文╱英文老師貝兒（Bell）特稿

常言道：「人生百態，冷暖自知。」「人生百態」一詞可英譯為“the Spectrum of Life’s Experiences”。

蓮生活佛在其「獨居老人的生日」一文提及：「人要嘗試著去過不同背景的生活，這樣你才知道生老病死、富貴貧賤、世態炎涼、人情冷暖，看一看，過一過獨居老人的淒涼日子吧！我想到，這種背景的生涯，應該是還歸本來面目，極可珍貴吧！」其中，「生老病死、富貴貧賤、世態炎涼、人情冷暖」都是「人生百態」，英譯如下：

“It is good to try out different lifestyles so that one may taste the spectrum of life's experiences, be it warm or cold, rich or poor. Look at what I am going through, living out a miserable life as an old man in recluse!

I liken this stage of my life as one of returning to the primordial state of being, and should be treasured.”

(Translated by Padmakumara Translation Team)

英語詞彙 (English Vocabulary)

spectrum：(相同水平而不同觀點的) 範圍

miserable：淒涼，悲慘

liken：將…比喻為

primordial：原始的

treasured：珍貴的，珍惜的