生生不息繁榮昌盛 再見斯波克

Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died Friday at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.

週五，演員倫納德·尼莫伊(Leonard Nimoy)在洛杉磯貝萊爾區家中去世，享年83歲。這位嗓音洪亮、面龐瘦削的演員因在受到熱捧的電視劇、電影《星際迷航》(Star Trek)中飾演意志堅定、邏輯清晰的半外星人、進取號星艦大副斯波克(Spock)而在全球擁有衆多影迷。

His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed his death, saying the cause was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

他的妻子蘇珊·貝·尼莫伊(Susan Bay Nimoy)確認了他的死訊，稱死因是晚期慢性阻塞性肺病。

Nimoy announced last year he had the disease, attributing it to years of smoking, a habit he had given up three decades earlier. He had been hospitalized earlier in the week.

去年，尼莫伊宣佈他患上了這種疾病，認爲多年抽菸是致病原因，雖然他已在三十年前戒菸。本週早些時候，他入院治療。

His artistic pursuits — poetry, photography and music in addition to acting — ranged far beyond the United Federation of Planets, but it was as Mr. Spock that Nimoy became a folk hero, bringing to life one of the most indelible characters of the last half century: a cerebral, unflappable, pointy-eared Vulcan with a signature salute and blessing, “Live long and prosper” (from the Vulcan “Dif-tor heh smusma”).

他的藝術追求——除了表演，還有詩歌、攝影和音樂——遠遠超越星際聯邦，但他是憑藉飾演斯波克才成爲影迷心中的英雄，他塑造了過去半個世紀中最難以磨滅的一個人物：一個頭腦清醒、沉着鎮定、尖耳朵的瓦肯人(Vulcan)，他的標誌性舉手禮和祝福是：“生生不息，繁榮昌盛”(Live long and prosper)。

Nimoy, who was teaching Method acting at his own studio when he was cast in the original “Star Trek” television series in the mid-1960s, relished playing outsiders, and he developed what he later admitted was a mystical identification with Spock, the lone alien on the starship's bridge.

20世紀60年代中期，尼莫伊被選中出演新創作的電視劇《星際迷航》，當時他正在自己的工作室教授體驗派表演方法。他樂於飾演外星人，他和斯波克（星際飛船艦橋上的孤獨外星人）產生了一種他後來所說的神祕的一體感。

Yet he also acknowledged ambivalence about being tethered to the character, expressing it most plainly in the titles of two autobiographies: “I Am Not Spock,” published in 1977, and “I Am Spock,” published in 1995.

不過，對被綁在這個角色上，他也表現出矛盾心理，這一點最明顯地體現在他的兩本自傳的標題上：1977年出版的《我不是斯波克》(I Am Not Spock)和1995年出版的《我是斯波克》(I Am Spock)。

In the first, he wrote, “In Spock, I finally found the best of both worlds: to be widely accepted in public approval and yet be able to continue to play the insulated alien through the Vulcan character.”

在第一本自傳中，他寫道，“在斯波克身上，我最終實現了兩全其美：既被公衆廣泛接受、稱讚，又能繼續飾演那個與世隔絕的瓦肯外星人。”

“Star Trek,” which had its premiere on NBC on Sept. 8, 1966, made Nimoy a star. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the franchise, called him “the conscience of `Star Trek”' — an often earnest, sometimes campy show that employed the distant future (as well as some special effects that appear primitive by today's standards) to take on social issues of the 1960s.

1966年9月8日，《星際迷航》在NBC頻道首播，它讓尼莫伊成了明星。這部電視劇的主創吉尼·羅登伯裏(Gene Roddenberry)稱他是“《星際迷航》的良心”。這部電視劇總的來說真誠熱情，偶爾有點坎普風格(campy)，藉助遙遠的未來（以及一些以現在的標準看很原始的特效）呈現20世紀60年代的社會問題。

His stardom would endure. Although the series was canceled after three seasons because of low ratings, a cultlike following — the conference-holding, costume-wearing Trekkies, or Trekkers (the designation Nimoy preferred) — coalesced soon after “Star Trek” went into syndication.

他的明星地位持續了很長時間。雖然由於收視率低，《星際迷航》在三季之後就停拍了，但它後來在多個頻道播出後，很快受到瘋狂追捧，粉絲們舉辦大會，穿着劇中的服裝。

The fans' devotion only deepened when “Star Trek” was spun off into an animated show, various new series and an uneven parade of movies starring much of the original television cast, including — besides Nimoy — William Shatner (as Captain Kirk), DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy), George Takei (the helmsman, Sulu), James Doohan (the chief engineer, Scott), Nichelle Nichols (the chief communications officer, Uhura) and Walter Koenig (the navigator, Chekov).

