托爾金的《指環(huán)王》故事發(fā)生在中土大陸，但是現(xiàn)實(shí)版的“佛羅多”卻是一位意大利人。他穿著霍比特人的服飾，住在霍比特人的小屋里，立志打造霍比特村莊，而且剛剛和朋友們一起完成了“銷毀魔戒之旅”。

Nicolas Gentile, a 37-year-old Italian pastry chef, did not just want to pretend to be a hobbit – he wanted to live like one. First, he bought a piece of land in the countryside of Bucchianico, near the town of Chieti in Abruzzo, where he and his wife started building their personal Shire from JRR Tolkien’s fictional Middle-earth.

37歲的意大利糕點(diǎn)師尼古拉斯·金泰爾不想只是假裝當(dāng)霍比特人，他想像霍比特人一樣生活。首先，他在阿布魯佐大區(qū)基耶蒂市附近布基亞尼科鎮(zhèn)的鄉(xiāng)下買了一塊地，在那里他和他的妻子著手打造他們自己的“夏爾郡”（J·R·R·托爾金筆下的中土大陸上的一個地區(qū)，主要居民是霍比特人）。

Then, on 27 August, alongside a group of friends and Lord of the Rings fans dressed as an elf, a dwarf, a hobbit, a sorcerer and humans, he walked more than 120 miles (200km) from Chieti to Naples, crossing mountains and rivers, to throw the “One Ring”, a central plot element of The Lord of the Rings saga, into the volcano crater of Mount Vesuvius.

然后，在8月27日那天，他和一群打扮成精靈、矮人、霍比特人、巫師和人類的朋友以及《指環(huán)王》粉絲們一起從基耶蒂市走了120多英里（200千米）到那不勒斯市，跨越了山川與河流，就為了將“至尊魔戒”扔進(jìn)維蘇威火山口中（《指環(huán)王》故事的核心情節(jié)）。

"Some time ago, I realised that books and films were no longer enough for me to satisfy my passion for the fantasy genre and, in particular, for the Lord of the Rings saga,” Gentile said. “I decided that I wanted to live my hobbit life to the fullest.”

金泰爾說：“前些時候，我意識到書和電影再也不能滿足我對奇幻故事尤其是《指環(huán)王》的熱情。我決定將霍比特人的生活進(jìn)行到底?！?/p>

In the two hectares of land he bought, he has already built his first house, where he lives with his family, in hobbit clothes, and his doors are also open to visitors. Here, the pastry chef, who has a degree in geology, plans to build the caravan of the dwarves, the green dragon inn and a large version of Bilbo Baggins’ house. His goal is to transform this piece of Abruzzo into a hobbit village, with an adjoining farmhouse, where visitors will be able to live in a magical world, which, according to Gentile, is not too far from the way people live in Bucchianico.

在他買下的兩公頃土地上，他已經(jīng)蓋好了自己的第一座房子，他和家人穿著霍比特人服裝住在這里，并歡迎游客來參觀。這位擁有地質(zhì)學(xué)學(xué)位的糕點(diǎn)師計劃在這里建造矮人的活動住宅、青龍客棧和放大版的比爾博·巴金斯小屋。他的目標(biāo)是將阿布魯佐的這塊地改造成一個農(nóng)舍相鄰的霍比特村莊。據(jù)金泰爾介紹，游客們將能在這個魔幻世界中生活，而且這里的生活方式和布基亞尼科鎮(zhèn)的居民差別并不太大。

caravan [?k?r?v?n]: n. 活動住宅

"Over time, I realised that my friends, my relatives and the farmers of Bucchianico have always lived as hobbits. They work like hobbits, carrying out jobs that are all in close contact with nature. They celebrate like hobbits, by organising festivals and dances and even dress up as hobbits.”

