与众不同

【自存自翻，不得转载】

- For unknown reasons, the respected circuit court judge H. W. took his own life by shooting himself.

出于不明原因，备受尊敬的巡回法院法官H. W.开枪自杀了。

- Paul Körner senses a common thread: the sword of Damocles that is §175 made life impossible for these unfortunate individuals. In his mind's eye he sees an endless procession of them, from all times and countries, passing in review.

The figures appearing in this procession include such luminaries as

Peter Tchaikovsky, Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, King Friedrich Il of Prussia, and King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Körner发现了一个共同的线索: 那达摩克利斯之剑，也就是§175（德国刑事法第175条，内容是：非自然奸淫、男子与男子间性交以及人类对野兽性交者，处监禁刑或褫夺公权。最早于1871年5月15日颁布，于两德统一后的1994年完全废除），让这些不幸的人无法生活。在他的脑海里，他看到了一个无穷无尽的队伍，来自各个时代和国家的那些人，在Körner的回忆中经过。
在这队伍中出现的人物包括诸如彼得·柴可夫斯基、莱昂纳多·达·芬奇、奥斯卡·王尔德、普鲁士国王弗里德里希二世和巴伐利亚国王路德维希二世这样的名人。

- "You mustn't think poorly of your son because he is homosexual. He is not at all to blame for his orientation. It is neither a vice nor a crime, indeed, not even an illness, but instead a variation, one of the borderline cases that occur frequently in nature."

"Your son suffers not from his condition, but rather from the false judgment of it. This is the legal and social condemnation of his feelings, along with widespread misconceptions about their expression."

“你绝不能因为你儿子是同性恋就看不起他。他的性取向完全不能怪他。这既不是恶习，也不是犯罪，甚至不是疾病，而是一种变异，是自然界中经常发生的边缘性案例之一。”
“你的儿子不是因为他的性取向而痛苦，而是因为那些对他性取向的错误判决。那些判决是对他的感受的法律和社会谴责，以及对他们[同性恋]的情感的普遍误解。”

- "Love for one's own sex can be just as pure and noble as that for the opposite sex. This orientation is to be found among many respectable people in all levels of society."

“对同性的爱可以像对异性恋的爱一样纯洁和高尚。在社会各阶层的许多受人尊敬的人身上都可以找到这种倾向。”

- "I'm giving you the money, but you know that I can now report you for blackmail."

"And I can turn you in for § 175."

“我给你钱，但你知道这样我就可以举报你勒索。”
“那我也可以根据第175条告发你。”

- "Nature is boundless in its creations. Between all opposites there are transitions, and this is also true of the sexes. Thus, apart from man and woman, there are also men with womanly physical and psychological traits, as well as women with all sorts of male characteristics."

“大自然的创造是无限的。在所有对立之间都有过渡，性别也是如此。因此，除了男人和女人之外，还有具有女性生理和心理特征的男人，以及具有各种男性特征的女人。”

- "Femininity and homosexuality often occur together, but by no means always. Thus there are feminine men who are not homosexual, and homosexuals who make little or no female impression."

“女性气质和同性恋经常同时出现，但绝不总是如此。因此，有些女性化的男性并不是同性恋，也有一些没有给别人留下女性化印象的[男性]同性恋者。”

- "The persecution of homosexuals belongs in the same sad chapter of human history in which the persecution of heretics and witches is inscribed. For 1,500 years, these unfortunates were dealt with by fire and sword."

"It was not until the French Revolution that a transformation came about. Everywhere that the Napoleonic Code was introduced, the laws against homosexuality fell, because they were seen as a violation of the fundamental rights of the individual. In many countries, there was a direct shift from the death penalty to complete freedom under the law."

“在人类历史上，对同性恋者的迫害与对异教徒和女巫的迫害一样，都属于同一悲惨的篇章。1500年来，这些不幸的人都被用火和剑来处理。”
“直到法国大革命，这种情况才发生了转变。凡是有《拿破仑法典》被引入的地方，反对同性恋的法律都被废除了，因为它们被视为对个人基本权利的侵犯。在许多国家，这意味着从宣判死刑直接转变为法律规定的完全自由。”

- "May justice soon prevail over this grave injustice, science conquer superstition, love achieve victory over hatred!"

“愿正义很快能战胜这严重的不公，科学战胜迷信，爱战胜仇恨！”

- "Else asks the sexologist whether there is truly no prospect of curing Körner with her love, and he counsels her: "As hard as it may be for you, you must give him up. Such people are not suited for marriage.

Nature itself forbids it."

Else问性科学家是否真的没有希望用她的爱治愈Körner，他建议她：“尽管对你来说这可能很难接受，但你必须放弃他。这样的人不适合结婚。
因为他们的本性不允许他们这样做。”

- "In accordance with the testimony by the expert witness, we are persuaded that Paul Körner is an honorable individual who has hurt no one."

"A judge can only carry out the law. As long as § 175 exists, we are not entitled to grant acquittal. The court therefore declares a sentence of one week in prison."

“根据专家证人的证词，我们相信Körner是一个可敬的人，并且他没有伤害任何人。”
“但是法官只能执行法律。只要第175条还存在，我们就无权判他无罪。因此，法院宣布判处他一周的监禁。”

- We greatly regret to inform you that because of this scandal, we cannot continue your concert tour. Moreover, we wish to cancel our contract with you. ——Concert Agency Seidler & Co.

我们非常遗憾地通知您，因为您的丑闻，我们不能继续办你的巡演了。此外，我们希望取消与你的合同。——赛德勒公司

- In his despair, Körner again sees in his mind's eye that procession of victims of the penal law, and he himself now joins the file as its final member.

在他这样的绝望中，Körner再次在他的脑海中看到刑法受害者的队伍，他自己现在也加入了这支队伍，成为排在队尾的最后一员。

- Körner's family is upset about Kurt's presence. Else lashes out at them: "Go ahead, just turn away! You and the rest of society have his death on your conscience!"

Körner的家人对Kurt在葬礼上的出现而感到不安。Else猛烈地抨击他们：“来啊，转过身去假装看不见就行了！你们和社会上的其他人都该对他的死有良心上的谴责!”

- Kurt is inconsolable and wants to take his own life, too. The physician and sexologist, who is also present, restrains him.

"If you want to honor the memory of your friend, then you mustn't take your own life, but instead keep on living to change the prejudices whose victim - one of countless many - this dead man has become."

"This is the life task I assign to you. Just as Zola struggled on behalf of one man who innocently languished in prison, what matters now is to restore honor and justice to the many thousands before us, with us, and after us.

Through knowledge to justice!"

Kurt伤心欲绝，也想结束自己的生命。在场的医生和性科学家制止了他。

“如果你想纪念你的朋友，那么你就绝不能结束自己的生命，而是要继续活下去，以改变偏见——Körner只是那些被偏见迫害的无数受害者中的一个。”
“这是我要你用一生去完成的任务。正如Zola曾为一个无辜地呆在狱中受苦的人而奋斗一样，现在重要的是为在我们之前、在我们中间、在我们之后的成千上万的人恢复荣誉和正义。通过知识，伸张正义！”

- Over an open law book of the German Republic, a large hand appears, holding a brush.

Drawing a large X, it strikes out once and for all § 175, that horrible law to which clings so much blood and tears.

在一本翻开的德意志共和国刑法书上，一只大手出现了，那手里拿着刷子。

它画了一个大大的X，把第175条这条可怕的法律彻底地划掉了——它的背后藏着如此多的血和泪。