後來粉絲們的熱情更加高漲，因爲《星際迷航》衍生出一部動畫片、各種新電視劇和多部良莠不齊的電影，主演大多還是原劇中的演員——除了尼莫伊，還有威廉姆·沙特納（William Shatner，飾演柯克艦長[Captain Kirk]）、德福雷斯特·凱利（DeForest Kelley，飾演麥科伊醫生[Dr. McCoy]）、喬治·武井（George Takei，飾演舵手蘇魯[Sulu]）、詹姆斯·杜漢（James Doohan，飾演輪機長斯科特[Scott]）、尼歇爾·尼科爾斯（Nichelle Nichols，飾演首席通訊官烏胡拉[Uhura]）和沃爾特·凱尼格（Walter Koenig，飾演領航員切科夫[Chekov]）。

When the director J.J. Abrams revived the “Star Trek” film franchise in 2009, with an all-new cast, including Zachary Quinto as Spock, he included a cameo part for Nimoy, as an older version of the same character. Nimoy also appeared in the 2013 follow-up, “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

2009年，導演J·J·艾布拉姆斯(J.J. Abrams)續拍《星際迷航》系列影片，全面啓用新演員，由扎克瑞·昆圖(Zachary Quinto)飾演斯波克，不過他給尼莫伊安排了一個配角，飾演這個人物的老年版。尼莫伊還在2013年的續集《星際迷航：駛入黑暗》(Star Trek Into Darkness)中亮相。

His zeal to entertain and enlighten reached beyond “Star Trek” and crossed genres. He had a starring role in the dramatic television series “Mission: Impossible” and frequently performed onstage, notably as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” His poetry was voluminous, and he published books of his photography.

他對於娛樂和教化的熱情不止於《星際迷航》，而是跨越多個領域。他在激動人心的電視劇《虎膽妙算》(Mission: Impossible，電視劇版《碟中諜》)中飾演了一個引人注目的角色，他還經常登上戲劇舞臺，其中最出名的是在《屋頂上的小提琴手》(Fiddler on the Roof)中飾演特夫耶(Tevye)。他還出版了多本詩集和幾本攝影集。

He also directed movies, including two from the “Star Trek” franchise, and television shows. And he made records, singing pop songs as well as original songs about “Star Trek,” and gave spoken-word performances — to the delight of his fans and the bewilderment of critics.

他還執導了幾部電影——包括《星際迷航》系列的其中兩部——和電視劇。他錄過唱片，演唱流行歌曲和《星際迷航》中的原創歌曲，他還舉辦朗誦會，這讓影迷們很高興，讓批評家們很困惑。

Born in Boston on March 26, 1931, Leonard Simon Nimoy was the second son of Max and Dora Nimoy, Ukrainian immigrants and Orthodox Jews. His father worked as a barber.

倫納德·西蒙·尼莫伊(Leonard Simon Nimoy)1931年3月26日出生於波士頓，是家中的第二個兒子。父母是馬克斯和多拉·尼莫伊(Max and Dora Nimoy)，他們是烏克蘭移民，是正統派猶太教徒。他父親是個理髮師。

From the age of 8, Leonard acted in local productions, winning parts at a community college, where he performed through his high school years. In 1949, after taking a summer course at Boston College, he traveled to Hollywood, though it wasn't until 1951 that he landed small parts in two movies, “Queen for a Day” and “Rhubarb.”

從八歲起，倫納德在一個社區大學獲得了一些表演角色，在當地排演的劇目中演出，一直持續到高中畢業。1949年，他在波士頓學院上了一個暑期課程後，去了好萊塢，不過直到1951年他纔在兩部電影中獲得小角色——《一天的皇后》(Queen for a Day)和《激烈爭論》(Rhubarb)。

He continued to be cast in little-known movies, although he did presciently play an alien invader in a cult serial called “Zombies of the Stratosphere,” and in 1961 he had a minor role on an episode of “The Twilight Zone.” His first starring movie role came in 1952 with “Kid Monk Baroni,” in which he played a disfigured Italian street-gang leader who becomes a boxer.

