“What sort of nonsense is this?” said one of the fathers.
“这都是什么废话！”一位爸爸说。
“This gum,” Mr Wonka went on, “is my latest, my greatest, my most fascinating invention! It’s a chewing-gum meal! It’s… it’s… it’s… That tiny little strip of gum lying there is a whole three-course dinner all by itself!”
“这片口香糖，”旺卡先生说下去，“是我最新、最伟大、最迷人的发明！这是一顿口香糖大餐！这是…这是…这是…小小一片口香糖本身就是一顿有三道菜的大餐！”
“What do you mean, it’s tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie?” said Violet Beauregarde.
“它是番茄汤、烤牛肉、蓝莓馅饼，你这是什么意思？”维奥莉特·博雷加德问道。
“My dear sir!” cried Mr Wonka, “when I start selling this gum in the shops it will change everything! It will be the end of all kitchens and all cooking! There will be no more shopping to do! No more buying of meat and groceries! There’ll be no knives and forks at mealtimes! No plates! No washing up! No rubbish! No mess! Just a little strip of Wonka’s magic chewing-gum — and that’s all you’ll ever need at breakfast, lunch, and supper! This piece of gum I’ve just made happens to be tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie, but you can have almost anything you want!”
“我亲爱的先生，”旺卡先生叫道，“等到我一开始在商店出售这种口香糖，它将要改变一切！它将是所有厨房和所有烹饪的末日！再也用不着到菜场去！再也用不着去买肉、买蔬菜了！进餐时再也用不着餐刀、餐叉！再也用不着盘子！再也用不着洗碗碟！再也没有垃圾！再也没有食堂！就小小一片旺卡的魔术口香糖，这将是你一日三餐——早餐、午晚、晚餐——所需要的一切！我刚制造出来的这片口香糖就是番茄汤、烤牛肉、蓝莓馅饼，你几乎想要什么就可以有什么！”
“If you were to start chewing it,” said Mr Wonka, “then that is exactly what you would get on the menu. It’s absolutely amazing! You can actually feel the food going down your throat and into your tummy! And you can taste it perfectly! And it fills you up! It satisfies you! It’s terrific!”
“你只要动口一嚼，”旺卡先生说，“它就是你在菜单上能吃到的东西。真是非常惊人！你可以实实在在地感到这种食物通过你的喉咙，进入你的肚子！你完全可以尝到它的味道！它使你吃得饱饱的！它使你吃得心满意足！它真了不起！”
“Just so long as it’s gum,” shouted Violet Beauregarde, “just so long as it’s a piece of gum and I can chew it, then that’s for me!” And quickly she took her own world-record piece of chewing-gum out of her mouth and stuck it behind her left ear. “Come on, Mr Wonka,” she said, “hand over this magic gum of yours and we’ll see if the thing works.”
“只要它是口香糖，”维奥莉特·博雷加德叫道，“只要它是一片口香糖，我就能够嚼，那么它就是我的！”她赶快从嘴里拿出她那片创世界记录的口香糖，贴在左耳后面。“来吧，旺卡先生，”她说，“把你这片魔术口香糖交给我，我们就能知道是不是这么一回事了。”
“It’s utterly impossible,” said Veruca Salt.
“这根本不可能。”维鲁卡·索尔特说。
“Now, Violet,” said Mrs Beauregarde, her mother; “don’t let’s do anything silly, Violet.”
“喂，维奥莉特，”她的妈妈博雷加德太太说，“别做傻事，维奥莉特。”
“I would rather you didn’t take it,” Mr Wonka told her gently. “You see, I haven’t got it quite right yet. There are still one or two things…”
“我倒希望你不要吃它，”旺卡先生温和地劝她说，“你知道，我还没有把它完全调好。还有一两个问题…”
“I want the gum!” Violet said obstinately. “What’s so silly?”
“我要这片口香糖嘛！”维奥莉特固执地说，“傻在哪里？”
“Oh, to blazes with that!” said Violet, and suddenly, before Mr Wonka could stop her, she shot out a fat hand and grabbed the stick of gum out of the little drawer and popped it into her mouth. At once, her huge, well-trained jaws started chewing away on it like a pair of tongs.
