wǒ cóng xiǎo xīn lǐ méi yǒu yī gè wǒ mā mā shì míng xīng de zhè zhǒng gǎn jué

我从小，心里没有一个我妈妈是明星的这种感觉

Since I was a child, there is no such feeling that my mother is a star in my heart

wǒ mā mā qù shì yǐ hòu

我妈妈去世以后

After my mother died

zěn me wǒ men jiā lǐ zhè tiáo jiē shàng hěn duō rén dōu shuō

怎么我们家里这条街上很多人都说

How come many people on this street in our house say

zhè gè fáng zi shì shàng guān yún zhū zhù de

这个房子是上官云珠住的

Shangguan Yunzhu lives in this house

nà shí hòu cái jué dé hǎo duō rén dōu hěn guān zhù tā

那时候才觉得，好多人都很关注她

At that time, I felt that many people were paying attention to her

wǒ mā mā cóng xiāng xià de yī gè nǚ hái zi pǎo dào shàng hǎi lái

我妈妈从乡下的一个女孩子，跑到上海来

My mother came to Shanghai from a girl in the country

nà gè shí hòu nǐ xiǎng tā cái suì zhǎng dé bǐ jiào piāo liàng de nǚ hái zi

那个时候你想她才18岁，长得比较漂亮的女孩子

At that time you think she was only 18 years old, a pretty girl

dāng le hé shì zhào xiāng guǎn kāi piào de yíng yè yuán

当了何氏照相馆开票的营业员

Become the salesperson of He's photo studio

jiù jiē chù le zhè xiē guāng xiān liàng lì de yǐng xīng men

就接触了这些光鲜亮丽的影星们

I met these glamorous movie stars

jiù dòng xīn jiù gēn tā men liáo tiān

就动心，就跟他们聊天

Just tempted, just chat with them

shuō wǒ néng bù néng yě xiàng nǐ men yī yàng qù pāi diàn yǐng

说我能不能也像你们一样去拍电影？

Say can I go to make movies like you guys?

yǒu yī gè jiào yì huá yǐng yè gōng sī ràng tā qù pāi le bù piàn zi

有一个叫艺华影业公司，让她去拍了7部片子

There was a company called Yihua Pictures, and asked her to shoot 7 films

nà jǐ gè diàn yǐng qí shí shì hěn cū zhì làn zào de

那几个电影其实是很粗制滥造的

Those movies are actually very crude

dàn shì méi yǒu tí cí bǎn wǒ mā mā quán néng bèi dé xià lái

但是没有提词板，我妈妈全能背得下来

But without a teleprompter, my mother can memorize it all

tā néng gòu xià jué xīn chī zhè wǎn fàn tā shì hěn yào qiáng

她能够下决心吃这碗饭，她是很要强

She can make up her mind to eat this bowl of rice, she is very strong

shàng hǎi bèi rì běn qīn lüè jūn zhàn lǐng le

上海被日本侵略军占领了

Shanghai was occupied by Japanese invaders

wǒ mā mā jù jué qù cān jiā dí wěi de zhè zhǒng diàn yǐng

我妈妈拒绝去参加敌伪的这种电影

My mother refused to participate in this kind of movie of the enemy and the puppet

lián zhù yǎn le nián huà jù

连著演了5年话剧

Played in drama for 5 years

nián tiān táng chūn mèng shì tā zhēn zhèng yì yì shàng de dì yī bù diàn yǐng

1947年《天堂春梦》是她真正意义上的第一部电影

"A Spring Dream in Paradise" in 1947 was her first movie in the true sense.

tā zài tiān táng chūn mèng lǐ yǎn gōng qī

她在《天堂春梦》里演龚妻

She played Gong's wife in "A Spring Dream in Paradise"