他後來又演了一些鮮爲人知的電影，不過他確實很有先見之明地在一部受小衆追捧的電視劇《外太空殭屍》(Zombies of the Stratosphere)中飾演一名外星入侵者，1961年他又在《迷離時空》(The Twilight Zone)的其中一集裏飾演一個小角色。他的第一個引人注目的電影角色是1952年在《少年巴羅尼》(Kid Monk Baroni)中飾演一名毀容了的意大利街頭黑幫頭目，此人後來成了拳擊手。

Nimoy directed the movies “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” (1984) and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (1986), which he helped write. In 1991, the same year that he resurrected Spock on two episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Nimoy was also the executive producer and a writer of the movie “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”

尼莫伊導演了電影《星際迷航3：石破天驚》(Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, 1984)和《星際迷航4：搶救未來》(Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986)，他也參與了這兩部電影的編寫。1991年，他在電視劇《星際迷航：下一代》(Star Trek: The Next Generation)的其中兩集裏飾演斯波克。同一年，他還擔任電影《星際迷航6：未來之城》(Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)的執行製片人和編劇。

He then directed the hugely successful comedy “Three Men and a Baby” (1987), a far cry from his science-fiction work, and appeared in made-for-television movies. He received an Emmy nomination for the 1982 movie “A Woman Called Golda,” in which he portrayed the husband of Golda Meir, the prime minister of Israel, who was played by Ingrid Bergman. It was the fourth Emmy nomination of his career — the other three were for his “Star Trek” work — although he never won.

然後，他執導了大獲成功的喜劇片《三個奶爸一個娃》(Three Men and a Baby, 1987)，這部影片與他的科幻作品大相徑庭。他還出演了一些電視電影。1982年，他憑藉《一個叫戈爾達的女人》(A Woman Called Golda)獲得了艾美獎提名，他在其中飾演以色列總理戈爾達·梅厄(Golda Meir)的丈夫，戈爾達由英格麗·褒曼(Ingrid Bergman)飾演。這是他第四次獲得艾美獎提名——前三次都是憑藉《星際迷航》系列——不過他從未獲得該獎。

Nimoy's marriage to actress Sandi Zober ended in divorce. Besides his wife, he is survived by his children, Adam and Julie Nimoy; a stepson, Aaron Bay Schuck; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and an older brother, Melvin.

尼莫伊與女演員桑迪·佐貝爾(Sandi Zober)的婚姻以離婚告終。除了妻子，他在世的親人還有孩子亞當和朱莉·尼莫伊(Adam and Julie Nimoy)、繼子亞倫·貝·舒克(Aaron Bay Schuck)、六個孫子輩和一個曾孫輩，以及哥哥梅爾文(Melvin)。

In later years, he rediscovered his Jewish heritage, and in 1991 he produced and starred in “Never Forget,” a television movie based on the story of a Holocaust survivor who sued a neo-Nazi organization of Holocaust deniers.

晚年，他重新找回自己的猶太人傳統。1991年，他製作並主演電視電影《永不忘記》(Never Forget)，該片是根據一個猶太大屠殺倖存者的故事創作的，這名倖存者起訴了一個否認大屠殺的新納粹組織。

In 2002, having illustrated his books of poetry with his photographs, Nimoy published “Shekhina,” a book devoted to photography with a Jewish theme, that of the feminine aspect of God. His black-and-white photographs of nude and seminude women struck some Orthodox Jewish leaders as heretical, but Nimoy asserted that his work was consistent with the teaching of the kabbalah.

2002年，在給自己的詩集配上自己拍攝的照片之後，尼莫伊出版了《棲息》(Shekhina)，這本攝影集有一個猶太主題——上帝的女性一面。他拍攝的黑白裸體或半裸女人照片被一些正統派猶太領袖斥爲離經叛道，但是尼莫伊聲稱，自己的作品符合喀巴拉教(kabbalah)的教義。

His religious upbringing also influenced the characterization of Spock. The character's split-fingered salute, he often explained, had been his idea: He based it on the kohanic blessing, a manual approximation of the Hebrew letter shin, which is the first letter in Shaddai, one of the Hebrew names for God.

尼莫伊的宗教背景也影響了斯波克的人物塑造。他常說，斯波克手指分開的舉手禮是他想出來的：他是根據猶太大祭司的祝福創作的，這個手勢是在模仿希伯來語字母ש，它是Shaddai的第一個字母，Shaddai是希伯來語中對上帝的一個稱呼。

“To this day, I sense Vulcan speech patterns, Vulcan social attitudes and even Vulcan patterns of logic and emotional suppression in my behavior,” Nimoy wrote years after the original series ended.

“直至今日，我還能在自己的行爲中感受到瓦肯人的語言模式、社會態度，甚至邏輯模式和情感壓抑，”在原版系列結束多年後，尼莫伊寫道。

But that wasn't such a bad thing, he discovered.

但他發現，那也不是太糟。

“Given the choice,” he wrote, “if I had to be someone else, I would be Spock.”

“有了這個選擇，”他寫道，“如果我必須變成別的什麼人，那我願意成爲斯波克。”