“噢，让那见鬼去吧！”维奥莉特说。忽然之间，旺卡先生还没有来得及拦住她，她已经迅速地伸出一只胖手，把那片口香糖从抽屉里抓起来，抛到嘴里去了。一下子，她久经训练的上下颌像一把钳子似的，开始把它大嚼特嚼起来。
“Fabulous!” shouted Violet. “It’s tomato soup! It’s hot and creamy and delicious! I can feel it running down my throat!”
“真妙啊！”维奥莉特叫道，“是番茄汤！又热，又有奶油味，又好吃！我能够感觉到汤流进我的喉咙！”
“Don’t!” said Mr Wonka.
“不要嚼。”旺卡先生说。
“Spit it out!” said Mr Wonka.
“把它吐出来！”旺卡先生说。
“Of course it’s right!” said Violet. “It’s working beautifully! Oh my, what lovely soup this is!”
“它当然好了！”维奥莉特说，“它非常成功！噢，天哪，这是多么好的汤啊！”
“Stop!” said Mr Wonka. “The gum isn’t ready yet! It’s not right!”
“停下！”旺卡先生说，“这片口香糖还没有做成功！它还没有好！”
“Keep chewing, baby!” said Mr Beauregarde. “Keep right on chewing! This is a great day for the Beauregardes! Our little girl is the first person in the world to have a chewing-gum meal!”
“继续嚼吧，小宝贝！”博雷加德先生说，“就继续嚼下去吧！这是博雷加德家的一个重大日子！我们的小女儿是世界上第一个吃口香糖大餐的人！”
Everybody was watching Violet Beauregarde as she stood there chewing this extraordinary gum. Little Charlie Bucket was staring at her absolutely spellbound, watching her huge rubbery lips as they pressed and unpressed with the chewing, and Grandpa Joe stood beside him, gaping at the girl. Mr Wonka was wringing his hands and saying, “No, no, no, no, no! It isn’t ready for eating! It isn’t right! You mustn’t do it!”
所有的人看着维奥莉特·博雷加德站在那里嚼这片前所未有的口香糖。小查理·巴克特盯住她完全出了神，看着她两片橡皮似的大嘴唇一张一合地在大嚼特嚼。约瑟夫爷爷站在他的身边，也注视着这个小姑娘。旺卡先生绞着他的双手说：“不，不，不，不，不！它还没有做好给人嚼呢！它还没好！你绝不能嚼它！”
“But how in-teresting, Violet,” said Mrs Beauregarde. “You are a clever girl.”
“多么有趣啊，维奥莉特！”博雷加德太太说，“你真是一个聪明的小姑娘。”
“It’s changing!” shouted Violet, chewing and grinning both at the same time. “The second course is coming up! It’s roast beef! It’s tender and juicy! Oh boy, what a flavour! The baked potato is marvellous, too! It’s got a crispy skin and it’s all filled with butter inside!”
“它的味道在改变！”维奥莉特叫道，同时又嚼又笑，“上第二道菜了！是烤牛肉！又嫩又多汁！噢，天哪，味道多好啊！烤土豆的味道也好极了！皮很脆，里面满是牛油！”
“Oh, be quiet, mother, and let me finish!” said Violet.
“噢，别说话，妈妈，让我把它吃完！”维奥莉特说。
“Good heavens, girl!” shrieked Mrs Beauregarde suddenly, staring at Violet, “what’s happening to your nose!”
“天哪！乖女儿，”博雷加德太太看着维奥莉特忽然大声尖叫起来，“你的鼻子怎么啦？”
“Your cheeks!” screamed Mrs Beauregarde. “They’re turning blue as well! So is your chin! Your whole face is turning blue!”
“你的脸颊，”博雷加德太太叫着说，“它们也变成蓝色了！还有你的下巴！你的整张脸都在变成蓝色！”
“Blueberry pie and cream!” shouted Violet. “Here it comes! Oh my, it’s perfect! It’s beautiful! It’s… it’s exactly as though I’m swallowing it! It’s as though I’m chewing and swallowing great big spoonfuls of the most marvellous blueberry pie in the world!”
