What is it about the bard that makes his work relevant today?

是什么让位吟游诗的作品与现今息息相关？

In the 1930s vaudeville and blackface minstrelsy declined.

在 1930 年代杂耍和吟游诗逐渐没落。

These minstrels went about the country telling tales or singing songs of mighty warriors.

些吟游诗在全国各地讲故事或传唱勇士的歌曲。

Among them were many skilled craftsmen, artists, and great poets called bards.

他们之中还有许多出色的工匠、艺术家，和伟大的吟游诗。

The Atlantic even called him the bow tied bard of populism.

《大西洋月刊》甚至称他为“系着领结的民粹主义吟游诗”。

The story of his brave deeds was sung by minstrels nearly a thousand years ago.

他的英勇事迹早在一千年前就被吟游诗歌颂。

It was a very necessary corrective to all of those decades of melodramas minstrel and blackface.

是对几十年的情节剧、吟游诗和黑脸的一个非常必要的纠正。

And now, ladies and gentlemen, The Troubadour's very own Rochelle Errathcu is right here to do the honors.

女士们，先生们，我们的颁奖嘉宾是吟游诗尔·埃拉特库。

Though Shakespeare has been called the immortal bard, the man himself was as mortal as any other.

尽管莎士比亚被称为不朽的吟游诗，他本却和其他一样只是凡。

There the voice was male, bardic, authoritative, grown sweet and self-confident on the flattery of princes.

爱尔兰诗歌中全是男性的、吟游诗的、权威的声音，在王子们的奉承下变得和谐而自信。

In eighteen fifty, Foster made an agreement with the leader of a successful minstrel group, E. P. Christy.

在1850年，福斯特与一个成功的吟游诗团体的领导E·P·克里斯蒂达成了一项协议。

Of course, as they told the stories over and over, the minstrels added things that they imagined might have happened.

当然，当他们一遍又一遍地讲述些故事时，吟游诗又在其中添加了想象的内容。

Pretend there is a minstrel gallery up there in the corner.

假装角落里有一个吟游诗画廊。

But here's the quandary that the bard never put forth.

但是吟游诗从未提出的窘境。

Minstrels performed along with folk music on violins and banjos.

吟游诗用小提琴和班卓琴与民间音乐一起表演。

In 1951, Bayard argued against banning blackface minstrel shows.

1951 年，贝亚德反对禁止黑脸吟游诗表演。

The bards will sing songs of their sacrifice.

吟游诗会歌颂他们的伟大牺牲。

Stephen Foster wrote almost thirty songs for minstrel shows. Minstrel shows became popular in the United States in the eighteen forties.

斯蒂芬·福斯特为吟游表演创作了将近30首歌。在19世纪40年代，吟游诗表演在美国变得流行起来。

A bardic poem that was memorized, recited and performed for thousands of years.

几千年来被背诵、背诵和表演的吟游诗诗歌。

Please join me in welcoming the immortal bard himself, Mr.William Shakespeare.

请和我一起欢迎不朽的吟游诗威廉·莎士比亚先生。