyone was into The New Yorker.
嗨！ Hi!
我老板要我确保这封信马上送到。 My boss wanted me to make sure this was delivered right away.
谢谢你！ Thank you!
还有别的事吗？ Can I help you with something else?
不。不! No. No!
不，不，就这些，谢谢。 No, no, that was it, thanks.
我在阿尔冈昆酒店给他端马提尼。 I was at the Algonquin serving him a martini.
不管怎样，我用我的《柯梦波丹》 ID进入房间。 Anyway, I used my Cosmo ID to get in the room.
我认得那个经纪人，他不认得我 I recognized the agent. He did not recognize me.
我们整晚都在谈论威廉的惨死 And we spent the evening talking about William's tragic death
跟经纪公司 and the agency.
然后呢? And?
我丢了Cosmo的工作 And I lost my job at Cosmo
因为第二天早上没来。 for not showing up the next morning.
但我保留了他的名片 But I kept the man's card,
一年后，我打到经纪公司找他… and a year later, I gave him a call at the agency...
嗨…… Hi...
…他雇了我。 ...and he hired me.
剩下的你们都知道了。乔安娜，怎么了? And the rest is history. Joanna, what is it?
-出什么事了吗?——没有。 - Is something wrong? - No.
她从旁边走过，看上去又冷又饿，又孤苦伶仃。 She was walking by, looking cold and hungry and forlorn.
我邀请她进来。乔安娜,请坐。 I invited her in. Joanna, please sit.
我不想打断你们。 I don't want to interrupt.
别傻了。这是我妻子海伦。 Don't be silly. This is my wife, Helen.
很高兴认识你。 Nice to meet you.
我们只是在回忆， We were just reminiscing,
聊“失落的一代”的八卦 telling tales about the lost generation:
海明威,菲茨杰拉德。 Hemingway, Fitzgerald.
你知道菲茨杰拉德的代理公司吗? Do you know the agency represented Fitzgerald?
是的，还有迪伦·托马斯， Yes, and Dylan Thomas,
兰斯顿·休斯，阿加莎·克里斯蒂。 Langston Hughes, Agatha Christie.
你一定读过他们所有的作品了? And you've read all their work, of course?
然而，我的老板建议我 I have, however, my boss suggests
多读活着的作家。 that I read writers that are alive.
说到活着的作家， Speaking of living writers,
你认识瑞秋·卡斯克吗? are you familiar with Rachel Cusk?
别上当，乔安娜。 Don't take the bait, Joanna.
不,我知道。是的，知道！ No, I am. Yes, I am, I am!
嗯，她的第一部小说《拯救艾格尼丝》非常成功。 Uh, her first novel, Saving Agnes, was huge.
我想它赢得了惠特布莱德奖。 It won the Whitbread, I think.
我在伦敦认识的每个人都在读这本书。 And everyone that I knew in London was reading it.
基本上，我们简直爱死了。或者是……我爱死了啦。 It was our lives, basically. Or it was... it was my... my life.
内容在讲什么？ What is it about?
嗯… Um...
它是一个关于成长的故事。 Well, it's a coming-of-age tale, definitely.
我想是关于 I guess it's about the ways in which
女人需要克服对自己身体的自我厌恶。 women need to get over this self-loathing of their bodies.
我倒觉得是关于父权思想 I'd say it's more about how the patriarchy
如何把僵化和可怕的女性观念强加在 imposes rigid and terrifying ideas of femininity
年轻女性身上 onto young women,
那是如何使他们麻痹，剥夺她们的尊严。 how that paralyzes them and strips them of their dignity.
我不知道。我觉得说教意味没那么强烈 I don't know. It doesn't feel quite that didactic to me.
这是一本非常内省的小说。 It's a very introspective novel.
读起来不像是社会评论。 It doesn't really read like social commentary.
好的。乔安娜，这是瑞秋·卡斯克。 OK. Joanna, meet Rachel Cusk.
你好。 Hello.
不,不。我很抱歉。 No, no. I'm so sorry.
没关系。很高兴认识你。 It's OK. It's lovely to meet you.
你也是小说家? You're a novelist yourself?
乔安娜是我的助手。我不雇作家。 Joanna is my assistant. I don't hire writers.
-我很挑剔的。——真的吗? - I'm very particular about it. - Really?
我想所有的出版助理 I thought all publishing assistants
在他们的书桌上写小说。 were writing novels at their desks.
如果你能在你的书桌上写一本小说 If you can write a novel at your desk
给玛格丽特这样的暴君倒咖啡，祝你好运。 while getting coffee for a tyrant like Margaret, good luck.
你真的得热爱写作 You really have to love it.
你对写作的渴望得超越一切 You have to want it more than anything in the entire world,
超越男朋友 more than a boyfriend
或者一个装满漂亮衣服的衣橱 or a closet full of pretty dresses
或是人人称羡的好工作 or a fancy job that makes everyone jealous.
你得坦然拒绝 You need to be OK with saying no
当你被邀请参加聚会的时候。 when you're invited to a party.
更要坦然接受 And you really need to be OK
老爸老妈讨厌你 with your mother and father hating you!
乔安娜，你还有打字工作要做吧？ Joanna, don't you have dictation to finish?
是的 Yes, I do.
玛格丽特…… Margaret...
那些圣马丁的合同备忘录 Those St. Martin's contract memos
必须马上发出去。 need to go out immediately.
好的，很高兴认识各位，谢谢 Absolutely. It was nice to meet you. Thank you.
——再见!——再见,乔安娜! - Bye! - Goodbye, Joanna!
很高兴认识你。 Lovely to meet you.
啊! Ah!
嗨！ Hi!
你有一封信， You got a letter,
你高中时的恋人，卡尔。 from your high school sweetheart, Karl.
他知道我们的事吗? Does he know about us?
是的，我肯定提过。 Yeah, I'm sure I mentioned it.
乔安娜，你和他分手了吗? Joanna, did you break up with him?
明确的分手 Like a proper break up:
亲爱的卡尔，不是你的问题，是我的问题。 "Dear Karl, it's not you, it's me.
我很抱歉。一切都结束了。” I'm sorry. It's over."
你知道的，正常的分手？ You know, the normal stuff?
我们三个月没说过话了。 We haven't talked in 3 months.
他也知道我不会回加州了。 And he knows that I'm not going back to California.
嗯… Um...
你跟房东太太讲过暖气的事吗？ Did you talk to the landlady about the heating?
“你们怎么会需要暖气？” "Why do you need a heater?
你的爱应该让你温暖。” Your love should keep you warm."
我本来希望你会找空档回信 I was hoping you might find the time to write back,
但我敢打赌你一定收到了很多信。 but I bet you must be getting a lot of letters.
但我想再写一次，如果你不介意的话， But I feel like writing again, if you don't mind me doing so,
因为，嗯，我忧郁到不行。 'cause, um, well, I feel depressed as hell.
我觉得这是诚实的做法。 And I figured it was the honest thing do.
