译者的话：
这篇文章原来是出现与贴吧的另一个帖子中，传送门在此：
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/889980990?pid=10573551143&cid=0#10573551143
召唤原发帖者：
@thparadise
译者在网络上搜索此篇论文无果，倒是发现了不少其他关于天禁的论文- -私不惮揣测这篇文章是某位本科生或研究生应付课程写的吧？因为完全不是标准研究论文的格式，也许是粘贴的版本不全？总之没有摘要、关键词、参考文献，内容条理也不十分清晰。
嗯，不得不说，这种人文艺术类的文章，真的不是私的菜啊啊啊！！苦逼死了，有木有？你让一个天天和各种大分子打交道的人，忽然去搞神马宗教文化分析，不是逼良为娼吗！？@#￥%……&。。。
总之，楼主功底差，英文渣，外加语死早，翻译得让人无从吐槽- -请亲们尽情吐吧，你不吐，私怎么改？
译文中括号内带有数字编号和表情的，是译者的疑难点和吐槽点，亲们有好的意见请不吝赐教！在原文中也有对应的数字编号，方便各位对照查看。
就说这么多，下面上原文：

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT:
CHALLENGING GENDER IN ANGEL SANCTUARY
Kaori Yuki’s Angel Sanctuary first appeared in 1995, and belongs to that class of stories from the 1990s that were preoccupied with the approaching end of the millennium. Like other stories of its ilk, such as CLAMP’s X/1999, Angel Sanctuary posits that the end of the world was scheduled for the year 1999. Yuki’s twenty-volume epic focuses its attention on the travails of a teenaged boy, Setsuna Mudo, who suffers from a host of misfortunes: he lives in Tokyo at the end of the twentieth century, with no clue that the “Assiah Destruction Program” is due to begin there. In addition to that, he happens to be the current reincarnation of the Organic Angel Alexiel, who has been sentenced to be continuously reincarnated as a human—and to suffer and die early in each of those reincarnations（【1】）. Both of those difficulties, however, pale before his primary preoccupation, for Setsuna is hopelessly, helplessly in love with his younger sister, Sara. As if all that wasn’t quite enough for one young man to deal with, before Setsuna quite knows what is happening (and whether he wants to go along with it or not), he finds himself being approached by a pair of demons who claim that Alexiel was their（【2】） former ally, and who want to free her from her cycle of punitive reincarnations—even if doing so means killing Alexiel’s current incarnation. When compared to the other hand, though, that doesn’t seem quite so bad, because Alexiel’s twin brother, the Inorganic Angel Rosiel, has been released from the seal that had kept him locked away—and Rosiel is sociopathically obsessed with possessing Alexiel for his own, and doesn’t care who he has to kill or main in order to get her.
All of the foregoing complications—and thensome—occur within the first two volumes of Angel Sanctuary. The series is, perhaps, the epitome of shoujo manga: its pages are full of lush art and too-beautiful-to-be-true characters, all of whom are besieged by improbable, impossible problems. Indeed, these characteristics are what draw many people to shoujo manga; the compelling characters can make（【3】） even the most melodramatic, Byzantine plots worth reading. Shoujo’s unrelenting focus on the redemptive, transcendent power of love is an additional enticement. Indeed, despite the many problems that beset him, Setsuna’s primary focus remains his love for Sara, which provides the driving force behind much of Angel Sanctuary’s plot. Angel Sanctuary’s willingness to dive headlong into its enormously-complicated plot is one of its strongest assets（【4】）. In the course of its twenty volumes, the series provides a minute examination of what it means to love, what it means to desire, what it means to transgress, and what freedom and power mean, both in their own right and in relation to each other. This examination occurs within the bounds of apparently heteronormative, heterosexual relationships: the enormously complicated plot ultimately resolves into the simple formulation, “Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy goes through hell to get girl back.” （【5】）However, Yuki plays with gender and sibling relationships freely as Angel Sanctuary follows those plot points; the way she uses gender identity and sibling relationships complicate the heterosexual romance narrative. Rather than using same-sex relationships the way that Utena（【6】） does to critique binary ideas of gender and sexuality, or queer our ideas of what masculinity and humanity mean as Pet Shop of Horrors does, Angel Sanctuary subverts heteronormative romances by situating them between siblings and by layering multiple gender identities onto the same individual. This forces the reader to question what aspects of those identities belong to which identity, and where the places of overlap are. The result of Yuki’s play is a critique of heteronormative sex and gender relations that is all the more scathing for the fact that it comes from within an ostensibly heteronormative romance narrative. （【7】）Like Utena（【6】） and Pet Shop of Horrors, Angel Sanctuary demands that we rethink the boundaries that delineate identity and sexuality, and open these boundaries to a wider range of identities and loves.

