第27期牛津字典，我们记忆中的一部分 - 英语阅读

Oxford Dictionary, one part of our memory
牛津字典，我们记忆中的一部分
Sales of the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) have
牛津大学出版社近日称
fallen and will never appear in print again because of the impact of the
，他们有可能停止《牛津英文词典》第三版的再版。由于网络
internet on book sales, according to its publisher.
对图书市场的冲击，《牛津英文词典》第三版销量下降。
The dictionary’s owner, Oxford University Press (OUP), said the impact of
牛津大学出版社称
the internet means the third edition of the OED-known as OED3-will probably
网络的冲击使得《牛津英文词典》第三版将来很有可能
appear only in electronic form. 。
只以电子版形式销售。
“The print dictionary market is just disappearing, it is falling away by
牛津大学出版社行政总裁奈杰尔-波特伍德称，“印刷版词典市场正在缩水，每年市场
tens of percent a year,” said Nigel Portwood, the chief executive of OUP.
份额都下降10 个百分点左右”。
Asked if he thought the third edition would be printed, he said: “I don’t
当被问到第三版会不会继续印刷时，他说：“我可
think so.” Portwood said printed dictionaries had a shelf life of about
不这么想。”波特伍德称印刷版词典在货架上销售的“寿命”
another 30 years.
只剩下30 年。
Now a team of 80 lexicographers has been working on the third edition of
在过去的21 年里，
the OED3 for the past 21 years.
由80 人组成的编纂小组一直从事着《牛津英文词典》第三版的编纂工作。
It is still estimated to be more than a decade away from completion;
但是编纂工作才仅仅完成了28%，
only 28 percent has been finished to date.
还需要十年时间继续努力。
OUP said it would continue to print the more familiar Oxford Dictionary
出版社称将继续出版为大众所熟悉的《牛津英文词典》版本，
of English, the single-volume version sold in bookshops and which contains
即书店常见的单卷版。这个版本
more contemporary entries such as vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet encountered
收录了更多当代词条。例如，今年南非世界杯期间的助威工具呜呜祖拉已入选
in the 2010 football World Cup.
最新的修订版。
The most recent OED has existed online for more than a decade, where
时下流行的《牛津英文词典》第二版已在网上流行了10 年，
it receives two million hits a month from subscribers who pay an
每月点击率达200 万次。想要使用的用户每年需支付
annual fee of 240 pounds.
240 英镑订阅费。
“Books are about to vanish; reading is about to expand as a pastime;
波特伍德说，“纸质书即将消失，阅读将会成为一种消遣，
these are inescapable realities,”said Portwood.
我们无法阻止这些事实的发生。”