Ancient Pompeii’s Hidden Messages, Preserved in Graffiti | Jacqueline DiBiasie-Sammons | TED

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譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Coco Shen
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On Saturday, August 2, at around 9:30pm,
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八月二日星期六, 大約晚上九點半,
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Iuvenilla was born.
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尤文妮拉出生了。
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While I do have a daughter, her name isn’t Iuvenilla,
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雖然我的確有個女兒, 但她不叫尤文妮拉,
也不是八月二日出生。
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and she wasn't born on August 2.
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This was a graffito,
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這是一幅塗鴉,
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a message written by a proud papa or a proud mama,
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是驕傲的爸爸或驕傲的媽媽 所寫下的訊息,
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on the walls of ancient Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago.
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近兩千年前,寫在古龐貝城牆上。
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And while we might send a birth announcement
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我們可能會發寶寶出生的公告,
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or take to social media,
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或寫在社群媒體上,
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this Pompeiian took to the walls to exclaim their happy news
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而這位龐貝人則是用牆面
來宣揚他們的快樂好消息,
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and even accompanied the message
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訊息旁還附加上
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with a drawing of little Iuvenilla herself.
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小尤文妮拉本人的畫像。
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The reason why we have this graffito and thousands like them
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我們之所以會有這張塗鴉 和數千張類似塗鴉的原因,
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was the destructive and deadly eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
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是因為西元七十九年 維蘇威火山毀滅性的爆發。
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This volcanic eruption preserved this graffito for us today.
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這次火山爆發讓 這幅塗鴉能保留至今。
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We might wonder what happened to little Iuvenilla,
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我們可能會好奇小尤文妮拉怎麼了,
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likely only a few weeks old when the eruption happened.
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火山爆發時,她可能才幾週大。
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I hope she was able to escape with her family as many did.
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我希望,和許多人一樣, 她能和她的家人逃過一劫。
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I've been interested in the Romans since I was little
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我從小就對羅馬人很感興趣,
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and Pompeii, especially,
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特別是龐貝城,
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as I share my birthday with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24.
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因為我的生日八月二十四日, 也是維蘇威火山爆發的日子。
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I started learning Latin in high school,
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我高中時就開始學拉丁文,
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and while I enjoyed the language
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雖然我很享受學習拉丁文, 也很享受了解羅馬人,
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and enjoyed learning about the Romans,
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I couldn't connect with the stories of Julius Caesar
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但我無法與尤利烏斯‧ 凱撒的故事產生連結,
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or even the love poetry of Ovid.
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或甚至與奧維德的愛情詩連結。
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I wanted to know what were ordinary Romans doing and thinking.
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我想知道的是一般羅馬人 在做什麼、想什麼。
在大學,我接觸到了拉丁塗鴉。
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And in college, I was introduced to Latin graffiti.
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Now for the first time I could hear the thoughts and words of ordinary Romans.
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這是頭一次,我能聽到 一般羅馬人的想法和話語。
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When I went to Pompeii, I could put myself in their sandals
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當我到龐貝城時,我能夠
設身處地穿上他們的涼鞋, 站在柱子旁邊,
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standing next to a column,
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imagining the messages they might write to one another.
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想像他們可能會寫給彼此的訊息。
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Line graffiti allow us to hear the thoughts and words of ordinary people
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線條塗鴉讓我們能夠聽到
古時一般人的想法和話語。
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who lived in antiquity.
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But I believe by studying Roman graffiti,
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但我相信,透過研究羅馬塗鴉,
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we can learn a lot more about what makes us human
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我們能夠更了解 是什麼讓我們成為人,
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and a lot more about ourselves too.
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也更了解我們自己。
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Now, when you hear the word graffiti,
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聽到塗鴉這個詞,
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you're probably imagining spray-painted messages in urban centers,
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你可能會想像的是 在都市中心的噴漆訊息、
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bathroom graffiti or maybe graffiti artists like Banksy.
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廁所塗鴉,或也許是 像班克西這樣的塗鴉藝術家。
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But ancient graffiti were much different than modern graffiti.
