《机器人瓦力》第十章-深夜用品店漫画

As it approached the star liner, WALL · E’s small probe ship was swallowed inside the Axiom’s docking bay, where it was locked safely into place. 

瓦力所在的那艘渺小的探测飞船一点点靠近那艘巨大的星际邮轮。飞船驶进了公理号的码头区，稳稳地停在了泊位上。

Still clinging to the outside of the ship, WALL · E saw the loading dock come to life. From every corner, gleaming service robots of all sizes and descriptions appeared. Their names shining on their front panels, they paused until lines appeared in front of them on the floor. Apparently, the bots carried out their directives by following these preprogrammed lines around the ship.

仍然挂在飞船外壳上的瓦力看见整个码头都苏醒了过来。各式各样闪闪发亮的服务机器人从码头的角落里冒了出来，它们的名字都显示在胸前的面板上。它们停在原地，直到面前的地板上出现一条条发光的路线。很显然，这些机器人需要跟随着这些飞船周围的线条才能完成自己的任务。

The probe ship’s cargo doors smoothly slid open, and WALL · E saw EVE. She was still shut down; only the green light on her chest was flashing.

飞船货舱的大门流畅地滑开了。瓦力看见了伊芙。她仍然处在待机状态，只有胸前的绿灯闪亮着。

“Eee-vah?” WALL · E whispered as a chrome-trimmed crane-bot lifted her out of the hold and lowered her onto the huge deck below. WALL · E was careful to speak softly and remain hidden.

“伊娃？”瓦力怯生生地呼唤着。一个拥有明亮镀铬外壳的机械臂将伊娃从货舱中的架子上取下，放到了一个巨大的工作台上。瓦力躲藏在一边，轻声呼唤着。

Immediately, a squad of robots surrounded EVE. To them, she was Probe One. A tiny mint-blue robot with a bristle-brush head was beeping orders to the rest of the robots. His name was M-O. He was a microbe obliterator with one simple directive: clean.

一队机器人立刻围住了伊芙。对它们来说，她只是探测器一号。一个矮小的、双臂连着一个毛刷头的薄荷蓝色机器人朝其它机器人发出了嘟嘟的命令声。他的名字是“莫”。他是一台微生物清洁机。他唯一的指令是：打扫。

M-O scanned EVE. Disgusted, he computed that she was fifteen percent contaminated with dirt. He signaled his crew, who hurried along bright red lines on the floor to begin the cleanup. A vacuum-bot, a sprayer-bot, and a buffer-bot zipped along their lines to do their jobs.

莫扫描了一遍伊芙，厌恶地发现她身上有百分之十五的地方被尘土污染了。他朝他的团队打了个信号，然后立即沿着地板上的红色路线走上前来开始清理。一台吸尘器，一台洒水机和一台千斤顶立刻跟了上来开始自己的工作。

As M-O continued to scan the probe-bots on deck, he suddenly came across WALL · E, who was boxed up and nervously trying to blend in. M-O turned to the boxed robot and scanned him: 100% FOREIGN CONTAMINANT! A red light popped out atop M-O’s head and a siren began to wail.

莫一边围着工作台上的伊芙转着圈，一边继续扫描。这时他突然看到了瓦力。瓦力缩成一团，紧张地希望与周围的环境融为一体。莫转向这个立方体机器人并扫描了他：100%外来污染！莫头顶的红灯突然点亮，警报器发出了尖厉的蜂鸣声。

Poor WALL · E, having spent centuries cubing trash, was very dirty indeed. M-O instantly charged at WALL · E in a cleaning frenzy. Frightened, WALL · E pushed him away with his front panel.

可怜的瓦力用了几个世纪的时间去把垃圾压成方块，确实是脏得可怕。莫疯狂地朝瓦力冲去，害怕的瓦力用胸前的挡板推开了他。

M-O tried again. WALL · E rolled backward, leaving a dirty trail on M-O’s immaculate floor. M-O lunged forward and scrubbed at the track marks. Amused by his power over the cleaning-obsessed M-O, WALL · E had another idea. Just to see what might happen, he decided to stick out his tread and make another spot on the floor. M-O leaned over and scrubbed at it compulsively.

