There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear very large wooden shoes, which made her little insteps quite red, and that looked so dangerous!
从前有一个小女孩，她非常漂亮、娇嫩，但在 夏天她被迫光着脚到处跑，她太穷了， 冬天穿很大的木鞋，导致脚背变小 很红，看起来很危险！
In the middle of the village lived old Dame Shoemaker; she sat and sewed together, as well as she could, a little pair of shoes out of old red strips of cloth; they were very clumsy, but it was a kind thought. They were meant for the little girl. The little girl was called Karen.
村子中央住着老鞋匠夫人。她坐下来缝衣服 尽可能地在一起，一双旧红鞋 布条；他们很笨拙，但这是一个善意的想法。他们 是为小女孩准备的。这个小女孩名叫凯伦。
On the very day her mother was buried, Karen received the red shoes, and wore them for the first time. They were certainly not intended for mourning, but she had no others, and with stockingless feet she followed the poor straw coffin in them.
在她母亲下葬的那天，凯伦收到了那双红鞋， 并第一次穿上它们。他们当然不是为了 哀悼，但她没有其他人，她用没穿袜子的脚跟着 他们里面的可怜的稻草棺材。
Suddenly a large old carriage drove up, and a large old lady sat in it: she looked at the little girl, felt compassion for her, and then said to the clergyman:
突然一辆大马车驶来，车上坐着一位身材魁梧的老太太： 她看着这个小女孩，对她感到同情，然后说道： 牧师：
“Here, give me the little girl. I will adopt her!”
“来，把小女孩给我，我收养她！”
And Karen believed all this happened on account of the red shoes, but the old lady thought they were horrible, and they were burnt. But Karen herself was cleanly and nicely dressed; she must learn to read and sew; and people said she was a nice little thing, but the looking-glass said: “Thou art more than nice, thou art beautiful!”
凯伦相信这一切都是因为红鞋而发生的，但是 老太太觉得它们太可怕了，就把它们烧死了。但凯伦 她本人衣着干净、漂亮。她必须学会读书和缝纫； 人们说她是个可爱的小东西，但镜子却说： “你不仅仅是善良，你还很美丽！”
Now the queen once travelled through the land, and she had her little daughter with her. And this little daughter was a princess, and people streamed to the castle, and Karen was there also, and the little princess stood in her fine white dress, in a window, and let herself be stared at; she had neither a train nor a golden crown, but splendid red morocco shoes. They were certainly far handsomer than those Dame Shoemaker had made for little Karen. Nothing in the world can be compared with red shoes.
现在女王曾经走过这片土地，她有她的小孩子 女儿和她在一起。这个小女儿是一位公主，人们 涌向城堡，凯伦也在场，还有那个小孩子 公主穿着精美的白色连衣裙站在窗前，任由自己 盯着看；她既没有裙裾，也没有金色王冠，但却十分美丽 红色摩洛哥鞋。他们确实比那些贵妇帅得多 鞋匠为小凯伦做的。世界上没有什么可以 与红鞋相比。
Now Karen was old enough to be confirmed; she had new clothes and was to have new shoes also. The rich shoemaker in the city took the measure of her little foot. This took place at his house, in his room; where stood large glass-cases, filled with elegant shoes and brilliant boots. All this looked charming, but the old lady could not see well, and so had no pleasure in them. In the midst of the shoes stood a pair of red ones, just like those the princess had worn. How beautiful they were! The shoemaker said also they had been made for the child of a count, but had not fitted.
现在凯伦已经足够大了，可以得到证实了；她有新衣服并且要 还有新鞋。城里富有的鞋匠采取了措施 她的小脚。这件事发生在他的家里，在他的房间里。站在哪里 大玻璃柜里装满了优雅的鞋子和漂亮的靴子。全部 这看起来很迷人，但老太太看不清，所以 他们没有任何乐趣。鞋子中间放着一双红色的， 就像公主穿过的那些一样。她们多么美丽啊！的 鞋匠还说它们是为伯爵的孩子制作的，但 未安装。
“That must be patent leather!” said the old lady. “They shine so!”
