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When he died earlier this year, many people remembered
當羅伯特·魯賓遜今年年初去世時，很多人
Robert Robinson's essay into this genre.
將他的文章歸入這種流派
Probably the best title of any of them, Landscape with Dead Dons.
它們中最好的一篇的標題也許是，死亡教員之景觀
It's also got a very very good beginning
它還有一個非常非常精彩的開頭
when the college porter Tantelous, notices that there is an extra
學院守門人坦特勞斯發現屋頂上有一個
statue up on the roof, and upon investigation,
突然多出來的雕像，經調查
this turns out to be the Vice Chancellor in vertical rigor mortis.
這竟是死后僵直立著的副校長
You get a flavor of the book from its famous ending
你們可以從它那著名的結尾感受到這本書的文風
when the murderer is chased from Parson's Pleasure,
當一群牛津教員從帕森游樂場
the male bathing spot, through the town by dozens of Oxford dons.
男士沐浴的地方，開始追著兇手穿過市里時
The quarry like all the hunters stark naked.
他們就像赤裸裸的獵人在搜尋目標
This troop of naked men rushing through the town.
這么一群裸體的人們快速穿過市里
Two High Churchmen in South Parks Road
兩個南公園路上的高教會派信徒
supposed them to be Baptists.
以為他們是浸禮會教友
Two heads of house leaving Blackwell's assumed
兩個正在離開布萊克威爾的院長以為他們
it to be an advertising stunt.
是些打廣告的雜技演員
And a philosophy don peering through his window in Balliol
一個在巴利奧爾學院的哲學教員從他的窗戶往下看
advises his pupil: "let us take this as a hypothetical case".
然后建議其學生說:"讓我們將它當作一個案例假設"
and so on.
諸如此類
There are other comic novels; I think that's probably the best.
還有其它喜劇小說，我想這也許是最好的一本
Then there are detective novels set in the past,
還有一些場景設定在過去的偵探小說
the 13th century is where the several novels
伊恩·莫爾森的幾本小說
of William Falconer series by Ian Morson take place.
威廉·福爾克納系列就發生在13世紀
And the 17th century is the setting for a one-off Iain Pears'
伊恩·皮爾斯的非常棒的小說，一個路標的情況，的
very fine An Instance of the Fingerpost.
場景設置在17世紀
There are also donnish detectives at other universities
還有一些其它大學的學院派偵探
and some of them visit Oxford.
他們中的一些來牛津訪問
Amanda Cross brought her American academic sleuth
阿曼達·克羅斯讓她筆下的美國學術偵探
Kate Fansler to spend a sabbatical and solve a crime in the city.
凱特·凡斯勒去牛津休假并偵破了一個案件
Jane Langton brought Homer Kelly
簡·蘭頓筆下來到牛津的荷馬·凱利
as a visiting professor and a tourist sleuth.
是一位客座教授，也是位游客偵探
In 2005, the Argentinian novelist Guillermo Martínez
2005年，阿根廷小說家吉列爾莫·馬丁內斯
wrote The Oxford Murders.
創作了，牛津迷案
Young Argentinian visitor combining high mathematics
一位年輕的阿根廷留學生極富娛樂性地
and low crime most entertainingly,
將高等數學與低級罪案結合了起來
it was subsequently made into a very poor film.
之后它被拍成了一部爛片
Finally, I come to Dexter's Morse. And Morse is at Oxford.
最后，我想說說德克斯特的莫爾斯，莫爾斯是在牛津的
I'm very much aware that Colin Dexter will be addressing you
我很清楚科林·德克斯特將在今天下午給
this afternoon and I hope nothing
你們講課，我不希望我說的
that I say will preempt from his presentation.
任何話不會泄露他今天下午的講課內容
But it would be a very odd omission if one did not cover Morse
但是如果在牛津偵探的講課中沒有講過莫爾斯的話
in a lecture on detectives in Oxford.
這將會是一個很奇怪的疏漏
