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What these three books did was found
這三本書找到了
the lineage of donnish detective.
學院派偵探的宗譜
A conflation of rarified intelligence associated with
那就是牛津教員們純凈智慧的集聚
Oxford dons and the notion that detective work resembles
以及偵探作品類似于純粹的演繹
pure deductive reasoning.
推理的理念
So detective work, Oxford dons, bring them together,
所以把偵探工作和牛津教員綜合到一起
you get the donnish detective.
就形成了學院派偵探
And many of the donnish detectives
很多的學院派偵探在這些書里
were actual dons in these books.
是真正的學院教師
Although the type is personified in Appleby, who was of course
盡管艾伯比是人物化了的
a policeman and not a don.
當然他是個警察，而不是大學教師
But his familiarity with the classics, with literary allusion
但是他熟知經典作品，熟知文學典故
and quotations, his ability to cap anybody all sorts of quotation,
及語錄，他在各種語錄方面能勝過任何人
display all features of a donnish detective.
他展現了一個學院派偵探的所有特征
He was witty, quirky, stunningly erudite, impeccably courteous,
他富有智慧，古怪，博學多才，彬彬有禮無可挑剔
but not notably patient with less intellects.
但他對不那么聰明的人不是特別有耐心
He was not merely the most donnish
他不僅是學院派偵探里面最有
of donnish detectives, but also the first.
學院派作風的，也是第一個這樣的偵探
After World War II, donnish detectives remained active
二戰后，學院派偵探還是很活躍的
but as the 40s and 50s yield to the 1950s and 60s.
但是在40年代和50年代不如50年代和60年代
Sorry, to the 60s and 70s.
不對，是不如60年代和70年代
Changes occurred in their pursuits,
改變發生在他們的追求
their preoccupations and their particulars.
他們關注的事物以及他們的細節上
This is not surprising.
這并不讓人感到意外
The years after the wars so far reaching changes
戰后的日子里，在英國教育界發生了
in British education, part of the new world first state,
影響深遠的變化，在新世界第一個國家的一部分
and even Oxford, the intake student and dons
甚至包括牛津在內，招收的學生和大學教師
became all diverse, more women, and international students
變得各種各樣，更多女性及國際學生
enter the university and scientists came to
進入大學學習，科學家也來了
outnumber classicists, theologians and philosophers.
并在人數上超過了古典學者，神學家和哲學家
The detective stories gradually caught up with some of these changes.
偵探故事漸漸也發生了上述的一些改變
Most of the donnish detectives of these periods, the 40s and 50s, 60s
這期間 40年代50年代60年代的大多數學院派偵探
are not read much anymore.
都不是那么博學了
Some of them virtually forgot.
他們中的一些人幾乎忘了這一點