“蓝莓馅饼和奶油！”维奥莉特叫道，“它来了！噢，天哪，没说的！真美！就像…就像我在吞下它一样！就像我这么嚼着，就吞下了一大匙一大匙世界上最好吃的蓝莓馅饼！”
“It’s turning blue!” screamed Mrs Beauregarde. “Your nose is turning blue as a blueberry!”
“它在变成蓝色！”博雷加德太太哇哇大叫着，“你的鼻子在变成蓝色，跟蓝莓一样！”
“What do you mean?” said Violet, still chewing away.
“你们说什么？”维奥莉特一面说，一面还在大嚼特嚼。
“Your mother is right!” shouted Mr Beauregarde. “Your whole nose has gone purple!”
“你妈妈说得对！”博雷加德先生叫道，“你的整只鼻子已经变成紫色了！”
“Spit that gum out at once!” ordered Mr Beauregarde.
“马上把口香糖吐出来！”博雷加德先生命令她说。
“Mercy! Save us!” yelled Mrs Beauregarde. “The girl’s going blue and purple all over! Even her hair is changing colour! Violet, you’re turning violet, Violet! What is happening to you?”
“天哪！救救我们吧！”博雷加德太太哇哇大叫，“这姑娘的脸全变成蓝色，又变成紫色了！连她的头发也在变色！维奥莉特，你现在变成紫罗兰色了，维奥莉特！你这是怎么啦？”
T told you I hadn’t got it quite right,” sighed Mr Wonka, shaking his head sadly.
“我告诉过你们，我还没有完全调好。”旺卡先生难过地摇头叹气。
“Prick her with a pin!” said one of the other fathers.
“用一根针刺破她！”有一位爸爸说。
“I’m not surprised!” said Mr Beauregarde.
“我并不觉得奇怪！”博雷加德先生说。
“Like a blueberry,” said Mr Wonka.
“像个蓝莓。”旺卡先生说。
“I feel sick,” Violet said.
“我想吐。”维奥莉特说。
But there was no saving her now. Her body was swelling up and changing shape at such a rate that within a minute it had turned into nothing less than an enormous round blue ball — a gigantic blueberry, in fact — and all that remained of Violet Beauregarde herself was a tiny pair of legs and a tiny pair of arms sticking out of the great round fruit and little head on top.
但现在已经没有办法救她了。她的身体在膨胀，形状变得真快，仅仅一分钟就变成了一个蓝色的巨大圆球——一个巨型的蓝莓。维奥莉特·博雷加德本人原来的东西，现在保存下来的就只有这巨型圆浆果上伸出来的一双细腿和两只细手臂，还有顶上的一个小脑袋了。
Everybody was staring at Violet. And what a terrible, peculiar sight she was! Her face and hands and legs and neck, in fact the skin all over her body, as well as her great big mop of curly hair, had turned a brilliant, purplish-blue, the colour of blueberry juice!
大家看着维奥莉特。她那副模样多么可怕，多么古怪呀！她的脸、手、脚、腿、脖子，事实上，全身皮肤，包括她那头蓬松的鬈发，都已经变成光亮的紫蓝色，就是蓝莓汁的颜色！
“You’re swelling up!” screamed Mrs Beauregarde again.
“你在肿胀！”博雷加德太太又哇哇大叫。
“Save her!” cried Mrs Beauregarde, wringing her hands.
“救救她吧！”博雷加德太太绞着双手大叫。
“I feel most peculiar!” gasped Violet.
“我觉得难受极了！”维奥莉特喘着气说。
“Violet,” screamed Mrs Beauregarde, “you’re swelling up!”
“维奥莉特！”博雷加德太太又哇哇大叫，“你肿胀起来了！”
“I’ll say you haven’t!” cried Mrs Beauregarde. “Just look at the girl now!”
“我肯定你还没有调好！”博雷加德太太叫道，“你现在就看看这女孩吧！”
“Great heavens, girl!” screeched Mrs Beauregarde. “You’re blowing up like a balloon!”
