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Welcome to the World of the Moomins 歡迎來到嚕嚕米的世界

精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0058/334658/web/

They are a family of hippo-like creatures, and together they’re known as the Moomins. Created by Finnish artist Tove Jansson, these characters, along with their friends, have enchanted children and adults for over half a century.

牠們是一群像河馬的生物，合稱為嚕嚕米一族。這些角色以及牠們的朋友是由芬蘭藝術家朵貝．楊笙所創造，半個多世紀以來讓大人和小孩都深受著迷。

Jansson started drawing the Moomins during World War II as a way to take her mind off the horrors of war. Soon after the war ended, she published her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, followed by Comet in Moominland one year later.

楊笙在二次世界大戰期間開始畫嚕嚕米一族，作為讓她暫時忘記戰爭恐怖的方式。戰後不久，她出版了第一本嚕嚕米的書《姆米與大洪水》，接著一年後又出版了《姆米谷的彗星》。

Jansson began attracting international attention after the translation of her third book, Finn Family Moomintroll, into English. In 1954, a popular British newspaper started running a daily comic strip called Moomin. This brought the adventures of the family to 20 million people every day.

Books featuring the Moomins have been translated into nearly 50 languages, and the Moomin world has expanded to include various TV series, films, and a museum. There are even theme parks in both Finland and Japan. People just can’t get enough of these good-natured characters.

楊笙的第三本書《快樂的姆米家庭》譯為英文版本後，她開始引起國際的注意。一九五四年，一份著名的英國報紙開始刊登名為《嚕嚕米》的每日連環漫畫，每天將嚕嚕米家族的冒險經歷帶給兩千萬名讀者。

以嚕嚕米一族為主的書已被譯成將近五十種語言，而嚕嚕米世界已擴展到包含各式各樣的電視系列節目、電影以及一間博物館。在芬蘭和日本甚至還有主題樂園。人們對這些性情溫和的角色就是再怎麼樣也不嫌多。