Can You Ever Forgive Me is a comedy which sounds like something can heal you when you’re in a bad mood. Actually till the ending I didn’t feel a little healing, or funny feeling. Also I felt even more depressed after I dipped into it the second time which is kind of my habit. When I thought of the words Lee, the leading role of this story, said when she refused her jury duty, I understood a bit why she confessed in the court and why it could be sort out a comedy.
喜剧电影，听起来应该是在你心情不好的时候有治愈的功效，《你能原谅我吗？》的分类是喜剧。事实上，直到结尾的字幕出来前，我都没有感到治愈，或者好玩。通常我习惯在看完电影后会再挑些喜欢的片段重温下，甚至在这时我都还感到更郁闷了。再想想结尾字幕中，影片中李的原型在现实中说过的那句拒绝参加陪审团的话，才琢磨出一点她的幽默。
Picture this, you used to be a bestseller writer but now you just stuck in a relevant job you’re not satisfied with. What’s worse, you screw it up and nobody appreciates your efforts. At last, you got fired. Sounds a bit familiar, right? Mostly we have to deal with something we don’t really care about to pay our bills. Even so there’s always gonna be a catch waiting for you. Anyway, you go back to your tiny not cozy apartment with the annoying reminder from your landlord. You swallow your dignity and tiredly check the progress of your real career. How about that? It occurs to you that you could use some help and you do have an agent, kind of someone should be supportive. There goes a party. You almost crawl yourself there with low self-esteem. Everybody bluffs and enjoys vanity. They speak highly of the man of the moment at face value. You’re so out of place and your agent mocks you. Who do you think you are? Claiming that you want to continue the real work just makes you vain.
想象一下，你曾经写出过一部畅销书，然而现在困在一个你并不满意的相关工作里。更糟的是，你还搞砸了，没人在乎你的付出。最后，你被扫地出门。听起来不陌生吧？多数时候，我们也都在疲于奔命，为了生计去应付一些并不喜欢的工作，然后生活还总要等着给我们当头一击。好吧，总算家里还有一只猫在等着你。你拖着疲惫的身躯爬回那间并不宽敞也不温馨的公寓，恼人的房东提醒你欠租了。你咽下可笑的自尊，收拾心情去面对你真正想从事的事业，这下你有时间了吧？不过日子还得过，你去找你那所谓的经纪人，总该得到点像样的支持吧。嗯，她在家里办派对。你不自信地挤进去，亦步亦趋。每个人都在吹嘘和享受虚荣。他们对那个当红人物众星捧月。你是如此的格格不入，你那该死的经纪人还适时地嘲讽了你一把。你以为你是谁？口口声声地要投身真正的事业，自视甚高的你该好好看看人家真金白银的成功。
Cat, what a warm companion! You still have a cat. So do all the bills. You try to earn some from the second-hand market and only pennies and humiliation are whay you got. Finally you noticed a letter with a genuine signature of a celebrity which you cherish all the time. You made up your mind to sell it. The buyer seems quite nice and the earnings save your day. Well, until your work works it’s pretty likely that you need something more like this. How could you get these? No, you’re not a collector. If you have so much, life couldn’t push you so hard, couldn’t it? Then you think of the fact that you’re a writer. You can imitate some and fake a signature. How brilliant!
猫，多么可人儿的陪伴！你至少还有一只猫。当然还有很多账单要付。你又一次低下头，抱着一摞书走进二手书店，没人像你一样珍视这些书，几个钢镚儿和一顿羞辱是你此行的收获。最后你注意到一张珍藏多年的信件，附有某位名人的亲笔签名，你不得已卖掉了它，解了燃眉之急。好了，在你的事业真正兑现前，你似乎需要更多类似这样的救急。到哪儿去得到更多呢？你要真是个这方面的收藏家，生活何至于此！接下来你意识到，你毕竟还是个作家啊，你何不仿写一些信，然后伪造一个签名！多么天才的想法！
At first, you feel a little guilt, I believe, especially to that bookstore owner who has dinner with you. She seems nice. She knows about literature and even cares about you. Faced with your masterpiece, she could appreciate it. She shares what she creates with you. She trusts you like a close friend. After that, you decided to turn to some others. Not just concern about security, you feel ashamed about yourself. You don’t dare accept comments any more.
刚开始的时候，你还是有点愧疚的吧，尤其是对那位邀你共进晚餐的店主。她人不错，她真的懂文学，甚至还很关心你。面对你的“大作”，她能体会出个中妙处。她还把自己秘而不宣的创作分享给你，期待你的评价。萍水相逢，却真诚待你，像密友一样信任你。后来，你就决定不再去找她了。除了风险方面的考虑，你也开始对自己更不耻。你都不像她那样，敢面对别人的评论。
You also come across an acquaintance who’s unreliable but entertaining. He becomes your partner. And you guys have a lot of fun together. Well, it’s not a long-term plan and it’s wrong actually.
和一位熟人的偶遇带给你一位搭档，他这人不太靠谱，不过挺会找乐子。你们一起也算互补，度过一段小欢喜。不过，终究不是个长久之计，这件事本身就是错误的。
Life often nosedives when you think it gives you a break. You have to face what your behaviors take. And bad fortune basically don’t hit just one ball. Insecurity and frustration let you do something more wrong. Totally a mess.
你觉得生活要放你一马的时候，总是会迎来急转直下。你不得不承担自己的行为带来的责任。福无双至，祸不单行。不安全感和沮丧让你做出更多错误决定，一塌糊涂。
So many sayings keep tell us everything’s gonna be fine in the end. Well maybe it’s not fine, however there’s always an end. Confessing you don’t regret what you did in a court is definitely not rational though, what you said impress most. It’s not about your attitude about the trouble what you did cause, but as a person you and we do need something we accomplish can make ourselves proud. Otherwise, how our life continue?
总是有那么多的箴言警句告诉我们，到最后，一切都会好起来的。可能没有办法保证一切都会好起来，不过一定会有个最后的。在法庭上宣称你并不后悔所作所为恐怕不是件理智的事情，不过你后来的那段话也足够动人。这无关你的态度和你造成的后果，更重要的是，作为一个人，我们真的需要一些成就，来让我们自己觉得自己还有用。要不然，生活怎么继续呢？
At last, you’re so witty that you replied when summoned for jury duty later in life. “I am a convicted felon and thereby ineligible to serve. Who said crime doesn’t pay?”Even more intelligent than the letter you write to the bookstore when you find a letter of Dorothy Parker you faked was sold at such a high price.
最后你怎么说的来着，“我曾是个定过罪的重犯，所以没有资格参加陪审团。谁说犯罪没有好处的？”这句话恐怕比你仿写的那封多萝西帕克的信还有才华，那封信在书店橱窗里可是价值不菲呢！
Last but not least, I imitated some signatures,can yourecognizesome?
最后，最后，我仿写了一些名人的签名，你能猜猜看吗?
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