“天哪，乖女儿！”博雷加德太太尖声大叫，“你胀得像个气球一样了！”
“It always goes wrong when we come to the dessert,” sighed Mr Wonka. “It’s the blueberry pie that does it. But I’ll get it right one day, you wait and see.”
“每到吃甜品的时候总是出毛病，”旺卡先生叹气说，“都是那蓝莓馅饼出的毛病。不过这个问题我总有一天会解决的，你们等着瞧吧！”
“Call a doctor!” shouted Mr Beauregarde.
“快叫医生！”博雷加德先生喊道。
“It always happens like that,” sighed Mr Wonka. “I’ve tried it twenty times in the Testing Room on twenty Oompa-Loompas, and every one of them finished up as a blueberry. It’s most annoying. I just can’t understand it.”
“总是这个样子，”旺卡先生叹口气说，“我在实验室里曾用二十名奥帕—伦帕人做过二十次实验，他们每一个到头来都变成了蓝莓。这真叫人伤透了脑筋。我真不明白这是什么原因。”
“But I don’t want a blueberry for a daughter!” yelled Mrs Beauregarde. “Put her back to what she was this instant!”
“我可不要一个蓝莓做我的女儿！”博雷加德太太大叫道，“马上把她变回原来的样子！”
Mr Wonka clicked his fingers, and ten Oompa-Loompas appeared immediately at his side.
旺卡先生弹弹他的手指，十名奥帕—伦帕人马上在他的身边出现。
“The Juicing Room?” cried Mrs Beauregarde. “What are they going to do to her there?”
“榨汁车间？”博雷加德太太叫道，“他们在那里要把她怎么样？”
“Squeeze her,” said Mr Wonka. “We’ve got to squeeze the juice out of her immediately. After that, we’ll just have to see how she comes out. But don’t worry, my dear Mrs Beauregarde. We’ll get her repaired if it’s the last thing we do. I am sorry about it all, I really am…”
“榨她，”旺卡先生说，“我们得马上把她身上的果汁榨出来，榨完以后再看看她怎么样。不过别担心，我亲爱的博雷加德太太，到了没有其他办法的时候，我们也会把她修补好的。我对这件事感到抱歉。我实在是感到…”
Already the ten Oompa-Loompas were rolling the enormous blueberry across the floor of the Inventing Room towards the door that led to the chocolate river where the boat was waiting. Mr and Mrs Beauregarde hurried after them. The rest of the party, including little Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe, stood absolutely still and watched them go.
那十名奥帕—伦帕人已经把这个巨型的蓝莓滚过发明室的地板，向着通往巧克力河的门口滚去，船正在那里等着。博雷加德先生和他太太急忙跟着他们。其他的人，包括小查理·巴克特和约瑟夫爷爷，一动不动地站着，目送他们离开。
“Roll Miss Beauregarde into the boat,” he said to them, “and take her along to the Juicing Room at once.”
“把这位博雷加德小姐滚到船上去。”他对他们说，“马上带她到榨汁车间。”
“Listen!” whispered Charlie. “Listen, Grandpa! The Oompa-Loompas in the boat outside are starting to sing!”
“听！”查理低声说，“爷爷，听！船上那些奥帕—伦帕人又开始唱歌了！”
Or other people’s underclothes,
或者别人的内衣和裤子，
A pair of boots, the postman’s ear,
靴子、邮递员的耳朵，
Than some repulsive little bum
竟看见一个讨厌的小坏蛋，
Did any of you ever know
你们有没有人认识，
The voices, one hundred of them singing together, came loud and clear into the room:
一百人的合唱队的歌声又响亮又清晰地传到房间里来：
She chewed while bathing in the tub,
她在浴缸里洗澡也嚼，
In chewing, chewing all day long.
她并不认为嚼口香糖有什么不好。
Who’s always chewing chewing-gum.
口香糖从早嚼到晚。
She went on chewing till, at last,
她这样不停地嚼啊嚼啊，
This dreadful woman saw no wrong
这位可怕的小姐整天嚼啊嚼，
A person called Miss Bigelow?
