关于frankenstein(科学怪人) 急!!!
按小说的内容，Frankenstein其实是创造科学怪人的那位医生的姓氏，名字则是Victor Frankenstein，1931年的电影中改用Henry Frankenstein，自此日后多部电影版的这位医生都叫Henry而不是Victor。而「科学怪人」这个中文译名其实是针对小说或电影内容的翻译，如果真的要直译，就只好是「法兰肯斯坦」─那位医生的姓氏而已。这种错误可能是因为1935年的电影The Bride of Frankenstein中，法兰肯斯坦受另一位疯狂医生的威胁，创造出一位女科学怪人，给科学怪人当伴侣而造成的。1939年还有另外一部电影Son of Frankenstein，有人误以为是科学怪人的儿子，其实不是！电影是描述法兰肯斯坦的儿子自美国返回欧洲，发现沉睡未死的科学怪人并将其再生的故事。日后又有电影House of Frankenstein（1944）及搞笑片Bud Abbott and Lou Costello meet Frankenstein（1948），都已经没有法兰肯斯坦家族的成员存在，且除了科学怪人之外，也加入吸血僵尸及狼人来凑热闹。所以，也难怪有人误当「Frankenstein」一字就是科学怪人的英文名字。 那么，科学怪人的英文名字到底是什么呢？1994年的电影「玛丽雪莱之科学怪人」（Mary Shelley's Frankenstein）可以说是比较忠于原著的电影，但也仅限于电影的前半部分，电影中间从主角Victor Frankenstein的弟弟William Frankenstein被科学怪人杀死后，其情节就与原著大有出入，连结局也不一样。当中，由好莱坞著名演技派明星劳勃狄尼诺所饰演的科学怪人，有一句对白给了我们所要的答案：「他没有给我名字。」是的，科学怪人没有名字。不过，好笑的是，这一句对白其实没有出现在玛丽雪莱的原著小说里。 没错，小说中的科学怪人没有名字。但是，如果要跟外国朋友谈科学怪人，或是外国人自己怎么称呼科学怪人的呢？在原著小说中，出现过3个名词来形容科学怪人：第一个是monster，其意思为「怪物、巨兽、怪兽、畸形的动物或植物」；另一个字是 （由于小说出版于1818年，这是古字，现在是英式英文daemon或美式英文demon），意为「恶魔、魔鬼、凶恶的人」；还有一个字是creature，意思是「创造出来的东西」或「动物、畜牲」。在1931年的电影中，科学怪人就被剧中人物称为「the Monster」，用定冠词the及大写M，表示这是专属的名词。而日后一系列不按原著「脱稿演出」的科学怪人电影纷纷出笼，人们用Frankenstein';s Monster及Frankenstein Monster来说明是玛丽雪莱小说或相关电影中的科学怪人。不过，在现代一般英语对话中，外国人都用Frankenstein来叫科学怪人，这已是约定俗成的字，笔者认识的外国人都以Frankenstein叫科学怪人，而十之八九都知道这不是科学怪人的真正名字。那么中文又要如何去翻译呢？很简单，既然「科学怪人」已经在华人社会中深入人心了，那就继续叫「科学怪人」
In a series of letters
Robert Walton
the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole
recounts to his sister back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on
the mission is soon interrupted by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped
Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein
who has been traveling by dog-drawn sledge across the ice and is weakened by the cold. Walton takes him aboard ship
helps nurse him back to health
and hears the fantastic tale of the monster that Frankenstein created. Victor first describes his early life in Geneva. At the end of a blissful childhood spent in the pany of Elizabeth Lavenza (his cousin in the 1818 edition
his adopted sister in the 1831 edition) and friend Henry Clerval
Victor enters the university of Ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. There
he is consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life and
after several years of research
bees convinced that he has found it. Armed with the knowledge he has long been seeking
Victor spends months feverishly fashioning a creature out of old body parts. One climactic night
in the secrecy of his apartment
he brings his creation to life. When he looks at the monstrosity that he has created
however
the sight horrifies him. After a fitful night of sleep
interrupted by the specter of the monster looming over him
he runs into the streets
eventually wandering in remorse. Victor runs into Henry
who has e to study at the university
and he takes his friend back to his apartment. Though the monster is gone
Victor falls into a feverish illness. Sickened by his horrific deed
Victor prepares to return to Geneva
to his family
and to health. Just before departing Ingolstadt
however
he receives a letter from his father informing him that his youngest brother
William
has been murdered. Grief-stricken
Victor hurries home. While passing through the woods where William was strangled
he catches sight of the monster and bees convinced that the monster is his brother’s murderer. Arriving in Geneva
Victor finds that Justine Moritz
a kind
gentle girl who had been adopted by the Frankenstein household
has been accused. She is tried
condemned
and executed
despite her assertions of innocence. Victor grows despondent
guilty with the knowledge that the monster he has created bears responsibility for the death of o innocent loved ones.
frankenstein is a book about a guy be a monster . sorry little help only-_-
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