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idiosyncratic-impair The illustrator
插圖畫家
The illustrator ignored the ignorance of his idiosyncratic boss and continued to work on his illustration.
插圖畫家沒有理睬癖好 古怪的老板的無知, 繼續畫他的插圖。
It would be the piece that would immortalize his name forever, perhaps more so because of the immor image he was drawing
這幅插圖會使他名垂千 古, 也許正是因為他畫的是 不道德的形象, 他會更 加聲名遠揚。
And he knew he would start a new movement in the art world. Immersing himself in his work,
他知道他將在藝術界發 起一場新的運動。 插圖畫家沉浸在工作之 中,
the illustrator became immune to distraction and worked for another twelve hours straight.
他不受外界的干擾, 又連續工作了12小時。
His illusions of grandeur came crashing down when the obviously artistically illiterate public
插圖畫家美好的幻想 破滅了 公眾顯然不懂藝術,
missed the impact of what he had done. Some couldn't understand the content,
他們看不出他的作品會 有什么影響, 有些人不能理解他 畫的內容,
saying that this type of drawing should be illegal. Others sensed that there was something immense
說這種畫法是非法的。 其他人感覺到他的畫有 點兒絕妙,
but they couldn't put words to what they sensed. And yet others just thought it was immature,
但無法用語言表達他們 的感覺。 還有一些人干脆認為他 的繪畫不成熟,
the work of an artist obviously impaired by any good judgment. But, over time, his work had another kind of impact.
任何好評對他的作 品顯然都是一種損害。 可是過了一段時間, 他的作品產生了另 外一種影響。
Imitators began to sprout up all over the country, giving shows of works that were obviously influenced by the illustrator.
模仿者開始在全國迅速 出現, 他們展示的作品明顯受 到這位插圖畫家的影響
When the illustrator saw this he thought that the public recognition of his work was imminent.
看到這種情況, 插圖畫家認為公眾即將 認可他的作品,
But he had forgotten about their short attention span. When years had passed and still no one knew his name,
但是他忘了公眾的注意 力很容易時過境遷。 許多年過去了, 仍然無 人知道插圖畫家的名字
the illustrator even began to think that the illiteracy rate among critics must have been growing.
他甚至開始認為 評論家中的文盲率一定 在上升。
How could they not know that he was the one that had turned the ignition
他們怎么能不知道 他就是使眼下燃燒著的
of the current craze for immoral illustrations? They never knew, at least not until after the illustrator had died
時尚轉向不道德插圖的 那個人呢? 他們從來都不知道, 至 少直到插圖畫家死的那 一天都不知道。
Then some art student examined his work and gave him the credit he had always longed for.
后來某個搞藝術的學生 研究了他的作品, 給予了他一直渴望獲得 的稱贊。
That's just the way the art world is: hip, but always recognized a generation later.
藝術界的事情就是這樣 很時髦, 但總要到一代人之后才 能得到承認。
