雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第4章:彼岸新星(25)

In the summer of 1936, the Princeton chapel had been packed for a memorial service for George V.

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在1936年的夏天，人們在普林斯頓的小教堂裏悼念喬治五世。

There was a professor in the Graduate College who harped upon his admiration for the royalty in a way that to educated English ears seemed only vulgar.

有一個研究生院的教授，一直在喋喋不休地歌頌王室，這對於受過教育的英國人來說，是非常正常的事。

As for George V's successor, the revelations of Edward VIII's Mediterranean cruise and Mrs Simpson created a particular sensation at Princeton.

至於喬治五世的繼承人愛德華八世和辛普森夫人到地中海度假的新聞，在普林斯頓引起了一陣轟動。

Alan wrote to his mother on 22 November:

艾倫在11月22號寫信給他的媽媽：

I am sending you some cuttings about Mrs Simpson as representative sample of what we get over here on this subject.

我寄給你一些剪報，是我們這裏對於辛普森夫人的一些看法。

I don't suppose you have even heard of her, but some days it has been 'front page stuff' here.

我覺得你可能沒聽說過她，但這些天她已經成了這裏的頭條了。

Indeed, the British newspapers maintained their silence until 1 December, when the bishop of Bradford remarked that the King stood in need of God's grace, and Baldwin showed his hand.

事實上，英國的報紙確實對這件事一直保持沉默，直到12月1日，布拉德福德的主教指出，國王需要承當上帝的恩典，鮑德溫也出來發表了觀點。

On 3 December, Alan wrote:

12月3日，艾倫寫到：

I am horrified at the way people are trying to interfere with the King's marriage.

我不明白人們爲什麼要干涉國王的婚姻。

It may be that the King should not marry Mrs Simpson, but it is his private concern.

也許國王不該和辛普森夫人結婚，但這是他的私事。

I should tolerate no interference by bishops myself, and I don't see that the King need either.

我不接受主教的說法，我也不認爲國王需要承當什麼。

But the King's marriage was not a private matter, but one that reflected upon the British state.

但是國王結婚並不是私事，這會影響整個英國。

It was a prophetic episode for Alan, 'horrified' at government interference with an individual life.

艾倫反對政府對私生活的干預，這是一個很超前的想法，

For his class, the horror was rather that the King himself had betrayed King and Country, a logical paradox more upsetting than any that Russell or Gdel had found.

他的階級普遍反對的是國王對國家的背叛，這是一個比哥德爾和羅素的發現更加嚴重的邏輯悖論。