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What these three books did was found
这三本书找到了
the lineage of donnish detective.
学院派侦探的宗谱
A conflation of rarified intelligence associated with
那就是牛津教员们纯净智慧的集聚
Oxford dons and the notion that detective work resembles
以及侦探作品类似于纯粹的演绎
pure deductive reasoning.
推理的理念
So detective work, Oxford dons, bring them together,
所以把侦探工作和牛津教员综合到一起
you get the donnish detective.
就形成了学院派侦探
And many of the donnish detectives
很多的学院派侦探在这些书里
were actual dons in these books.
是真正的学院教师
Although the type is personified in Appleby, who was of course
尽管艾伯比是人物化了的
a policeman and not a don.
当然他是个警察，而不是大学教师
But his familiarity with the classics, with literary allusion
但是他熟知经典作品，熟知文学典故
and quotations, his ability to cap anybody all sorts of quotation,
及语录，他在各种语录方面能胜过任何人
display all features of a donnish detective.
他展现了一个学院派侦探的所有特征
He was witty, quirky, stunningly erudite, impeccably courteous,
他富有智慧，古怪，博学多才，彬彬有礼无可挑剔
but not notably patient with less intellects.
但他对不那么聪明的人不是特别有耐心
He was not merely the most donnish
他不仅是学院派侦探里面最有
of donnish detectives, but also the first.
学院派作风的，也是第一个这样的侦探
After World War II, donnish detectives remained active
二战后，学院派侦探还是很活跃的
but as the 40s and 50s yield to the 1950s and 60s.
但是在40年代和50年代不如50年代和60年代
Sorry, to the 60s and 70s.
不对，是不如60年代和70年代
Changes occurred in their pursuits,
改变发生在他们的追求
their preoccupations and their particulars.
他们关注的事物以及他们的细节上
This is not surprising.
这并不让人感到意外
The years after the wars so far reaching changes
战后的日子里，在英国教育界发生了
in British education, part of the new world first state,
影响深远的变化，在新世界第一个国家的一部分
and even Oxford, the intake student and dons
甚至包括牛津在内，招收的学生和大学教师
became all diverse, more women, and international students
变得各种各样，更多女性及国际学生
enter the university and scientists came to
进入大学学习，科学家也来了
outnumber classicists, theologians and philosophers.
并在人数上超过了古典学者，神学家和哲学家
The detective stories gradually caught up with some of these changes.
侦探故事渐渐也发生了上述的一些改变
Most of the donnish detectives of these periods, the 40s and 50s, 60s
这期间 40年代50年代60年代的大多数学院派侦探
are not read much anymore.
都不是那么博学了
Some of them virtually forgot.
他们中的一些人几乎忘了这一点
