評論
打印
"The Queen's Gambit," a Netflix series based on a 1983 novel by Walter Tevis, is a bildungsroman about a female chess prodigy set in the late 1960s.
《后翼棄兵》是網飛根據1983年沃爾特·特維斯的小說改編而成的一部電視劇，講述的是20世紀60年代后期一位女性象棋天才的故事。
Nothing about this combination of circumstances suggests a happy ending for its protagonist, or for the show itself. But both defied expectations.
這種環境的結合并沒有給主人公或是電視劇本身帶來一個圓滿的結局，二者都不像人們所期望的那樣。
"The Queen's Gambit" was watched by 62 million households in its first four weeks, according to Netflix - almost as many as the record-breaking "Tiger King" - and developed a fanatical following.
網飛的數據顯示，《后翼棄兵》上映僅四周就有6200萬戶觀看，幾乎和破紀錄的《養虎為患》一樣多，而且有很多狂熱的追劇粉。
People tweeted their drawings and paintings and Animal Crossing renderings of Taylor-Joy.
人們在推特上發布了他們畫的泰勒-喬伊和有關她的《動物之森》。
They announced they were taking up chess again.
他們宣布自己又開始下棋了。
Sales of chess-related merchandise soared.
與國際象棋相關的商品銷量猛增。
Everybody loves a story of transformation: about an underdog who triumphs over adversity, a girl who is mocked for her shoes and then becomes a stylish swan.
人人都喜歡關于轉變的故事：一個失敗者戰勝了逆境；一個女孩因為她的鞋子而被嘲笑，然后變身成為了時髦的天鵝。
But we apparently really love a story of affirmation: a world in which a girl can move freely, in control, and be respected for her strategy and skill;
但顯然，我們喜歡關于肯定的故事：在這里，一個女孩可以自由地行動、掌控自己的命運，并且因為她的策略和技巧而受到尊重；
in which a female character succeeds in a man's world without being harassed, assaulted, abused, ignored, dismissed, sidelined, robbed or forgotten.
一個女性可以在男性主導的世界里獲得成功，而且沒有受到騷擾、攻擊、虐待、忽視、漠視、排擠、搶劫或遺忘。
This story is so vanishingly rare in the real world that it comes across as utopian in fiction.
這個故事在現實世界中極為罕見，以至于這部小說中的場景給人一種烏托邦的感覺。
"The Queen's Gambit" is a fantasy, and one we rarely see depicted - the fantasy of a functioning meritocracy for women, in which they are free to do what they want.
《后翼棄兵》是一個幻想，我們很少看到它被描繪出來——一個女性精英統治的幻想，在那里她們可以自由地做她們想做的事情。
譯文由可可原創，僅供學習交流使用，未經許可請勿轉載。