Angel Sanctuary: A (Relatively) Brief Overview
A summary of the action of Angel Sanctuary cannot do the story any sort of justice, but some idea of the overarching scheme of Kaori Yuki’s world and plot are useful for understanding the significance of her thematic choices.（【8】） Yuki’s world of angels, demons, and the humans who are poised between them borrows heavily from the mythic and religious elements of the western Judeo-Christian tradition; a full study of the choices Yuki made when adapting her sources would make a fascinating study in its own right.（【9】） Yuki arranges the world of Angel Sanctuary in such a way that the human world (“Assiah”) is placed between the layers of the seven heavens（【10】） and the seven hells. As one might expect, the heavens are ranged above Assiah, and are the dwelling place of the angels who work there. The seven hells descend below the Assiah; the topmost layer, Gehenna, is the home of a race of demons who have abandoned Lucifer’s rebellion in order to form their own kingdom（【11】）. Gehenna forms a mirror to the human world and is afflicted with many of the problems that the humans have caused in their own world (such as pollution). The residents of Gehenna have formed their own religion, one that is nature-based; they had attempted to live peacefully, but were attacked by the armies of heaven.
The layers of the heavens and the hells that are closest to Assiah bear the most resemblance to it; the lower levels of heaven contain cities and slums（【12】） that are very like human cities. The farther one goes from Assiah in either direction, the less like Assiah the terrain becomes. However, barring a few exceptions, the angels and demons resemble humans in most respects—not just physically, but culturally and socially as well. Yuki shows angels and demons who are prone to anger, violence, xenophobia, bigotry, outright cruelty, lust, ambition, and greed, just as any human can be. The only real difference between the angels and the demons of Angel Sanctuary is that the demons are honest about being all of those things, while the angels seek to profess their own sanctity at every turn. It is a delicious irony, especially when read in the context of U. S. conservative Christianity, and the many scandals that have plagued its leaders.（【13】）
Angel Sanctuary begins with political upheaval in both the ranks of heaven and hell, as various factions jockey to use an impending astrological event to further their own ends.（【14】）In heaven, God is absent—supposedly in retreat, but actually missing altogether. In hell, Lucifer is also an absent presence, as most of his powers are bound up in keeping the realm of the hells stable. The highest council of angels, led by the figure of Sevothtarte, conceals God’s disappearance, while Sevothtarte works to bring about the destruction of Assiah and its sinful human inhabitants, as well as anyone he（【15】） “impure.” He is countered （【16】）Rosiel, who had been sealed away by Alexiel; unfortunately for those who hope that Rosiel will bring stability back to the heavens, Rosiel’s imprisonment has driven him mad. The other major figures come from the hells: Kurai, who rules what is left of Gehenna, seeks to release Alexiel, hoping that she will gain a badly-needed ally for the remains of her people. In the lower levels of hell, the demon lord known as Mad Hatter seeks a way to render the hells stable, since the bindings that Lucifer used to stabilize the planes tend to come undone without a steady influx of power to maintain them.（【17】） The crux of all of these power struggles （【18】）is the figure of Setsuna, who houses the reincarnated soul of Alexiel.

