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I think that when Shirmura and Taniyama first started talking about
我認為谷山豐和志村五郎開始討論
the relationship between elliptic curves and modular forms, people were very incredulous.
橢圓曲線和模形式之間的關系時，大家都非常懷疑。
I wasn't studying mathematics yet.
我當時還不在研習數學
By the time I was a graduate student in 1969 or 1970, people were coming to believe the conjecture.
當1969年或1970年我是研究生時，大家開始相信這個猜想。
In fact, Taniyama-Shimura became a foundation for other theories which all came to depend on it.
事實上，谷山-志村猜想成為了其它依靠它而建立的理論的基礎。
But Taniyama-Shimura was only a conjecture, an unproven idea,
但谷山-志村猜想畢竟只是個猜想，未經驗證，
and until it could be proved, all the maths which relied on it were under threat.
而在它經驗證之前，所有賴以建立的數理都面臨威脅。
Built more and more conjectures, stretched further and further into the future
建立起了越來越多的猜想，越來越擴展向未來，
but they would all be completely ridiculous if Taniyama-Shimura was not true.
但如果谷山-志村猜想不對，這所有的一切就都荒誕可笑。
Proving the conjecture became crucial,
驗證這猜想至為關鍵
but tragically, the man whose idea inspired it didn't live to see the enormous impact of his work.
但悲慘的是，創出這猜想的人沒能活著看到他研究成果的巨大影響。
In 1958, Taniyama committed suicide.
1958年，谷山豐自殺了。
I was very much puzzled. Puzzlement may be the best word.
我感到非常困惑。'困惑'可能是最合適的字眼。
Of course I was sad, see it was so sudden and I was unable to make sense out of this.
當然我很難過，發生得如此突然，對于此事我完全不能理解。
