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2008-02-27来源:和谐英语
大家都知道作家就是写书的人。作家在英文里就是writer。那么你知道什么是ghost writer吗? Ghost就是“鬼”。Ghost writer,难道鬼还能当作家?你可知道,美国人天天都看好多 ghost writer写的东西。可是,这些作家不是鬼,他们都是所谓的“黑笔杆”。Ghost writer替有名望的人写讲稿或写自传,因为大多数有名望的人没有写作的才能,也没有时间来写。他们雇那些ghost writer来替他们写,然后把成品当做自己的作品来发表。
下面说话的人在讲当一个黑笔杆的利和弊:
例1: "Writers like to see their names on books. But ghost writers have to be invisible like real ghosts. But don't feel too sorry for them: they get very well paid for writing under somebody else's name."
他说:“作家都喜欢在书上看到自己的名字。但是,黑笔杆就得像真的鬼一样让人看不到。可是,他们以别人的名义写东西能赚很多钱,所以也别太同情他们啦。”
有些人指责一些著名作家,说他们的作品实际上是由黑笔杆替他们写的,是黑笔杆使他们成名的,甚至还有人这样指责世界闻名的莎士比亚。请听下面这句话:
例2: "Shakespeare died almost four hundred years ago but there are still a few people who believe Francis Bacon or somebody else was the ghost writer who really wrote all the plays which have shakespeare's name on them."
这句话的意思是:“莎士比亚大约四百年前就去世了,可是到如今仍然有些人认为莎士比亚的剧本实际上不是他自己写的,而是由弗朗西斯·培根或其他什么人替他写的。”
下面说话的人在讲当一个黑笔杆的利和弊:
例1: "Writers like to see their names on books. But ghost writers have to be invisible like real ghosts. But don't feel too sorry for them: they get very well paid for writing under somebody else's name."
他说:“作家都喜欢在书上看到自己的名字。但是,黑笔杆就得像真的鬼一样让人看不到。可是,他们以别人的名义写东西能赚很多钱,所以也别太同情他们啦。”
有些人指责一些著名作家,说他们的作品实际上是由黑笔杆替他们写的,是黑笔杆使他们成名的,甚至还有人这样指责世界闻名的莎士比亚。请听下面这句话:
例2: "Shakespeare died almost four hundred years ago but there are still a few people who believe Francis Bacon or somebody else was the ghost writer who really wrote all the plays which have shakespeare's name on them."
这句话的意思是:“莎士比亚大约四百年前就去世了,可是到如今仍然有些人认为莎士比亚的剧本实际上不是他自己写的,而是由弗朗西斯·培根或其他什么人替他写的。”