文学界中，只有你的人物 Your characters are the only ones in literature
真的像我 who are truly like me.
我的意思是，他们会采取行动。 I mean, they take action.
而不是呆坐着想自杀的事 They don't sit around contemplating suicide.
他们拿起枪，朝自己的头开枪。 They pick up a gun and they shoot themselves in the head.
他在挑战杰里。 He's challenging Jerry.
这是游戏，而你上当了 It's a game, and you're falling for it.
我觉得这个男生值得适当的回应， I feel this boy just deserves a proper response,
而不是平常那些谎言 not our usual bullshit.
谎言？ Bullshit?
同情心影响了你的判断力。 You are confusing judgment with empathy.
我看过几百封类似的信。 I have read hundreds of letters just like this one.
有时确实难以承受，但把你的工作做好。 It can get overwhelming, but just do your job.
你把我的信发给塞林格先生了吗? Did you send my letter to Mr. Salinger?
你把我的信寄给塞林格了吗? Did you send my letter to Salinger?
你没权利扣住我的信! You have no right to keep my letter!
你不能看别人的邮件! You can't read other people's mail!
起码跟我确认一下。 I was at least expecting a confirmation.
亲爱的塞林格先生，我讨厌学校， Dear Mr. Salinger, I hate school,
尤其是英文课 especially English class.
《麦田里的守望者》是我唯一喜欢的书 Catcher in the Rye is the only book I liked.
我老师打算把我挂科 My teacher is going to make me flunk.
她说我必须留级， She says I'll have to repeat my year,
那会非常难堪 and that's gonna be so embarrassing.
我只好问她要怎么补救 So I asked her: "What can I do?"
“给J.D.塞林格写封信，”她告诉我 "Write a letter to J.D. Salinger," she told me,
“好好写，他才会回信” "and make it so good that he'll write back.
“如果他回信，我就给你A” If he writes back, I'll give you an A."
拜托你回信，我才能拿到A Please write back so I can get an A.
“靠诡计得到的A” "An A earned by trickery
毫无意义 "means absolutely nothing.
“你很快就会发现，论及年轻女性成功时” "You'll soon find out that young women
常面临双重标准 "are often held to double standards
在成功方面 when it comes to success."
你需要向你自己和你的同伴证明 "You need to prove to yourself and to your peers
你不需要特殊待遇 "that you do not need special treatment.
“若你想要A或是及格成绩， "If you desire an A or a passing grade,
你必须把作业完成” "you must do the work assigned to you.
"如果你想继承霍尔顿的精神， "And if you want to uphold the spirit of Holden,
就别太在意别人的看法” "try not to care too much about how people judge you.
"这可能意味着你要更谦虚， "This might mean being more humble,
但也只有这个办法了” "but it's the only way.
乔安娜·拉科夫敬上” Sincerely, Joanna Rakoff."
你已经成为塞林格的专家了。 You've become quite the expert in what Salinger would say.
“如果你想继承霍尔顿的精神……” "If you want to uphold the spirit of Holden..."
你读过《麦田里的守望者》了吗? Have you read Catcher yet?
你没有! You haven't!
难以置信! Unbelievable!
布雷特被凯斯西储大学录取了。 Bret got accepted at Case Western.
我以为他要去布鲁克林法学院。 Thought he was going to Brooklyn Law.
他来自中西部。他很怀念那里，你知道吗? He's from the Midwest. He misses it, you know?
所以你会一直待在这里直到他结束吗? So you'll stay here until he's done?
当然不是。我要和他一起去。 Of course not. I'm going with him.
我们订婚了,还记得吗? We're engaged, remember?
嘿,你要搬走？ Hey, you're moving?
我…我以为你喜欢你的工作? I... I thought you loved your work?
是啊!但是克利夫兰是一个很酷的城市。 I do! But Cleveland is a cool city.
我们已经在夏克高地找房子了。 We're already looking for a place in Shaker Heights.
哇，郊区耶！ Wow! The suburbs!
你最近一直在写作吗? Have you been writing lately?
我已经不写了。 I don't really write anymore.
我知道我们曾经说过我们想成为作家， I know we used to say that we wanted to become writers,
但那更适合你。 but that was more your thing.
我已经长大了。 I kind of grew out of it.
你讲得好像那是青少年说梦一样 You make it sound like a teenage phase.
难道不是吗？ Isn't that what it was?
我不明白你的意思。 I don't understand.
你会为了布雷特的项目放弃一切吗? You'll drop everything for Bret's project?
噢,乔安娜,别说了! Whoa, Joanna, stop!
我不想当作家。 I don't want to be a writer.
你一直说你想写作 You keep saying you wanna write,
但你成天为其他作家做事 but you work long hours for other writers
唐却在家写他的小说 while Don is at home writing his novel.
哦，我们都写作。 Oh, we both write.
也支持彼此的工作。 And we're supportive of each other's work.
那我真为你们高兴! Well, then I'm happy for you guys!
请你也替我高兴。 Please be happy for me.
我很抱歉。 I'm sorry.
嗯… Um...
不如我们去华尔道夫饭店吃甜点吧? Why don't we go to the Waldorf and eat dessert?
哈!我要12美元的芝士蛋糕。 Ha! I'll have the $12 cheesecake.
也许我们可以在我老板的马提尼午餐之类的去见她。 Maybe we'll catch my boss on her martini lunch or something.
我得回去工作了。 Gotta get back to work.
-合你的口味吗？——是的。谢谢你！ - Everything to your liking? - Yes. Thank you.
要我帮你叫辆出租车吗? May I get you a cab?
哦，今天天气真好。我想我会走着去。 Oh, it's such a nice day. I think I'll walk.
天气很棒，好好享受 It is a beautiful day. You enjoy it.
谢谢! Thanks!
喂？ Hello?
你好,苏珊娜!你今天还好吗？ Hello, Suzanna! How are you today?
我…我很好。你呢?康沃尔的天气怎么样？ I'm... I'm great. How are you? How's the weather in Cornish?
非常舒适。告诉我一些事，苏珊娜。 It's very pleasant. Uh, tell me something, Suzanna.
我在看那些书， I was looking at those books
是克利福德在弗吉尼亚的梅里贝尔斯出版社写的。 from this fellow Clifford in Virginia, Merrybells Press.
是 Yes...
你觉得它们如何？ What do you think of them?
嗯… Um...
老实说，我觉得这个设计不怎么样。 Honestly, I think the design isn't great.
我觉得他们雇个设计师会很有好处。 I think they'd really benefit from hiring a designer.
但说到书本身， Uh, but as far as the books themselves,
我只读了几本。 I've only read a few.
不过我确实喜欢他们出版的其中几个诗人。 I do like some of the poets they publish, though.
噢，你会看诗集啊？ Oh, you read poetry?
我喜欢，是的，经常看！ I do, yes, a lot!
但是你自己写诗吗？ But do you write poetry yourself?
会! I do!
