What happens to us when we die? It’s one of life’s most enigmatic and profound questions.

　　我们死后会发生什么呢?这是生命中最神秘、最深奥的问题之一。

　　And—let me clear this up now—I don’t have any insights to offer on the afterlife.

　　我要说明一下，我对来生没有任何真知灼见。

　　But the first renderings of new after-death center Recompose (don’t call it a “funeral home”) reveal another option for the afterlife of our bodies here on earth: composting.

　　但是，新式的“死后殡葬中心”Recompose(不要叫它“殡仪馆”)的第一张效果图揭示了我们死后的另一种选择：堆肥。

　　The flagship facility, expected to open in Seattle in spring 2021, is designed to reconnect human death rituals with nature and to offer a more sustainable alternative to conventional burial options.

　　该重要场所预计将于2021年春季在西雅图开放，以重新将人类的死亡仪式与自然联系起来，并为人们提供一种比传统葬礼更具可持续性的选择。

　　Today, burial often involves chemical-laden embalming, while cremation uses eight times more energy, according to the architects at Olson Kundig who designed the new facility.

　　设计该中心的奥尔森·昆迪格建筑事务所的建筑师表示，如今土葬通常要用化学物质进行防腐处理，而火葬则要消耗8倍的能量。

　　Recompose will offer a first-of-its-kind “natural organic reduction” service on-site, which will “convert human remains into soil in about 30 days, helping nourish new life after death.”

　　Recompose将提供史无前例的现场“天然有机还原”服务，该服务将“在约30天内将遗体转化成土壤，使人们在死后可以滋养新生命。”

　　Recompose emerged as an idea in 2016—the result of a Creative Exchange Residency at the Seattle-based global design practice that brought Recompose founder and CEO Katrina Spade and her team into collaboration with the architects to create a prototype facility.

　　2016年在西雅图全球设计实践的创意交流中，Recompose的设想被提出，之后Recompose创始人兼首席执行官卡特里娜·斯佩德和她的团队与建筑师合作创建了样板设施。

　　But the passage of a new bill “concerning human remains” in Washington State has quickly ushered their prototype into the realm of the possible.

　　而华盛顿州通过的一项“有关人类遗体”的新法案很快为他们的样板方案的实现提供了可能性。

　　After Governor Jay Inslee signed SB-5001 this past May, Washington became the first state to recognize “natural organic reduction” as an alternative to cremation or burial.

　　今年5月州长杰伊·英斯利签署了SB-5001法案，在那之后，华盛顿州成为第一个接受“天然有机还原”服务替代火葬或土葬的州。

　　The law will go into effect May 1, 2020, according to the Seattle Times.

　　据《西雅图时报》报道，该法律将于2020年5月1日生效。