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The Surgeon of Crowthorne
Simon Winchester · 初版 1998 年
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编纂 Oxford English Dictionary 是一项历时50年的宏伟工程，需要数千名志愿者的协作。其中最积极的志愿者之一是一位名叫 W C Minor 的人，但他拒绝前往牛津接受致谢，令所有人大为震惊。最终，OED 的主编 James Murray 亲自前往伯克希尔郡的克罗索恩拜访他。呈现在他眼前的真相令人难以置信——Minor 曾是一名美国内战时期的外科医生，家财万贯却精神失常，因谋杀罪被关押在布罗德莫精神病院，但他却在牢房中将毕生心血奉献给了英语词汇的研究工作。
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顺便提一句，Winchester 写的关于《牛津英语词典》（OED）编纂历程的书都很精彩，尤其是《The Surgeon of Crowthorne》。
As an aside, Winchester's books on the development of the Oxford English Dictionary are wonderful, especially "The Surgeon of Crowthorne".
我觉得 Simon Winchester 写的《The Surgeon of Crowthorne》读起来极其抓人，讲的是 James Murray 以及他是如何着手编纂 OED 的。颇具讽刺意味的是，这部关于英语的权威巨著居然是由一个美国人编纂的，而且他……
I found The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester to be a fascinating read about James Murray and how he came to write the OED. It is ironic that the definitive book on the English language was compiled by an American, and that he…
他的书《Outposts》读起来相当不错。不过还是比不上他最初的那本畅销作《The Surgeon of Crowthorne》。http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outposts:_Journeys_to_the_Survi... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Surgeon_of_Crowthorne
His book, Outposts, is a really decent read. Not as good as his original bestseller, The Surgeon of Crowthorne though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outposts:_Journeys_to_the_Survi... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Surgeon_of_Crowthorne
维基百科？你真要信一群网瘾疯子写的话？说正经的，《The Surgeon of Crowthorne》这本书里描述得就像他们长达几十年的工作一直进展如蜗牛，而 Minor 医生对于推动足够进展、避免项目被取消起到了关键作用。
Wikipedia? Are you going to take the word of a bunch of internet lunatics? To be serious, the book The Surgeon of Crowthorne describes it as if their decades-long work was going at a snail's pace and Dr. Minor was crucial to making sufficient progress and avoiding the project being cancelled.