很高兴听到你这么说 Well, I'm very glad to hear that.
诗歌是心灵的食粮 Poetry is food for the soul.
永远别忘记 Never forget that,
呃,苏珊娜。 uh, Suzanna.
灵魂的粮食。我懂了! Food for the soul. I've got it!
嗯，苏珊娜，每天写作是很重要的 Uh, Suzanna, it's important to write everyday.
你明白了吗? You know that?
我会记住的。 I'll keep that in mind.
杰里想见见克利福德。 Jerry wants to meet Clifford.
天啊! Gosh!
我们得找个隐蔽的地方。 We have to find somewhere discreet.
好吧，不会的。 Well, it won't be.
杰里周三要开车去华盛顿。 Jerry's driving down to Washington on Wednesday.
他们要在乔治城大学的自助餐厅见面。 They're meeting in a cafeteria at Georgetown University.
太糟糕了！太糟糕了！ That's awful! Awful!
我们能相信这个叫克利福德的家伙吗? Uh, do we trust this Clifford fellow?
我不知道。 I don't know.
所以，我们假设他不会通知《华盛顿邮报》 So, we're presuming he's not gonna tip off The Post
世界上最隐居的作家， that the world's most reclusive writer,
他几乎不出家门 who barely leaves his home,
已经几十年没接受过采访了， who hasn't given an interview in decades,
周三会吃午饭 will be having lunch
在乔治城大学? at Georgetown University on Wednesday?
是的。 Yeah.
你跟杰里提过这种可能性吗? You have mentioned this possibility to Jerry?
我没有。杰里把克利福德当成朋友。 I have not. Jerry thinks of Clifford as a pal.
如果我说他的坏话， If I say anything negative about him,
杰里会不高兴的。 Jerry will not take it kindly.
就这样。回去工作吧。 That's it. Back to work.
乔安娜，说说你对这个的看法。 Oh, Joanna, tell me what you think of this.
朱迪·布鲁姆? Judy Blume?
你听说过她吗? You've heard of her?
当然听过! Of course I have!
我小时候读过她所有的书。 I read all of her books as a kid.
我爱她，每个人都喜欢她。 I love her. Everyone loves her.
她以前是我前辈克莱尔的客户。 She was a client of my predecessor, Claire.
她很久没写书了。 She's not written a book in a long time.
你读过朱迪·布鲁姆的书吗? Have you ever read Judy Blume?
不。我不看儿童文学。 No. I don't read children's literature.
可是它们很好看! But they're so wonderful!
我敢肯定!克莱尔的品味无可挑剔。 I'm sure! Claire had impeccable taste.
你想出去吗? You wanna go out?
我们破产了。 We're broke.
所以呢?我们一起喝啤酒。 So? We'll split a beer.
克格勃今晚开放自由表演 It's open mic night at the KGB.
干嘛? What?
嗯，带上你的诗。他们会爱死你的。 Well, bring a poem. They'll love you.
不好笑。 You're not funny.
我没有在说笑 I'm not trying to be.
你的诗写得很好。 Your poems are good.
我要读朱迪·布鲁姆的手稿。 I have a Judy Blume manuscript to read.
朱迪·布鲁姆? Judy Blume?
朱迪他妈的布鲁姆? Judy fucking Blume?
我爱《Then Again, Maybe I Won't》 I loved Then Again, Maybe I Won't.
你喜欢朱迪·布鲁姆吗? You like Judy Blume?
是的。我是说，我也曾经是个孩子。 Yeah. I mean, I was a kid once.
和她心目中的英雄托尼一样，我的父母也是从工人阶级 And like her hero, Tony, my parents were working class
跻身到一个中产阶级地区。 and moved to a middle-class area.
那是关于社会阶级的。 It's about social class.
不,才不是呢! No, it's not!
我喜欢平淡无奇的东西让你兴奋不已， It turns you on that I like pedestrian stuff,
不是吗? doesn't it?
拿到朱迪·布鲁姆的新书 To be given Judy Blume's new book
就像从呆坐看台 was like going from sitting in the stands
到击出全垒打 to hitting a home run.
能打进圈内让我感到很幸运 I felt lucky to be on the inside.
如何？ Well?
我喜欢它。 I like it.
真的吗? Really?
但你有什么感想？ But what do you make of it?
我不确定你的意思 I'm not sure what you mean.
这不是一本儿童读物，对吧? Well, it's not a kids book, is it?
不，不是，是关于孩子的成人书 No, no, it's about kids for grown-ups.
也关于女性友谊。 It's about female friendship.
但是大人会买一本关于孩子的书吗? But will adults buy a book about kids?
卖得出去吗？ Can I sell it?
很多书都以儿童为主角。 Lots of books have child protagonists.
嗯, 《雾都孤儿》就是 Um, Oliver Twist!
这才不是《雾都孤儿》 This is not Oliver Twist.
但你会买它吗? But you would buy it?
我会。 I would.
嗯… Hmm...
很多人都会。 Many people would.
还有怀旧的因素。 There's the nostalgia factor.
我这一代人都是看着朱迪·布鲁姆长大的。 You know, my entire generation grew up on Judy Blume.
也许吧。 Maybe.
肯定。 Definitely.
好吧。你已经玩够了。 All right. You've had your fun.
我把新磁带放在你桌上了。 I put new tapes on your desk.
把门关上。 Close the door.
我谈成了。 I got the deal.
当然，她非常高兴。 For sure, she was very happy.
朱迪!玛格丽特正在等你。 Judy! Margaret is expecting you.
哦! Oh!
——咖啡吗?——不用了。 - Coffee? - No.
这是非常令人兴奋!是的。 That's very exciting! Yes.
怎么了? What is it?
朱迪·布鲁姆报道。 Judy Blume is here.
靠 Shit!
迈克尔，等一下。 Uh, Michael, hold on one second.
是今天吗? That's today?
我以为我们有更多的时间。 I thought we had more time.
她会搞砸的，对吧? She's going to blow this, isn't she?
我想是的。 I think so.
嘿! Hey!
我们最近在整修，搬东西， We've been renovating, moving everything around,
所以你的书才会被乱放在底下 which is why your books are down there and out of order.
没关系 Don't worry about it.
我是乔安娜。 I'm Joanna.
我是玛格丽特的新助理。 I'm Margaret's new assistant.
我是你的头号书迷 And I'm such a huge fan of yours.
-你真好。-很高兴认识你。 - That's very sweet of you. - Really nice to meet you.
——朱迪!——你好! - Judy! - Hi!
见到你真高兴!到我办公室来。 How lovely to see you! Come into my office.
好! Good!
请坐。 Please take a seat.
你知道情况。 You know the way.
所以… So...
我不确定它能不能吸引读者…… I'm not sure it could attract readers...
乔安娜? Joanna?
你为什么不接电话? Why don't you answer your phone?
接待处有人想见你。 There's someone at the reception who wants to see you.
我? Me?
你是乔安娜·拉科夫吗? Are you Joanna Rakoff?