yī gè hěn dú de hěn yāo yàn de nǚ rén

一个狠毒的、很妖艳的女人

A vicious and coquettish woman

nǐ shuō zhè hái zi shì nǐ de

你说这孩子是你的

You said this kid is yours

shì wǒ de

是我的

its mine

shì nǐ gēn wǒ zhàng fū yǎng de

是你跟我丈夫养的

Raised by you and my husband

nǐ shì wǒ zhàng fū de yí tài tài hái shì wǒ zhàng fū de pīn tóu

你是我丈夫的姨太太还是我丈夫的姘头

Are you my husband’s concubine or my husband’s concubine

nǐ shuō nǐ shuō ya

你说 你说呀

You say you say it

nǐ bù yào liǎn de nǚ rén

你不要脸的女人

You shameless woman

kuī nǐ hái yǒu liǎn shuō dé chū

亏你还有脸说得出

You still have the face to tell

bǎ hái zi gěi wǒ

把孩子给我

Give me the baby

nǐ yào gàn shén me

你要干什么

What are you doing

ràng kāi

让开

Step aside

gēn tā yǎn duì shǒu xì de shì lán mǎ

跟她演对手戏的是蓝马

The one who played against her is the blue horse

yǎn jì fēi cháng chéng shú de yī gè yǎn yuán hěn lǎo dào de

演技非常成熟的一个演员，很老道的

An actor with very mature acting skills, very sophisticated

dāng shí liǎng gè rén yòu tóng jū shēng huó zài yī qǐ

当时两个人又同居生活在一起

At that time, the two people lived together again

kěn dìng shì duì wǒ mā mā de yǎn jì yǒu hěn dà bāng zhù

肯定是对我妈妈的演技有很大帮助

It must be of great help to my mother's acting skills

yī jiāng chūn shuǐ xiàng dōng liú tā yǎn hé wén yàn

《一江春水向东流》，她演何文艳

"A River of Spring Water Flows East", she plays He Wenyan

tā zài zhè bù xì lǐ wǒ jué dé yě shì xià dà gōng fū

她在这部戏里，我觉得也是下大功夫

In this drama, I think she has also worked hard

wǒ xiàn zài yǐ jīng sǐ dào lín tóu le

我现在已经死到临头了

I'm dead now

hái gēn wǒ chī zhè zhǒng duǎn mìng cù zhēn shì de

还跟我吃这种短命醋 真是的

It’s true that you have this short-lived vinegar with me

zhào nǐ zhè me shuō nán dào dōu shì wǒ de cuò

照你这么说 难道都是我的错

Is it all my fault according to you

shì wǒ de cuò shì wǒ de cuò hǎo bù hǎo

是我的错 是我的错 好不好

It’s my fault, it’s my fault, OK?

tā lái shì jìng de shí hòu jiù shì chuān zhù gāo gēn xié qí páo

她来试镜的时候，就是穿著高跟鞋、旗袍

When she came to audition, she was wearing high heels and cheongsam

yī shēn zhū guāng bǎo qì dì lái le

一身珠光宝气地来了

Came in a jewel

dào le piàn chǎng zhèng jūn lǐ yī kàn éi yō

到了片场，郑君里一看，诶哟

On the set, Zheng Junli took a look, eh

shàng guān nǐ zěn me zhè me bù zhèng pài de yàng zi a

上官，你怎么这么（不正派的）样子啊？

Shangguan, why are you so (not decent)?

wǒ mā mā shuō dàn shì nǐ men xì lǐ miàn jiù shì zhè me yī gè rén ma

（我妈妈说）但是你们戏里面就是这么一个人吗？

(My mother said) But is this one person in your play?

jiù xiǎng yào wǒ zhè gè yàng zi ma

就想要我这个样子吗？

Do you want me like this?

wǒ dāng rán bù néng ràng nǐ wèi nán de

我当然不能让你为难的

Of course I can't make you embarrassed

tā shì nǐ de kàng zhàn fū rén nà

她是你的抗战夫人 那···

She is your wife of the War of Resistance...

nà wǒ jiù zuò nǐ de mì mì fū rén hǎo le

那我就做你的秘密夫人好了

Then I'll be your secret wife

lián zhù sān bù xì dōu shì yǎn jiāo jì huā mì mì fū rén zhè yī lèi de rén

连著三部戏都是演交际花、秘密夫人这一类的人

In the three consecutive dramas, people like socialites and secret ladies

wǒ mā mā hé lán mǎ tā men liǎ de pí qì xìng gé yǒu chà jù bǐ jiào dà

我妈妈和蓝马，他们俩的脾气性格有差距比较大

My mother and Blue Horse, there is a big difference in temperament between them

wǒ mā mā kě néng gèng xīn shǎng wǒ bà bà yàn jīng dà xué chū lái de zhè zhǒng rén

我妈妈可能更欣赏我爸爸燕京大学出来的这种人

My mother may admire this kind of person from my father Yenching University more

suǒ yǐ jiù gēn wǒ bà bà jié hūn le

所以就跟我爸爸结婚了

So I married my father

jiě fàng zhī hòu tā jiù yǎn le huà jù jiào hóng qí gē

解放之后，她就演了话剧，叫《红旗歌》

After liberation, she acted in a drama called "Red Flag Song"