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但古時的塗鴉和現代的塗鴉 有很大的不同。
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Modern graffiti are typically illegal or at least taboo in cities today.
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現代塗鴉通常是不合法的,或至少 在現今的城市中是被禁止的。
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Ancient graffiti were welcome or even permitted.
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古時則歡迎塗鴉或甚至允許塗鴉。
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They appear in nearly every space in the ancient city:
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在古老城市裡,幾乎在 所有空間中都能看到塗鴉:
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temples, tombs, bars, public spaces and even inside homes.
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寺廟、墳墓、酒吧、公共空間,
甚至在住家裡面。
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Almost nothing was off limits.
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幾乎沒有什麼地方是被禁止的。
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Modern graffiti are typically written in spray paint
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現代塗鴉通常是用噴漆,
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or scratched into a surface like a bathroom stall.
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或者刻在表面上,如廁所門上。
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Ancient graffiti were typically scratched into the wall plaster
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古時的塗鴉則是刻在牆壁灰泥上,
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using a sharp instrument like a stylus or a nail.
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用銳利的器具,如尖針或指甲。
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In fact, our English word "graffiti" comes from the Italian word meaning "scratched"
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事實上,英文單字「塗鴉」 來自義大利單字「用刻的」,
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and was coined when 19th century archaeologists first encountered
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這個單字被創造出來 是因為十九世紀時考古學家
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the scratched graffiti of Pompeii.
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初次發現了刻在龐貝城牆上的塗鴉。
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Ancient graffiti were written by a wide variety of people,
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古時塗鴉的創作者形形色色,
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and they're some of our best evidence
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它們也是很棒的證據,呈現 在文學記錄中被邊緣化的人,
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for people marginalized from the literary record,
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like women and the enslaved.
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比如女性和奴隸。
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Now the reason why the Pompeiians wrote so many graffiti
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龐貝人有這麼多塗鴉的原因
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is they didn't have access to inexpensive writing tools like paper.
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是因為他們無法取得 不昂貴的書寫工具,如紙張。
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So they took to the walls to send messages to one another,
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所以他們運用牆壁 來傳遞訊息給別人、
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record observations
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記錄他們的觀察,
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or even record things using tally marks
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或甚至用計數符號來做記錄,
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in the same way we might use scrap paper,
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就像我們要隨手記錄時會用廢紙、
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our phones or even social media.
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手機,或甚至社群媒體。
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Now on the screen now are two of the most famous graffiti from Pompeii.
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現在螢幕上的,是兩幅 最知名的龐貝塗鴉。
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Unfortunately, both of them don't survive for us today,
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不幸的是,兩幅都沒有存留至今,
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but drawings made at the time of their excavation
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但在開鑿時所做的繪圖, 讓我們能一瞥它們當年的樣子。
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allow us to see what they once looked like.
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The one on the top says,
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上面的圖寫著:
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"This is the labyrinth,
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「這是迷宮,人身牛頭 怪物住在這裡。」
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the Minotaur lives here,"
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and is accompanied by a drawing of a labyrinth from mythology.
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旁邊附上出自神話的迷宮繪圖。
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This graffito was written inside a private person’s home.
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這幅塗鴉來自私人的家中。
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There wasn't the same taboo about writing in personal space like there is today.
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當年並沒有像現今這樣 禁忌到個人空間中寫訊息。
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I doubt any of us would be too happy if somebody came into our living room
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我想我們應該都不會很希望 有人到我們家的客廳
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and wrote a message such as this.
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留下這樣的訊息。
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The bottom graffiti shows us
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下方的塗鴉讓我們看到, 龐貝人自己本身很清楚知道
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that the Pompeiians themselves had a keen awareness
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of how many graffiti covered their walls.
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他們的牆壁上覆蓋了多少塗鴉。
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It says, "Oh wall, I'm amazed you haven't fallen down
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上面寫著:
「喔,牆壁啊, 我好驚訝你還沒有倒塌,
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holding up so many scribblings."
