Session Alignment

S1

Repeating the past

T1

回顾过去

S2

A lesson in family history .

T2

有关家族史的一课。

S3

What you did to your uncle ’s grave was unforgivable .

T3

你对你叔叔坟墓的所作所为是不可原谅的。

S4

Your mother blamed herself , as always . You didn ’t know what you were doing , she said . I could accept that when you traded the shofar I gave you for that eMotiv headset , perhaps , or even when you befriended those young toughs with the shaved heads and the filthy mouths . I would never have forgiven the swastika on your game pod but you are my daughter ’s son , not mine . Maybe it was only adolescent rebellion . How could you know , after all ? How could any child really know , here in 2017 ? Genocide is far too monstrous a thing for history books and grainy old photographs to convey . You were not there ; you could never understand .

T4

你的母亲总是责备自己。她说你不知道自己在做什么。当你把我给你的羊角号换成 eMotiv 头盔的时候，或许是这样，甚至当你和那些剃了光头、嘴巴脏兮兮的小混混成为朋友的时候，我都可以接受。然而我永远不会原谅你在游戏舱上使用纳粹党十字记号，但你是我女儿的儿子，不是我的。也许这只是青春期的叛逆。但你怎么可能知道呢？ 2017 年的孩子怎么可能知道呢？历史书和粗糙的老照片告诉我们，种族灭绝是一件太可怕的事。你不曾在那里；你也永远不会明白。

S5

We told ourselves you were a good boy at heart , that it was ancient history to you , abstract and unreal . Both of us doctors , familiar with the sad stereo type of the self - loathing Jew , we talked ourselves into treating you like some kind of victim . And then the police brought you back from the cemetery and you looked at us with those dull , indifferent eyes , and I stopped making excuses . It wasn ’t just your uncle ’s grave . You were spitting on six million others , and you knew , and it meant nothing .

T5

我们告诉自己，你内心是个好孩子，对你来说那是一段古老的历史，抽象而不真实。我们两个人都是医生，都熟悉那种自我厌恶的犹太人的悲伤形象，我们说服自己把你当成某种受害者。但是之后警察把你从墓地带回来，你用迟钝、冷漠的眼睛看着我们，我不再找借口了。那不仅仅是你叔叔的坟墓。你对着六百万其他人吐口水，这毫无意义。