shèng kuàng kōng qián

盛况空前

Unprecedented grand occasion

wǒ bà bà nà shí hòu zhèng hǎo shì lán xīn xì yuàn de zhí xíng fù jīng lǐ

我爸爸那时候正好是兰心戏院的执行副经理

My father happened to be the executive deputy manager of Lanxin Theater

děng dào yǎn xì kuài jié shù de shí hòu liǎng rén jiù hǎo le jié hūn

等到演戏快结束的时候，两人就好了，结婚

When the acting is almost over, the two will be fine and get married

liǎng gè rén zhù dào le jīn tiān de fù xīng xī lù hào hěn dà de yī tào fáng zi

两个人住到了今天的复兴西路147号，很大的一套房子

Two people live in today's No. 147 Fuxing West Road, a large house

jiā lǐ yǎng le yī gè dé guó liè quǎn

家里养了一个德国猎犬

I have a German Spaniel

mā mā de tóng shì xiàng bái yáng shū xiù wén

妈妈的同事，像白杨、舒绣文

Mom’s colleagues, like Bai Yang and Shu Xiuwen

huáng zōng yīng zhào dān sūn dào lín

黄宗英、赵丹、孙道临

Huang Zongying, Zhao Dan, Sun Daolin

zhè xiē rén dōu shì lái suì zhèng shì qīng chūn xiàng shàng de shí hòu

这些人都是30来岁，正是青春向上的时候

These people are all in their 30s, and it’s when they are young

cháng cháng dào wǒ jiā lái zuò kè chī fàn liáo tiān

常常到我家来做客、吃饭、聊天

Often come to my house to be a guest, eat and chat

nán dǎo fēng yún zhè bù xì běn lái nǚ zhǔ jiǎo bù shì wǒ mā mā

《南岛风云》，这部戏本来女主角不是我妈妈

"Austronesian", the heroine of this play was not my mother

wǒ mā mā yī zhí bù shì zhè me yī gè xíng xiàng

我妈妈一直不是这么一个形象

My mother has never been such an image

sì miàn dōu shì dí rén

四面都是敌人

Enemies on all sides

wǒ mā mā yī zhí shì yī gè jiāo jì huā

我妈妈一直是一个交际花

My mother has always been a socialite

huò zhě shì chéng shì fù nǚ zhī shí fēn zi de xíng xiàng

或者是城市妇女、知识分子（的形象）

Or urban women, intellectuals

dà jiā yǒu hěn duō rén fǎn duì yì jiàn

大家有很多人反对意见

There are many people who disagree

jiē le xì yǐ hòu tā xià le hěn dà de gōng fū dào hǎi nán dǎo qù xià shēng huó

接了戏以后，她下了很大的功夫到海南岛去下生活

After receiving the play, she worked hard to live on Hainan Island

hé dāng nián de yóu jī duì yuán tóng chī tóng zhù tóng láo dòng

和当年的游击队员同吃、同住、同劳动

Eat, live, and work with the guerrillas of the year

xià tián chā yāng gē dào

下田、插秧、割稻

Going to the field, planting seedlings, cutting rice

rán hòu gēn tā men yī qǐ shài dé hēi jí le yòu hēi yòu shòu

然后跟她们一起晒得黑极了，又黑又瘦

Then I got very tanned with them, black and thin

guǐ zi xiàn zài yǒu shén me xíng dòng

鬼子现在有什么行动

What is the devil doing now

lái bǎ tā bì le

来 把他毙了

Come and kill him

tā yǎn wán zhè gè xì gěi rén yǎn jīng yī liàng

她演完这个戏，给人眼睛一亮

After she finished the play, her eyes lit up

hòu lái zài shàng hǎi diàn yǐng zhì piàn chǎng fàng yàng piàn

后来在上海电影制片厂放样片

Later in the Shanghai Film Studio to stake out the film

fàng wán le yǐ hòu yǐng xīng huáng zōng yīng shàng lái fēi cháng xīng fèn dì gēn wǒ mā mā wò shǒu

放完了以后，（影星）黄宗英上来非常兴奋地跟我妈妈握手

After it was over, (movie star) Huang Zongying came up and shook hands with my mother very excited.

zhù hè shuō nǐ de xì jiù shuō míng le

祝贺说，你的戏就说明了

Congratulations, your play shows it

wǒ men jiù shè huì guò lái de yǎn yuán yě shì kě yǐ yǎn bīng de

我们旧社会过来的演员也是可以演兵的

Actors from our old society can also play soldiers

zhèng wěi zhè duàn rì zi duì wǒ men shuō shì nán wàng de

政委 这段日子对我们说是难忘的

The political commissar told us that these days are unforgettable

tā jiào yù hé duàn liàn le wǒ men

它教育和锻炼了我们

It educates and exercises us

shǐ wǒ men lǐ jiě dào zěn yàng xué xí zuò yī gè hǎo de gòng chǎn dǎng yuán

使我们理解到怎样学习做一个好的共产党员

So that we understand how to learn to be a good Communist

zuò yī gè zhēn zhèng jiān qiáng de rén

做一个真正坚强的人

Be a really strong person

xiè jìn dǎo yǎn de wǔ tái jiě mèi zhōng shàng guān yún zhū yòng jí shǎo de xì fèn sù zào le yuè jù huáng hòu shāng shuǐ huā zhè yī jīng diǎn xíng xiàng

