7雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第4章:彼岸新星(26)
I am sorry that Edward VIII has been bounced into abdicating.
I believe the Government wanted to get rid of him and found Mrs Simpson a good opportunity.
我認爲是政府抓住辛普森夫人這個機會，故意想要找茬擺脫他。Whether they were wise to try to get rid of him is another matter.
我們不談他們想要擺脫他是否明智，這是另一回事。
I respect Edward for his courage. As for the Archbishop of Canterbury I consider his behaviour disgraceful.
我很敬佩愛德華的勇氣。對於坎特伯雷的大主教，我認爲他的行爲是可恥的。He waited until Edward was safely out of the way arid then unloaded a whole lot of quite uncalled-for abuse.
他一直等到愛德華徹底離開，然後就開始借題發揮，He didn't dare do it whilst Edward was King.
當愛德華是國王的時候他不敢這樣做。The archbishop's broadcast, of 13 December, had denounced the King for abandoning his duties for a mere 'craving for private happiness'; the pursuit of happiness had never been accorded a high priority by the British rulers.
12月13號，大主教在廣播中譴責國王，說他爲了個人的幸福而放棄了肩負的使命，對於英國統治者來說，追求幸福從來不應該是擺在首位的。Alan's views on marriage and morals were those of a modernist;
而艾倫對婚姻和道德的觀點則是比較現代的。in a discussion at King's with his theological contemporary Christopher Stead he had said that people should let their natural feelings take their course—
有一次在國王學院，他與克里斯朵夫·斯戴德討論，艾倫說，人們應該服從自己本能的感覺。and as for bishops, a class of person particularly dear to Mrs Turing, they epitomised for him the ancien régime.
對於主教這一類跟圖靈夫人特別親近的人來說，他們代表着舊體制。He talked to Venable Martin, his American friend from Church's logic class, about the 'very shabby way' in which the King had been treated.
艾倫對丘奇邏輯課上的美國朋友維納博·馬丁說，這些人用了非常卑鄙的手段來對待國王。As for work, on 22 November he wrote to Philip Hall:
工作方面，他在11月22日寫信給菲利浦·霍爾：I have not made any very startling discoveries over here, but I shall probably be publishing two or three small papers: just bits and pieces.
我在這裏沒有什麼驚人的成果，可能會發表兩篇或三篇小論文，只是一些想法的片段。One of them will be a proof of Hilbert's inequality if it really turns out to be new, and another on groups which I did about a year ago and Baer thinks is worth publishing.
如果能發表，其中一篇將會是對希爾伯特不等式的證明，還有一個我去年做過的關於羣論的工作，巴爾認爲也值得發表。I shall write these things up and then have another go at the Math(ematical) logic.
我會把它寫出來，發表在《數理邏輯》上。
