Session Alignment

S1

Repeating the past

T1

重复过去

S2

A lesson in family history .

T2

家族历史的一课

S3

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

T3

你对你叔叔的坟墓所作的事是不可原谅的。

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

你的母亲从来都是怪她自己。她说，你并不知道自己在做什么。我可以接受你把我送你的羊角号拿去换了一副时髦耳机，呃，也许吧。甚至当你和那些剃着光头满嘴脏话的小流氓混在一起时，我也能接受。我本来绝不会原谅你竟然在你的游戏机上贴着纳粹邪恶的 “ 卍 ” 标志，但毕竟你是我女儿的儿子，而不是我的儿子。我想，这或许只是青春期的叛逆。毕竟，你怎么会明白 — — 到现在 2017 年了，还有多少孩子真正明白：要用历史书和老照片来解释种族灭绝的含义，是一件多么令人恐怖的事情。你没有经历过，你永远不会明白。

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，你内心还是个好孩子，毕竟那段历史对你来说，古老、抽象、不真实。我们俩都是医生，都很熟悉这种典型又可悲的犹太人自我厌恶的样子，所以我们说服我们自己，要像对待受害者一样对待你。然后警察就把你从墓地带了回来，而你却用那双呆滞而冷漠的眼睛望着我们。那一刻，我不再为你找借口了。因为那不仅仅是你叔叔的坟墓：你的口水也吐在了其他 600 万人的身上 — — 你清楚地知道这一点，但这对你而言，却完全无所谓。