十年前,当匈牙利作家凯尔泰斯获得诺贝尔奖时,有相当多的匈牙利人感觉不自在,特别是民族主义色彩强烈的右翼报纸,话里有话地称他是“犹太作家”……有一次,我在翻译《英国旗》时,曾向一位我一向敬重的老教授请教几个语法问题,出我意料的是,竟从他嘴里也听到了滋味复杂的这句话:“他不是匈牙利作家,是犹太作家。”匈牙利作家,还是犹太作家?这个疑问始终伴随着我翻译完凯尔泰斯的四部书,我从作者的日记里知道,这个身份疑问,从一降生就 Ten years ago, when the Hungarian writer Kertesz won the Nobel Prize, a considerable number of Hungarians felt uncomfortable, especially the strong-willed nationalist right-wing newspaper, sometimes calling him “Jewish writer” ... Once, when I was translating the “British flag,” I consulted a few old grammar professors whom I had always respected. To my surprise, I heard the complicated sentence in his mouth: “He is not a Hungarian writer or a Jewish writer.” "Hungarian or Jewish writer? This question always accompanies me in translating the four books of Kellies, and I know from the author’s diary that this identity question, on