翻譯功課 - 天真的波兒（節錄）

天真的波兒　獻給低能的你

誰說宮崎駿動畫反戰、提倡環保、鼓勵親子關係、勉勵人生？《崖上的波兒》最近上映，我覺得相當適合下面兩類觀眾去看：

（１）　天真的小朋友；
（２）　平常想得太多，但依然有童心的大人；
　　　　可是，我覺得不適合以下人士收看：
（３）　扮天真而其實低能的大人

香港社會的大人，毫不天真、普遍低能，卻誤以為低能是天真。因此，應該把本片列為倒轉的三級，18 歲或以上人士不得入場收看。

宮崎駿的動畫，理應是畫給小朋友看。第二類適合看他的動畫，是平常左思右想的大人。因為看動畫，能擺脫日常生活的真實感，稍微放鬆一下，回到童真的幻想世界。

宮崎駿明言，動畫與看似很真實的電影不一樣。跟照片不同，動畫不是「寫真」的藝術。日文的攝影就是「寫真」，但看似客觀的真實影像，其實經過刪剪、編輯，暗藏了導演與拍攝者的主觀意願。

宮崎駿的這套動畫哲學其實頗有洞見，認為高度勞動密集的動畫行業，之所以不是搞馬克思所講的異化資本主義，是因為動畫真的有解放人心的力量。動畫是人手畫的藝術作品，明顯是假的，因此，動畫很難騙你，也沒有攝影與電影的暗藏的政治意識形態。看完動畫，只是一場夢幻一場空，不會因此而相信。


Is the innocent Ponyo made for the naive?

What is your impression of Hayao Miyazaki’s animation? Opposing to war? Promoting environmental protection? Urging parent-child relationship? Bringing hope to life? However, none of these seem to show up in his latest work “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea”. I think two kinds of people below will enjoy watching this film:

(1) Innocent children;
(2) Adults who think too much, but still have childlike innocence;

However, I do not think this film is suitable for the following people:
(3) Adults who seem innocent, but actually naive.

Adults in our society are usually naive, but not innocent. They always think a naive person is totally innocent because they have some kind of misconception between “innocent” and “naive”. Therefore, this film should be classified as “Reverse Category III” (for people aged below 18 only) of the three-tier film classification system.

Hayao Miyazaki's animation is supposed to be made for children. However, adults, who think too much in their daily live are also welcome. Animation allows us to extricate ourselves from the reality of daily lives, get us some relaxation and return to the fantasy world of childhood.

Hayao Miyazaki says that animation-making is different from realistic film-shooting, which seems objective but in fact subjective. Realistic film-shooting involves cutting and editing, which unconsciously includes the will of the director or the photographer.

The philosophy of animation of Hayao Miyazaki is somehow insightful. He pointed out that animation has the power to liberate our heart. Therefore “Marx’s Alienation” has not yet appeared in such a high degree of labor-intensive animation industry. Animation is only an art from our bare-handed painting. It cannot hide any political ideology which, in contrast, can always be found in photography and film. Animation is obviously fictitious and is therefore very difficult to deceive you. Watching an animation, having dreamt, and that’s all.