Greeting the world in peace - Jackie Jenkins

翻译人员: Shelley Shyan 校对人员: Xinwei Wang

If you think of culture as an iceberg,

如果你把文化想像成一座冰山，

only a small fraction of it is visible.

其可见部分是很小的。

Food, flags, and festivals, which are often talked about in schools,

食物、旗帜和节日， 这些是在学校里经常谈及的，

are the visible parts that we rightly celebrate.

是我们正当庆祝中的可见部分。

However, only when we look deeper, under the water,

然而，只有当我们更深入地观察，进到水下，

are we able to focus on the common values that connect us.

我们才能把精力集中到 把我们联系到一起的普世价值观。

In what seems to be an increasingly troubled world,

在一个看上去麻烦越来越多的世界中，

where social and political systems are being stretched,

社会和政治体制越来越扭曲，

conflict within and between countries is at times heightened,

国内和跨国冲突时有增强，

while human rights are being ignored,

人权正被忽略的同时，

this desire for peace grows ever stronger.

对和平的渴望已越来越强。

Sometimes we see this common value emerging above the surface

有时我们看到普世价值观浮出了水面 并变得可见。

and becoming visible. For example, it is part of everyday language used

比如，它成了人们的日常用语的一部分

when people greet one another and welcome the new day.

人们用它来打招呼和迎接新的一天。

In many parts of the Arab world and parts of south Asia,

在阿拉伯世界的许多地方和部分南亚地方，

such as Bangladesh for example,

比如，孟加拉国，

the greeting of "as-salamu alaykum" can be translated to "peace be with you."

问候语 "as-salamu alaykum" 可以翻译成 "祝你平安"。

The same is true as you walk through markets or into schools

同样，当你在每天早上在印度、尼泊尔或不丹

each morning in India, or Nepal, or Bhutan,

穿过集市或走进学校时，

where greetings of "namaste," which has not only a strong message of peace

那里的招呼语 "namaste", 不仅表达了强有力的关于平和的信息：

- "the spirit in me greets the spirit in you" -

"用我的心灵问候你的心灵" -

but also its physical gesture, the palms brought together slowly at the heart,

还有肢体特征：双掌在胸前慢慢合十，

to honor a special place in each of us.

来表达我们每个人对心中神圣的地方的尊重。

In Myanmar, greetings of "mingalarbar" are met by bowing monks

在缅甸，问候语 "mingalarbar" 是礼佛僧人在鞠躬时互相使用的，

as they internalize a message where others add blessing

因为这句话内含了一条信息：众人祈福

to enhance the auspiciousness of the moment,

来增强此刻的吉祥感

or by giggling children as they scurry off to school.

在上学路上的欢笑的孩子们也会使用这样的问候语，

After many hours of hiking through the mountains of Lesotho,

在莱索托山区经过好几个小时的步行

surrounded by the tranquility and rugged terrain,

在宁静而崎岖的群山的包围下

you are likely to meet a herdboy who has slept the night

你可能会碰到一个在圆茅舍里睡了一夜的牧童

in a vacant rondoval and bellows out greetings of "lumela"

他会跟你中气十足地喊出 "lumela" 或 "khotso" 的问候语，

or "khotso", which means "peace be with you."

意思都是 "祝你平安".

If you took a moment to research further the meanings behind "shalom,"

如果你花点时间进一步研究 "shalom"背后的意思，

or the Korean greeting,

或者一句韩语里的问候，

you would find that they too have deeply-seated connections to peace.

你会发现，它们同和平也有着千丝万缕的联系。

However, they have become quick comments

然而，它已们成为了日常短语，

made to welcome, greet, and say hello, and in this overuse,

用来表示欢迎、问候或打招呼， 并且在这种过度使用中，

have likely lost the focus that was originally intended

很可能已经失去了其千百年前使用时

when put into practice hundreds or thousands of years ago.

最初要表达的焦点。

In highlighting this simple evidence of ingrained behavior,

通过在根深蒂固的行为中凸显这种简单的证据，

we can create the necessary shift in thinking

我们可以做到在思考问题时必要的变通

needed to incorporate flexibility and open-mindedness

这样的变通用灵活和开放的心态

使我们每一个人都能看到世界的全球化

in us all when looking at the globalization of the world.