“那肯定是漆皮的！”老太太说。 “他们是如此闪耀！”
“Yes, they shine!” said Karen, and they fitted, and were bought, but the old lady knew nothing about their being red, else she would never have allowed Karen to have gone in red shoes to be confirmed. Yet such was the case.
“是的，它们会发光！”凯伦说，它们合身了，也被买下了，但是 老太太对他们红一无所知，否则她永远不会 允许凯伦穿着红鞋去确认。然而就是这样 案件。
Everybody looked at her feet; and when she stepped through the chancel door on the church pavement, it seemed to her as if the old figures on the tombs, those portraits of old preachers and preachers' wives, with stiff ruffs, and long black dresses, fixed their eyes on her red shoes. And she thought only of them as the clergyman laid his hand upon her head, and spoke of the holy baptism, of the covenant with God, and how she should be now a matured Christian; and the organ pealed so solemnly; the sweet children's voices sang, and the old music-directors sang, but Karen only thought of her red shoes.
每个人都看着她的脚；当她走进圣坛时 教堂人行道上的门，在她看来，仿佛是古老的人物 坟墓，那些老传教士和传教士妻子的肖像， 僵硬的褶边和黑色长裙，人们的目光都集中在她的红鞋上。 当牧师把手放在她身上时，她只想着他们 头，谈到圣洗礼，与上帝立约，以及如何 她现在应该是一个成熟的基督徒了；管风琴的演奏如此庄严； 甜美的童声歌唱，老音乐总监歌唱，但是 凯伦只想到她的红鞋。
In the afternoon, the old lady heard from everyone that the shoes had been red, and she said that it was very wrong of Karen, that it was not at all becoming, and that in future Karen should only go in black shoes to church, even when she should be older.
下午，老太太听大家说，这双鞋已经 被红了，她说凯伦这是非常错误的，这不是 完全不合适，将来凯伦只能穿黑鞋 去教堂，即使她年纪大了。
The next Sunday there was the sacrament, and Karen looked at the black shoes, looked at the red ones--looked at them again, and put on the red shoes.
下周日举行圣礼，凯伦看着那黑色的衣服。 鞋子，看了看红色的——又看了一遍，然后穿上了红色的 鞋子。
The sun shone gloriously; Karen and the old lady walked along the path through the corn; it was rather dusty there.
阳光灿烂；凯伦和老太太沿着小路走 穿过玉米；那里灰尘很大。
At the church door stood an old soldier with a crutch, and with a wonderfully long beard, which was more red than white, and he bowed to the ground, and asked the old lady whether he might dust her shoes. And Karen stretched out her little foot.
教堂门口站着一位拄着拐杖的老士兵， 胡须长得惊人，颜色比白色更红，他向他鞠了一躬。 地上，问老太太是否可以掸她鞋子上的灰尘。并且 凯伦伸出她的小脚。
“See, what beautiful dancing shoes!” said the soldier. “Sit firm when you dance”; and he put his hand out towards the soles.
“看，多漂亮的舞鞋啊！”士兵说。 “当 你跳舞”；他把手伸向脚底。
And the old lady gave the old soldier alms, and went into the church with Karen.
老太太给了老士兵施舍，然后走进了教堂 和凯伦。
And all the people in the church looked at Karen's red shoes, and all the pictures, and as Karen knelt before the altar, and raised the cup to her lips, she only thought of the red shoes, and they seemed to swim in it; and she forgot to sing her psalm, and she forgot to pray, “Our Father in Heaven!”
而教堂里的所有人都看着凯伦的红鞋，都 这些照片，当凯伦跪在祭坛前，举起杯子 她的嘴唇，她只想到那双红鞋，它们似乎在游泳 在其中；她忘了唱诗篇，也忘了祈祷：“我们的 天上的父啊！”
Now all the people went out of church, and the old lady got into her carriage. Karen raised her foot to get in after her, when the old soldier said,
现在所有的人都走出了教堂，老太太进入了她的身体 马车。凯伦抬起脚想要跟在她后面，这时老 士兵说，
“Look, what beautiful dancing shoes!”