一个叫比格露的小姐？
That chewing gum will never pay;
嚼口香糖结果不会好。
So please believe us when we say
因此请相信我们的忠告，
And once she chewed her boy-friend’s nose.
有一次还嚼她男朋友的鼻子。
This sticky habits bound to send
这黏糊糊的劳什子，
(It’s very near as bad as those Who sit around and pick the nose.)
（这跟整天坐着挖鼻子，同样难看得要死。）
And when she couldn’t find her gum,
当她找不到口香糖来嚼，
There’s almost nothing worse to see
这种事真是叫人生气，
It really was quite ludicrous!
这实在是荒唐可笑！
She’d chew up the linoleum,
干脆就把地毯咬，
Or anything that happened near –
或者看到什么嚼什么——
She chewed in church and on the bus;
她到教堂、乘公共汽车也嚼，
“Dear friends, we surely all agree
“亲爱的朋友们，大家必定同意，
She chewed while dancing at her club,
她上俱乐部跳舞也嚼，
The chewer to a sticky end.
要使嚼它的人最后也变得黏糊糊为止。
Even with nothing there to bite.
嚼啊嚼啊直到天明。
Faster and faster, chop-chop-chop,
愈来愈快——嗒！嗒！嗒！
Her chewing muscles grew so vast
最后嚼得肌肉特别发达，
For years and years she chewed away,
她嚼啊嚼，年复一年，
They positively had to move.
要她不嚼可真难办。
On chewing, chewing through the night,
上下颌依然吧嗒动个不停，
That from her face her giant chin
巨大的下巴在她脸上，
But now, how strange! Although she slept,
但这时候，也真奇怪，人虽睡着，
Until at last her jaws decide
直到她的上下颌终于决定停一下，
Upon a special little tray,
吐在一个专门的小碟子上。
And settled back and went to sleep –
她这才在床上躺，
Consuming fifty bits a day,
一天要嚼口香糖五十片。
(She managed this by counting sheep).
数着羊儿，进入梦乡。
They were, you see, in such a groove
这么嚼啊嚼啊已成习惯，
Stuck out just like a violin.
鼓起来像小提琴一样。
Until one summer’s eve, alas,
哎呀，直到一个夏天的晚上，
Opening and shutting, snap-snap-snap!
一张一闭——吧嗒，吧嗒，吧嗒！
And with the most tremendous chew
用最大的力量咬了一大口，
Miss Bigelow went late to bed,
比格露小姐睡得很迟，
To pause and open extra wide,
把嘴张得加倍大，
The noise went on, it wouldn’t stop.
没完没了，不肯停下。
In pitchy darkness, loud and clear,
又大又清楚，叫人又怕又吃惊。
At last, she put her gum away
最后她把口香糖，
Chewing and chewing all the while
一面看书一面嚼口香糖，
A horrid business came to pass.
可怕事情出了一桩。
And very grim it was to hear
黑夜里听到这声音，
For half an hour she lay and read,
躺着看书，看了半个小时，
Those massive jaws of hers still kept
嘴里也没东西在嚼，
This sleeping woman’s great big trap
这睡着的小姐那张大嘴巴，
Like some great clockwork crocodile.
吧嗒着嘴，像上了发条的大鳄鱼一样。
And that is why we’ll try so hard
正是因为这个理由，
Thereafter, just from chewing gum,
这样，就由于嚼口香糖，
From suffering an equal fate.
使她不致陷于同样的不幸。
They bit the lady’s tongue-in two.
一下子咬断了这位小姐的舌头。
And spent her life shut up in some
关在令人讨厌的疗养院，
Disgusting sanatorium.
度过她的余年。
Miss Bigelow was always dumb,
比格露小姐从此话也不能讲，
She’s still quite young. It’s not too late,
她年纪还小，只要好好看病，
We hope she does. We can’t be sure.”
不过我们不敢担保。”
Provided she survives the cure.
还不算迟，希望她能被医好，
To save Miss Violet Beauregarde
我们要尽力把维奥莉特·博雷加德小姐搭救，
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