——是的!-这是你的真名吗? - Yes! - Is that your real name?
这太荒谬了，听起来很假。 It's so ridiculous, it sounds fake.
你没有权利保留塞林格给我的信。 You have no right to keep my letter from Salinger.
我很抱歉。你是谁? I'm sorry. Who are you?
因为你，我英语要挂科了! Because of you, I'm going to fail English!
一切都好吗? Is everything all right here?
——没事。——有事。 - Yes. - No.
我们下楼去喝杯咖啡，好吗? Why don't we go downstairs and get a coffee, OK?
乔安娜? Joanna?
你不是应该在学校吗? Aren't you supposed to be in school?
你以为你是谁啊? Who do you think you are?
回复杰里的邮件是我的工作。 It's my job here to answer Jerry's mail.
哦，“杰瑞”是吧？ Oh, it's Jerry to you?
他是你干爹吗？ Is he your sugar daddy?
不,我……我从没见过他。好吗? No, I... I've never even met him. OK?
塞林格先生不想收到他的邮件。 Mr. Salinger does not want to receive his mail.
所以你就像我妈一样教训我。 So instead you lecture me like you're my mother.
你说的对，好吗？ You're right. OK?
对不起 I'm sorry.
我道歉。 I apologize.
你的信很不一样 Your letter was different.
我觉得你应该得到真正的回应，而不是我们， And I thought you deserved a real response instead of our,
"恕我们无法转交你的信"之类的屁话。 "I'm sorry we cannot pass along your kind note," bullshit.
所以我私下回信给你 So I wrote you something more personal.
你凭什么认为你的建议 What makes you think your advice
比屁话回复更好？ is better than some bullshit response?
我要去上暑期班。 I'm going to summer school.
非常感谢，拉科夫小姐。 So thanks a lot, Miss Rakoff.
你给一个粉丝发了一封私人信件， You sent a personal letter to one of the fans,
她怒气冲冲地闯进来? and she came storming in here?
哦我的天哪! Oh my gosh!
你知道有多少次， Do you have any idea how many times,
我给塞林格回信的时候， when I was answering Salinger's letters,
我想写我自己的回信吗? I wanted to write my own one back?
真的吗? Really?
当然! Of course!
"亲爱的先生，去迷别的作家吧。 "Dear sir, obsess over another writer.
我听说库尔特·冯内古特回复了他自己的粉丝来信!” I hear Kurt Vonnegut answers his own fan mail!"
有时候，你只想说:“嘿，废柴！” Sometimes, you just wanna go: "Hey, loser!"
有些信… And... and then others...
真的很吸引人 ...they're so engaging.
你会想支持他们，明白吗? You just want to champion them, you know?
是的,是的!完全正确! Yes, yes! Exactly!
是的。 Yeah.
但你已经越界了。 But you've crossed the line.
从道德和法律上讲，这都是一个巨大的无底洞。 It's a huge rabbit hole, ethically and legally.
我要把你从塞林格的邮箱里撤掉。 I'm taking you off Salinger's mail.
——不,不要。——要。 - No, no. - Yes.
休，拜托你，我好爱这些信。 Hugh, please. I love these letters so much.
我保证这种事不会再发生了。我保证。 I promise you this won't happen again. I promise.
朱迪? Judy?
啊,糟了! Ah, crap!
一切都结束了。 It's all over.
朱迪? Judy?
她要离开我们 She's leaving us.
为谁? For whom?
这有关系吗? Does it matter?
如果我是朱迪，我也会离开的。 If I were Judy, I would have left too.
乔安娜…… Joanna...
为什么? Why?
告诉我，我很好奇。你为什么要离开? Tell me, I'm curious. Why would you leave?
不，我真的很抱歉。 No, I'm really, really sorry.
我不是那个意思。我只是,嗯…… I didn't mean that. I just, um...
我只是舍不得她走，仅此而已。 I'm just sad to see her leave, that's all.
在你说出一个能启发我们的理由之前， Well, until you can articulate a reason that will enlighten us,
你可以继续打字听写了。 you can go back to typing your dictation.
等你做完了再去拿丹尼尔的处方。 And fetch Daniel's prescriptions when you're done.
把门关上! Close the door!
搞什么名堂!我简直不敢相信! For crying out loud! I can't believe it!
我还是不明白她到底在想什么! I still don't understand what the hell she's thinking!
好吧，你认为当一个男人坠入爱河， OK, you think that when a man falls in love,
他不看别的女人，对吧? he doesn't look at another woman, hmm?
但我要告诉你一个消息。 But I have news for you.
这个世界上的每个男人都在注视着每个女人 Every man in this world is looking at every woman
-并考虑她… and deciding weather or not she's...
他想上她? He wants to fuck her?
她很性感。对吧? She's sexy. Right?
唐，我觉得你有麻烦了 Don, I think you might be in a hole
你最好别再挖了。 and you might wanna stop digging.
你以为女人不看别的男人吗?我们会看。 You think women don't look at other men? We do.
我们甚至会看其他女人。 We even look at other women.
只是不会边看边流口水 We just don't drool while we do it.
布巴…布巴… Buba, Buba...
我只为你流口水! I drool exclusively for you!
嗯? Hmm?
嘿! Hey!
白酒? White wine?
不了,谢谢。我,呃…我要走了。 No thanks. I'm, uh... I'm gonna go.
不要离开。 Don't leave.
哦,我知道。 Oh, I know.
我，我是来给你这个的。 I, um, I actually came to give you this.
这是什么? What's this?
是卡尔要给你的 It's from Karl.
他要来华盛顿听音乐会。 He's coming to Washington for a concert.
他真的很希望你能去 He really wants you to go.
你和卡尔有联系吗? You've been in touch with Karl?
他给你写了封信，但你一直没有回信。 He wrote you a letter, but you never answered.
星期三在华盛顿。 Wednesday in DC.
是的。 Yeah.
什么事？ What is it?
应该有人去华盛顿参加会议 Someone should go to the meeting in Washington
与克利福德·布拉德伯里一起, with Clifford Bradbury,
确保他准备好了 make sure that he's prepared
并引导他完成该机构的协议。 and walk him through the agency's protocol.
他在电话里确实显得很紧张 He did sound jittery on the phone.
我不能离开纽约。 I can't leave New York.
但我想，我可以派… But I suppose I could send...
我! Me!
——你? -派我去! - You? - Send me!
为什么? Why?
做笔记并协助克利福德。 Take notes and assist Clifford.
就让我为公司效力吧 Just let me do this for the agency.
嗯… Uh...
你要去华盛顿 You are to go to Washington,
当公司的耳目 be the agency's eyes and ears,
找出这个叫克利福德的人是谁。 find out who this Clifford person is.
你要事先和他见面 You are to meet with him beforehand
然后向他汇报， and debrief him afterwards,
但你不能见杰里。 but you are not to meet with Jerry.
必须让杰瑞以为他们是自己见面的。 Jerry must think they are meeting on their own.
