and penance for the commune.

对巴黎公社失败后的反省
His father was one of the people condemned to death,

他的父亲同许多人一起被判处死刑
who was lucky enough to get out and not be executed.

只是幸运地逃过了最后的执行
In a Zola novel that's very underappreciated

左拉有一本未受世人充分赏识的书
called Paris, published in 1898,

书名是《巴黎》出版于1898年
it's about a priest who, to take an RAM song,

写的是关于一个牧师因为哼唱皇家音乐
is "Losing his religion."

而被指责丢失信仰
His brother is an anarchist, Guillaume.

他的哥哥是个无政府主义者叫纪尧姆
He has fantasies about blowing this place up.

他幻想着炸平这个地方
I think it's ugly as hell.

我觉得这个建筑很丑
I once went with my wife to see where they cast the huge bell

我曾经跟妻子一起去看那个大钟
that would drive people nuts and still does, called la Savoyarde.

传说这个叫萨瓦尔亚的大钟会让人发狂