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Vincent had been deliberately named after his uncle-another Vincent van Gogh, a hugely successful art dealer whom everyone called Uncle Cent.
文森特這個名字是他的叔叔—另一個文森特·梵高特意取的。他的叔叔是一位非常成功的藝術品商人，大家都叫他“森特叔叔”。
When Vincent was 16, he was packed off to The Hague where Uncle Cent had a gallery.
梵高16歲那年，由于森特叔叔在海格有一家畫廊，梵高的父母便把他打發到海格，
He was going to be an art dealer too.
想讓他也成為一名藝術品商人。
Vincent had a special post created for him as an apprentice clerk at the Haig Branch of Goupil&Co., the world's most prestigious Art Franchise who demergered with Uncle Cent.
文森特叔叔因此為梵高安排了一個特殊職位，讓他在古皮爾公司的海格公司做學徒。古皮爾是全世界最有明望的藝術加盟公司，而海格公司便是由森特叔叔管理。
It was a behind the scene's job at first dealing with Goupil's extensive international paper work.
最初，梵高做幕后的文書工作，處理古皮爾公司大量的國際業務。
Amazingly, van Gogh turned out to be good at this and was soon promoted to front of shop.
結果令人驚訝，梵高的文書工作做得非常好，不久便晉升到臺前。
Rich Haig clients would turn up here in their carriages and be met by the teenage Vincent command them on their test when sir and madam decided on their purchase.
海格的有錢人們乘著馬車來到這里，年輕的梵高便出門迎接他們。為了讓他們付錢買藝術品，梵高仍然會稱贊他們的品位。
This is the three volume correspondence of Vincent to his brother Theo.
這是由梵高寫給弟弟蒂奧的信組成的三卷書。
It's the biggest, heaviest and most celebrated epistolic package in art.
它們是藝術界內最大，最重，最著名的書信集。
I have tackled it a couple of times now, and it took me several months each go.
這些信我已讀過幾次，每一次都會花費幾個月的時間。
注：聽力文本來源于普特
