 Bright, busy and colourful, newly digitised pages of Zhvandun magazine - Life in English - reveal the aspirations of Afghanistan's elite during decades of political and social change. 明丽，丰富又多彩，最新数字化的“Zhvandun”杂志—英国生活版—展示出了在几十年的政治和社会变革中阿富汗精英阶层们的渴望。 It rolled off presses through most of the second half of the 20th Century, mixing articles on global affairs, society and history with fun stuff on film stars and fashion. 在20世纪的大部分岁月里，它推出的出版物，涵盖了全球事务，社会和历史方面的文章还有关于电影明星和时尚的趣事。 Think, perhaps, of Time magazine with added poetry and short stories. 关于它的内容，我们还可以想想像时代杂志上那些额外的诗歌和短篇小说。 Over five politically tumultuous decades the pages of Zhvandun mirrored the upheavals of the time. 在政治动荡的五十多年里，Zhvandun杂志的纸页反映了时代的剧变。 But they also captured something more fragile - the ideals and dreams of their readers. 但他们也捕捉到了一些更脆弱的东西—他们读者的理想和美梦。 Zhvandun was produced for the few in a country where the great majority were illiterate. 在一个大部分国民都不识字的国家里Zhvandun杂志是给少部分人看的。 Its authors and readership lived mainly in Kabul. 它的作者和读者群体主要居住在喀布尔。 They were progressive people, with time and resources to think about which film to see at the cinema or how to alter a hemline. 他们都是些进步的人们，也有充分的时间和资源来思考在电影院该看哪一部电影，或者衣角线该如何修改。 Zhvandun was on the more frivolous side of a host of magazines produced in Afghanistan from the late 1920s onwards. 在1920年代末以来阿富汗发行的大量杂志中Zhvandun属于比较轻松的一类。 Kabul magazine was the vehicle of the most celebrated Afghan writers and thinkers. 喀布尔杂志则是阿富汗最有名的作家和思想家作品的载体。 Adab (Culture) was the periodical of Kabul University, while Children's Companion (Kamkayano Anis) was full of puzzles and stories. Adab（文化版）是喀布尔大学的期刊，而Kamkayano Anis（孩童伙伴）里面有很多的谜语和故事。 Zhvandun arrived in 1949, a momentous year in the region. Zhvandun杂志建刊于1949年，是这个地区里程碑式的一年。 The old European empires were crumbling in the wake of World War Two. 旧的欧洲帝国在第二次世界大战后分崩离析了。 Afghanistan's neighbours, India, Pakistan and Iran, were crucibles of new post-colonial thinking. 阿富汗的邻国，印度，巴基斯坦和伊朗，都是新的后殖民主义思想的熔炉。 Afghanistan had a modern state to build and at least some money in the bank. 阿富汗准备建立现代化的国度，银行里至少还有一些钱。 King Zahir invited many foreign advisers to help him evolve his vision and sought support from both the United States and the Soviet Union. Zahir国王邀请了许多外国顾问帮助他发展他的愿景，并寻求美国和苏联的支持。 The coming of Ariana Airlines in 1955 connected Afghanistan to destinations across half the world. 1955年阿瑞娜航空公司的建立将阿富汗和大半个世界的目的地联通了起来。 Its most famous route was from Kabul to Frankfurt by way of Tehran, Damascus, Beirut and Ankara. 它最有名的线路是从喀布尔到法兰克福，途径德黑兰，大马士革，贝鲁特和安卡拉。 It was called the Marco Polo route, after the 13th Century Italian traveller. 这条路线被称为马可波罗路线，是以13世纪的意大利旅行家命名。 Internally, Afghan cities that were separated by mountains and deserts became linked by regular flights. 从国内来说，被山峰和沙漠阻隔的阿富汗城市也被日常航线联通了起来。 Advertisements creep into Zhvandun in the 1960s. 1960年代的时候Zhvandun杂志开始刊登广告。 Cars, fridges, baby milk - such items would have been wildly beyond the reach of many, but for a few they represented the allure of lifestyle revolution, especially for women. 汽车，冰箱和婴儿奶粉—这些商品很多人都还买不起，但对有些人来说，它们象征着令人向往的生活方式的变革，尤其是女性。 END 感谢关注 跟amber一起看世界 |
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