内容简介

《文月华的中国日记》是由雪莉•珍•恩迪科特整理其母亲玛丽•奥斯汀•恩迪科特(即文月华)所写日记，由加拿大劳瑞尔大学出版社出版的一本生活写作类著作。该书记录下文月华自1925年来到中国后对中国的所见所闻以及中国社会的重大变革，包括北伐战争、抗日战争、冷战等影响中国命运的一系列历史事件。本次翻译实践节选书中的第十七至十九章节 《战时在重庆》、《结婚纪念日》、《战时日记：1939-1941》进行翻译。

翻译所选其中的三个章节，真实的向读者们展示了抗日战争时期日本对战时中华民国战时首都重庆进行的长达5年半的战略轰炸，其场景之惨，伤亡之重，影响之深。文章使用了叙述的手法，按照时间的顺序，详尽地再现了重庆大轰炸时期重庆人民水深火热的生活。

第十七章写战时在重庆，内容包括国民党在战争前夕的所为、日军炸弹第一次轰炸重庆的场景以及恩迪科特家族在轰炸期间的艰难求生。 

第十八章写结婚纪念日，内容包括文月华写信给丈夫庆祝他们十四周年结婚纪念日。

 第十九章写战时日记，内容包括1939年到1941年间恩迪科特家族为躲避战火从重庆撤退到四川峨眉山却再次遭遇空袭的经历。

INTRODUCTION

The book China diary: the life of Mary Austin Endicott is a work of life writing that was published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. These diaries are written by Mary Austin Endicott and collected by her daughter Shirley Jane Endicott. This book has recorded what Mary Austin Endicott had seen and learned in China and the great changes in the society of China, including the Northern Expedition, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Cold War and so on. In this process, two chapters were chosen to be translated, namely Wartime in Chungking, Wedding Anniversary and Wartime Diary: 1939-41.

   These three chapters show readers that Japan has bombed the wartime capital -Chongqing for five and a half years during the period of anti-Japanese war, which has caused innocent civilians lost their lives and millions of people were displaced and unable to return home. Through description and in accordance with the order of time, the miserable life of people in Chongqing is reproduced in detail.

    The theme of the chapter 17 is wartime in Chongqing, including what the Nationalist Party did before the bombing, the scene of Japan bombed Chongqing for the first time and the Endicott family’s hard life in the wartime.

   The theme of the chapter 18 is Wedding Anniversary, including Mary Austin Endicott writes to her husband in their fourteenth wedding anniversary.

The theme of the chapter 17 is wartime dairies, including the experience of the Endicott family retreat to Omei Mountain to escape war but got bombed again.