理解吗? Understood?
你不会后悔的。 You will not regret this.
到时候再说 We'll see about that.
嘿!等一下! Hey! Wait!
我有一个…我有礼物给你。 I've got a... got a gift for you.
我生日都过两个月了 My birthday was 2 months ago.
哦，生日是为贺曼公司准备的。 Oh, well, birthdays are for Hallmark.
这是,呃… It's, uh...
这是我的小说。 It's my novel.
你写完了？ You finished it?
怎么，你不想看吗? What, don't you want to read it?
我当然想看！ Uh, of course I do! Yeah!
谢谢! Thanks!
恭喜你! Congrats!
布拉德伯里先生吗? Mr. Bradbury?
是的,乔安娜! Yes, Joanna!
——你好!——你好! - Hi! - Hi!
-很高兴见到你。——彼此。 - Nice to meet you. - And you.
我加宽了书背，看， I've widened the spine, see,
让书有点厚度，它太薄了 to give the book some length because it's too thin.
我还重新打了《纽约客》的稿 I also re-typed it all from The New Yorker.
我没有扫描。 I didn't scan it.
这样也好，因为里面有些错字 And good thing too, because there were a few small typos.
《纽约客》不会有错字 The New Yorker doesn't make typos!
哦,有的!很小，但还是有拼写错误。 Oh, yes! Small ones, but typos still.
塞林格是一个如此执着细节的人。 Salinger is such a stickler for details.
我做了两种封面 I made two mock-ups.
哇! Wow!
你觉得我应该多做点吗? Do you think I should have made more?
不用。 No.
我想我应该多做点的。 Oh, I think I should have made more, yeah.
布拉德伯里先生，一切都会很顺利的。 Mr. Bradbury, it's gonna go very well.
忘掉你听到的关于塞林格先生的那些传言。 Just forget everything that you've heard about Mr. Salinger.
我想你会发现他很直率。 I think that you'll find that he's very straightforward.
重点是你要做自己 It's important that you just be yourself.
发生了什么事? What happened?
杰里·塞林格请我吃午餐！ Jerry Salinger paid for my lunch!
但你们谈得如何？ But how did it go?
我们的意见很一致 We agreed on everything.
太好了! That's great!
我想我只是错过他了? I guess I just missed him then, huh?
除了拼写错误。 Except the typos.
什么意思? What do you mean?
他不想让我纠正他们。 He did not want me to correct them.
他好像很气我把错字改掉 Yeah, he seemed peeved that I fixed them.
我一度想， I thought, at one point,
他会说:“这件事就算了吧。” he'd say: "Let's forget the whole thing."
他有说原因吗？ Did he say why?
他想把它完全印在《纽约客》上 He wants it printed exactly as it ran in The New Yorker,
好像这些错字是故意的。 as if the typos were actually intentional.
这毫无意义。 It makes no sense.
嘿。 Hey.
不要再修改拼写错误了。 Don't fix any more typos.
不要告诉任何人关于这本书的事。 Don't tell anybody about the book.
别安排访问。那会毁了整个交易。 No interviews. That would ruin the whole deal.
对，我们可不想这么做。 Yeah, we don't want to do that.
干得好，布拉德伯里先生! Great work, Mr. Bradbury!
我的老板会很高兴的，对吧? My boss is going to be very pleased, OK?
再见! Bye!
——乔!——嗨! - Jo! - Hi!
你收到我的邀请了。 You got my invitation.
是的。 Yeah.
呃,我…我很高兴你能来。 Uh, I'm... I'm so glad you're here.
你气色真好! You look great!
你也是! So do you!
我很高兴你来了，乔。我一直想跟你道歉。 I'm glad you're here, Jo. I've been wanting to apologize.
什么? What?
我写信给你的时候很生气 I was angry when I sent you the letter.
就写了一些气话 I wrote stuff I didn't mean.
不,不要道歉。你生气是应该的。 No, don't apologize. You should be angry.
我…你没生我的气，我才很生气。 I'm... I'm angry at you for not being angry at me.
我…我没有生气，顺便说一句，这很荒谬。 I'm... I'm not angry, and that's absurd, by the way.
你伤害了我，我需要发泄。 You hurt me, and I needed to unleash.
我应该好好分手，你知道的。 I deserved a proper break-up, you know.
"卡尔，我要离开你了" You know, "Karl, I'm leaving you,"
你知道的，平常的事。 you know, the usual stuff.
是的… Yeah...
-常听到的那套。——嗯。 - The usual stuff. - Mm-hmm.
你离开后，公寓也变阴暗了 The apartment felt depressing when you left.
我没读……我没有读你的信。 I didn't read... I didn't read your letter.
哦,为什么？ Oh, wh-why?
不,我,嗯…… No, I, um...
我看到“乔”就不行了 I couldn't make it past Jo.
只有你叫我乔，所以… Nobody else calls me Jo, so...
我希望我们能继续往来 I want you back in my life.
就算只是偶尔通电话也好 You know, even if it's just a phone call
偶尔。 every once in a while.
你是我最好的朋友。 You were my best friend.
我很想你，乔 I miss you, Jo.
我也很想你 I miss you too.
我明白了，虽然很假， I've learned that, as phony as it may be,
你不能随意表露你的情绪 you can't go around revealing your goddamn emotions
向外界。 to the world.
大多数人根本不在乎 Most people don't give a flying hoot
关于你的想法和感受 about, like, what you think and feel
大多数时候，我想。 most of the time, I guess.
如果他们看到了你的弱点…… And if they see a weakness...
我是说，看在上帝的份上，为什么流露情感就是一种软弱? I mean, why, for God's sake, is showing emotion a weakness?
天啊，他们会批判你，对吧? Boy, do they jump all over you, right?
他们会对你穷追猛打，然后… They seem to get right in your goddamn face and...
…紧咬着你有所感受这件事 ...revel in the fact that you are actually feeling something.
好看吗？ Is it good?
什么? What?
这份原稿好看吗？ The manuscript, is it good?
蛮有意思的。 It's interesting.
但你讨厌它? But you hate it?
不…我不讨厌它。 I don't... I don't hate it.
也许我真的很讨厌它，所以它才好看。 Or maybe I do hate it, and that's why it's good.
它有种诡异的吸引力… It's weirdly addictive.
但是… But...
我不想看他的性生活。 I don't want to read about his sex life.
没人想看他的性生活。 No one wants to read about his sex life.
也许我只是被他的冷淡惹恼了。 Maybe I'm just annoyed by his nonchalance.
还是因为…… Or because...
他在写作，而我没有。 He's writing and I'm not.
我明白了。 I understand.
怎么了？ What's going on?
嘘! Shhh!
保持联系，谢谢你。 Well, keep us posted and thank you.
显然，他开枪自杀了。 Apparently, he shot himself.
等等,谁……谁开枪自杀? Wait, who... who shot himself?
丹尼尔,乔安娜。 Daniel, Joanna.
