2021年翻譯資格三級筆譯強化習題（八）

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偵探小說女王背后的故事 The Story Behind the Queen of Crime

就算不是偵探小說迷，你也一定聽說過《東方快車謀殺案》和《尼羅河上的慘案》。這兩部小說皆出自“偵探小說女王”(queen of crime)—— 阿加莎·克里斯蒂之手。據(jù)吉尼斯世界紀錄統(tǒng)計，

阿加莎·克里斯蒂是人類史上最暢銷的著書作家。將所有形式的著作算入，其作品銷量在書籍發(fā)行史上僅次于《圣經(jīng)》和莎士比亞的作品。

有時候?qū)嵲诤茈y想象，一位老婦人(網(wǎng)上有人親切地稱她作“阿婆”)竟然寫了79部偵探小說以及一系列劇本和言情小說。她的偵探小說主要使用密室推理法，通常要到結尾才知道誰是真兇(這種編排手法叫“whodunit”)，讓人欲罷不能。

每年9月，英國的德文郡都會舉辦一年一度的阿加莎·克里斯蒂節(jié)，以紀念這位對英國乃至世界偵探小說發(fā)展有著重要影響的女作家。

Agatha mary clarissa miller was born in torquay, devon, in september 1890 and would go on to change the art of crime-writing forever.

阿加莎·瑪麗·克拉麗莎·米勒于1890年9月出生于英國德文郡的托基市。其后，她永遠改變了犯罪寫作的藝術。

Agatha miller would, of course, become agatha christie—and when you look at how the self-taught woman started as a 1)novelist, it’s all the more amazing that she later became the biggest selling 2)whodunnit writer the world has ever seen.

當然了，阿加莎·米勒后來變成了阿加莎·克里斯蒂——你看著這位自學成才的女性成為一位小說家，更令人驚異的是，她后來成了有史以來最暢銷的偵探小說作家。

Her father, frederick miller, was from new york, but died when agatha was a child, so she was brought up and educated by her mother in torquay.

她的父親弗雷德里克·米勒來自紐約，但在阿加莎年幼時就去世了，所以她是由母親在托基撫養(yǎng)并教育成人的。

It was her mother who first suggested she tried her hand at writing when agatha was stuck indoors because of a cold. agatha was also said to be rather disappointed about the 3)mystery books on the market, as you could always guess “whodunnit.”

當阿加莎因為一場感冒被困在家時，是她母親最早建議她嘗試寫作的。另外，據(jù)說阿加莎對當時市面上的偵探小說相當失望，因為你總是能夠猜出“是誰干的”。

A key time for her was during the first world war. she married archibald christie—an officer in the air force—shortly after the outbreak of the war, and they had a very short honeymoon at the grand hotel in torquay. the hotel is 4)featured in the agatha christie mile—a walk which takes you to places 5)associated with the writer.

第一次世界大戰(zhàn)對于她來說是一段關鍵時期。戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)后不久，她嫁給了一位空軍軍官——阿奇博爾德·克里斯蒂。他們在托基的大飯店里度過了非常短暫的蜜月。這間飯店是“阿加莎·克里斯蒂之路”的特色景點——這段旅程將帶你走過與這位作者息息相關的各個地方。

Agatha then did her bit for the war effort by working in a hospital in torquay. this, 6)apparently, is where she learnt about drugs and poisons—knowledge she would use in her books.

隨后，阿加莎在托基的一所醫(yī)院工作，為支援戰(zhàn)爭貢獻了自己的力量。很顯然，她就是在這里學習了藥品和毒藥方面的知識，后來將其運用在作品當中。

Agatha’s first big success was in 1920 with the mysterious affair at styles—where the 7)belgian detective hercule poirot made his 8)debut. the 9)script was rejected six times by publishers (who must have regretted their decision later).

阿加莎于1920年因《斯泰爾斯莊園奇案》首次獲得巨大成功——比利時偵探赫爾克里·波洛在書中首度亮相。這部手稿曾被出版商拒絕過六次(他們肯定為自己的決定后悔不已)。

Her other famous character, elderly 10)spinster miss marple, made her first appearance in murder in the 11)vicarage in 1930.

她的另一個著 名角色——老姑娘馬普爾小姐于1930年首次出現(xiàn)在《寓所謎案》一書中。

She used places in torquay and south devon in her books such as the cliffs at st. marychurch, the 12)imperial hotel in torquay, and burgh island.

她在書中經(jīng)常使用托基和南德文郡的地名——如圣瑪麗徹奇鎮(zhèn)的懸崖、托基的帝國酒店，以及伯格島等。

In december 1926, agatha was herself at the centre of a mystery when she disappeared from her home in sunningdale. it turned out that archie was having an 13)affair with a younger woman, nancy neele. Newspapers offered rewards for information about her whereabouts, and for a brief time, archie was 14)suspected of murdering her!

1926年12月，阿加莎自己也深陷于謎團之中，因為她從位于森寧代爾的家中消失了。原來，阿奇與一名年輕女子——南希·尼爾有私情。各大報章懸賞尋找關于她下落的信息，而有一小段時間，人們懷疑阿奇殺了她!

In the end, she was found at a hotel in harrogate, yorkshire, and the claim was that she was suffering from 15)amnesia. no real explanation has ever been 16)forthcoming, but it’s known that she booked herself into the hotel as “teresa neele.”

最后，人們在約克郡哈羅蓋特鎮(zhèn)的一間賓館找到了她。阿加莎宣稱自己得了失憶癥。關于此事始終沒有真正的解釋，據(jù)悉她曾以“特蕾莎·尼爾”之名為自己在酒店訂房。

She and archie were divorced, and agatha married her second husband, 17)archaeologist max mallowan, in 1930.

她和阿奇離婚了。1930年，阿加莎嫁給了她的第二任丈夫——考古學家馬克斯·馬洛溫。

Among the queen of crime’s best loved works are the murder of roger ackroyd, death on the nile, murder on the orient express, and the 18)mousetrap—which was first staged in london in 1952 and became the longest running play in the world.

在偵探小說女王的作品中，人氣最高的是《羅杰疑案》、《尼羅河上的慘案》、《東方快車謀殺案》和《捕鼠器》?！恫妒笃鳌酚?952年在倫敦首次被搬上舞臺，后來成為世界上演出時間最長的戲劇。

Agatha was made a 19)dame of the british empire in 1971, and died in january 1976 at the age of 85.

阿加莎于1971年獲封為大英帝國女爵士。她于1976年1月去世，享年85歲。

It’s 20)incredible to think that more than 30 years after dame agatha’s death, her books are still among the most-read in the world and that her stories are still popular on tv and on film.

讓人難以置信的是，在阿加莎女爵士逝世三十多年以后，她的書依然位于全世界最多人閱讀的書籍之列，她筆下的故事在銀屏和大銀幕上仍然廣受歡迎。

Her mother’s suggestion that she should make use of her time while 21)confined with a cold must go down as one of the best pieces of motherly advice ever!

她母親建議她應該好好利用因感冒而不得不禁足在家的時間，這一定可以成為有史以來最棒的慈母忠告之一而流傳后世!

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