And in the other world, the world of the shtetl,

另一个世界也就是犹太小镇的世界
we have a Well-Regarded Rabbi

有一位德高望重的犹太法师
who speaks exclusively in capitals.

说话只用大写字母
We have Brod, a brilliant girl who emerges magically from a river and

有聪明女孩布罗德神奇地出现在河里
is adopted by the disgraced usurer, Yankel D.

被声名狼藉的高利贷者杨克·D收养
We have two synagogues, the Congregation of the Slouchers and the Congregation of the Upright.

有两个犹太教堂邋遢教堂和正义教堂
We have villagers, including the deceased philosopher,

还有村民其中有过世的哲学家
Pinchas T, who in his only notable paper,

平克斯·T 他在仅有的一篇著名论文
To the Dust: From Man You Came and to Man You Shall Return, argues

《致尘土你本来自人也必回归于人》
that it would be possible, in theory, for life and art to be reversed.

主张在理论上生命和艺术都可能倒转
We have the good gefilte-fish monger, Bitzl Bitzl R.

还有善良的鱼丸冻商贩比茨·比茨·R.
We have the mad squire and village rapist, Sofiowka N.

疯癫的乡绅和村里的强奸犯索菲奥卡·N