“久而久之，我意識到我的朋友、親人和布基亞尼科的農(nóng)民一直都像霍比特人一樣生活。他們像霍比特人一樣工作，干的活兒也都與大自然親密接觸。他們像霍比特人一樣慶祝，舉辦各種節(jié)日和舞會，甚至?xí)虬绯苫舯忍厝?。?/p>

In Bucchianico, the festival of the Banderesi is organised every year. It is one of the oldest festivals in Europe – celebrated for almost 500 years and in which people wear medieval clothes, sing songs, dance and prepare typical local dishes.

在布基亞尼科，每年都會慶祝班德萊西節(jié)。這是歐洲最古老的節(jié)日之一，已經(jīng)有近500年歷史，人們會在這個節(jié)日穿上中世紀(jì)服裝、唱歌跳舞，還會做本地風(fēng)味菜。

"Those are hobbit clothes,” says Gentile. ‘‘I realised that I have always lived in the Shire. The only thing missing was to become aware of it and build a village. I wanted people to enter my mind, my fantasy. Many make fun of us. Some think I am trying to escape from reality. Far from it. I am living my dream, my adventure. By purchasing that piece of land, I have removed it from a reality that I don’t like and am shaping it the way I want.”

金泰爾說：“那就是霍比特人的服裝。我意識到自己其實(shí)一直住在夏爾郡，就差人們意識到這點(diǎn)，還有建一個村莊了。我想讓人們進(jìn)入我幻想的世界。許多人都取笑我們。有些人認(rèn)為我只是試圖逃離現(xiàn)實(shí)。根本不是。我是在實(shí)現(xiàn)我的夢想，踐行我的冒險生活。通過買下那塊土地，我已經(jīng)讓它脫離我不喜歡的現(xiàn)實(shí)，并且一步步將其塑造成我想要的樣子?！?/p>

He says his “county” will be called the Contea Gentile, because of a copyright issue.

他說，由于版權(quán)問題，他的“郡”將被命名為康緹雅·金泰爾。

The houses will be built through crowdfunding and will be sustainable, using solar energy. Like a true hobbit, Gentile loves nature and his goal is to take care of it. He says his journey to Vesuvius to throw the ring into the crater was not just an extravagant walk by Lord of the Rings fans – he wanted to send a message.

土地上的農(nóng)舍將通過眾籌融資建造，并將采用太陽能來實(shí)現(xiàn)可持續(xù)的生活方式。和真正的霍比特人一樣，金泰爾熱愛大自然，并將保護(hù)大自然作為自己的目標(biāo)。金泰爾表示，他到維蘇威火山口扔戒指并不只是《指環(huán)王》粉絲的一次奢侈的徒步旅行，而是想傳遞一個信息。

"The earth today is threatened by pollution and the climate emergency, which are enemies as fearsome as Sauron. We wanted to show that our land, like Tolkien’s Middle-earth, must be saved and protected. That’s why we went there to throw the ring. I’m too much of an environmentalist to throw a piece of iron into nature, so I symbolically threw a piece of solidified lava into the crater and gave the ring to a little boy we met.

“今天的地球正遭受污染和氣候緊急狀態(tài)的威脅，這一危機(jī)就和索倫一樣可怕。我們想表明的是，和托爾金筆下的中土大陸一樣，我們的土地也必須得到拯救和保護(hù)。這就是為什么我們要去那里扔戒指。我是一個堅(jiān)定的環(huán)保人士，絕不會往大自然扔一塊鐵制品，所以我只是象征性地往火山口扔了一塊固結(jié)熔巖，然后把戒指送給了我們遇到的一個小男孩?！?/p>

"We met a lot of people over the course of those hundreds of kilometres. And the affection they showed us was incredible. The people on the street opened the doors to their houses for us, gave us food, offered to host us in their houses and let us take a shower. What is this if not magic?”

“在數(shù)百公里的跋涉途中，我們遇到了很多人。他們對我們流露的真情令人感動。沿街的住戶向我們敞開大門，送給我們食物，邀請我們?nèi)プ隹?，還讓我們洗澡。還有什么比這更神奇的呢？”

英文來源：衛(wèi)報

翻譯&編輯：丹妮