我们只是在从加尔各答到马德拉斯的轮船上呆在一起几天。
We were together only during the few days the steamer took from Calcutta to Madras.
绝大多数人力车车夫都来自加尔各答以北几百英里的比哈尔。
Bihar, a few hundred miles north of Kolkata, is where the vast majority of rickshaw pullers come from.
在加尔各答,有些人,特别是教育和政治意识的人,不乘坐人力车。
There are people in Kolkata, particularly educated and politically aware people, who will not ride in a rickshaw.
人力车支持者指出,在贬低职业方面,人力车车夫在加尔各答并不是唯一的。
Rickshaw supporters point out that when it comes to demeaning occupations, rickshaw pullers are hardly unique in Kolkata.
有这样一个著名的故事,特蕾莎修女在加尔各答将一个濒临死亡的男人拖着抱出了排水沟。
There is this famous story of Mother Teresa holding and hugging a dying man in Calcutta rescued from a gutter.
一到加尔各答,他们就睡在大街上或是人力车里,或在由一个叫萨达尔的人管理的车库、修理店和宿舍的组合区域 dera 里。
Once in Kolkata, they sleep on the street or in their rickshaws or in a dera—a combination of garage and repair shop and dormitory managed by someone called a sardar.
加尔各答的一位居民告诉我:“很难放手。”一天,一位市政府官员给了我一份市政府的报告,上面列出了如何改造人力车夫的方案。
Kolkata, a resident told me, "has difficulty letting go." One day a city official handed me a report from the municipal government laying out options for how rickshaw pullers might be rehabilitated.
2003年的一项研究发现,人力车夫的收入接近加尔各答的最底层,只比乞丐做得更好。
A 2003 study found that rickshaw pullers are near the bottom of Kolkata occupations in income, doing better than only the beggars.
毕竟,布达德布·巴塔查尔吉并不是几个月内第一个声称加尔各答的街道上将不再出现人力车的西孟加拉邦高级官员。
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, after all, is not the first high West Bengal official to say that rickshaws would be off the streets of Kolkata in a matter of months.
加尔各答三分之二的人口住在贫民窟。
1757年,他在普拉西击败了纳瓦博,占领了加尔各答。
He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta.
她就是加尔各答染色体的一部分。
他喜欢了解有关加尔各答的情况。
该照片摄自加尔各答动物园。
他说,“加尔各答是桌下拍卖——”。
“对,加尔各答,”她说。
今年九月,深圳-加尔各答航线也将开通。
In this September, we are going to have another direct flight from Shenzhen to Kolkata.
你无法想象失去了特蕾莎嬷嬷的加尔各答。
“加尔各答,”他说。
加尔各答和其它城市错过了印度最近的经济繁荣。
Kolkata (Calcutta) and other cities have missed out on India's recent boom.
孟买和加尔各答现在已经没有空闲的土地和住房了。
Mumbai and Calcutta are already very poor about providing land and housing.
孟加拉西部农村的贫困人口比例是加尔各答的两倍。
孟加拉西部农村的贫困人口比例是加尔各答的两倍。
加尔各答一座地铁站站台上,乘客们正在候车。
Passengers stand on a platform at a metro station in Kolkata.
他刚获得加尔各答大学文学硕士学位,前去英格兰做律师。
He had just taken the M. A. degree of the Calcutta University and was on his way to England to join the Bar.
他刚获得加尔各答大学文学硕士学位,前去英格兰做律师。
He had just taken the M. A. degree of the Calcutta University and was on his way to England to join the Bar.
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