丹尼尔自杀了。 Daniel committed suicide.
丹尼尔? The Daniel?
在客厅，而玛格丽特在卧室。 In the living room, while Margaret was in the bedroom.
这不可能!丹尼尔是一个很棒的人。 This can't be right! Daniel is a beautiful man.
他既温柔又贴心…，而且…这不可能! He's sweet and he's kind and... This can't be happening!
但是他看起来很好啊! But he looked fine!
他有躁郁症。 He was bipolar.
这些年来玛格丽特一直照顾他。 Margaret took care of him all these years.
他是她哥哥? He was her brother?
爱人。 Lover.
20年了。 Of 20 years.
等等，我们说的是同一个丹尼尔吗? Wait, are we talking about the same Daniel?
丹尼尔和海伦结过婚，你见过她。 Daniel was married to Helen, whom you've met.
他每周有一半时间跟海伦住 He lived half the week with Helen
另一半和玛格丽特一起。 and the other half with Margaret.
她们分担…他的照护 They... shared his care.
她们共享他 They shared him.
玛格丽特和另一个女人共用一个男人? Margaret shared a man with another woman?
乔安娜，如果有人打电话来， Joanna, if anyone calls,
告诉他们，她在家工作，留个口信， tell them she's working from home and take a message,
别提到这件事。 and no mention of this.
如果是杰里呢? What about if it's Jerry?
尤其是杰瑞 Especially if it's Jerry.
你能改天再做吗? Can you please do that some other time?
好啊。 Fine.
谢了。 Thanks.
玛格丽特的办公室。乔安娜说。 Margaret's office. Joanna speaking.
嗨,乔安娜!我是杰里。你好吗? Hi, Joanna! It's Jerry. How are you?
嗨!我很好。你呢? Hi! I'm well. How are you?
那边的天气如何？ How is the weather down there?
很闷热 Muggy.
你的老板在吗? Is your boss around?
没有，恐怕她出去了。 No, I'm afraid she's out.
她最近常常不在 She's been out a lot lately.
对，她很忙，有很多会议要开。 Yeah, she's very busy, lots of meetings.
有什么我可以帮忙的吗? Is there anything I can help you with?
我想问你点事。 Let me ask you something.
是一个叫克利福德·布拉德伯里的家伙… This, uh, Clifford Bradbury fellow...
确定。 Sure.
你觉得他怎么样? What do you make of him?
我喜欢他。 I like him.
有时候，我觉得他会想太多， Sometimes, I think he can overthink things,
但他只是不想让你失望。 but he just doesn't want to let you down.
你最近有每天写作吗？ Have you been writing every day?
大多数时间都在写 A lot of days.
他们指派更多工作给我了 They've given me more responsibility around here,
所以我都在看原稿！ so I've been reading manuscripts!
乔安娜，你是一名作家，对吗？ You're a writer, Joanna, aren't you?
不是经纪人，不是秘书 Not an agent, not a secretary.
我不知道。 I don't know.
抱歉，我没听到， Sorry, I missed that.
我有点耳背 I'm a little deaf.
是的,嗯,没错！ Yes, um, yes!
我是作家 I'm a writer.
那就写吧 So write!
即使早上只有15分钟。 Even if it's just 15 minutes in the morning.
保护那个圣所，好吗？ Protect that sanctuary, OK?
别被接电话绑住了，乔安娜 Don't get stuck answering the phone, Joanna.
你是一名诗人。 You're a poet!
——嘿!——嘿,马克! - Hey! - Hey, Mark!
在《纽约客》工作是什么样子？ What is it like, working for The New Yorker?
那你何不哪天到我办公室来一趟? Well, why don't you come by the office one day?
我们会带你参观 We'll show you around.
我非常愿意! I would like that very much!
你自己写作吗? Do you write yourself?
嗯… Uh...
没关系!我们不会告诉你老板的! It's OK! We won't tell your boss!
我…我已经在《巴黎评论》上发表了两首诗 I... I've published two poems in The Paris Review,
我正在创作一些新作品。 and I'm working on some new material.
嗯，我们很乐意拜读一下 Uh, well, we'd be happy to take look at your material
当你觉得它准备好了。 when you feel it's ready.
那就太棒了 That would be great.
真的很棒。 That would be really great, yeah.
让我们为此干杯。 Let's cheers to that.
好! OK!
我喜欢讽刺的东西。 Well, the satirical stuff, I like.
我知道，但是《纽约客》的小说是个笑话。 I know, but The New Yorker's fiction is a joke.
还有那多愁善感的“城中话题”？ And that soppy "Talk of the Town" thing?
唐… Don...
哦,我很抱歉。 Oh, I'm sorry.
我知道你喜欢那个… I know you love that shit, that...
"哦，我们一起去阿尔冈昆聚聚吧。 "Oh, let's all go meet up at the Algonquin.
我真希望你能加入我们"，胡说。 I do so wish you could join us," bullshit.
婚礼什么时候举行? So when's the wedding?
这周末是哥伦布日，对吧? It's, uh, it's Columbus Day weekend, right?
还是……还是我在做…这是我自己乱讲的吗? Or... or am I making... am I making that up?
是下周末，唐。 It's next weekend, Don.
乔安娜，你会来吧? Joanna, you're coming, right?
是的,会的…… Yeah, yeah...
好期待哦! Excited!
你知道你是个大混蛋，对吧? You're an asshole. You know that, right?
嗯… Uh...
我知道如果我告诉你， I knew that if I told you about it,
你就会开始规划, you'd start planning,
比如:“我们租一辆车吧。”我们就住在这家旅馆里吧。 like: "Let's rent a car. Let's stay in this B&B.
我穿什么好呢?” What am I gonna wear?"
然后你买了那条裙子，然后做了所有这些计划， And then you'd buy that dress and you'd make all these plans,
然后你就冲我发火 and then you flip out at me
当我告诉你我想一个人去的时候。 when I told you that I wanted to go alone.
你想一个人去你最好朋友的婚礼吗? You wanna go to your best friend's wedding alone?
好吧,听着, OK, listen,
我不需要向你解释，好吗? I don't need to justify myself to you, all right?
真的吗? Really?
真的,布巴! Really, Buba!
我在哈特福德的兄弟们都会去。 All my bros from Hartford will be there.
一个时代即将结束 It's gonna be the end of an era.
我不想再担心 And I don't want to have to worry
你玩得开心不开心。 about whether you're having fun or not.
没错! Right!
也许你会遇到性感的金发女郎 Maybe you'll meet some hot blonde
想让你扯掉她的内裤 that wants you to rip her panties off
然后操她的屁股 and fuck her up the ass
写一篇关于她的难以读懂的故事! and write an unreadable story about her!
什么?哇! What? Wow!
你到底在气什么？ Where is this coming from?
去年圣诞节我遇到的那个甜美天真的女孩在哪里? Where is the sweet, naive girl I met last Christmas?
因为你知道吗? 'Cause you know what?