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支承這麼多的塗寫。」
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This message was repeated several times throughout Pompeii.
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這段訊息在龐貝各處重複了許多次。
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This particular one comes from the amphitheater,
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這一則來自競技場,
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which is the space in which the gladiators would fight.
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也就是角鬥士對戰的地方。
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Now, most graffiti in Pompeii were scratched as I mentioned,
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如我前面所提,龐貝城 大部分的塗鴉都是用刻的,
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but some were written with perishable materials
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但有些是用會耗損的材料來書寫,
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like charcoal and chalk.
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如木炭和粉筆。
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These graffiti are the subject of my present research,
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這類塗鴉是我目前研究的主題,
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and they've been almost totally ignored by modern scholars
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且它們幾乎完全 被現代學者給忽略了,
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in part because very few of them survived to this day.
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部分原因是因為這類塗鴉 很少能留存至今。
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This is a shame,
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這很讓人遺憾,因為 這類塗鴉通常都比較奔放、
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as these graffiti are often more flourishing,
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inventive and elegant than their inscribed counterparts.
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更有創意,且更高雅,
刻畫的塗鴉就沒這麼好。
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It was far easier to draw on top of the wall plaster
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在牆面灰泥上畫畫,遠比 刻寫在牆面上容易得多。
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than to inscribe into it.
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Now here's an example of one of these graffiti.
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這是這類塗鴉的一個例子。
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This one was written on one of the gates leading out of the city,
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這一幅塗鴉的所在, 是出城的主要大門之一,
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and it was likely made with chalk or maybe even just a clod of earth.
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它很可能是用粉筆或甚至 只是一塊泥土畫出來的。
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It says, "Victor with Phyloterus everywhere."
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寫著:「不論天涯海角, 維克特與斐洛泰拉斯。」
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You can see the very elegant Roman cursive in which this message was written.
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各位可以看到這段訊息是用 很優雅的羅馬草書體寫成。
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Can you trace the large flourishes on the V, Y and R letters?
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各位能找到 V、Y,和 R 揮舞出來的線條嗎?
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The author included a playful branch to the right to complete the message.
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作者還在右側畫了一枝 好玩的樹枝,讓訊息更完整。
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Now, just above this one was a graffito made in charcoal.
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在這張上面的, 則是用木炭畫的塗鴉。
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This time the name Victor, with a flourishing V.
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這次是維克特,其中 V 的寫法十分奔放。
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And right below it, a portrait, maybe of Victor himself.
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就在下方有張畫像, 也許就是維克特本人。
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We can just make out the right side of his face, his eye and his nose.
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我們能夠辨視出他的右臉、 他的眼睛,和他的鼻子。
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Now, I'm interested in ancient aesthetics.
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我對古老的美學很感興趣。
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What does the way the graffito was written tell us about the person who wrote it
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塗鴉被繪製的方式, 能讓我們了解什麼關於
作者本人和其動機的資訊?
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and their motivations?
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Now, here's a graffito you don't need to know Latin to understand.
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至於這幅塗鴉,你不用 懂拉丁文也能了解。
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This one was inscribed into one of the bathhouses of the city.
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這幅塗鴉被刻在城市的澡堂之一。
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Can you read it?
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各位能讀出來嗎?
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How about now?
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現在呢?
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That's right.
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沒錯,原本寫的時候 就是上下顛倒的。
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This was originally written upside down.
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Now we don't know if the author wrote it upside down while standing right side up
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我們不知道作者是以側身的 方式來寫上下顛倒的訊息,
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or if they twisted their body to write it upside down.
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或者用扭曲身體的方式 來寫上下顛倒的訊息。
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But either way it shows us the playfulness of so many of the Roman graffiti.
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但,不論是哪一種,都讓我們 見識到許多羅馬塗鴉的趣味。
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Have you figured out what it says?
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各位搞懂這則訊息了嗎?
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What if I do this?
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如果我這樣做呢?
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This was an alphabet.
