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Video Clip: Mulan Talks with Father
| Hua Ming: Veteran Hero Hua is here. | 花明:花老英雄到。 |
| Hua Mulan: (kneels) My respect to Hero Hua. | 木兰:拜见花老英雄。 |
| Hua Hu: Get up please. There is no need to be formal. How can I be of service, young man? | 花弧:起来,起来,不要客套。小哥有何指教? |
| Mulan: I wouldn’t dare! I’ve heard about your excellent skills, and I’m here to pay you a visit. I hope that you could teach me to see whether I’m good enough for the army. | 木兰:不敢。小辈素仰花老英雄武艺超群,特地前来拜访。想请老英雄多多指教。想试试自己的能力,能不能到边关去冲锋杀敌。 |
| Hua Ming: Enough talk. | 花明:话太多。 |
| Hua Hu: Good…Let him speak. He knows more than you do. | 花弧:好,让他说。他懂得比你多。 |
| Hua Ming: Yes, uncle. | 花明:是。 |
| Hua Hu: Young man, how long have you practiced martial art? (Hua Ming behinds Mulan’s father uses his body language to suggest Mulan stop talking and is worried that her voice might reveal her identity) | 花弧:小哥对武功方面,学了有多少年了? |
| Mulan: Please, Hero Hua. | 木兰:老英雄,请。 |
| Hua Hu: Please…Wait, let me call my daughter Mulan to practice with you. | 花弧:请……慢慢,我先叫小女木兰来陪你练几招。 |
| Mulan: No… I’d like to learn from you first. Please. | 木兰:不……我先要请教花老英雄。请。 |
| Hua Hu: Alright (turns to his elder daughter) Muhui, ask Mulan to bring out my spear. | 花弧:好。(对木蕙)你叫木兰把我的花枪拿出来。 |
| Muhui: Father. It’s already put in the courtyard. | 木蕙:爹,你的花枪已经放在院子里了。 |
| Hua Hu: Oh! It’s already there! | 花弧:啊!已经放在院子里了。 |
| Hua Ming: Uncle, he’s waiting. | 花明:叔叔,人家在等着你呢! |
| Hua Hu: Fine… | 花弧:好。 |
| Mulan’s younger brother Mudi would like to see the competition, but he is stopped by his eldest sister. | |
| Muhui: Mu Di. | 木蕙:木棣。 |
| Mudi: He looks very much like our sister Mulan. | 木棣:大姐,这个人好像是二姐。 |
| Muhui: Don’t be silly. Go inside. | 木蕙:不要瞎说,快进去。 |
| Mudi: I’ll fetch mother to come watch. | 木棣:我去叫阿娘来看。 |
| Muhui: (tries to stop) Mudi, Mudi! | 木蕙:木棣,木棣! |
| The scene is cut to the courtyard. | |
| Hua Hu: Please. | 花弧:请。 |
| Mulan: I’d like to ask you a question first. | 木兰:小辈有个问题,想先请教老英雄。 |
| Hua Hu: Okay, go ahead. Voice your doubts. | 花弧:好,有什么问题你先说说。 |
| Mulan: Hero Hua, at this time when our nation is at war, don’t you think it’s right for men and women to come forward and defend our country? | 木兰:请问老英雄,国家受到侵略,是不是老百姓不分男女群起干戈保家卫国? |
| Hua Hu: Absolutely! | 花弧:好,真是高见。 |
| Mulan: So be it man or a woman it doesn’t matter, right? | 木兰:保家卫国是不是不分男女? |
| Hua Hu: Not at all. | 花弧:不分男女。 |
| Mulan: Let’s begin. | 木兰:请。 |