London, I Love You / 倫敦我愛你

今天搭公車去派丁頓車站，雖然剛開始搭錯車，但好心的司機讓我和安蒂免費轉乘其它線公車，上了36號，問黑人司機有否到達，他點點頭說：我會帶你們去到那兒。沿路我聽見他哼著歌，想到電影「巴黎我愛你」中的「節慶廣場」片段，受重傷的黑人男子見到救護員女子時，問可不可以和他喝咖啡，接下來整個故事就在男子的吟唱聲倒敘愛的故事。到了要下車之際，司機轉過頭來，目光追隨著我們，確定我們下對站。如果拍一部「倫敦我愛你」，會有哪些畫面和聲音呢？

On our way to Paddington station today, we took the wrong bus in the beginning, but fortunately the kind driver gave us a receipt to take the right one for free. When we got on bus 36, I confirmed with the black driver to make sure that we wouldn't err again. He nodded replying, "I'll take you there." During the ride, I heard him humming, and his voice reminded me of the story Place de Fetes in the movie Paris, Je T'aime. The seriously wounded black man asked the paramedic girl if he could have a cup of coffee with him when she went to his rescue. The whole story is narrated in flashback accompanied by the singing voice of a man. When we were about to get off, the driver turned around, his eyes following us. In a movie titled London, I Love You, what kinds of images and sounds will there be?

車站裡捧著花束走過我眼前的男人，趕著去赴約，他們的身影消失在旅客的喧鬧聲中和轟隆隆的火車聲裡。地鐵某些路線整修中，廣播不斷傳來為安撫擁擠人群的話語，但要分手的情侶分不開。

Men with a bouquet of flowers in their hands are in a hurry to meet their lovers. They disappear among the chattering voices of passengers who wait for their trains and the rumbling sounds of trains. Some tube lines are closed, and though the staff tries to appease the crowds by broadcasting mind-soothing talks, couples who are about to part can't let go of each other. 

週五晚上和週六的酒吧客滿，有些店外的人群還排了好一大條，客氣有禮貌的英國人此時開始放縱自我，可是不知為什麼，那樣充滿人潮的地方看起來卻特別寂寞。接近半夜的市中心沉溺在一片醉朦朦的氣氛之中，路上有走路歪歪斜斜的帥哥美女，開車的人居然也喪失理智，還有穿著正式卻拎著鞋在人行道上跑著追巴士的倫敦人。從清醒到迷茫，一定也充斥許多意亂情迷的小故事吧！

On weekends a lot of bars are packed with people. Some are so popular that there are tons of drinkers outside as well. At moments like this, polite and well-behaved Brits discard their good manners and just enjoy. Somehow such crowded places appear especially lonely to me. At midnight downtown, the city is enveloped in dreamy drunken feel. Blonds sleepwalk on the pavements, drivers honk, and some well-dressed Londoners chase after the buses with shoes in their hands. There must be plenty of "intoxicating" love stories. 

公車上對面坐了一對母女，太太打電話給先生贅述今日去醫院探望的友人病況，說完之後問女兒要不要和爸爸聊天，年輕女孩很高興地和父親分享這一週的生活，提到曾經吃過值得推薦的餐廳，和爸爸說：下次你來倫敦我們再一起去。

A mother and her daughter sit across from me on the bus. The wife repeats what has happened during her day to the husband. After she's finished, she asks if her daughter wants to chat with her dad. The young girl greets him in a cheerful tone. She shares her life of the week happily with him. Speaking of a restaurant she has been to, she tells her had, "Next time when you come down, I'll take you there." 

安蒂要離開了，惆悵地說她有多麼喜歡倫敦這個城市。

Andie is about to leave. Loving the city of London so much, she can't help saying goodbye with sentimentality. 

在倫敦生活的外國人，也希望有愛的寄託，溫暖在異鄉的生活。有時候連聽見身邊的各國人種操著聽不懂的語言，不同音階和語調混在一起，令人感到安心。

Foreigners living in London look for love to warm their lives in a new city. Sometimes it is even so comforting to hear people of different nationalities speak languages that I don't understand. The mixture of various scales and intonations can be rather soothing. 

還有為了喜歡的事物來到倫敦的我，這是屬於我的愛的故事，配樂是低調的浴室的吸水系統聲，椅子轉動的聲音，微波爐的低鳴和尖銳的鬧鐘聲，還有你在電話另一端有些不清楚卻又那麼有力的呢喃。

And of course, there is my love story about coming to London for my passion. The soundtrack includes throaty humming of the central drying system in the bathroom, the creaky sound of my swivel chair,  the buzzing murmur of the micro-wave oven, the sharp shriek of the alarm clock, and your obscure but powerful mumbling at the other end of the telephone. 

電影以一首美麗的詩作節尾，就算在寂靜中打上謝幕也無所謂。

The movie ends with a beautiful poem. Even if the credit pages run in silence, it won't matter...