下面是译文。
为防止和谐，私一段段发。

已知世界的破灭：天使禁猎区中的性别质疑
由贵香织里发表于1995年的《天使禁猎区》，属于90年代，千禧年即将到来时的一系列作品之一。就像许多同类作品，比如《CLAMPS》一样，《天禁》也使用了“1999年会是世界末日”这一题材。由贵的这部20卷长篇史诗，集中讲述了一位名为“无道刹那”的少年，所经历的一系列劫难。刹那的人生，似乎被不幸主宰：他居住在20世纪末的东京，却对即从在那里爆发的“物质界毁灭计划”一无所知。除此之外，他还恰好是被言灵咒法所诅咒，“不断地转生为人，受尽折磨，并不得好死”（1、尤利尔原来怎么说的？）的有机天使——亚蕾克西儿的转生。然而，所有这一切挫折，与刹那最煎熬的困惑相比，都算不了什么——他无可救药地爱上了自己的嫡亲妹妹，无道纱罗。如果说对于一个年轻人来说，这还算不了什么的话，这时刹那却遇上了躲不开的麻烦：甚至不知道发生了什么的刹那，发现自己被一对恶魔缠上了！而这对恶魔宣称亚蕾克西儿是她（2、- -）们的前盟友，而她（2、- -）们此行的目的，是将亚蕾克西儿从诅咒的轮回中解救出来——即使需要杀死亚蕾克西儿当前的肉身。但若与另一个麻烦比起来，这还不算太糟糕：亚蕾克西儿的双胞胎弟弟，无机天使罗洁爱儿，被从关押他的封印中解救了出来。罗洁爱儿病态地执迷于独占亚蕾克西儿，并且不计较达到目的需要伤害或杀死任何人。

所有这些前情和背景的铺垫，都在前《天禁》的前2卷中完成了。而整个《天禁》系列，也许正是少女漫画的一个缩影：整篇的华丽画风，和被难以置信的超现实问题所困扰着的，美型到不真实的角色。诚然，正是这些特点吸引着少女漫画的读者们；这些引人注目的角色，可以完成（3、这个动词。。。make。。。）可读性极高的，最夸张的拜占庭式情节。少女漫对爱情超然救赎力量的执着，有着独特的吸引力。的确，除去那些困扰着他的小麻烦，刹那的全部精力都集中在他对纱罗的爱上，正是这爱推动着《天禁》的许多情节发展。《天禁》一头扎进极端复杂情节的决心，也正是其最大的资本之一。（4、疑难句）这部长达20卷的系列作品，对爱情，欲望，叛逆分别有何意义，以及自由和权力——对于自己来说，或是对于他人来说——分别意味着什么，做出了高度浓缩的审视。这一审视表面上仍在异性恋，和异性间关系的界线之内。极端复杂的情节，最终被分解为一段简洁的陈述：“他爱她，他失去她，他远赴地狱解救她”（5、#￥%……&*）。然而，由贵通过情节，自如地演绎着性别和亲缘关系；她对性别认定和亲缘关系的诠释，使得这个异性恋爱情故事复杂化了。区别于《少女**》（6、神马东东？）通过同性间关系，对二次元性别和xing关系看法的批判，或是像《恐怖宠物店》那样嘲讽人们对男子气概和人性的解读，《天禁》通过在至亲之间架设爱情，和赋予一名个体多重性别，颠覆了异性恋爱情故事。这迫使读者提问，这些个性究竟属于哪个个体？它们在何处交汇重叠？由贵的演绎，最终对那相比于看似异性恋的故事，要更加深刻残酷的异性间关系，以及性别关系做出了批判性评论。（7、此句疑难。。。）如同《少女**》（？）和《恐怖宠物店》一样，《天禁》促使人们重新思考对身份和性别刻画的界限，并将这些界限推向了更加广阔的身份和爱情范畴。