“看，多漂亮的舞鞋啊！”
And Karen could not help dancing a step or two, and when she began her feet continued to dance; it was just as though the shoes had power over them. She danced round the church corner, she could not leave off; the coachman was obliged to run after and catch hold of her, and he lifted her in the carriage, but her feet continued to dance so that she trod on the old lady dreadfully. At length she took the shoes off, and then her legs had peace.
凯伦忍不住跳了一两步，当她开始跳舞时 脚继续跳舞；就好像鞋子有力量一样 他们。她绕着教堂的拐角跳舞，根本停不下来；的 车夫不得不追上去，抓住她，然后他把她举了起来。 她在马车上，但她的脚继续舞动，以致她继续前行 老太太很可怕。最后她脱掉了鞋子，然后她 腿很平静。
The shoes were placed in a closet at home, but Karen could not avoid looking at them.
鞋子放在家里的衣柜里，凯伦却无法避免 看着他们。
Now the old lady was sick, and it was said she could not recover. She must be nursed and waited upon, and there was no one whose duty it was so much as Karen's. But there was a great ball in the city, to which Karen was invited. She looked at the old lady, who could not recover, she looked at the red shoes, and she thought there could be no sin in it; she put on the red shoes, she might do that also, she thought. But then she went to the ball and began to dance.
现在老太太病了，据说已经无法康复了。她 必须被照顾和侍候，而没有人有其职责 就像凯伦的一样。但城里有一场盛大的舞会， 凯伦被邀请了。她看着无法回过神来的老太太， 她看着那双红鞋，她想这里面不可能有罪孽。 它；她穿上红鞋，她也可能会这么做，她想。但是 然后她走向舞会并开始跳舞。
When she wanted to dance to the right, the shoes would dance to the left, and when she wanted to dance up the room, the shoes danced back again, down the steps, into the street, and out of the city gate. She danced, and was forced to dance straight out into the gloomy wood.
当她想向右跳舞时，鞋子就会跟着跳舞 离开了，当她想在房间里跳舞时，鞋子又跳回来了 再次走下台阶，进入街道，出了城门。她 跳舞，被迫径直跳进阴暗的树林里。
Then it was suddenly light up among the trees, and she fancied it must be the moon, for there was a face; but it was the old soldier with the red beard; he sat there, nodded his head, and said, “Look, what beautiful dancing shoes!”
然后树林里突然亮了起来，她想这一定是 是月亮，因为有一张脸；但那是老战士 红胡子；他坐在那里，点点头，说道：“你看，什么？” 漂亮的舞鞋！”
Then she was terrified, and wanted to fling off the red shoes, but they clung fast; and she pulled down her stockings, but the shoes seemed to have grown to her feet. And she danced, and must dance, over fields and meadows, in rain and sunshine, by night and day; but at night it was the most fearful.
然后她就害怕了，想甩掉那双红鞋，但是它们 紧紧抓住；她脱下了丝袜，但鞋子似乎 已经长到她的脚了。她跳舞，而且必须跳舞，越过田野和 草地，雨天和阳光下，白天和黑夜；但到了晚上 最可怕的。
She danced over the churchyard, but the dead did not dance--they had something better to do than to dance. She wished to seat herself on a poor man's grave, where the bitter tansy grew; but for her there was neither peace nor rest; and when she danced towards the open church door, she saw an angel standing there. He wore long, white garments; he had wings which reached from his shoulders to the earth; his countenance was severe and grave; and in his hand he held a sword, broad and glittering.
她在教堂墓地上跳舞，但死者并没有跳舞——他们有 有比跳舞更好的事做。她想坐在一个 穷人的坟墓，那里生长着苦艾菊；但对她来说有 既不平安也不休息；当她跳舞走向开放的教堂时 一进门，她就看到一位天使站在那里。他穿着长长的白色衣服；他 有翅膀，从肩膀延伸到地面；他的表情 是严厉而严肃的；他手里拿着一把剑，又宽又大 闪闪发光。
“Dance shalt thou!” said he. “Dance in thy red shoes till thou art pale and cold! Till thy skin shrivels up and thou art a skeleton! Dance shalt thou from door to door, and where proud, vain children dwell, thou shalt knock, that they may hear thee and tremble! Dance shalt thou--!”