莫又一次朝瓦力冲去。瓦力害怕的后退，在莫一尘不染的地板上留下两道肮脏的履带印。莫愤怒地猛冲过去擦起了履带印。被自己对热爱清洁的莫的影响力逗笑的瓦力有了一个点子。仅仅是为了看看会发生什么，瓦力伸出一只脚，在地板上留下了另一个污点。莫刚清理完，立即又扑过去擦这个新的污渍。

Teasing him now, WALL · E wiped one of his treads on M-O’s head. M-O went crazy, trying to rid himself of the yucky stuff.

这一次是为了捉弄他，瓦力用履带在莫的头上抹了一块污渍。莫气得发疯，想要摆脱掉这个讨厌的东西。

Suddenly, two steward-bots—the policing bots of the Axiom—emerged from a wall. Nearby, a small robot shot out of a pneumatic tube and into the docking bay. It was Gopher, the Captain’s personal assistant. He quickly gave orders to the steward-bots. Then he headed toward the probe-bots. A blaring siren sounded, prompting the cleaning crew to snap to attention.

突然，两个乘务员机器人——公理号上的警卫，从墙后走了出来。旁边，一个机器人从充气管道中钻了出来，进入了码头区。他是Gopher，船长的私人助手。他迅速给警戒机器人下达了命令，然后飘向探测机器人。这时，一阵刺耳的汽笛声响起，清洁工团队集中了注意力。

Gopher began to scan each probe-bot. He checked WALL · E and then moved on to the next robot. Realizing that something wasn’t quite right, he stopped for a moment. He turned to look WALL · E over again, but the little robot was gone. Gopher continued until he finally came to EVE.

Gopher开始扫描每一个探测机器人。他检查完瓦力，然后转向下一个。它突然停了下来，意识到有什么东西不太对。它转过身去看瓦力，但瓦力已经跑掉了。Gopher继续检查探测机器人，直到他看到了伊芙。

Gopher scanned EVE, and instantly, every alarm on deck began to sound. Green lights flashed everywhere. A hover transport glided up to Gopher. He beeped and ordered the crane-bot to lift EVE into the vehicle. Gopher climbed into the driver’s seat and navigated the transport into an open elevator.

Gopher扫描了伊芙，立即甲板上所有的警铃都开始报警。绿色的灯光在每一个角落里闪烁。一架悬浮运输车驶向Gopher，他立即嘟嘟地命令机械臂将伊芙举起，放到运输车上。Gopher进入了指挥者的角色，引导运输车钻进了一部开着舱门的升降机里。

“Eee-vah!” WALL · E called, hurrying after the transport. He managed to hop inside the elevator just before its doors closed.

“伊娃！”瓦力高喊着跟在运输车身后。他想在升降机的舱门关闭之前钻进去。

Behind him, the other bots began to file out of the loading dock. Each robot moved strictly along its designated line. M-O discovered WALL · E’s latest filthy trail. But the dirt veered away from M-O’s designated line, and bots were never supposed to go off their designated lines. Not ever.

在他的身后，其它机器人排着队离开了码头工作区。他们中的每一个都严格地按照设计好的路线行驶着。莫发现了瓦力刚刚留下的两道肮脏的车辙，但是那偏离了他原本的路线。机器人从来不会离开它们设计好的路线。从来没有过。

M-O looked at his departing crew, then back at the dirt that irresistibly called to him. He closed his eyes and did something no service robot aboard the Axiomhad ever done: He jumped off his designated line. Somehow, WALL · E had had a strong effect on the industrious cleaner-bot.

莫看着他的团队渐行渐远，转过身去清理那道他无法抗拒的污痕。他闭上自己的眼睛，做了一件从未有公理号上的机器人做过的事情：他离开了自己被设计好的路线。无论如何，瓦力对这台勤奋的清洁机器人产生了巨大的影响。

Cringing, M-O slowly opened his eyes. He looked around cautiously. No alarms. No whistles. Nothing had happened! That wasn’t so hard, he decided, and cheerily began following WALL · E’s tracks, scrubbing as he went. He was determined to find and clean this bot.

莫感到一阵畏缩。他缓缓地睁开了自己的眼睛，小心地四下观察。没有警报响起。什么都没发生！并没有那么难，他想。他振奋起来，开始沿着瓦力留下的车辙一边前进一边擦洗。他决心要找到那个机器人并且把他擦干净。