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Being connected with his knowledge, there is an anecdote.
有一件發生在牛津大學的趣事，也與他的博學有關。
It is recorded that he read his family name as Tieins，avoiding to be misunderstand as "dog".
據記載，錢鐘書把自己的姓念作Tieins,以免被誤解為“狗”。
At that time, it was common for Chinese to write their names in Pinyin Romanization.
當時，中國人通用羅馬拼音寫姓名，
His family name "qian" was spelled as "Ch, ien" in Pinyin Romanization,
他的姓“錢”的羅馬拼音拼法是Ch'ien。
and westerners were prone to pronounce it similar to "shan"，which was the pronunciation of "dog' in. French.
西方人很容易把它讀得類似于“閃”的發音，這正是法語中“狗” 字的發音。
If he had not known French, Qian won't do this kind of thing,
如果他不懂法語，也就不會有這樣的趣事了,
which accurately proved his formidable erudition.
由此可見錢鐘書學問之淵博。
Qian wrote English with a free pen,
錢鐘書運用英文揮灑自如，
which had a close relationship with the strict training of his tutorial in Oxford.
這都跟在牛津大學時導師的嚴格訓練有著密切關系。
The highest advantage of Oxford is keeping the old tutorial system,
牛津大學最大的優點是保留著古老的導師制，
one tutorial teaching one or two students.
一個導師帶一兩個學生。
One benefit of the tutorial system is that students receive direct feedback in a small discussion setting.
導師制的好處在于通過小組討論，學生們能得到直接的指導。
Tutorials were assigned by the school when they entered and Qian's tutorial was Brett Smith,
導師是學生人學時由校方指定的，錢鐘書的導師名叫布瑞特.斯密斯。
In the first year, they were asked to practice writing.
第一年訓練作文，
Brett Smith was extremely rigorous, and required that the essays must be clear and brief, novelty is also necessary.
導師對他的要求非常嚴格，他要求寫文章要清楚、簡約，尤其是要選題新穎。
Generally speaking, Qian benefited a lot from the special tutorial system.
總之，這個特別的導師制使錢鐘書獲益匪淺。
