安徒生：世界兒童文學的太陽

by Veronique De Miguel

翻譯：寒星

安徒生：世界兒童文學的太陽

by Veronique De Miguel

翻譯：寒星

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他身材太高，體形太瘦，鼻子太大，不討喜的外形讓他年紀輕輕就受夠了冷言冷語，嘗盡了人情冷暖，也看遍了世態炎涼—這也許是你不曾了解的安徒生。但，你大概還記得他筆下的各種夢幻國度：小美人魚在唱歌，天鵝在飛舞，拇指姑娘用花瓣做床墊，雪夜里賣火柴的小女孩一根又一根地點亮希冀……從沒有一種童話寫過那么多的苦難，也從沒有一種童話表達過那么多的愛。品讀安徒生的童話，你所讀到的，是他孤獨但華麗的一生。

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Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2， 1805， in1）Odense， Denmark. He was an author and poet particularly known for his children's fairy tale stories. Andersen was the first Danish author to2）emerge from3）poverty and be recognized during his lifetime. He was4）acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide， receiving honors from royalty. Many of his stories， including “The Ugly Duckling”and “The Princess and the Pea，” remain classics of the genre. He died in5）Copenhagen on August 4， 1875.

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Despite the fact that Hans and Christian are traditional Danish names，6）combining two names is7）rare in8）Danes. Andersen was diferent from the very beginning as he was born with9）dyslexia and， although he learned to read，he could never spell properly， and his handwritten texts10）were riddled with mistakes. As a result， his writing style remained close to the spoken language and still sounds fresh today. His publishers corrected his errors but left the style11）untouched.

1） Odense ［???e?nseI］ n.（丹麥第三大城市）歐登塞

2） emerge ［I?mз?d?］ v.（自困境中）擺脫，脫穎而出

3） poverty ［?p?v?tI］ n. 貧窮

4） acclaim ［??kleIm］ v. 稱贊，歡呼

5） Copenhagen ［?k??p?n?heIg?n］ n.（丹麥首都）哥本哈根

6） combine ［k?m?baIn］ v. 結合

7） rare ［re?］ adj. 罕見的

8） Dane ［deIn］ n. 丹麥人

9） dyslexia ［dIs?leksI?］ n. 誦讀困難

10） be riddled with 充滿，充斥

11） untouched ［?n?t?t?t］ adj. 未改變的，原原本本的

12） motion picture 電影

13） animated flm 動畫片

14） commemorate ［k??mem?reIt］ v. 紀念，銘記

15） contrary to 與……相反

16） commit suicide 自殺

17） to name a few 僅舉幾個例子

注1：即安徒生博物館，由安徒生出生時的故居改建而成。丹麥語的hus相當于英語中的house。

注2：即安徒生童年故居，距離安徒生博物館不遠。丹麥語的barndomshjem意為“童年時的家”。

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It was Andersen's father himself who introduced the young Andersen to literature， reading Arabian Nights to him. At frst， Andersen was not very proud of his fairy tale writing and he even considered giving them up at one point. Later， he believed that fairy tales would somehow become a “universal poetry”of sorts and he continued to write in the genre. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired12）motion pictures， plays， ballets and13）animated flms.

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Two museums， H.C. Andersen Hus注1and H.C. Andersens Barndomshjem注2， are dedicated to him in his hometown of Odense. There's also a statue in New York's Central Park14）commemorating Andersen and his story， “The Ugly Duckling.”

215）Contrary to the popular Disney and Pixar movie versions， Andersen's stories usually came to unfortunate conclusions that would today horrify our little ones to know. The Little Mermaid16）committed suicide， the Little Match Girl froze to death and the Steadfast Tin Soldier melted，17）to name a few sad fates！

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Andersen was rather particular about his romantic relationships too. He was known for his interest in18）unattainable women like the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind， who inspired him to write “The Nightingale，” and a girl named Riborg Voigt who wrote him a letter which was found on Andersen's chest when he died， several decades after he frst fell in love with her. Although Andersen had multiple crushes on women， he never married and always lived alone.

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In Andersen's famous last19）will and20）testament，the21）bachelor writer22）bequeathed the largest sum of money to Edvard Collin， business adviser and partner in a lifelong， complicated friendship. He donated his rare books and23）manuscripts， including24）proof editions of Charles Dickens' works， to the Danish Royal Library，and he turned in letters received throughout his life from world25）celebrities for publication.

參考譯文

1 漢斯·克里斯汀·安徒生于1805年4月2日出生于丹麥的歐登塞市。他是一名作家、詩人，以其創作的兒童童話故事著稱。安徒生是丹麥首位貧窮人家出身且享譽終生的作家。他因將歡樂帶給全世界的孩子而受到贊揚，還獲得了來自皇家的榮譽。他的許多童話故事，諸如《丑小鴨》《豌豆公主》等，至今仍是童話體裁中的經典之作。1875年8月4日，他在哥本哈根與世長辭。

2 盡管“漢斯”和“克里斯汀”都是傳統的丹麥人名，但在丹麥人當中，這兩個名字組合在一起還是比較少見的。