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這是拉丁字母表。
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It's the Latin alphabet interspersed forwards and backwards.
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是拉丁字母順著和反著排列。
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So it starts with A,
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一開頭是 A,
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then it goes to X, which is the last letter of the Roman alphabet,
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然後是 X,也是 羅馬字母的最後一個。
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then B,
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再來是 B,
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then U, which is the second to last,
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接著是 U,即倒數第二個字母。
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then C, then T, which is the third to last,
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再來是 C,接著 T, 即倒數第三個字母。
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and so on and so forth.
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以此類推。
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So we have the alphabet written upside down
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所以圖上的這些字母
不但被寫成上下顛倒, 還順著和反著排列。
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and interspersed forwards and backwards.
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It doesn't get more playful than that.
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還有比這更好玩的嗎?
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And we can see a utilitarian message such as an alphabet
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我們可以看到,像字母表 這樣很實用的訊息,
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could even be written with elegant writing.
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也可以用優雅的方式書寫。
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The C and the D letter tails are so long, they cross.
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C 和 D 的尾巴很長, 長到彼此交叉。
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For the Pompeiians, it wasn’t enough to write on the walls.
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對龐貝人來說, 光是在牆上書寫還不夠,
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They wanted to write beautifully.
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他們還想要寫得很漂亮。
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Now looking at graffiti in isolation such as this is interesting,
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把像這樣的塗鴉單獨 拿來看是很有意思,
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but we can gain so much more
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但若把它們放在情境中探究, 我們還能獲得更多更多,
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when we examine them in context
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to understand how these graffiti relate to each other
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可以了解這些塗鴉彼此之間的關係,
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and the places they were written in.
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以及它們的所在。
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But to do that we're going to have to travel to ancient Pompeii.
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但若要這麼做, 我們就得前往古龐貝城。
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Now I wish we could all go there together.
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我也希望大家能一起親身去那裡。
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Instead I'm going to take us there virtually.
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但我要改成用虛擬的 方式帶大家過去。
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We're going to walk down one avenue in ancient Pompeii
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我們要沿著古龐貝城的 一條街道上行走,
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to find the graffiti that were once written there
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去找當年曾經在那裡的塗鴉,
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and figure out what can these graffiti tell us
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並搞清楚這些塗鴉能告訴我們
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about life in antiquity and life in the 21st century.
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什麼關於古代生活 及二十一世紀生活的事。
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This is our avenue that we’ll be walking down,
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這是我們要走的街道,
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the Vicolo del Menandro,
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叫做 Vicolo del Menandro,
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a small street in a residential district.
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是住宅區的一條小街。
08:37
We're one block off from the main avenue in town,
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我們離鎮上的主要大道 只有一個街區的距離,
08:40
in between the theater and the amphitheater.
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在劇院和競技場之間。
08:44
As we walk down the avenue, we see many names.
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我們沿著街道一路走下去, 會看到很多名字。
08:47
Most of the names are male,
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大部分是男性的名字,
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as we believe many more men than women were literate in ancient Pompeii,
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我們相信在古龐貝城中 男性比女性多,
08:53
but some female names jump out to us too.
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但我們偶爾也會看到 一些女性的名字。
08:56
It used to be assumed that very few women in the ancient world were literate,
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以往的假設是, 在古代很少有識字女性,
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but graffiti from Pompeii have truly complicated that picture.
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但龐貝城的塗鴉真的 讓狀況變複雜了。
09:06
Amongst all the names,
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在所有的名字當中,
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we see a greeting.
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我們看到一段問候。
09:11
This greeting says,
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這段問候寫著:「普里瑪 祝福西庫恩達斯。」
09:13
"Prima sends many greetings to Secundus."
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09:16
Now Prima and Secundus mean first and second in Latin.
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在拉丁文中,普里瑪 和西庫恩達斯是第一和第二。
09:20
So these might be names or they might be nicknames.
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所以,這些可能是名字, 也可能是綽號。
09:24
So we have a message from one person to the other.
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這是一個人給另一個人的訊息。
09:27
Well, why did Prima write her message here on the facade of the wall plaster?
