翻译练习：The Grim Truth Behind The Pied Piper(5)

The Grim Truth Behind The Pied Piper(5)

花衣魔笛手背后的残酷真相（5）

花衣魔笛传说的各种现实解释

(15)"In this scenario," Reimer said, "the Pied Piper played the role of a so-called locator or recruiter. They were responsible for organising migrations to the east and were said to have worn colourful garments and played an instrument to attract the attention of possible settlers."

“在这种说法中”，莱默说，“花衣魔笛手扮演了一个所谓移民引导者或征召者的角色。他们负责组织去东部的迁移，据说他们都穿着颜色鲜艳的外套并演奏一种乐器以吸引有可能的移居者的注意。 ”

(16)While some historians believe that the youth emigrated to Transylvania, the German linguist Jürgen Udolph's theory is most accepted. "He suggests the regions around Berlin as the most probable location, in an area that's now [eastern Germany]," Reimer said, "and he backs up his theory by place name evidence." In fact, Udolph found that the family names common in Hamelin at the time show up with surprising frequency in the areas of Uckermark and Prignitz, near Berlin, that he locates as the centre of the migration. The theory is also reinforced by evidence that the region, newly liberated from the Danes, was ripe for German colonisation.

一些历史学家相信，年轻人们移居到了特兰西瓦尼亚，德国语言学家尤尔根·乌多尔夫的理论最广为接受。“他认为柏林周围的区域是最可能的移民区域，也就是位于（东德）的区域”，莱默说道，“他使用了地名证据来支撑他的理论”。事实上乌多尔夫发现，在哈默林很普遍的家庭姓名在那时以惊人的频率出现在出现在柏林附近的乌克马克和普里格尼茨地区，而这些区域正是他认为的那次迁移的中心。这一理论还得到了最近从丹麦解放出来的地区所证明，该区域已经成熟为德国的移民区。

(17)More fanciful theories abound, too. Some historians suggest the legend reflects a 13th Century children's crusade, part of the wave of medieval crusades aimed at winning back the Holy Land. And some argue the youth were lost to the Black Plague, though the dates don't match up.

更多奇奇怪怪的理论也大量存在。一些历史学家认为传说反映了12世纪儿童十字军东征，那是以夺回圣地为目标的中世纪十字军东征的一部分。还有一些主张认为，这些年轻死死于黑死病，尽管日期上并不匹配。

(18)More intriguing is a theory that points to the medieval phenomenon of "dancing mania", driven by a succession of pandemics and natural disasters. Known as St Vitus' Dance, the dancing plague is documented surfacing in continental Europe as early as the 11th Century. A form of mass hysteria, the dance could spread from inpiduals to large groups, all driven by an unshakeable compulsion to dance feverishly, sometimes for weeks, often leaping and singing and sometimes hallucinating to the point of exhaustion and occasionally death, like a top that can't stop spinning.

更新鲜的一种说法指向了中世纪出现的“流行性舞蹈病”，这种病由一系列流行病与自然灾害引发。称为圣维特斯舞蹈，这种舞蹈瘟疫记录于11世纪早期的欧洲大陆。歇斯底里的一种表现形式，这种舞蹈会从个人扩散到群体，被一种不可动摇的强迫症导致疯狂地跳舞，有时会持续多个星期，经常又唱又跳，有时会出现幻觉，最后筋疲力尽，甚至死亡，就象一个无法停止旋转的陀螺。