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Has anyone read/own 红尘 (red dust) by 马建?


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大家好!

Just wondering if anyone has a copy or knows the direct translation for the following quote

"But I will walk the road however hard it is, because only on the road can you see that yesterday lies behind you and tomorrow waits on the path ahead."

~马建

I could obviously translate it myself but I want what he actually wrote. I'm in the US and there isn't a handy bookstore to go purchase it. Heck - I don't even know if there is a Chinese copy available but thought I would inquire.

谢谢!

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"But I will walk the road however hard it is, because only on the road can you see that yesterday lies behind you and tomorrow waits on the path ahead."

不管路多么艰难,我都会一直走下去,因为只有如此才能感觉到消逝的昨天和将要到来的明天。

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不管路多么艰难,我都会一直走下去,因为只有如此才能感觉到消逝的昨天和将要到来的明天。

Is this quoted from the book (as requested), or a personal attempt at translation? I don't get any appropriate hits online, which makes me suspicious.

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Is this quoted from the book (as requested), or a personal attempt at translation? I don't get any appropriate hits online, which makes me suspicious.

:oops:

I made a misunderstanding of the word "direct translation".......

It's a PERSONAL translation by myself.:(

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The version here might be the original:

不管多艰难,我都要一路走下去,因为只有在路上你才能看到昨天在你的后面,明天在路的前方等着你。

That's a NY Times review of the English translation, translated into Chinese by Zhang Xingjie. It's a good bet he used the original for Ma Jian's own lines, but I'd still want to confirm it with the book itself (which doesn't seem to be online).

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Thanks for the efforts guys. I wonder where one might be able to find the Chinese version of the book for sale? Taiwan?

I really enjoyed reading the line that was posted in Chinese - reminds me of something out of the Lord of the Rings. Beautiful!

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This store apparently used to have it, but is out of stock at the moment. This edition was published by Mingpao in HK.

http://www.hkbookcity.com/showbook2.php?serial_no=4292

紅塵 馬建 

出版: 明報

出版日期: 2002/12

國際書號: 9629737892

原價: HK$85.00 現售: HK$80.75 節省: HK$4.25

簡介

這本書的英譯本獲2002年托馬斯‧扣科圖書大獎(英國文學界最高榮譽的旅行文學大獎)。作者馬建是一名定居倫敦的中國作家,1953年生於中國青島、1986年居香港、1997年移居德國,在魯爾大學任教,著有中短篇小說集。紅塵這書是作者旅遊整個中國的所見所聞、中國社會與人的關係,令讀者可深思其中,領略這遍土壤的特別文化

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