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為什麼普里瑪要把她的訊息 寫在這道牆的灰泥表面上?
09:32
Well, partly to get her message to Secundus
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部分是為了把她的訊息 傳達給西庫恩達斯,
09:34
and to make sure the rest of Pompeii could read it.
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還有要確保其他龐貝人都能看到。
09:38
This is the equivalent of a tweet or a Snapchat.
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這就等同於推特推文 或 Snapchat 貼文。
09:41
Wall posts have been around for over 2,000 years.
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牆面貼文的歷史已經超過兩千年。
09:47
Now we can take a look at how Prima wrote her message.
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我們可以來看看普里瑪 怎麼寫她的訊息。
她用羅馬草書體撰寫。
09:52
She wrote it in Roman cursive,
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but we can see it looks a lot different
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但可以發現它和剛才用木炭 及粉筆寫的範例很不同。
09:56
than the charcoal and chalk examples I showed earlier.
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09:59
It's difficult to inscribe into wall plaster
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在牆面灰泥上刻字很困難,
10:02
so some of the letter forms become economical,
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所以有些字母形式就變得簡約,
10:05
such as the Es which are underlined on the slide.
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比如投影片上用底線標示的 Es。
10:08
They become just two vertical marks.
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它們變成只是兩個垂直的記號。
10:10
We can see though that Prima included an interpunct,
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不過,我們可以看到 普里瑪有一個間隔號,
10:14
a horizontally centered dot between the first and second word
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第一和第二個字之間 有一個水平置中的點,
10:18
and I literally mean first and second.
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真的是「第一」和「第二」, 那是它們在拉丁文的意思。
10:20
That's what those words mean in Latin.
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10:22
This interpunct helped to show where the first word stopped
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這個間隔號能標示出第一個字 結束第二個字開始的位置,
10:25
and the second word began and was a mark of elegant writing.
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是優雅書寫的記號。
10:30
Now, just below this graffito there were several drawings.
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在這個塗鴉的下方有幾個圖。
10:33
Unfortunately we don't have these ones today,
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不幸的是,現今我們沒有這些圖,
10:36
but I've drawn them here to show you what they might have looked like
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但我把它們畫在這裡給各位看
展示它們可能是什麼樣子的, 其依據是龐貝城的其他繪圖。
10:40
based on other drawings found at Pompeii.
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10:42
There were four boars, three birds,
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有四隻野豬、三隻鳥、
10:45
a gladiator, a ship and a partridge in a pear tree.
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一名角鬥士、一艘船,
及洋梨樹上的一隻鷓鴣。
10:48
I'm kidding about the last one.
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最後一項是開玩笑的。
10:51
Now, scholars such as Katherine Huntley have used developmental psychology
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凱瑟琳‧杭特利等學者 已經運用發展心理學,
10:55
to propose that some drawings were the work of children,
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提出有些繪圖可能是孩童所為,
10:58
but others like these could be the work of adults, too,
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但其他像這樣的塗鴉 也可能是成人所為,
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replicating things they'd seen or heard in picture form.
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以圖的形式複製他們 曾經看過或聽過的事物。
11:06
My point here is that just like the urge to write on a wall is as old as time,
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我的重點是,就如同 想公開寫在牆上的慾望
自古以來一直存在,
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I believe the urge to doodle is a feature of the human spirit.
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我相信,想亂畫亂寫的慾望 也是人類精神的特色。
11:18
Now, a little bit further down our wall
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沿著牆再向前走一些,
11:20
we might have a reply from Secundus to Prima.
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可能會有西庫恩達斯 給普里瑪的回覆。
11:24
Again, these might be nicknames,
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同樣的,這些可能是綽號, 我們無法肯定,
11:26
so we're not sure, but it's possible.
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但有可能。
11:29
This message says, "Secundus too greet his Prima everywhere.
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這則訊息寫著:「西庫恩達斯同樣也
在各地祝福他的普里瑪。
11:34
I ask, mistress, that you love me."