“你跳舞吧！”他说。 “穿着你的红鞋跳舞，直到你脸色苍白 又冷！直到你的皮肤枯萎，变成一具骷髅！跳舞吧 你挨家挨户，在骄傲虚荣的孩子居住的地方，你将 敲门，让他们听到你的声音而颤抖！你要跳舞——！”
“Mercy!” cried Karen. But she did not hear the angel's reply, for the shoes carried her through the gate into the fields, across roads and bridges, and she must keep ever dancing.
“怜悯！”凯伦喊道。但她没有听到天使的回答，因为 鞋子载着她穿过大门，走进田野，穿过马路， 桥梁，她必须继续跳舞。
One morning she danced past a door which she well knew. Within sounded a psalm; a coffin, decked with flowers, was borne forth. Then she knew that the old lady was dead, and felt that she was abandoned by all, and condemned by the angel of God.
一天早上，她跳舞经过一扇她熟悉的门。内响起 一首诗篇；一个装满鲜花的棺材被抬了出来。然后她就知道了 老太太死了，感觉自己被所有人抛弃了， 受到上帝天使的谴责。
She danced, and she was forced to dance through the gloomy night. The shoes carried her over stack and stone; she was torn till she bled; she danced over the heath till she came to a little house. Here, she knew, dwelt the executioner; and she tapped with her fingers at the window, and said, “Come out! Come out! I cannot come in, for I am forced to dance!”
她跳舞，她被迫跳舞穿过这阴沉的夜晚。的 鞋子载着她越过堆垛和石头；她被撕裂，直到流血；她 她在荒原上跳舞，直到来到一座小房子前。在这里，她知道， 刽子手住在那里；她用手指敲着窗户， 并说：“出来！出来！我不能进去，因为我被迫 跳舞吧！”
And the executioner said, “Thou dost not know who I am, I fancy? I strike bad people's heads off; and I hear that my axe rings!”
刽子手说：“我想你不知道我是谁吧？我 砍掉坏人的头；我听说我的斧头响了！”
“Don't strike my head off!” said Karen. “Then I can't repent of my sins! But strike off my feet in the red shoes!”
“别打掉我的头！”凯伦说。 “那我就不能悔罪了！ 但是把我穿红鞋的脚打掉吧！”
And then she confessed her entire sin, and the executioner struck off her feet with the red shoes, but the shoes danced away with the little feet across the field into the deep wood.
然后她承认了自己的全部罪过，刽子手就下手了 她的脚穿着红色的鞋子，但鞋子随着小 脚穿过田野，进入树林深处。
And he carved out little wooden feet for her, and crutches, taught her the psalm criminals always sing; and she kissed the hand which had wielded the axe, and went over the heath.
他为她雕刻了小木脚和拐杖，教她 诗篇罪犯总是为她歌唱；她吻了吻那只手 挥舞着斧头，穿过荒原。
“Now I have suffered enough for the red shoes!” said she. “Now I will go into the church that people may see me!” And she hastened towards the church door: but when she was near it, the red shoes danced before her, and she was terrified, and turned round. The whole week she was unhappy, and wept many bitter tears; but when Sunday returned, she said, “Well, now I have suffered and struggled enough! I really believe I am as good as many a one who sits in the church, and holds her head so high!”
“现在我为了红鞋已经受够了！”她说。 “现在我将 进教堂吧，让人们看到我！”而她也急忙奔向 教堂门：但当她走近它时，红鞋在她面前跳舞， 她吓坏了，转过身来。整个星期她都不开心， 流下了许多苦涩的泪水；但当周日回来时，她说：“好吧， 现在我已经受够了苦、够挣扎了！我真的相信我也一样好 和坐在教堂里昂首挺胸的人一样多！”
And away she went boldly; but she had not got farther than the churchyard gate before she saw the red shoes dancing before her; and she was frightened, and turned back, and repented of her sin from her heart.