《少女革asdfsagfda命》

《天使禁猎区》简述
对《天禁》的情节做出摘要难以涵盖整个故事，但了解由贵香织里幻想世界的主线剧情和一些情节，对于理解其主题选择的重要性是有帮助的。（8、是这么个意思吗？不确定）由贵关于天使，恶魔和居于其间的人类的幻想世界，深度借鉴了西方犹太-基督教共通的传统传说和宗教元素；对于由贵选择这一题材来叙述故事研究，也将是一个吸引人的课题。（9、好像是这个意思？）在由贵设定的世界中，人类世界（物质界）处于七层天堂（10、天界？）和七层地狱的中间。正如人们所期望的那样，天堂坐落于物质界的上方，并且是工作于此的天使们的寓所。七层地狱则位于物质界下方；最顶端的层次，窖，是恶魔们——那些为了兴建自己的王国，而放弃了路西法之叛乱的种族（11、嗯。。。）——的家园。窖是人间界的镜像，并承受着人类所造成的问题的影响（比如污染）。窖的居民形成了自己的自然取向宗教；他们曾经试图平静地生活，但受到了天界军队的攻击。

距离物质界最近的天界和地狱，与物质界具有最大的相似性；低层的天界具有城市和贫民区（12、囧，原著用的什么词来着），就如同人界一样。而无论是哪个方向，距离物质界越远的层次，与物质界的形象相差越大。然而，除了很少的一部分例外，天使和恶魔与人类有着许多方面的相似之处——不仅仅是身体形态上，在文化上和社会上也一样。由贵展现了天使和恶魔的易怒，暴力，排外，偏执，彻底的残忍，淫欲，野心和贪婪的倾向，就如同任何人类可能表现的那样。在《天禁》中，天使和恶魔的唯一区别，就是对于这些罪状，恶魔是诚实面对的，而天使则总是寻找各种借口坚持宣称自己是圣洁的。这是一个诱人的反讽，尤其是从美**守派基督徒，以及许多惹上丑闻的领导者的情景出发去阅读时。（13、这一整句都有点不知所云。。。没办法，私语死早。。。）

《天使禁猎区》的故事从同时发生在天堂和地狱的政治剧变开始讲起，那时众多势力正试图借助正在迫近的预言事件，来推迟他们的灭亡。（14、further their own end，虾米意西？或者是指达到目的或实现抱负之意？）在天界，“神”失踪了——被推测是退休，但实际上彻底地不见了。而在地狱中，路西法也不在了，尽管他的大部分能量仍被用来维持着地狱的稳定。被名为圣渥夫达尔达的角色，所操作着的大炽天使议会（天使最高议会），隐瞒了神的消失，而圣渥夫达尔达正筹划着毁灭物质界，和居住其中的有罪人类居民，以及任何被他（15、她？菈伊拉只是装作男性罢了。。。）视为“不洁”的存在。他遭到了被亚蕾克西儿封印的罗洁爱儿的反对（16、这动词用的。。。counter，用反抗也不合适，毕竟罗洁爱儿才是强势的一方。。。）；不幸的是，对于那些期望罗洁爱儿能为天界带来稳定的人来说，被封印的岁月已经将罗洁爱儿逼疯了。另一众主要角色来自于地狱：掌管着窖残余势力的九雷，正试图解救亚蕾克西儿，以期获得一个能够拯救她的人民于水火之中的强力盟友。在地狱的更深层，一名被称为“疯狂魔术师”的君主，正寻找着令地狱再度稳定下来的办法：由于缺少稳定能量的流入，路西法与地狱的链接正在崩坏。（17、原文的表述就有些模糊。。。嗯，最好直接按照原著的设定，再创作一次比较好）而在所有这些挣扎的漩涡中心的（18、T_T私会告诉你，私写到这里的时候，看到2300多字的统计，都快哭出来了吗？？？55555~~~），正是刹那——亚蕾克西儿灵魂的载体。


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嗯，第一段没加表情，但只要2个编号而已，没问题吧？

召唤术不成功，再试次
@thparadise


本篇是征求意见稿，亲们请多提些意见啊。。。
哦，另外说了要做win7主题，敬请期待
另外能不能混个精神马的。。。小生在本吧还木有精品捏