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[翻譯] Warhammer 40k: Konrad Curze

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原文http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Konrad_Curze#.T6pp7lK8Uc0 Konrad Curze, also known as Night Haunter, was one of the twenty Primarchs created by the Emperor. 康拉德‧寇佌，亦名「狩夜者」，是帝皇造出的二十位基因原體之一。 The child that would come to be known as Konrad Curze was first recorded as crashing through the surface and into the core of the night-shrouded world of Nostramo. The crust of Nostramo bore high quantities of the mineral adamantium, which provided the basis of the planet's immense mining and purifying industries. The vast majority of the planet's population lived in abject poverty, toiling in the mines while the rich grew in affluence, exploiting the already downtrodden workers. Crime ran mostly unchecked, depression was inescapable, and overpopulation was kept in check more by suicide than by any other measure. 這名日後被稱為康拉德‧寇佌的小孩，首次見於紀錄是在一處常夜籠罩的世界──諾斯崔摩，墜落之時衝過星球地面，直指世界核心。諾斯崔摩地表富涵大量堅鋼礦藏，為星球龐大的採收與精練工業體系提供了相當基礎。星球絕大多數的人口只能一輩子在礦坑裡苦工，過著貧困潦倒的絕望生活；而富人們則極盡所能壓榨這群底層勞工，藉此暴利致富。罪惡橫行蔓生，哀傷愁苦永無止境，自殺成了限制人口增生的最主要因素。 Unlike many of the other Primarchs, Konrad Curze was not taken in by any family and was left to raise himself. He spent his early life surviving off his wits and determination, feeding himself by hunting the feral animals that roamed through the vast city of Nostramo Quintus. He was continually plagued by visions of the darkest possible future, horrifyingly potent waking dreams that would curse him throughout his life. 不若多數基因原體，康拉德‧寇佌並未被任何家庭收養，須得自力更生。早年憑著膽識與決心，他以狩獵那些分佈在諾斯崔摩昆塔司龐大城區裡的野生動物過活。他內心終日為那些漆黑無望未來的預想與似乎極可能實現的恐怖夢見所苦，並在往後一生中成為了他的詛咒，縈繞不去。 During his short youth, Curze was pitched into a destructive cycle of persecution and murder, focusing on the criminal elements of Nostramo's society. His vigilante actions began small, intervening when he witnessed something he believed to be wrong, but rapidly escalating into hunting down those he believed had committed transgressions. 在他短暫的幼年生涯中，寇佌被迫面對由迫害與殺戮組成的無盡循環，親眼目睹諾斯崔摩社會裡的罪惡成份。一開始他的私裁舉動還不算大，以阻止他親眼所見且他認定為不義之事為主，但很快地演變成擊潰那些他認為違背正義的罪人。 At first, several people prominent within the city's corrupt hierarchy disappeared. Leaders of the most vocal opposition to the status quo vanished in similar circumstances. Bodies of known criminals began to appear, gutted like fish by some cruel assailant. Officials were found hung from high windows. Body parts blocked storm water drains. Many of the corpses found were so horribly beaten by their assailant that identification was impossible. 起初，這個城市犯罪結構的幾個要角突然消失。對此發表強烈譴責的幾個組織領袖也在類似的情況下消聲匿跡。小有惡名的罪犯慘死於兇徒手下，屍體被人發現像殺魚一樣肚破腸流。政府官員被吊死在挑高的窗上。屍塊之多，連疏導暴雨用的排水溝都給堵住。這些被發現的屍體中許多都被兇徒狠狠痛毆過，辨識死者幾成不可能之事。 Within the year, the crime rate of Nostramo Quintus fell to near-zero. Society underwent massive changes, most notable of which was the self-imposed curfew that came into being. Mothers began to threaten children that if they continued to misbehave, the Night Haunter would come for them. This term quickly came into common usage, describing a dark creature that stalked the city, ready to disembowel anyone it believed to be a criminal or heretic with dirty, razor-sharp talons. 