请把她找回来，布巴 I'd like her back, please, Buba.
别叫我布巴，好吗?我又不是小孩子! Stop calling me Buba, OK? I'm not a child!
我叫你布巴是因为我爱你。 I call you Buba because I love you.
我祖母就是这么称呼我妈妈的。 It's what my grandmother calls my mom.
你爱我吗? You love me?
当然! Of course!
我是说，如果我没有，我还会在这里吗? I mean, would I be here if I didn't?
我跟你说了，我从没跟女孩住过。你改变了我。 I told you I've never lived with a girl before. You changed me.
你爱我, You love me,
但你不想让我去参加马克的婚礼? but you don't want to me to go to Mark's wedding?
对。 Correct.
听着，我比你大。 Look, I am older than you.
我不想强调这点，但这是事实 I try not to remind you of this, but it is true.
好吧? All right?
有一天，当你到了我这个年纪， And one day, when you're my age,
你会发现两个人是可以相爱的 you'll realize that two people can love each other
并不是每件事都达成一致 and not agree on everything
不用什么事都一起做。 and not have to do everything together.
你觉得我应该带条领带吗? You think I should pack a tie?
布巴?你很擅长这种事。 Buba? You're good with this kind of thing.
比如，我没有西装 Like, I don't have a suit,
所以你认为……你以为只要一件衬衫和一条领带就行了吗? so you think... you think just a shirt and a tie?
你很沮丧。 You're depressed.
我发誓，我是说…我知道这些症状 I swear, I mean, I... I recognize the symptoms.
我一激动就会这样。 I get like that when I'm emotional.
而且，有时我的情绪会很失控。 And, well, I can get quite emotional.
我不沮丧。 I'm not depressed.
嗯。 Hmm.
我是一个非常快乐的人。 I'm a very happy person.
什么? What?
没事。 Nothing.
给我一个吻别吧? Am I gonna get a kiss goodbye?
好吧。再见,乔安娜! All right. Goodbye, Joanna!
“我常想到霍尔顿” "I think about Holden a lot.
“当我一想起他，我就傻笑起来， "When I first think about him, I get a stupid grin on my face,
你知道，想想他是一个多么好笑的人。 "you know, thinking about what a funny guy he is and all.
“但我通常会非常沮丧， "But then I usually get depressed as hell,
“因为我每想到霍尔顿 "because I only think about Holden
“只有当我情绪激动的时候。 "when I'm feeling very emotional.
我的情绪可以变得‘安静’。” I can get 'quiet' emotional."
这就是我的状况… That's what I had become...
情绪静静失控 quiet emotional.
亲爱的温斯顿-塞勒姆男孩 Dear boy from Winston-Salem...
我为延迟许久的回信深深致歉 My most profound apologies for taking so long to reply.
你的信让我思考了好几个月 I've been thinking about your letters for months.
我想…… I suppose that...
有时候我的情绪也相当失控 I too can get quite emotional about things sometimes.
但你说的对 But you're right.
你不能到处表露你该死的情绪 You can't go around revealing your goddamn emotions
在外界。 to the world.
但如果你不能向外界表露情绪 But if you can't reveal your emotions to the world,
那你该怎么处理它们? then what are you supposed to do with them?
你要怎么释怀？ How do you go on?
因为…… 'Cause...
我总是想哭。 I feel like crying all the time.
乔安娜?它是什么? Joanna? What is it?
公司出事了吗？ Has something happened at the agency?
不,不,不!一切都很好。 No, no, no! Everything's fine.
我给你带了这些和曼吉亚的汤。 I brought you these and some soup from Mangia.
我知道你喜欢他们的蘑菇大麦汤。 I know you like their mushroom barley.
这真贴心 That's very thoughtful.
你果然观察入微，不是吗? You do pay attention, don't you?
你把那些合同上处理得很好。 You did a fine job on those contracts.
这些电子条款, Those electronic clauses,
他们将是出版业的末日。 they'll be the death of publishing.
另一方面，与杰里的粉丝互动 On the other hand, engaging with Jerry's fans
是不负责任、不成熟又危险。 was irresponsible, immature and dangerous.
你知道这件事？ You know about that?
我曾经因为更小的事情解雇过助理。 I have fired assistants for less.
你怎么没开除我？ Why didn't you fire me?
因为你不太可能 Because it's highly unlikely
会一错再错 you will make the same mistake twice.
还有，杰里喜欢你。 Also, Jerry likes you.
我不愿意改变他的日常生活习惯。 I am reluctant to alter his routine.
我不想成为例行公事。 I don't want to be a routine.
我,嗯… I, uh...
我有几个故事… I have a couple of stories...
是老客户写的 from long-term clients.
看过它们， Read them,
再看看适合哪本杂志 and, uh, figure out which magazines they'd be right for
再把稿子寄过去 and send them out.
如果我不喜欢他们怎么办? What if I don't like them?
那你就得找出会喜欢它们的人 Then it's your job to figure out who will.
好。 Right.
谢谢你！ Thank you.
我该回公司了 Better get back to the office.
你觉得朱迪·布鲁姆为什么离开? Why do you think Judy Blume left?
很抱歉我说了那些话。 I'm sorry that I said that.
不，拜托，我想知道你是怎么想的。 No, please, I would like to know what you think.
你和朱迪见面时，有没有讨论过她的写作? When you met with Judy, did you discuss her writing?
她的写作质量从来都不是问题。 The quality of her writing was never an issue.
也许她并不是在寻找完美的推销说辞。 Maybe she wasn't looking for the perfect sales pitch.
也许她只是想… Maybe she just wanted...
听听你对这个故事的看法， to hear what you thought about the story,
它对你的意义。 what it meant to you.
或者你是否像她一样爱书。 Or if you love books the same way that she loves them.
我不确定我对书的热爱与这个讨论有关。 I'm not sure my love of books was relevant to that discussion.
也许她觉得有关 Maybe it was relevant to her.
我知道对我来说是这样的。 I know it would be to me.
哦…… Oh...
你知道吗，我在20多岁的时候卖掉了我的第一本书。 You know, I sold my first book when I was in my 20s.
是关于一个年轻女记者的 It was about this young woman journalist
在西班牙内战中 in the Spanish Civil War,
实际上是一个男人写的。 and it was actually written by a man.
然而，他似乎非常了解 And yet he seemed to understand intimately
女主角会有的心境 what it would be like for her as a woman.
总之，我卖掉那本书 Anyway, I sold the book.
然后我老板说我应该代表作者的经纪人。 And then my boss said that I should represent the author.
我很自然地答应了。 And naturally, I said yes.
然后，马上，我就开始紧张了， And then, like, right away, I started to get nervous,
简直是惊慌失措 almost panicky.
如果…… And what if...
如果作者让我失望了怎么办? what if the author disappointed me as a person?
如果我喜欢他的作品，而不喜欢他呢? And what if I liked the writing, but not him?
