VOA慢速英语:Chess Rules in Film "Queen of Katwe"(翻译)

Many films about Africa tell about violence and war.But the new movie “Queen of Katwe” tells a story about a chess expert.
很多关于非洲的电影都是关于暴力和战争的。但是新片《卡推女王》讲述了一名西洋棋后的故事。

The heroine is a young girl from a slum in Uganda who works in a food market. Then she learns to play chess.
女主角是一名来自乌干达贫民窟、在菜市场工作的年轻女孩。然后她开始学习下棋。

The film is based on a true story.
影片根据真实故事改编。

Robert Katende is the girl’s teacher.He is played by actor David Oyelowo. Katende has seen the girl looking into the room where other children are playing chess and eating free food.
罗伯特·卡坦德是女孩的老师。该角色由大卫·奥伊罗饰演。卡坦德曾经见过这个女孩往供孩子们学习下棋、享受免费食物的房间里看。

Phiona Mutesi is played by actress Madina Nalwanga.
菲欧娜·穆特斯由露玛蒂娜·纳尔万加饰演。

“What is your name?”“Phiona.”Katende talks to a young girl in the room.“Can you please show Phiona how to move the pieces?”
“你叫什么名字？”“菲欧娜。”卡坦德在房间里和年轻女孩说话。“你能给菲欧娜看看这些棋子是如何移动的吗？”

Learning how to play chess changes Phiona’s life.She learns the game at a place that helps the poor children of Kampala, Uganda.Katende tells her to have big dreams.
学习下棋改变了菲欧娜的人生。她在乌干达坎帕拉一处能够帮助贫穷孩子的地方学下棋。卡坦德告诉她要有伟大的梦想。

“What is preventing you from being a grand master?”“I do not know about being a grand master.”“Sometimes the place you are used to, it is not the place you belong.You belong where you believe you belong. Where is that for you, Phiona?”
“什么阻挡了你成为西洋棋大师？”“我对成为大师一无所知。”“有时候，你并不属于你过去所在的地方。你属于你希望自己属于的地方。对你来说，那个地方在哪里呢，菲欧娜？”

The girl learns that Katende grew up in the same slums where she now lives.He studied engineering at a university.
女孩后来知道卡坦德是在她现在生活的那个贫民窟里长大的。他在一所大学里学习工程。

Oyelowo told VOA the film uses the story of a poor girl to tell about Africa and the African people.
奥伊罗在接受“美国之声”采访时说，这部电影用一个贫穷女孩的故事来展现非洲和非洲人民。

“Often when we see films coming out of Africa, it’s child soldiers, it’s dictators, it’s poverty, it’s disease.But we very rarely get to see these positive images,we very rarely get to see the self-possession of the people, and the fact that they can take care of themselves from within,they don’t need help necessarily from without.”
“我们在看有关非洲的电影时，经常出现儿童士兵、独裁者、贫穷和疾病等等。但是我们却很少去看积极的那一面，很少去看人们泰然自若的那一面，总是忽略他们能够从心内自我调节的事实，他们不需要外部的帮助。”

In the film, Katende tries to convince Phiona’s mother to let her and her brother travel to a private school for a chess competition.
在影片中，卡坦德试着说服菲欧娜的妈妈，让她和她哥哥到一家私立学校参加西洋棋比赛。

Phiona’s mother Harriet is played by the Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.
菲欧娜的妈妈哈丽特由奥斯卡最佳女配角获得者露皮塔·尼咏欧饰演。

“This is a chance for them to visit the finest school in the country.”“Well, how can I pay school fees?”
“这是他们加入这个国家最好学校的机会。”“嗯，可是我要怎么付学费呢？”

Harriet’s husband has died and she must work hard to survive.Nyong’o says Harriet is very protective of her children.
哈丽特的丈夫去世了，她必须努力工作养家。尼咏欧说，哈丽特对孩子们非常爱护。

“…she has to learn that, you know, in order to really love her daughter,she has to learn to let her go and risk failure,and that’s how Phiona ends up being the champion that she becomes.”
“……她需要认识到，为了真正去爱她的女儿，她需要让女儿去承担失败的风险，最终菲欧娜成了西洋棋冠军。”

The real Phiona Mutesi defends her mother’s choices.
真实的菲欧娜·穆特斯为她妈妈的决定辩护。

“I don’t blame her for what she was doing because of where we were living. She had to protect me because there is a lot of raping, kind of things,so she couldn’t allow me to go out from house. But then after some time she allowed me to go out and start practicing.Right now, she is so happy with whatever is going on, she is excited.”
“她过去做过的事情，我不怨她，因为我们就住在那里。她不得不保护我，因为那里到处都是强奸那种事情，所以她不可能让我走出房子。但是过了一段时间后，她就让我出去开始练习了。现在，她对正在发生的事情非常高兴，很兴奋。”

Today, Phiona Mutesi is a chess grand master and has taken part in two international chess competitions.
如今，菲欧娜·穆特斯是一名西洋棋大师，参加过两届国际西洋棋比赛。

I’m Caty Weaver.
凯蒂·韦弗为您报道。