Name: 但丁的《地獄篇》第 31 節摘要與分析 (Dante's Inferno | Canto 31 Summary & Analysis)
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with descriptions of darkness, our questing duo climbs up the bank to leave the dismal valley between the eighth and ninth circles of Hell.

在一片黑暗的描述中，我們尋訪的雙人組爬上岸邊，離開地獄第八和第九圈之間的陰森山谷。

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Walking in the dim light, they hear the sound of a loud trumpet.

在昏暗的光線中行走，他們聽到響亮的喇叭聲。

In the distance, Dante can make out the tall towers of a city.

遠處，但丁可以辨識出一座城市的巍峨高塔。

After asking Virgil what city it is, Virgil tells him that the tall buildings are actually giants whose lower halves are down in the central pit.

問了維吉爾那是什麼城市後，維吉爾告訴他，那些高樓其實是巨人，他們的下半身都沉在中央的深坑裡。

One giant bellows loudly in an unintelligible gibberish language.

一個巨人用聽不懂的胡言亂語大聲吼叫。

Virgil identifies him as Nimrod, who was associated during the medieval period as the king who had the Tower of Babel built and as the one responsible for the fracturing of human language when the tower fell.

維吉爾認出他就是尼姆洛德，在中世紀時，他被認為是建造巴別塔的國王，也是導致巴別塔倒塌後人類語言分裂的罪魁禍首。

Virgil essentially gives Dante a tour of the giants, telling him their names and stories.

維吉爾基本上帶但丁參觀了這些巨人，告訴他他們的名字和故事。

To get to the ninth circle, Virgil speaks with a giant named Antaeus.

為了前往第九圈，維吉爾與一位名叫安泰俄斯的巨人交談。

He tells the giant that Dante is still living and it would give him great fame if Dante tells others about him.

他告訴巨人但丁還活著，如果但丁向他人講述關於他的事蹟，將會為他帶來巨大的聲名。

Antaeus then picks up the poets and lowers them down into the pit, the lowest level of Hell.

安泰俄斯接著抱起詩人們，將他們放進地獄最底層的煉獄。

The darkness here is symbolic of distance or separation from God's true light.

這裡的黑暗象徵著與上帝真光之間的距離或隔絕。

It gets darker the deeper Dante moves into the final circle circle of Hell.

但丁越深入地獄的最後一圈，這裡就變得越黑暗。

These giants all rebelled against the Greek gods.

這些巨人曾經都反抗過希臘神祇。

In Greek mythology, the giants attacked Mount Olympus, the home of the gods.

在希臘神話中，巨人曾攻擊眾神居住的奧林帕斯山。

And Antaeus, a giant who did not take part in the rebellion, is not immobilized, as the others are often in chains.

而安泰俄斯，一個沒有參與反抗的巨人，並沒有像其他人一樣被鎖鏈束縛住。

In the Old Testament, Nimrod is the king of Babylon, not a giant.

在舊約聖經中，尼姆洛德是巴比倫的國王，而不是巨人。

Dante transforms him into one and places him with the mythological giants in Hell.

但丁將他轉化成巨人，並將他安置在地獄的神話巨人之中。

The result of Nimrod's sin causing the human language to splinter into many different languages, is mirrored in his inability to speak intelligible words.

尼姆洛德導致人類語言分裂成多種語言的罪，也反映在他無法說出清晰話語的狀態中。

Antaeus can communicate with the visitors to Hell and is in turn interested in Dante's ability to communicate with the living.

安泰俄斯可以與地獄的訪客溝通，相對地，他也對但丁與活人溝通的能力感到興趣。

He agrees to lower Virgil and Dante precisely because in doing so, he will be given a role in Dante's poem.

他同意將維吉爾和但丁放下，正是因為這樣做，他才能在但丁的詩歌中佔有一席之地。