Roald Dahl Day Celebrates British Writer's 100th Birthday(翻译)

Roald Dahl is a beloved British writer.He is the author of some of the world’s best-known children’s novels,including “James and the Giant Peach,” “Matilda,” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
罗尔德·达尔是一位受人喜爱的英国作家。他创作了一些世界著名的儿童小说，作品有《飞天巨桃历险记》、《玛蒂尔达》以及《查理和巧克力工厂》。

More than 250 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide.His works have been translated into 58 languages.
他的书籍在全球已售出2.5亿册。其作品已被译为58种语言。

Tuesday was Roald Dahl Day. People around the world celebrated what would have been Dahl’s 100th birthday.He was born on September 13, 1916 in Wales to Norwegian parents.He died in 1990.
周二是罗尔德·达尔纪念日。全世界的人们共同庆祝罗尔德·达尔百年诞辰。他于1916年9月13日在威尔士出生，父母是挪威人。并于1990年逝世。

#RoaldDahlDay trended worldwide on social media.Many people thanked Dahl for making them truly enjoy reading.
#罗尔德·达尔纪念日#是全世界社交媒体的热门话题。很多人感谢达尔，因为达尔让他们真正爱上了阅读。

One Twitter user wrote, “My childhood was made magical because of the wonderful Roald Dahl., a great storyteller!”
一名推特用户写道，“超棒的罗尔德·达尔让我的童年充满了魔力，他真是一位很优秀的短篇小说家！”

Another wrote, “You made me fall in love with reading – a love that has lasted me a lifetime.”
另一个人写道，“是你让我爱上了阅读，那种爱会伴随我一生。”

Special events and celebrations were held in Britain and other countries in honor of Dahl.
英国和其它国家将举办特殊的庆祝活动来纪念达尔。

The Oxford English Dictionary marked Dahl’s 100th birthday by officially adding six Dahl-created words to its latest edition.They included words such as “Oompah-Loompah” and “scrumdiddlyumptious.”
《牛津英语词典》为纪念达尔百年诞辰，正式在最新版本的词典中加入了达尔自创的六个词汇。这些词包括“Oompah-Loompah”和“scrumdiddlyumptious”。

Oompah Loompahs are the factory workers in the book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”They had orange skin and green hair. They danced and played music.Oompah Loompahs became more famous after the 1971 film version of the book, which starred Gene Wilder as candy maker Willy Wonka.
Oompah Loompahs 指《查理和巧克力工厂》这本书中的工厂工人。他们有着橘色的肤色和绿色的头发。他们喜欢跳舞、演奏音乐。这个词在1971年该书的电影版本出现后开始闻名，电影主角是吉恩·怀尔德，饰演糖果商Willy Wonka。

“Scrumdiddlyumptious” is a word that appeared in Dahl’s book “The BFG” – short for The Big Friendly Giant.It generally means “delicious.”A film version of “The BFG,” directed by StevenSpielberg, was released this year.
Scrumdiddlyumptious一词出现在达尔的书《吹梦巨人》（The BFG）中。意思大概是“非常美味的。”斯蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格主导的电影《吹梦巨人》今年上映。

Earlier this year, Oxford released an entire Roald Dahl dictionary.It included more than 8,000 real and invented words used by the master storyteller.
今年早些时候，牛津发布了一本完整的罗尔德·达尔词典。词典收录了这位短篇小说家实际使用过或所创造的共8000多个词汇。

And that’s What’s Trending Today.
以上是今日新鲜事。

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