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我請求,女士,你要愛我。」
11:37
Now let's look at the way Secundus wrote his message.
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我們來看看西庫恩達斯 寫這則訊息的方式。
11:40
He didn't write it in the Roman cursive like Prima
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他不像普里瑪用羅馬草書體,
11:44
and definitely not like the flourishing cursive we started with.
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且肯定也不是用我們一開始 看到的奔放草書體。
11:48
Instead, he wrote his message in capital letters
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他反而是用大寫來寫這則訊息,
11:51
so that Prima and the rest of Pompeii wouldn't miss it.
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這麼一來,普里瑪和龐貝城的 所有其他人都不會漏看它。
仔細看,他把訊息框起來 讓訊息更突出,
11:56
And if we look, he accentuated the message with the box surrounding it
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as a way to highlight the message and to make it look more official
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這種方式可以強調這則訊息,
並讓它看起來更正式, 像正式的銘刻。
12:05
like official inscriptions.
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12:07
If we look at the way Secundus spelled his words,
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如果去看西庫恩達斯拼字的方式,
12:10
he left off the [As] on most of the words,
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他省略了大部分字詞當中的 A,
12:13
likely because they weren't being pronounced at the time.
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很有可能在當時 A 是不發音的。
12:16
If you've ever said "gonna" instead of "going to,"
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如果你會說「就醬」 來取代「就這樣」,
12:19
you're familiar with this sort of phenomenon.
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你就算很熟悉這種現象。
12:23
Just below this message, Secundus wrote two further greetings.
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在這則訊息底下,西庫恩達斯 又進一步寫了兩段問候。
12:28
Unfortunately we don't have drawings of these ones,
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不幸的是我們沒有這兩段問候的圖,
12:30
but the excavator who discovered them
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但將它們挖出來的人說
12:32
said that they were written by the same person
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它們是由同一個人 用同樣的工具寫下的。
12:34
and using the same instrument.
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12:36
So they probably looked pretty similar to the message above.
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所以看起來可能 和上面的訊息很相似。
12:40
And these ones say, "Secundus greets his Prima, Secundus."
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它們是:「西庫恩達斯祝福 他的普里瑪,西庫恩達斯。」
12:43
"Secundus greets his Prima."
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「西庫恩達斯祝福他的普里瑪。」
12:45
Can we just feel Secundus's love through these messages?
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透過這些訊息,我們能 感受到西庫恩達斯的愛嗎?
12:49
Again, Secundus has left off the A in spelling Prima's name,
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同樣的,西庫恩達斯在拼 普里瑪的名字時也省略了 A,
12:54
all three times.
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三次都是如此。
12:56
Probably because it wasn't pronounced.
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可能是因為 A 不發音。
12:59
I tell my Latin students, "Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
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我告訴我的拉丁文學生:
「別怕犯錯,就連 羅馬人都會犯錯。」
13:02
Even the Romans made them."
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13:05
Now, why did Secundus and Prima write these messages to one another?
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西庫恩達斯和普里瑪為什麼 要寫這些訊息給對方?
13:09
Well, partly it was to get their messages to the other person.
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部分是因為他們 要把訊息傳遞給對方。
13:13
But I believe there's something else going on here too.
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但我相信還有其他原因。
13:15
Part of it is to take part in this thrill of discovery.
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有一部分是要參與 這種發掘的興奮感。
13:19
How many of us have left a sticky note for somebody
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有誰曾經留下便利貼給別人, 或把紙條留在便當裡,
13:22
or put a note in a lunch box
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13:24
or written on somebody's social media to find later?
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或寫在別人的社群媒體上, 等對方晚點找到?
13:28
Oh, come on, everybody's hands should be up.
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喔,拜託,大家都該舉手。是的。
13:30
Right.
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13:31
You want to get your message to the other person,
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你想把你的訊息傳遞給對方, 但也有參與到發掘的興奮感,
13:33
but it's also taking part in the thrill of discovery,
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13:36
knowing you're leaving something behind for somebody to find later.