谢晋导演的《舞台姐妹》中 上官云珠用极少的戏份 塑造了越剧皇后商水花这一经典形象

In "Sisters on Stage" directed by Xie Jin, Shangguan Yunzhu used very few scenes to create the classic image of the Queen of Yue Opera, Shang Shuihua

zhè bù jiù shì dāng nián yuè jù huáng hòu shāng shuǐ huā ma

这不就是当年越剧皇后商水花吗

Isn't this the Queen of Shaoxing Opera, Shang Shuihua?

dào xiàn zài dōu rén rén cháng cháng shuō

到现在都人人常常说

Until now everyone often says

shāng shuǐ huā shì yī gè hěn chéng gōng de xíng xiàng

商水花是一个很成功的形象

Shang Shuihua is a very successful image

nà kě néng shì tā dēng fēng zào jí le

那可能是她登峰造极了

That might be her peak

duì tā de yǎn yì shēng yá lái jiǎng yě shì wěi shēng le

对她的演艺生涯来讲也是尾声了

It's the end of her acting career

kě shì nǐ dào nà xì lǐ qù zhǎo shāng shuǐ huā

可是你到那戏里去找商水花

But you went to find Shang Shuihua in that play

hěn shǎo hěn shǎo de xì

很少很少的戏

Very few scenes

jiù shì bèi yǐng huò zhě jìng zi lǐ de bàn zhāng liǎn

就是背影，或者镜子里的半张脸

It’s the back, or half of the face in the mirror

dàn shì tā chéng wèi yī gè jīng diǎn

但是它成为一个经典

But it became a classic

shāng shuǐ huā

商水花

Shang Shuihua

jīng lǐ lái diàn huà jiào nǐ xiān chàng yī shǒu kāi luó xì

经理来电话 叫你先唱一首开锣戏

The manager called and asked you to sing a gong show

kuài diǎn huà zhuāng a

快点化妆啊

Hurry up and put on makeup

wǒ mā mā zài zěn me yàng yě shì gè dà yǎn yuán le

我妈妈再怎么样也是个大演员了

My mother is a big actor no matter what

ràng tā lái yǎn zhè me shǎo xì fèn de yī gè xì

让她来演这么少戏份的一个戏

Let her act in such a small part

xiè jìn dǎo yǎn jué dé yǒu diǎn hǎo xiàng shuō bù chū kǒu

（谢晋导演）觉得有点好像说不出口

(Director Xie Jin) I feel a little bit unspeakable

wǒ mā mā xīn rán jiē shòu méi yǒu rèn hé èr huà

我妈妈欣然接受，没有任何二话

My mother readily accepted, without any second words

dǎo yǎn wú yí gōng céng jīng shuō tā bǎ wǒ mā mā de suǒ yǒu diàn yǐng dōu kàn guò yǐ hòu

（导演）吴贻弓曾经说，他把我妈妈的所有电影都看过以后

(Director) Wu Yigong once said that after he watched all my mother's movies

jiù rèn wèi wǒ mā mā wèi shén me chéng gōng

就认为我妈妈为什么成功

I think why my mother succeeded

yīn wèi tā méi shī bài guò

因为她没失败过

Because she never failed

bù guǎn zhè gè jiǎo sè duō xiǎo dōu shì fēi cháng rèn zhēn

不管这个角色多小，都是非常认真

No matter how small the role is, he is very serious

wǒ yī suì duō fù mǔ jiù lí hūn sì suì bù dào jiù lí kāi fù mǔ

我一岁多父母就离婚，四岁不到就离开父母

My parents divorced when I was more than one year old, and left my parents when I was less than four

dào le běi jīng gēn zǔ fù zǔ mǔ zhù zài yī qǐ

到了北京跟祖父祖母住在一起

When I arrived in Beijing, I lived with my grandfather and grandmother

fù mǔ kě yǐ xǐ huān nǐ ài nǐ yě kě yǐ dǎ nǐ mà nǐ

父母可以喜欢你爱你，也可以打你、骂你

Parents can like you to love you, or they can beat you and scold you

wǒ cóng xiǎo méi rén dǎ wǒ mà wǒ yě méi rén qù bào wǒ

我从小没人打我骂我，也没人去抱我

Since I was a child, no one beat me and scolded me, and no one hugged me.

