【精英翻譯】的部落格

◎管淑平

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof Peter Higgs has revealed he did not know he had won the award until a woman congratulated him in the street.

贏得諾貝爾獎的科學家希格斯教授透露，直到在街上遇到一名婦人恭喜他之前，他都不知道自己獲頒這個獎項。

Prof Higgs, who does not own a mobile phone, said a former neighbour had pulled up in her car as he was returning from lunch in Edinburgh.

沒有手機的希格斯教授說，他在愛丁堡吃完午餐返家途中，一名以前的鄰居停下車來。

He added： "She congratulated me on the news and I said ’oh, what news?’"

他接著說：「她恭喜我得獎的新聞，然後我說『喔，什麼新聞？』」

The woman had been alerted by her daughter in London that Prof Higgs had won the award, he revealed.

這名婦人是由她在倫敦的女兒告知，希格斯教授獲得諾貝爾獎，他透露。

The 84-year-old emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh was recognised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his work on the theory of the particle which shares his name, the Higgs boson.

這名84歲的愛丁堡大學名譽教授因為在以他命名的希格斯玻色子的理論研究，獲得瑞典皇家科學院肯定。

He shares this year’s physics prize with Francois Englert of Belgium, and joins the ranks of past Nobel winners including Marie Curie and Albert Einstein.

他與比利時的弗朗索瓦．恩格勒共同獲得今年的物理獎，與過去的諾貝爾獎得主如瑪麗．居禮和亞伯特．愛因斯坦等人齊名。

Speaking for the first time about the award at a media conference at the University of Edinburgh, he said： "How do I feel? Well, obviously I’m delighted and rather relieved in a sense that it’s all over. It has been a long time coming."

他在愛丁堡大學的記者會上首度談到獲獎，他說：「我的感覺怎麼樣？這個，我當然很高興，也覺得總算結束了，就這方面來說是鬆了一口氣。這個獎等了好久才來。」

新聞辭典：

pull up：動詞片語，在本文意為停車、停下來。例句：Pull up the car in front of the main gate.（在大門前停下車。）

join the ranks of：動詞片語，成為一個群體的一部分。例句：This tiny island country has joined the ranks of the developed nations.（這個小島國加入已開發國家之林。）

congratulate （someone） on something：動詞片語，恭喜某人發生某件事。例句：We’re going to throw a party to congratulate Steve on his promotion.（我們要開派對恭喜史提夫高升。）

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