就在這一年內，諾斯崔摩昆塔司的犯罪率幾乎降至零。社會經歷翻天覆地的大改變，其中最值一提的莫過於自發性的宵禁。做母親的開始嚇唬小孩說，如果他們在再不乖的話，狩夜者就會找上門來。此稱不久廣為使用，描述一個在城市裡潛伏的黑暗造物，用污黑、銳如剃刀的爪子，將它眼中的罪犯或異教徒開場剖肚。 Curze saw hope for the inhabitants of his world. He had become the only object of fear and hate within the city. Appearing before the nobles that had survived his vigilante purge, Night Haunter became the first monarch of Nostramo Quintus. He assimilated knowledge almost greedily, and became considered a fair and temperate ruler, until word of some injustice reached his ears. He would then hunt the guilty through the streets, wearing them down and then killing and mutilating them. The unpredictable pattern of benevolent wisdom and hideous vengeance ushered in a new level of efficiency and honesty. Other cities around the planet followed suit, in an attempt to keep the Night Haunter from their doors 寇佌見到了這世界居民的一絲曙光。他成為了這個城市恐懼與厭恨的唯一目標。在那些沒有成為私刑目標的貴族面前，狩夜者現身，並成為了諾斯崔摩昆塔司的第一個獨裁者。他近乎貪婪地汲取知識，成為了公認的公正與溫和的統治者──直到有任何不義之事為他所聽聞。接著他會在街井巷弄間狩獵罪人，折磨他們，最後殺害並分屍。他那不可捉摸的行舉，時而高貴睿智，時而殘暴懲惡，將這世界帶進了一個講求效率、表彰誠實的新層次。星球上的其他城市紛紛跟進效法，以免狩夜者登門拜訪。 A short time into the reign of Night Haunter, the Emperor's Great Crusade reached the outskirts of the Nostramo system. The coming of the Emperor of Man was an event that had been prophesied in Nostramo's history: an event that would lead to the planet's downfall. 狩夜者統治後不久，帝皇的偉大遠征來到了諾斯崔摩星系邊界。在諾斯崔摩歷史記載裡頭，早有預言全人類的帝皇將會親臨，屆時這個星球將會覆滅。 The Emperor landed on Nostramo, and led a delegation to the centre of Nostramo Quintus on foot. The citizens of Nostramo, adapted to the near-constant darkness, could not bear to look upon the radiance of the Emperor. Most wept, as the healing light he projected reflected off the rain-slicked streets into their faces. Those brave enough to look upon him directly were blinded.1 帝皇降臨在諾斯崔摩上，親領使節步行前往諾斯崔摩昆塔司。諾斯崔摩的居民們已習於幾乎常夜的環境，無法直視帝皇的光輝。當帝皇那撫慰人心的光芒，透過被雨洗淨的街道反射映照在他們的臉龐上時，幾乎每個人都流下淚水。那些敢於直視祂本人的，眼睛再也不能視物。 At the end of the broad road leading to Night Haunter's palace, the Primarch stood, waiting for the delegation to approach. As they did, he succumbed to a vision so potent and horrifying that he tried to claw his own eyes out, but was stopped by the Emperor. Night Haunter then looked at the Emperor, and the following dialogue ensued: 通往狩夜者宮殿的長路走到了盡頭，這名基因原體佇立當地，等待使節團到來。當帝皇行至時，一個逼真且恐怖的預見擊潰了他，令他意圖把自己的雙眼給挖出來，但帝皇阻止了他。狩夜者於是望向帝皇，有了以下有紀錄的對話： "Konrad Curze, be at peace, for I have arrived and intend to take you home." 「康拉德‧寇佌，毋須驚慌。我已來了，並要帶你回家。」 "That is not my name, Father. I am Night Haunter, and I know full well what you intend for me." 「那不是我的名字，父親。我是狩夜者，而我一直都知道您的意旨。」 Night Haunter quickly adapted to the teachings of the Imperium, studying the complex doctrines of the Adeptus Astartes under Fulgrim's tutelage. Night Haunter was soon incepted as the leader of the eighth Space Marine Legion, which he named the Night Lords.1 狩夜者很快地適應了帝國的教育，在富根親授下學習繁複的聖典戰團教條。