T.E.勞倫斯（“阿拉伯的勞倫斯”）將荷馬史詩《奧德賽》翻譯成著名的散文版本，並以平裝本形式出版，例如威廉·柯林斯出版的《奧德賽》（柯林斯經典系列）。關於譯本：譯本採用生動易讀的散文體，而非傳統的詩歌形式。背景：勞倫斯在20世紀20年代末期於英國皇家空軍服役期間完成了這部史詩的翻譯工作，他曾表示，自己坎坷的人生經歷幫助他理解了奧德修斯的苦難。
柯林斯版：作為柯林斯經典系列的一部分，這本416頁的平裝本價格實惠，收錄了荷馬的經典文本以及勞倫斯獨特的翻譯風格。
T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") translated Homer's The Odyssey into a famous prose version, which is published in budget-friendly paperback formats like the The Odyssey (Collins Classics) by William Collins. [1, 2]About the Translation- Format: Rendered in vivid, readable prose rather than traditional poetic verse. [1]
- Background: Lawrence worked on the translation during his service in the Royal Air Force in the late 1920s, famously noting that his own rugged life experiences helped him understand Odysseus's trials. [1, 2]
- The Collins Edition: Part of the Collins Classics imprint, offering an affordable 416-page paperback edition featuring Homer's classic text paired with Lawrence's distinct translation style. [1, 2, 3]
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Colonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia. Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this soldier, archaeologist, spy, and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called "one of the greatest men of our time." Less well known were his abilities as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves.
While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it "perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," and The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us."
Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery.
While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it "perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," and The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us."
Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery.
T·E·勞倫斯上校是他那個時代最耀眼的人物之一，在西方世界被譽為「阿拉伯的勞倫斯」。這位集軍人、考古學家、間諜和學者於一身的人物，既追求榮耀又謙遜低調，是一位戰爭英雄，溫斯頓·邱吉爾稱他為「我們這個時代最偉大的人物之一」。然而，他作為歷史學家和作家的才能卻鮮為人知，這為他贏得了埃茲拉·龐德、W·H·奧登和羅伯特·格雷夫斯等作家的讚賞。
駐紮在印度卡拉奇沙漠邊緣一個荒涼的英國皇家空軍哨所期間，勞倫斯開始了他那部備受讚譽的《奧德賽》的翻譯工作。他全心投入這項工作長達四年，在此期間，他逐漸意識到自己非常適合這項任務。 「我曾獵殺過野豬，也曾觀察過野獅，」他寫道。 「我造過船，殺過許多人。因此，我擁有一些奇特的知識，使我能夠理解《奧德賽》，也擁有一些奇特的經歷，使我能夠解讀它。」勞倫斯憑藉與生俱來的語言天賦和卓越的翻譯才能，將荷馬的《奧德賽》翻譯成了優美流暢的散文。這部譯作一夕之間成為暢銷書。 《紐約先驅論壇報》稱讚它是“或許是世界上最有趣的書最有趣的譯本”，《紐約時報》則稱其“粗獷而充滿陽剛之氣”，並補充道，它“賦予了故事一種超越我們所知任何其他文本的生動感”。
勞倫斯為奧德修斯的冒險注入了新的活力，引領讀者穿越一個奇幻的世界，其中充滿了怪物、妖豔的女子、神祇和女神。對於習慣閱讀荷馬史詩譯本的一代讀者來說，這部大膽而生動的散文譯本非常值得重新發現。
The meaning of TEMPTRESS is a woman who tempts or entices.
temptress is a woman who tries to charm or seduce men. She often lures people into bad choices or moral danger. [1, 2]
smooth means to make a surface flat, even, or free from lumps, bumps, and rough spots. It also describes rubbing a soft substance onto a surface or making a situation free from problems and arguments. [1, 2, 3]
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送朋友一本我2024年出版的書《我以星辰書寫看不見的天空》，朋友問我書名怎麼這樣長，「不利於銷售呀！」他說。我請他去看書中那篇讀書隨筆<我以星辰書寫我志在天空>。我說我本想直接拿它作書名，但感覺有點狂妄，才改成了現在這個。現把那篇文章稍作修改貼在這裏。在美以伊戰火猶烈的今日來看，仍不算過時吧。「以星辰書寫我志在天空」這是T.Z.勞倫斯的回憶錄《智慧七柱》卷首題詩的句子。這本書曾被改編成電影，《阿拉伯的勞倫斯》（Lawrence of Arabia)。獲奧斯卡七項大獎。其實原著比電影精彩多了，主要因為勞倫斯卓爾不凡的文采。正如他自己所言，他之所以在那一百來名援助阿拉伯起義的英國人中獨佔鳌頭青史留名，是因為他雖「人微位卑，卻有一支生花妙筆、無礙辯才、以及堪稱機靈的大腦。」這話一點也不誇張，那些比他位高人尊，或比他更英勇無畏的戰友都湮沒在歷史長河，他這位年輕下級軍官之所以脫穎而出，被人認識、崇尚、銘記，是因為他寫了這本書。我讀了這本書，也被他激情而不失準確的敘述打動，銘記最深的是卷首獻辭，獻辭的前一節是：「我愛你，所以我才掌控此波濤人馬，/以星辰書寫我志在天空，/誓為你爭自由。」傳說他這獻辭其實是寫給他同性戀男友，一個早夭的阿拉伯美少年的。他愛屋及烏，也愛上了那個愛走極端的民族。下面這段概括阿拉伯民族性的話也讓我難忘：「這個民族是黑白分明的，不只是在視覺上，也在內心最深處。他們的思想只在處於最極端才會安心⋯⋯他們是一個心胸狹窄的民族，毫無好奇心，遲鈍的心智完全不作為。他們的想象力很鮮活，可是沒有創造力。他們依循着部落民族與洞穴民族的偶像前進。他們是最不怨天尤人的民族，毫不貭疑地接受人生的安排。」這是在評說阿拉伯人嗎？我怎麼覺得拿來評說中國人也合適。......
"Lawrence of Arabia" , The Arab spring. Do not give up hope /"沙漠革命記" Revolt in the Desert, 到"智慧七柱"Seven Pillars of Wisdom, http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2016/08/lawrence-of-arabia-arab-spring-do-not.html
Renowned for his role in the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during World War I as well as his vivid writing, "Lawrence of Arabia" was born on August 16th, 1888. Warlike and scholarly, vain and modest, part showman, part hermit; he was also racked with self-doubt and guilt
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
--from "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T. E. Lawrence
In his classic book, T.E. Lawrence—forever known as Lawrence of Arabia—recounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab world. At first a shy Oxford scholar and archaeologist⋯⋯
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