语言建造家:自造语言的无穷魅力_BEC初级作文

语言建造家:自造语言的无穷魅力

如今，彼得森是职业的“语言设计师”(conlanger)——那些自造语言的人以此相称。他的爱好缘何变成职业？这是因为科幻和奇幻类影视剧制片商越来越追求在剧中营造一种真实感，包括创造完全虚构的自然主义语言。影迷剧迷们对这些语言的研究细致入微，还在Twitter和论坛上分享剧中语言的破绽。

Mr Peterson’s big break was Game of Thrones, the lavish HBO drama, which next month starts its fourth season.

彼得森的重大突破是《权力的游戏》(Game of Thrones)。这部HBO的豪华大剧下月将开播第4季。

In 2008, after completing a masters in linguistics and teaching English at a community college, Mr Peterson found himself unemployed. He entered a competition set by the Game of Thrones producers for members of the Language Creation Society, a group he had co-founded, to promote, discuss and deconstruct invented languages.

2008年，在修完语言学硕士学位、并在一所社区学院教授了一段时间的英语之后，彼得森失业了。他参加了《权力的游戏》制片商面向“语言创造协会”(Language Creation Society)会员设立的一场竞赛。彼得森是协会的联合创始人之一，协会宗旨是推广、讨论和解构人造语言。

The group was invited to devise a language – Dothraki – for the show. He won both rounds – the first, judged by his peers, the second by the television executives. It changed his working life.