一、整裝出發

1. Ready to Set Off

　　翻開畫冊上的筆記和塗鴉，瞬間憶起2022年12月3日，由歷史系潘宗億老師所帶領的「天主教白冷外方傳教會」（Societas Missionaria de Bethlehem，簡稱「白冷會」）田野調查團。

　　Flipping through the notes and doodles on my album, I immediately recall a visit made by the field survey team, led by Professor Tsung-yi Pan of the Department of History, to Societas Missionaria de Bethlehem, or SMB, on December 3, 2022.

　　那時的我過於興奮，畫歐思定修士和吳若石神父卡片，畫到忘我，結果凌晨4點才睡覺，早上7點起床，8點10分到東華前門集合，一度還以為會搭不上車。等待時開心地和朋友們聊天，陸續有人到東華前門集合。

　　At that time, I was so excited and so immersed in drawing cards for Br. Augustin Büchel and Rev. Josef Eugster that I lost track of the time and didn’t sleep until 4 a.m. I woke up at 7 a.m. and arrived at the front gate of National Dong Hwa University at 8:10 a.m. although I had thought I wouldn’t be able to catch the bus. While waiting, I happily chatted with my friends, and team members were arriving one after another at the front gate.

　　8點10分我和朋友們望著的天空很藍，臺東氣候更是怡然自得，更加蔚藍。助教葛格洪宗呈則是拿起點名簿，叫我們簽名，點名簿一一傳給身旁的人，彷彿像是傳承重要的某種儀式。

　　At 8:10 a.m., the sky we saw was brilliantly blue, and the weather in Taitung must be even more pleasant and azure. The teaching assistant, Zong-Cheng Hong, picked up the class attendance list and asked us to sign it. The attendance list was passed around from person to person as if it were an important ritual being passed on.

　　拿起手機看一下時間，8點20分，心裡很緊張，可能是因為，除史語所的廖宜方老師外的五位老師還沒來，深怕老師們趕不上車，所幸潘老師駕著白色福斯Golf載著其他四位老師前來，最終於8點30分出發。

　　Taking out and glancing at my phone, it was 8:20 a.m. I felt quite nervous, perhaps because only Research Fellow Yi-fang Liao from the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, showed up, but the other five professors hadn’t arrived yet. I was afraid that the professors wouldn’t be able to catch the bus. Fortunately, Professor Pan arrived driving a white Volkswagen Golf, along with the other four professors, and eventually, we set off at 8:30 a.m.

　　搭上遊覽車時聽著潘老師對白冷會的簡介，我一一做下筆記。老師講解完後，我閉目養神。說是養神，但也沒什麼休息，因為太過於緊張和期待。

　　After we boarded the tour bus, Professor Pan introduced the SMB to us. I jotted down all the notes. After Professor Pan finished the introduction, I closed my eyes to rest. However, I was too nervous and excited to take a rest.

原文刊登於《人社東華》，第37期(2023)。經授權後翻譯轉載。｜
The original article was published in Dong Hwa Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 37, 2023, and has been translated and reprinted on DUET with permission.

作者｜Author：華文文學系 陳嬿亘｜Yan-Xuan Chen, Department of Sinophone Literatures

譯者｜Translator：英美語文學系 解雯茜｜Lubby Hsieh, Department of English