不久狩夜者便被授予第八支星際戰士的領導權，他將這個軍團命名為午夜主教。 Although he and his Legion excelled in many theatres of war, a tendency soon became apparent. It never occurred to the Night Lords to use anything other than total and decisive force to achieve their goals. Over the first few years, the Night Lords were moulded by their Primarch into an efficient, humourless force, possessing the fanatical thoroughness of Witch Hunters.1 他和他的軍團經過許許多多各式各樣的戰爭洗禮，漸漸地某種趨向變得明朗起來。午夜主教投入全部、決定性的兵力以取得戰果，其他事情則完全不納入考慮。經過頭幾年的形塑後，午夜主教已被他們的基因原體打造成一支講究效率、不茍言笑的部隊，極端執著於成功，其狂熱程度堪可比擬異端審判庭。 Night Haunter encouraged his legion to decorate their armour with images designed to inspire fear in the enemy, a tactic that proved incredibly effective. Soon, rumours of the impending presence of the Night Lords would cause a system to pay all outstanding tithes, cease all illegal activities and put to death any mutants and suspected heretics.1 狩夜者致力於將軍團裝甲飾以一些設計過的圖象，用以引起敵方的恐懼，這個戰術已證明十分有效。於是，僅只要謠傳午夜主教即將出現，便能令整個星系繳出積欠的稅務，停止一切非法行動，處死任何突變種或異端嫌犯。 Reinforcements to replace the Night Lords that fell in battle were selected from the population of Nostramo, but in Night Haunter's absence, the population of the planet collapsed back into the corrupt and decadent ways that had prevailed before his arrival. The ruthless criminals were the only ones to remain healthy and strong, so it was these men who were recruited for the Legion. Night Haunter began to lose some of the control he held over his Legion, and the visions that plagued him increased in both lucidity and quantity. 替換午夜主教戰亡者的新兵是從諾斯崔摩的居民選拔而來，但狩夜者離開的這段期間，整個星球又退回到過去那種敗德淪喪的世界，一如他未降世之前。這些殘酷無情的罪犯是唯一仍健康強壯的人選，因此順理成章成為了軍團招募的新兵。狩夜者漸漸地喪失了部分對子弟兵的掌控，而那些苦惱著他的預見也變得更加清晰真實。 Learning of the fate of his homeworld, Night Haunter tried to confide in his brother Primarchs, but had never been close to them in the beginning, and their reaction was less than favourable to his claims. He attacked Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists before taking the Night Lords fleet to Nostramo. A few Imperial pursuit craft arrived just in time to see the Night Lords' laser batteries firing into the hole left by Night Haunter's arrival decades earlier. Nostramo's core overheated and the world exploded. 見到家園世界的不幸後，狩夜者試圖尋求基因原體兄弟私下協助，但他們從未把他當真正的兄弟對待，而且原體們對此的反應也不是狩夜者所求的。他攻擊了帝國之拳的羅格 ‧多恩，並帶著午夜主教艦隊回到諾斯崔摩。一些追擊而來的帝國船艦正好目睹午夜主教朝著當年狩夜者降臨時留下的大洞開火。諾斯崔摩的核心過熱，於是整個星球爆炸殆盡。 Night Haunter's terrible acts caused him to become susceptible to the whispers of Chaos. The campaigns of the Night Lords became less justifiable, terror campaigns leaving a trail of devastated worlds across the galaxy. Night Haunter no longer crusaded in the Emperor's name, instead fighting only in the name of death and fear. Eventually, the Emperor was forced to order the recall of Night Haunter to answer charges laid against him and his men. But before the Night Lords reached Terra a new crisis erupted... 狩夜者的惡行為他招來了混沌囈語。午夜主教的正義之戰開始變質，驚恐可怕的戰事在群星之間只留下一連串徹底毀滅的世界。狩夜者不再以帝皇之名開戰，轉而服膺於死亡與恐懼。最終帝皇不得不下令召回狩夜者，讓他與旗下戰士們面對指控與審判。