2015年--河海大学研究生英语一-Unit-13---Nine-Years-for-A-and-B.doc
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1、Unit 13 Nine Years for A and BDr. Johnson was the greatest man who made a dictionary. James A. H. Murray was the man who made the greatest dictionary: From 1879 to 1915, when he died, he devoted his life to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Dr. Johnson had earned the right, as we have n
2、ot, to call the lexicographer词典编撰者 “a harmless drudge埋头做单调乏味的工作的人,如奴隶般做苦工的人”. For Johnson knew not only that a great deal more than drudgery 单调乏味的工作is involved, but also that the amount of drudgery in the making of a dictionary is simply unimaginable. Even the dictionary maker fortunately cant make
3、real to himself in advance.伟大的约翰森博士编纂了一部词典。詹姆斯-A-H-莫里则编撰了最伟大的词典:从1879年到1915年,直到他死的那天,他倾其一生的精力来创作牛津英语词典。约翰森博士有我们所不具备的资格,称词典编撰者为“无害的苦力者”。约翰森博士知道编撰过程不仅极其单调乏味,而且其程度简直是难以想像的。幸运的是,莫里在编撰词典之前并不知晓。So the lexicographereven a profoundly thoughtful and experienced one like James Murraywill grasp at the notion 观
4、念、想法、意见that the letter A is typical, so that he can really calculate, now that he has done A, how long are the vistas 展望、预测ahead. And then, all too soon, he is having to admit, not only that A isnt typical (apparently it has lots of classically derived words, and these dont have a great many senses)
5、 , but that the whole idea of typical letter is a will-o-the-wisp使人上当者;幻影. Or again, the lexicographer estimates the amount of time and effort involved in chasing up rare words or scientific terms and then finds that the hardest words are the ones that might seem easiest. The longest entry in the Ox
6、ford English Dictionary is for that simple slippery 滑的little word set, and Murray was plunged into black despair by “the terrible word Black and its derivatives衍生词”.所以,即便是像詹姆斯莫里这样考虑周全且富有经验的词典编撰者也会急切地接受字母A是典型字母这一观念。这样,他就可以预测,现在他编完了A,完成整个编撰还需多久。不就之后,他不得不承认,不仅字母A不是典型的(显然,它有许多经典的却没有多大重要意义的衍生词),而且整个有关典型字
7、母的想法就是错误的。字典编撰者重新估算了收录生僻词和科学术语的时间和精力,发现最难的词其实是最常见的词。牛津英语词典中最长的词条是简单狡猾的小词“set”。“可怕的词black和它的衍生词”让莫里陷入了深深的绝望。The dictionary maker runs against time. He has to, because unless he gets a move on he will fall further and further behind, while the dictionary is taking longer to record linguistic events th
8、an they take to happen. For another thing, a gigantic 巨大的、庞大的enterprise like the O.E.D. needs to be published in parts, to keep up the spirits of all concerned. But people wont buy it unless there is some chance of their still being alive when it finally reaches its destined Z. What goes for subscri
9、bers (报纸、杂志的)预订者goes, too, for the publishers who do hope for some return on, or at least of, their money. So there have to be schedules and anxiety and resentment 愤慨、怀恨and nagging(对人)喋喋不休;(对某人)吵着要, in this race against time, time whose pace never falters动摇、支吾、蹒跚地走;to lose power;stop working smoothl
10、y.字典编撰者在和时间赛跑。他必须如此,因为如果他不赶紧的话,他将越来越落后。因为语言事件被收录到词典中所需要的时间,超过事件本身发生的时间。另一个原因,为了使其内容能够包罗万象,词典巨著牛津英语词典需要分册出版。但是人们不会买,除非它们可以一直用到最终编完Z的时候。对订购者和出版商来说,共同的期望是有所回报,至少能收回成本。在和时间的赛跑中,难免会赶进度,焦虑、嫌怨、挑剔,而时间的步伐并没有放缓。“The Triple Nightmare: Space, Time and Money”that is the tile of a central chapter in this touching
11、, honest, courteous and anecdotally 轶事(多)的vivid life of James Murray by his granddaughter K. M. Elisabeth Murray. Murray believed that providence had provided him with this great opportunity. His religious faith, his patriotism, his will power, his exceptionally wide range of scholarly gifts, his co
12、ordinating 使动作协调,使调和powers all converged 集中、会聚upon this responsibility entrusted to him.“三重噩梦空间、时间、金钱”这是由詹姆斯莫里的孙女K. M. 伊丽莎白莫里执笔,叙述他感人的、诚实的、亲切的、生动的生活轶事一书的中心章节的标题。莫里相信是上天的眷顾,给了他一个这么大的机会。上帝托付给他的这个使命,需要汇集他的宗教信仰,爱国主义,意志力,惊人的多领域学术天赋和协调能力。Would he have acknowledged that one of the things providence (神的)眷顾、
13、天意、天佑did for him was mercifully to withhold a full sense of the task that was never to end for him? The unique importance of “the Big Dictionary” he never underestimated, but he did repeatedly underestimate its final magnitude: over 16000 pagesand each page is large, packed and preciseof which Murra
14、y personally edited nearly half. If a providential 依照天意的whisper had told Murray at that moment a hundred years ago (when at the age of 40 he agreed to edit the dictionary) that nine years after the work had started only the letters A and B would have been published, and that he would die at the age
15、of 78 without having quite reached the end of his endeavor, would he ever have set out on such a life work?他是否已经意识到,仁慈地对他隐瞒了终其一生都无法完成这项任务,是上天对他的眷顾?他从来没有低估 “大词典” 独特的重要性,但是他再三地低估了它最终的总量:超过16000页每一页都很大,满页的精确注释莫里自己就编撰了其中的一半。如果在100年前(当莫里40岁时同意编撰词典)时,依照天意的声音告诉他,开始工作的九年时间里仅仅可以出版A和B,并且他会在78岁时死去,而未能达到他最终的努力目
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