bù yī yàng de

不一样的

Different

suì zài huí dào shàng hǎi de shí hòu zhōng yú hǎo xiàng yǒu gè mā mā

10岁再回到上海的时候，终于好像有个妈妈

When I returned to Shanghai at the age of 10, I finally seemed to have a mother

xià tiān shǔ jiǎ mā mā xià bān huí lái

夏天暑假，妈妈下班回来

Summer summer vacation, mom comes back from get off work

wǎn shàng chōng wán liáng dà jiā zuò zài yáng tái shàng

晚上冲完凉，大家坐在阳台上

After taking a shower at night, everyone sat on the balcony

wǒ mā mā jiù huì bǎ wǒ lǒu guò lái kào zài tā shēn shàng jiǎng jiǎng xiǎo shí hòu de gù shì

我妈妈就会把我搂过来靠在她身上，讲讲小时候的故事

My mother would hug me and lean on her and tell stories from my childhood

wú yí gōng tā jiù gēn wǒ shuō guò zhè me yī jù huà

吴贻弓他就跟我说过这么一句话

Wu Yigong said this to me

nǐ mā mā méi yǒu dí rén

你妈妈没有敌人

Your mother has no enemies

biǎo miàn shàng róu ruò qiān mèi bǎi tài de yàng

表面上柔弱、千媚百态的样

On the surface, soft and charming

gēn zhōu wéi de rén bù guǎn shì lǐng dǎo

跟周围的人，不管是领导

With the people around, whether it’s the leader

hái shì shí táng zuò fàn de dà shī fù

还是食堂做饭的大师傅

Still a master cook in the cafeteria

shàng shàng xià xià guān xì dōu fēi cháng róng qià

上上下下关系都非常融洽

The relationship between up and down is very harmonious

tā shì yī gè wài yuán nèi gāng de xìng gé

她是一个外圆内刚的性格

She is an outer circle and inner strong character

shuǐ huā jiě zài hòu tái jiǎo lóu xuán liáng diào sǐ le

水花姐在后台角楼悬梁吊死了

Sister Splash was hanged by hanging beams in the backstage corner

zuì hòu de sān gè xì quán dōu shì zì shā

最后的三个戏，全都是自杀

The last three scenes are all suicide

zhè dōu shì qiǎo hé nǐ yě bù néng shuō sù mìng

这都是巧合，你也不能说宿命

It's all coincidence, and you can't say fate

jiù yù shì le tā hòu lái de zhè tiáo lù

就预示了她后来的这条路

It heralded her future path

tā jiān chí yào yǎn xì

她坚持要演戏

She insisted on acting

jǐ cì hūn yīn dōu shì wèi le yǎn xì jiù fēi cháng zhí zhù

几次婚姻都是为了演戏，就非常执著

Several marriages are for acting, so they are very persistent

zuì hòu zǒu shàng jué lù yě shì yīn wèi tā gǎn jué zì jǐ zài yě bù néng yǎn xì le

最后走上绝路，也是因为她感觉自己再也不能演戏了

In the end, she went to a dead end because she felt that she could no longer act

wén gé qī jiān shàng guān yún zhū bǎo shòu jí bìng yǔ pī dòu de zhé mó yú nián yuè cóng lóu jiā zhōng tiào xià jié shù shēng mìng

文革期间上官云珠饱受疾病与批斗的折磨， 于1968年11月，从4楼家中跳下，结束生命。

During the Cultural Revolution, Shangguan Yunzhu suffered from illness and criticism. In November 1968, he jumped from his home on the fourth floor and ended his life.

wǒ de yī shēng zhēn shì tài bù xìng le

我的一生真是太不幸了

My life is so unfortunate

yào shì pāi chéng diàn yǐng shuí kàn le dōu huì kū de

要是拍成电影谁看了都会哭的

If it was made into a movie, everyone would cry

nǐ néng bù néng bǎ nǐ de shēn shì jiǎng yī diǎn gěi wǒ tīng tīng

你能不能把你的身世讲一点给我听听

Can you tell me a little bit about your life experience

wǒ jiǎng gěi nǐ tīng nǐ kě bù néng jiǎng gěi bié rén tīng

我讲给你听 你可不能讲给别人听

I tell you, you can’t tell others

nǐ yī dìng dé gěi wǒ shǒu mì mì yīn wèi

你一定得给我守秘密 因为···

You must keep secrets for me because...

wǒ cóng lái jiù méi yǒu gào sù guò dì èr gè rén

我从来就没有告诉过第二个人

I never told the second person