但就在午夜主教們抵達泰拉前，新的危機爆發了…… When the Horus Heresy broke out, Night Haunter was quick to swear his Legion to the forces of Warmaster Horus. The Legion sided with none of the Chaos Gods, instead using the forces of Chaos as tools to utilise in their terror campaigns. Slowly but surely, the Night Lords, now almost entirely comprised of murderers and criminals, began to carve a bloody path towards Terra.1 赫魯斯叛變之際，狩夜者很快地向戰帥赫魯斯宣示忠誠。這支軍團並不與任何一位混沌諸神為伍，而是利用混沌之力做為他們散播恐怖戰事的工具。緩慢但確實地，午夜主教已經幾乎全由殺人狂和罪犯組成，朝著泰拉殺出一條血路。 After the invasion of Terra, the Night Lords did not splinter and flee like the rest of the Traitor Legions. Instead, they continued to attack the Imperium, however, their tactics seemed to change, betraying a self-destructive desperation. The Emperor himself, wishing to disband the Night Lords forever, dispatched half the Callidus Temple of assassins to terminate the renegade Primarch.1 侵攻泰拉事件過後，午夜主教並不像其他叛變軍團一樣逃亡獸散。他們反而持續攻擊帝國，戰術卻似乎與過往不同，和先前那種自毀式的絕地狂熱大相逕庭。帝皇決意要永遠解散午夜主教，派出了卡利都斯神殿轄下近半刺客，要將這名基因原體叛徒滅絕。 Night Haunter was eventually killed, assassinated by the Callidus M'Shen. It is believed she was allowed to infiltrate his palace on Tsagualsa, as she encountered no guards between herself and his throne room. Confronted with her, he simply said: 狩夜者最後被殺死，刺殺者為卡利都斯的穆薛。據信狩夜者刻意放她潛入嚓古歐沙星上的宮殿，通往他皇座的房室路上連一個護衛都沒指派。兩方正面對質之時，他只說： "Your presence does not surprise me, Assassin. I have known of you ever since your craft entered the Eastern Fringes. Why did I not have you killed? Because your mission and the act you are about to commit proves the truth of all I have ever said or done. I merely punished those who had wronged, just as your false Emperor now seeks to punish me. Death is nothing compared to vindication." 「我並不訝異妳出現在此，刺客。早在你的船艦進入東部星陲之時我便已知曉。為何我還留妳一命？因為妳的使命和妳所將行之事，皆再再證明了我所言或我所為之本質。我僅只是向行惡者降下懲罰，正如妳的偽帝如今對我降懲。與此明證相比，死亡無足輕重。」 The vid-log then shows M'Shen leaping forward, although the kill was never confirmed, as the video feed cuts out right before they fight. It is believed that Night Haunter allowed himself to be killed: he saw himself as a murderous and corrupt villain, the very thing he sought to destroy. Regardless, his final words are considered one of the great enigmas to the Imperium's history. 紀錄只顯示至穆薛向前躍起，影像在兩方戰鬥前便嘎然而止，並無證實狩夜者是否確實被殺。據信狩夜者是刻意讓自己被殺：他將自己視為殺人無數的腐敗惡徒，和他誓言粉碎的罪惡並無分別。儘管如此，他的遺世之詞仍是帝國記史以來最費解的難題。 It is implied in the novel Lord of the Night that Curze had a dual personality. 'He knew that he was two men. One was... just and righteous' - the daemon spat the words, disgusted - 'whilst the other... mm... the other had felt the kiss of Chaos all its life. One thrived on focus. The other ate fear. 在小說午夜君臨中暗示到寇佌有雙重人格。「他一直都知道自己是兩個人。其一……公正不阿」那惡魔輕蔑地說著這些字眼──「另一個則…嗯……另一個終其一生都感受到混沌的青睞。其一以貫徹使命而茁壯。另一個則食恐懼而生。」 ============= 感想1. 好難翻.... 原文留著方便高手指正感謝qq 感想2. 是誰在帝皇的漫畫櫃裡放了一套蝙蝠俠？感想3. 查了之後才發現滿滿的知名作家康拉德的梗...連母星的名字也是感想4. 看到雙重人格那段一整個心酸 -- 「所有的點點滴滴，終將隨著時光逝去… 一如淚水，於雨中消散…」《銀翼殺手》 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 111.253.207.38

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