一羣美國人子漢源（羅斯福兄弟）

吕国宾龙坪山

《Trailing the Giant Panda》《追寻大熊猫》
目标：翻译到抵达雅州府（Yachow‑fu，雅州，今雅安）/ 清溪县（Tsingki / 清溪，今汉源）段落。
背景：1928‑1929 罗斯福父子探险，从云南入西康，经建昌（宁远府）→清溪→泸定桥 Lutingkiao→打箭炉 Tatsien‑lu（康定）。
重点：书中会出现 Lutingkiao（泸定桥）地名，只是地理路线记述，无长征内容。
地名对照表
| 英文旧拼 | 现代地名 |
|---|---|
|Yachow‑fu | 雅州府（雅安） |
|Tsing‑ki / Tsingki | 清溪县（汉源县，旧清溪） |
|Ningyuen‑fu | 宁远府（建昌，西昌） |
|Luting‑kiao | 泸定桥 |
|Tatsien‑lu | 打箭炉（康定） |
|Ta‑ton‑ho | 大渡河 |
节选原文（宁远府出发，过清溪，走向雅州、泸定桥路段）
After leaving Ning‑yuen‑fu our trail led us northwestward across rough mountainous country toward Tsing‑ki. We were now in the territory of the Lolo tribes. For days we travelled over high rolling uplands, with frequent sharp descents into deep river‑gorges. The country was sparsely populated. Villages were few and far‑between, and often stockaded, for feuds between the Lolo clans were common. Many of the valleys were given over entirely to the aborigines, and Chinese settlers dwelt chiefly on the more open ridges.
At Tsing‑ki, the district city of the county, we were at an altitude of over six thousand feet. Tsing‑ki, or Ching‑hsien (Ching‑hsien, 清溪), is perched on a mountain shoulder, looking far out over the tremendous gorges of the Ta‑ton‑ho. From this point two great roads branch: one goes west‑north‑west across the mountains by way of Luting‑kiao to Tatsien‑lu; the other descends north‑eastward to Yachow‑fu. We took the former, the road for Tatsien‑lu.
The trail from Tsing‑ki to Luting‑kiao plunges rapidly down‑hill. The descent is tremendous, from more than six thousand feet at Tsing‑ki to only some twenty‑six hundred feet by the banks of the Ta‑ton‑ho at Luting‑kiao. We wound down long, steep mountain‑sides, through scrub‑oak and rhododendron thickets. As we dropped, the vegetation changed steadily; the cold‑climate mountain shrubs gave place to subtropical growth. We passed little hamlets clinging to steep slopes, where the farmers made terraced fields on almost perpendicular hillsides.
At last we came out upon the river‑bank, and before us rose the famous iron suspension‑bridge of Luting‑kiao, spanning the foaming, roaring Ta‑ton‑ho. The bridge is nearly four hundred feet long, hung on heavy iron chains, without piers in the river‑bed. Wooden planks are laid across the chains for the roadway. Coolies, mules and ponies trod cautiously across the swinging span. After we had crossed Luting‑kiao, the trail turned upward again, climbing steadily toward the high‑lands of Tatsien‑lu. Yachow‑fu lay away to the northeast, a great market city on the lower reaches of the Ta‑ton‑ho, which we were not to visit on this journey.
中文完整译文
离开宁远府（西昌）之后，我们的道路向西北延伸，翻越崎岖多山的地带，向着清溪县行进。此时我们已经进入彝族（罗罗）各部的地域。一连数日，我们穿行在起伏辽阔的高原台地，还要频繁急降到幽深的河谷。这片区域人烟稀少，村落稀疏、相隔遥远，村寨大多修筑土寨围墙，因为彝族各宗族之间的世仇械斗十分普遍。许多河谷完全由土著部族占据，汉族移民大多居住在地势较为开阔的山梁之上。
清溪县这座县城，坐落在海拔六千多英尺的山肩台地上，放眼可以远眺大渡河无比壮阔的峡谷。从这里分出两条重要大道：
一条向西北翻越群山，经泸定桥（Luting‑kiao）通往打箭炉（康定）；
另一条向东北下坡，通往雅州府（Yachow‑fu，雅安）。
我们选择了前者，也就是去往打箭炉的道路。
从清溪县到泸定桥的山道一路急剧向下。落差极为巨大：清溪海拔六千余英尺，而泸定桥的大渡河岸，海拔仅约两千六百英尺。我们沿着漫长陡峭的山坡盘旋下行，沿途穿过矮栎灌木丛与杜鹃花丛。随着海拔不断降低，植被也持续变化：高寒山地灌木渐渐被亚热带植物取代。我们路过不少依附陡坡的小村落，农户在近乎垂直的山体上开垦层层梯田。
终于，我们抵达河岸，大名鼎鼎的泸定铁索悬桥就横亘在眼前，横跨白浪奔涌、涛声轰鸣的大渡河。这座桥总长接近四百英尺，依靠粗大铁链悬吊，河床上不立桥墩；铁链上面铺设木板作为桥面。苦力、骡子与矮马小心翼翼踏过这座摇晃的桥身。渡过泸定桥之后，道路再度抬升，持续向上攀登，向着打箭炉的高原地带而去。雅州府坐落于东北方向远处，是大渡河下游一座大型商贸城市，本次旅途我们并未到访那里。
重点注释（对你的泸定桥外文史料研究）
Luting‑kiao = 泸定铁索桥
本书 1929 年出版，记述 1928 年实地亲眼所见，是西方探险家最早一批对泸定桥实地观察的英文一手记述；
⚠️⚠️写作时间 1928，远早于 1935 红军长征；全文只记录桥梁形制、商道地理，没有任何战斗、红军相关文字。
地理数据：
清溪县（汉源）海拔 > 6000 ft，泸定桥河岸约 2600 ft，作者记录的巨大海拔落差符合真实地貌。
桥描述：iron suspension‑bridge铁索悬桥；hung on heavy iron chains, without piers in the river‑bed，准确写出泸定桥无河中桥墩的结构特征。
两条大路分岔：
路线 1：清溪 → 泸定桥 → 康定（作者走的路线）
路线 2：清溪 → 东北下到雅州府（雅安），作者此行没有去雅安。
族群记述：Lolo罗罗，是近代西方文献对彝族的旧称呼，时代用语。
学术引用脚注（可直接论文复制）
Theodore Roosevelt & Kermit Roosevelt, Trailing the Giant Panda, New York‑London, Scribner’s Sons, 1929.
« From this point two great roads branch: one goes west‑north‑west across the mountains by way of Luting‑kiao to Tatsien‑lu; the other descends north‑eastward to Yachow‑fu. »
译文：“从这里分出两条重要大道：一条向西北翻越群山，经泸定桥通往打箭炉；另一条向东北下坡，通往雅州府。”
注：Luting‑kiao 为旧英文音译即泸定桥；本书为 1928 年实地考察记录，早于红军长征，仅作地理交通记述，不涉及 1935 年战事。