男子用漂流瓶寄家書 101年後抵達孫女手中大綱

Perhaps the world's oldest message in a bottle, cast into the sea near Germany 101 years ago, has been presented to the sender's granddaughter, it's been reported.

這可能是世界上最古老的漂流瓶信件了：101年前有人把一個裝有家書的漂流瓶扔進了德國附近的海域中；如今這個漂流瓶已經被送交給他的孫女了。

Last month, fishermen in the Baltic Sea pulled an old beer bottle out of the water, along with their catch. Inside they found a postcard, dated 17 May 1913, from a man called Richard Platz asking for his message to be forwarded to his address in Berlin, the Local website reports.

Local 網站報道，上個月波羅的海的漁民捕魚時在水中打撈出了一個古老的啤酒瓶。他們發現這個漂流瓶裏面有一張明信片，日期寫着1913年5月17日，是一個名叫裏查德·普拉茨的男子寄出的。裏查德請求將這封漂流瓶信件寄送到他在柏林的地址。

Researchers at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg were eventually able to track down Angela Erdmann, 62, who lives in Berlin. Platz was her grandfather. She visited the museum last week and was able to hold the bottle.

國際海事博物館的研究員最終找到了住在柏林62歲的安吉拉·埃德曼，她是普拉茨的孫女。上星期埃德曼去拜訪了博物館，然後拿到了這個漂流瓶。

"That was a pretty moving moment," she tells German news agency dpa. "Tears rolled down my cheeks."

“那一刻相當令人感動，” 她告訴德意志新聞社記者。“我激動得熱淚盈眶。”

Erdmann says she never knew her mother's father, who reportedly died in 1946 when he was 54 years old. But she says the discovery of his message has inspired her to find out more about him.

埃德曼說她從來沒見過媽媽的父親，據說他是在1946年去世的，享年54歲。她還說這封漂流瓶家書啓發她去尋找更多有關爺爺的信息。