…Magical Mountain: Thomas Mann * The Dark Tower: Stephen King(actually tons of King books - I am a bit of a fanboy) * Factfulness: Hans Rosling * William Blake: selected poetry * Dostoevsky: The idiot * Captain Nemo: Jules Verne * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Adams
the quality of translation matters a great deal Indeed. The English translation of Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island" in Project Guttenberg is an "old" one which censors certain aspects of Captain Nemo's anti-colonial background.
…member, as well as among imperialists across Europe, the Voyages became a casual frame of reference in justification of colonial expansion.", I don't see how this fits with Verne's most famous character, Captain Nemo. While his background was ambiguous in 20,000 Leagues, in The Mysterious Island it is established that he was an Indian who fought against colonialism in the failed 1857 rebellion and sees himself as…
That's actually quite impressive and it ties into why I started the project. When I was a teenager I read a paper that talked about the drive used by Captain Nemo in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The magneto-hydrodynamic drive† basically tries to push seawater through a set of coils and, as you've said, it's very, very inefficient and currently impractical.…
……《魔山》：托马斯·曼 * 《黑暗塔》：斯蒂芬·金（其实是大量金的书——我是个小粉丝）* 《事实》：汉斯·罗斯林 * 威廉·布莱克：诗选 * 陀思妥耶夫斯基：《白痴》* 尼摩船长：儒勒·凡尔纳 * 《银河系漫游指南》：亚当斯
…Magical Mountain: Thomas Mann * The Dark Tower: Stephen King(actually tons of King books - I am a bit of a fanboy) * Factfulness: Hans Rosling * William Blake: selected poetry * Dostoevsky: The idiot * Captain Nemo: Jules Verne * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Adams
翻译的质量确实至关重要。古腾堡计划里儒勒·凡尔纳《神秘岛》的英译本是一个“老”版本，里面删节了尼摩船长反殖民背景的某些方面。
the quality of translation matters a great deal Indeed. The English translation of Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island" in Project Guttenberg is an "old" one which censors certain aspects of Captain Nemo's anti-colonial background.
……成员，以及全欧洲的帝国主义者当中，《奇异旅行》成了为殖民扩张辩护的顺手参考。”我看不出这怎么能契合凡尔纳笔下最著名的角色尼摩船长。虽然在《海底两万里》中他的背景还含糊不清，但在《神秘岛》中已经坐实了他是一个在 1857 年起义失败中抗击殖民主义的印度人，并自视为……
…member, as well as among imperialists across Europe, the Voyages became a casual frame of reference in justification of colonial expansion.", I don't see how this fits with Verne's most famous character, Captain Nemo. While his background was ambiguous in 20,000 Leagues, in The Mysterious Island it is established that he was an Indian who fought against colonialism in the failed 1857 rebellion and sees himself as…
这其实相当厉害，而且这和我为什么启动这个项目有关。我十几岁的时候读过一篇论文，讲的就是《海底两万里》中尼摩船长所用的动力推进系统。这种磁流体推进系统（magneto-hydrodynamic drive）† 基本上就是尝试利用一组线圈推动海水，正如你所说，效率非常非常低，而且目前来说很不切实际。……
That's actually quite impressive and it ties into why I started the project. When I was a teenager I read a paper that talked about the drive used by Captain Nemo in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The magneto-hydrodynamic drive† basically tries to push seawater through a set of coils and, as you've said, it's very, very inefficient and currently impractical.…