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知道你留下東西給某人 等會兒去發現。
13:40
And I believe that's a motivation for these greeters in Pompeii.
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我相信,這是龐貝城 這些人寫問候訊息的動機。
13:45
Now we continue down our walk and we find more evidence of elegant writing.
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我們持續走下去,會發現 更多優雅書寫的證據。
13:50
Here we have a farewell greeting, "Veneria, goodbye."
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這裡有一則道別的問候: 「維納莉亞,再會。」
13:54
And the ends of the letters made to look like branches.
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這些字母的末端看起來像是樹枝。
13:59
Just below it is a graffito that has stumped scholars.
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它下頭的塗鴉對學者是個挑戰。
14:02
It doesn't really make sense in Latin.
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這在拉丁文中並沒有意義。
14:05
I believe it was a first attempt for the graffito above.
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我認為是第一次嘗試 畫出上面的那個塗鴉。
14:09
Or perhaps somebody was replicating the elegant graffito above
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或者,也許有人想 複製上面的優雅塗鴉,
14:13
in rather simpler form, and they weren’t as effective.
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改用比較簡單的形式,但效果不彰。
14:17
These two graffiti show us the true elegance that was possible
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這兩幅塗鴉讓我們看到
在拉丁塗鴉中也有可能 做到真正的優雅。
14:21
in some of these Latin graffiti.
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14:24
As we continue down our avenue,
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我們繼續沿著街道走,
14:26
we end with a graffito that shows us a group
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最後看到的塗鴉
讓我們看到一個幾乎完全 被文學記錄遺漏的族群,
14:30
almost completely left out of the literary record,
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14:32
and these are the enslaved.
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那就是奴隸。
14:34
This graffito says,
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這幅塗鴉寫著:「阿米安瑟斯,
14:36
"Amianthus, slave of Coelius Caldus, a clothes washer."
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科利烏斯‧卡杜斯的奴隸, 洗衣服的工人。」
14:40
Now, clothes washing was a notoriously dirty business in antiquity.
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在古代,洗衣服是 惡名昭彰的骯髒差事。
14:44
One of the materials used to wash clothes was urine.
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用來洗衣服的材料之一是尿液。
14:48
While we wish we could know more about Amianthus's life,
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雖然我們希望我們能更了解 阿米安瑟斯的人生,
14:52
this graffito has at least given us the name
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這幅塗鴉至少
讓我們知道許多奴隸 其中一位的名字,
14:55
of one of the many enslaved
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14:57
whose lives have been lost to history.
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這些人的人生都被歷史給遺漏了。
15:02
We end our tour with one final graffito.
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我們用最後一幅塗鴉 來結束這段旅程。
15:05
This one says, "On September 3, Satura was here."
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這一幅寫著:
「九月三日,莎托拉在這裡。」
15:10
How many of us have seen a graffito such as this
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有誰見過像這樣的塗鴉,
15:14
or such as this
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或像這種?
15:16
while waiting at the train station or using the restroom?
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在等火車時或用洗手間時有看過?
15:20
Satura could hardly have known
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莎托拉不可能會知道 西元七十九年的毀滅性爆發
15:22
that a destructive and deadly eruption in 79 AD
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15:25
would preserve this graffito
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會讓這幅塗鴉被保留下來,
15:27
and thereby her memory for us today.
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因而讓我們保有對她的記憶。
15:30
The urge to write on the wall,
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想在牆上寫字的慾望,
15:32
to leave your name behind in space and time,
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想把你的名字留在空間 和時間裡的慾望,
15:36
is as old as time.
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自古以來就有。
15:39
While I am by no means advocating
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我並不是在提倡 大家都到外面去塗鴉,
15:41
that we all go out and start writing graffiti,
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15:44
I hope we can consider what messages we're leaving behind
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但我希望我們能思考一下 我們留下什麼訊息,
15:48
and what we hope will last for the next generation.
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以及我們希望什麼 能留存到下一個世代。
15:51
Thank you
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謝謝。
15:52
(Applause)
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