Name: 改寫傳統的女性獵鷹訓練家 (The Female Falconers Rewriting Tradition)
Uploaded: 2021-06-14T21:01:40.000Z
Duration: 3 min 23 s

Every time I take my eagle out, I get butterflies in my stomach.

每次我帶我的老鷹出去，我都會覺得很緊張。

情態副詞

It's this dichotomy between a heavy bird on your fist that just instantly becomes lighter than air.

老鷹牠可以是一隻笨重的鳥站在你的拳頭上，也可以馬上變得比空氣還輕，翱翔在空中。

程度副詞

You get to cultivate a really unique relationship.

你可以建立一種真正獨特的關係。

There are very few people flying eagles in the United States and of that, only a handful of women.

在美國很少人在放飛老鷹，而且其中女性又只有寥寥幾人。

But my very good friend Jamaica is beginning her journey into eagle falconry.

但我一個很好的朋友 Jamaica 要開始她的獵鷹訓練旅程。

The ability to be mentored by a woman, I thought that that was something unique, that I shouldn't pass up that opportunity.

由一位女性來訓練獵鷹的能力我覺得那是一件很獨特的事，我不應該拒絕這個機會。

Falconry is the ancient art and tradition of using a trained bird of prey to hunt its natural quarry in the wild.

養鷹術是個古老的藝術，以及利用訓練過的捕食鳥種在野外獵捕天然獵物的傳統。

I spent a lot of time in Mongolia apprenticing under Kazakh eagle hunters.

我花很多時間在蒙古的哈薩克老鷹獵人身邊當學徒。

When I started, I felt pretty out of place.

當我開始學習時，我覺得自己不合適。

Because I didn't have that hunting experience, and I was a girl, it made me really fortify my passion and persevere.

因為我沒有打獵的經驗，而且我是個女生，這也使我真的增強了自己的熱情與堅持 。

I've admired her from the very beginning.

Her journey into falconry was different than most.

她學習養鷹術的旅程與一般人有很大的不同。

The gumption she had as a teenager to go to Mongolia and learn about eagle falconry, that's a rare thing.

在她還是青少年時就有魄力前往蒙古學習養鷹術，那是很稀有的事。

A little over a year ago, I got a call from a friend who had found an eagle standing in the road about a mile from my house.

一年多前，我朋友打了通電話給我，他發現有一隻老鷹站在路中間，大概離我家一哩遠。

So I took it to the vet that afternoon and participated in rescuing that eagle.

所以我那天下午就帶牠去獸醫，並一起救援這隻老鷹。

Falconry is pretty much the only way at this point that we know for sure allows that eagle a reasonable chance at survival.

在這個時候，養鷹術就是目前唯一的方法可以確保老鷹能夠有足夠的存活機會。

By helping them through that period where they're learning how to catch things.

透過幫助牠們度過學習捕捉獵物的時期。

I made it my life's mission to get an eagle permit and acquire an eagle through an established rehab program that works with falconers.

我把取得獵鷹訓練執照當作我人生的使命，還有透過與養鷹者一同執行一個已經成立的復興專案而獲得一隻老鷹。

There's a lot of knowledge involved in falconry.

There's also a lot of ways to do it wrong.

I would not want to get into eagle falconry without a good mentor to contact.

我不希望踏入養鷹術領域中卻沒有一個良師益友來交流。

Knowing that Lauren was available to be a mentor to me was a huge part of being willing to make that decision.

當我知道 Lauren 願意當我的導師是我樂意做出這個決定很重要的一部分原因。

To get inside the mind of an eagle, the first time is a... it can be a difficult experience.

為了瞭解老鷹的想法，第一次，會是個艱難的經驗。

You just have to find your bearings and understand where an eagle's coming from, in order to create a good, fit, confident hunting eagle.

你必須找到你的方向並了解老鷹從何而來，為了訓練出一個好的、合適的、有自信的獵鷹。

So essentially that's what I'm helping Jamaica do.

所以基本上那就是我在協助 Jamaica 做的事。

When you find someone that has that passion and is willing to share it with you, it's really a special thing.

當你發現某個人有這樣的熱忱並願意與你分享，這真的是很特別的事。

The bond that you develop with someone who gives of you their time the way that Lauren is giving to me, it will be something I'll treasure forever.

與某個願意花時間在自己身上的人建立關係，就像 Lauren 對我的那樣，這將會是我永遠珍惜的東西。

And hopefully, someday, I'll pass that on to somebody else.

並且希望有一天，我也會將這份精神傳承給其他人。