她勇敢地走了；但她还没有走得更远 墓地门口，她看到红鞋在她面前跳舞；和她 她害怕了，回头，从心里忏悔自己的罪孽。
And she went to the parsonage, and begged that they would take her into service; she would be very industrious, she said, and would do everything she could; she did not care about the wages, only she wished to have a home, and be with good people. And the clergyman's wife was sorry for her and took her into service; and she was industrious and thoughtful. She sat still and listened when the clergyman read the Bible in the evenings. All the children thought a great deal of her; but when they spoke of dress, and grandeur, and beauty, she shook her head.
她去了牧师住宅，恳求他们带她走 投入使用；她说她会非常勤奋，并且会做到 她能做的一切；她不在乎工资，只在乎自己的愿望 拥有一个家，与优秀的人在一起。牧师的妻子是 同情她并让她服役；她很勤奋并且 深思熟虑。当牧师读《圣经》时，她静静地坐着听 晚上。所有的孩子都很看重她。但是当 他们谈到服饰、庄严和美丽，她摇摇头。
The following Sunday, when the family was going to church, they asked her whether she would not go with them; but she glanced sorrowfully, with tears in her eyes, at her crutches. The family went to hear the word of God; but she went alone into her little chamber; there was only room for a bed and chair to stand in it; and here she sat down with her Prayer-Book; and whilst she read with a pious mind, the wind bore the strains of the organ towards her, and she raised her tearful countenance, and said, “O God, help me!”
接下来的周日，当一家人去教堂时，他们问 她是否愿意跟他们一起去？但她却悲伤地看了一眼 她的眼里含着泪水，拄着拐杖。一家人去听 神的话；但她独自走进了她的小房间。那里只有 可以放置床和椅子的空间；在这里她和她一起坐下来 祈祷书；当她怀着虔诚的心读书时，风吹来 管风琴的曲调向她袭来，她泪流满面地抬起头 ”神啊，帮助我！”
And the sun shone so clearly, and straight before her stood the angel of God in white garments, the same she had seen that night at the church door; but he no longer carried the sharp sword, but in its stead a splendid green spray, full of roses. And he touched the ceiling with the spray, and the ceiling rose so high, and where he had touched it there gleamed a golden star. And he touched the walls, and they widened out, and she saw the organ which was playing; she saw the old pictures of the preachers and the preachers' wives. The congregation sat in cushioned seats, and sang out of their Prayer-Books. For the church itself had come to the poor girl in her narrow chamber, or else she had come into the church. She sat in the pew with the clergyman's family, and when they had ended the psalm and looked up, they nodded and said, “It is right that thou art come!”
阳光如此清晰，天使就站在她面前 穿着白衣的上帝，和她那天晚上在教堂看到的一样 门；但他不再携带锋利的剑，取而代之的是一把 绚丽的绿色浪花，充满玫瑰。他用 喷雾，天花板升得那么高，还有他触摸过的地方 一颗金色的星星闪闪发光。他触碰墙壁，墙壁变宽， 她看到了正在演奏的风琴；她看到了旧照片 传教士和传教士的妻子。会众坐在垫子上 座位上，并唱出他们的祈祷书。因为教会本身就有 来到那个可怜的女孩在她狭窄的房间里，否则她已经进入了 教堂。她和牧师一家坐在长凳上，当 他们唱完了诗篇，抬起头来，点点头说：“这是 你来就对了！
“It was through mercy!” she said.
“这是出于怜悯！”她说。
And the organ pealed, and the children's voices in the choir sounded so sweet and soft! The clear sunshine streamed so warmly through the window into the pew where Karen sat! Her heart was so full of sunshine, peace, and joy, that it broke. Her soul flew on the sunshine to God, and there no one asked after the RED SHOES.
管风琴响起，唱诗班里孩子们的声音听起来如此美妙 又甜又软！清澈的阳光透过窗户照进来，是那么温暖 到凯伦坐的长凳上！她的心充满了阳光、平安， 和喜悦，它打破了。她的灵魂乘着阳光飞向上帝，在那里 没有人询问红鞋的情况。