IRV DRASNIN: But the execution of your father changed that?

但对你父亲的处决改变了这一切？

IRV DRASNIN: How do you account for that?

你如何理解这一点？

IRV DRASNIN: So all of this you took back to Pakistan with you?

所以你把这些都带回了巴基斯坦？

IRV DRASNIN: I mean, your early life reads like a novel.

我的意思是，你的早年生活就像一本小说。

IRV DRASNIN: Your life could have taken a different turn than the one it took.

你的人生本可以有一个不同的转折。

IRV DRASNIN: What got you through it? What made it different for you?

你是怎么熬过来的？是什么让你与众不同？

IRV DRASNIN: Well, something changed your mind.

嗯，有些事情改变了你的想法。

IRV DRASNIN: What were you looking for when you found August Wilson? What was it in August Wilson?

当你找到奥古斯特·威尔逊的时候，你在寻找什么？奥古斯特·威尔逊有什么特别之处？

IRV DRASNIN: What does that do to you psychologically?

这对你的心理有什么影响？

IRV DRASNIN: Had you had any...?

你以前有学过之类… … ？

IRV DRASNIN: So you learned on your own?

所以你是自学的？

IRV DRASNIN: Did you have any idea that you had this inside of you?

你知道你本身是有这方面的天赋吗？

IRV DRASNIN: But how did you learn to play?

但是你是怎么学会演奏的呢？

IRV DRASNIN: Well, now wait a minute. So was Ray Charles your first music teacher?

好的，现在等一下。雷·查尔斯是你的第一位音乐老师吗？

IRV DRASNIN: You were 11 or 12 years old, and you came across this piano.

你11、12岁的时候，偶然发现了这架钢琴。

IRV DRASNIN: It's more than just a musical forum. It is a tradition. It is part of American history and culture and life.

这不仅仅是一个音乐论坛。这是传统。它是美国历史、文化和生活的一部分。

IRV DRASNIN: When you were a kid growing up, I mean what did you think about classical music? What was your attitude towards classical music?

你小时候是怎么看待古典音乐的？你对古典音乐的态度如何？

IRV DRASNIN: I mean, I don't want to suggest that you couldn't hold a job, but you had a lot of different kinds of jobs in your life before World War II.

我的意思是，我不想说你无法长期稳定从事一份工作，但你在二战前的生活中，有很多不同种类的工作。

IRV DRASNIN: I mean at that time, did you see Raisin in the Sun as, one, this significant breakthrough and, two, as this monumental work in the American theater?

我的意思是，在那个时候，你有预见到《阳光下的葡萄干》，一，是个重大的突破，二，是美国戏剧的不朽作品吗？

And the next morning it's dry, and you pull it off, and it's already pressed, you know. - IRV DRASNIN: How did you learn how to read music?

第二天早上它就干了，你把它拿下来，你知道，它已经平整了。 - 你是怎么学会识乐谱的？