大约三周后， And it was about 3 weeks later,
我们在伊莱恩家共进午餐。 we met for lunch at Elaine's.
晚上九点的时候，我们还在那里。 And at 9:00 p.m., we were still there.
是啊，有说有笑的 Yeah, just laughing and talking and, yeah,
分享我们的抱负和我们的…我们对音乐的热爱…… sharing our aspirations and our... our love of music...
我们对书籍的热爱。 our love of books.
丹尼尔? Daniel?
是的,丹尼尔。 Yeah, Daniel.
节哀顺变，玛格莉特 My condolences, Margaret.
我会振作起来的 I'll pull my socks up.
哦! Oh!
几个月来，我一直被匿名的粉丝所感动， For months, I had been touched by anonymous fans,
被他们想和塞林格联系的渴望所感动 touched by their desire to connect with Salinger.
他们的信改变了我 Their letters had changed me.
我该亲自了解他们所受的感动了 The time had come to see for myself what had moved them.
塞林格的书完全出乎我的预料 Salinger's nothing like I thought. Nothing.
他写得直白又好笑，我非常喜欢 He's brutal, brutal and funny, and I love it.
我最爱《弗兰妮》了 I love Franny the most.
有那么一刻，普林斯顿的那个人 There's that moment when the guy in Princeton
在火车站等弗兰妮的那一刻 is waiting for Franny at the train station,
他把法兰妮的信放在口袋里 and he has the letter in his pocket, Franny's letter.
他把它看了上千遍 And he's read it a thousand times.
看到都背起来了，但… He knows it by heart,
当她走下火车，问他 but when she gets off the train and asks,
“你收到我的信了吗? "Did you get my letter,"
他说… he says...
这封信吗? Which letter?
嘿,布巴! Hey, Buba!
我以为你去上班了。 I thought you'd be at work.
我上午请假 I took the morning off.
知道吗，我很想你，布巴。 You know, I missed you, Buba.
嗯? Hmm?
你要去什么地方吗? Are you going somewhere?
我要离开你了，唐。 I'm leaving you, Don.
Y…… Y...
我知道，是因为婚礼的事！ I get it! This is about the wedding!
你不在的时候，我想通了 Something hit me while you were gone.
你为什么要小题大做? Why are you making a thing out of this?
听我说，你不在的时候，我想通了! Listen to me, something hit me while you were gone!
什么，你从来没有真正订婚? What, that you never really engaged?
-我不想念你。——什么? - I didn't miss you. - What?
我没有想过你，一秒钟都没有。 I didn't think about you, not for one second.
好吧，你需要一个人静一静。我懂。 OK, so you needed some time on your own. I get that.
你可以留着公寓，好吗? You can keep the apartment, all right?
你比我更需要它。 You need it more than I do.
所以你要给我 So you're gonna give me
"抱歉，不是你的错，是我的错"之类的屁话? the, "Sorry, it's not you, it's me," bullshit?
我早该和你分手的。 I should have broke up with you before.
我没有爱上你。 I'm not in love with you.
对不起。 I'm sorry.
谢谢。 Thanks.
我就知道你能行! I knew you could do it!
我就知道!跟我来! I knew it! Come with me!
休!停下你手上的事 Hugh! Stop doing what you're doing!
麦克斯，我们要去你的密室了! Max, we're coming into your sanctum!
我要宣布一件事! I have an announcement to make!
什么事？ What is it?
乔安娜卖掉了我今年夏天给她的一篇文章。 Joanna has sold a story I gave her this summer.
——恭喜你!——哦!意料之中，做得好！ - Congratulations! - Oh! Not surprised! Good job!
-你会成功的。-当然! - You're on your way. - Of course she is!
你一进门我就知道了 I knew the moment you walked through the door
我就知道你是当经纪人的料 that you were agency material.
现在你可以开始建立自己的客户名单了， Now you can start to build your very own client list,
对经纪人来说是最激动人心的感觉。 a most exciting feeling for an agent.
对吧，麦克斯? Isn't that right, Max?
这一次，我同意玛格丽特的观点，是的。 For once, I have to agree with Margaret, yes.
我们将在午餐时庆祝。 We will celebrate at lunch.
希望你喜欢马提尼! Hope you like martinis!
-她迟早会喜欢的。-这就对了! - Oh, she'll learn to like them. - There you go!
你知道，我们有一些作家 You know, we have some authors
我想他们更愿意和你配合， who would prefer to be with you, I think,
也不想理我这个守旧老人 than an old fogey like me.
我想你会喜欢这些人 Some people I think you'll like.
怎么了？ What is it?
我很感激。我非常感激。 I'm so grateful. I'm so, so grateful.
你要辞职 You're leaving.
我本打算这周找个时间跟你谈谈的。 I was planning on talking to you some time this week.
但你做得很好啊! But you're doing so well!
我是说，你有成为一名顶尖经纪人的潜质。 I mean, you have it in you to become a really fine agent.
你直觉很好，心地善良。 You have good instincts, a good heart.
谢谢你！ Thank you.
谢谢你,玛格丽特。 Thank you, Margaret.
我已经下定决心了。 My mind's made up.
当然，在你找到替代人选之前我会一直留在这里。 Of course, I'll stay until you can find a replacement.
你有其他的愿望。 You have other aspirations.
是的。 I do.
我们只是没机会谈论… We just never really talked about anything
公司业务以外的事 other than the agency's business.
这倒是真的 That's very true.
但我很喜欢跟你共事 But I like working with you.
我真的很喜欢在这里工作 I like working here. I really, really do.
只是我还有其他想做的事，而且… There's just other things I wanna do, and...
我怕如果我现在不做，以后再也不会做了。 I'm afraid that if I don't do them now, I never will.
我明白了。 I understand.
嗨！凯文让我方便的时候把这个给你。 Hi! Kevin told me to drop this by at my convenience.
你想亲自交给他吗？他应该在 Would you like to give it to him yourself? I think he's in.
那太好了。谢谢。 That would be lovely. Thanks.
你喜欢日本吗?哦,嘿! You like Japanese? Oh, hey there!
猜猜谁来了? Oh, um, guess who's visiting?
我想给我们足够的时间。 I want to give us enough time.
我想知道这个封面。 I wonder about the cover.
封面。 The cover.
是的。你对它有什么看法? Yes. What do you make of it?
我不认为…… I don't think...
喂？ Hello?
听着,我在想。 Listen, I'm thinking.
如果我写自己的事 If I was the guy who put myself on a paper
结果写成《麦田守望者》， and it came out as Catcher in the Rye,
如果那个混蛋给我写信，我会很开心的 I'd get a bang out of the bastard writing me a letter
假装自己也能做同样的事。 pretending to be able to do the same.
你跟我来吗? You follow me?
…栗子馅。 ...chestnut stuffing.
噢,杰里? Oh, Jerry?
-我可以把你介绍给…——乔安娜! - May I introduce you to... - Joanna!
很高兴终于见到你了。 So good to finally meet you.