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Far from being the school swot, Lucian, who spends his evenings watching The Simpsons and chatting on the internet, made the discoveries thanks to his interest in his Polish roots.
盧西恩并非一個刻苦讀書的孩子，晚上他經常看《辛普森一家》，并上網聊天。他能夠有如此發現歸功于他的波蘭淵源。
His mother, Elizabeth, is Polish and every year he spends a month on a farm in Yamy, southwest Poland.
他母親伊麗莎白是波蘭人。每年他都要在波蘭西南部亞彌的農場住上一個月。
"He has always been fascinated by Polish history. On the farm he has long chats with his 90-year-old great-grandmother about how she survived the pogroms of the Nazis."
“他對波蘭歷史十分著迷。在農場時，他會和90歲的曾祖母長時間閑談有關她是如何從納粹大屠殺中生還的事情。”
Ten days ago, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which was first issued by the Society of Gentlemen in Scotland between 1768 and 1777 in Edinburgh, wrote to Lucian.
10天前，《大英百科全書》致函盧西恩。該書由蘇格蘭紳士協會于1768至1777年間在愛丁堡出版。
Anita Wolff, the senior editor, thanked him for "pointing out several errors and misleading statements" and promised that a geography editor was working on a "major revision of our Poland coverage" and would make the changes as requested.
《大英百科全書》資深編輯安尼塔·沃爾夫（在信中）感謝盧西恩“指出了嚴重的錯誤和令人誤解的陳述”，并允諾一位地理編輯正在對“波蘭卷做大修訂”，并將按（盧西恩的）要求改正。
In spite of the mistakes, Lucian said he still considered the encyclopaedia to be the single best source of information.
盧西恩說盡管百科全書中出現了一些錯誤，他仍然認為這部書是唯一最好的信息來源。
The errors, too, while serious, were arguably less egregious than one in the first volume, which declared California to be an island.
這些錯誤雖然嚴重，但和第1卷中誤把加利福尼亞當成一座島嶼的錯誤相比，相對輕一些。
The Encyclopaedia Britannica was founded in 1768 in Edinburgh by Colin Macfarquhar, a printer, and Andrew Bell, an engraver, with the first edition published one section at a time over a three-year period.
1768年，印刷工科林·麥克法夸爾和刻版工安德魯·貝爾在愛丁堡創辦了《大英百科全書》。他們花了三年時間陸續將第一版（3卷）出版發行。
