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

虽然马丁坚称自己并未刻意关注语言学规则，但彼得森认为他很有“创造语言的天赋”。彼得森表示，魔幻作家创造的语言通常“是一团糟”，不仅漏洞百出，而且往往只不过是换了个样子的英语。

By the start of the first season, Mr Peterson had created 1,700 words and now has added another 2,000. He has set a goal of 10,000, though he has become derailed by working on other science fiction and fantasy projects.

到第一季开始播出时，彼得森已经发明了1700个单词，如今又新创了2000个单词。他将目标设在1万个，但眼下其他科幻和魔幻方面的项目开始分散他的精力。

He records every line that he writes in Dothraki so that actors can learn how to pronounce the words. Actors do a pretty good job, he says, although when he sees the final product he often cringes (mistakes are made, he says, by editors and directors who do not have an ear for his language and might choose a clip best left on the cutting floor).

他将自己写下的每一句多斯拉克语台词都录了下来，以便演员学习发音。他说，演员们学得不错，但剪辑好的最终成品常常让他感到非常无奈（他说，错误都出在剪辑师和导演那里，他们听不懂多斯拉克语，往往把本应该剪掉的片段留下。）

Originally Mr Peterson’s goal had been to become an English teacher in high school. While an undergraduate at Berkeley, Mr Peterson, who is half-Mexican and speaks Spanish, studied different languages for fun: basic Arabic, a term of Russian. At his mother’s suggestion he learnt linguistics, which sparked his interest in language creation.