雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(112)
A few days later, on 28 May, Alan called in at the NPL. It was the sports day.
He conferred with Jim Wilkinson, who explained the whole dismal story.
威爾金森給圖靈講解了整個悲慘的故事。Darwin might well have liked a series of papers going out under the NPL imprimatur, but Jim Wilkinson agreed that there was nothing in it for Alan.
與達爾文不同，威爾金森認爲，國家物理實驗室確實不適合圖靈，
He also thought Alan should stay at Cambridge and return to pure mathematics.
他認爲圖靈就應該留在劍橋，迴歸到純數學問題。He foresaw problems at Manchester.
他預見了曼徹斯特的問題。Manchester University had indeed agreed to create a position for him, and on 21 May the Royal Society agreed that the salary could be paid out of their grant to Newman.
曼徹斯特大學已經同意爲圖靈設立一個新職位，並且在5月21日，皇家學會也同意，紐曼可以用他們的資金給圖靈開工資。A letter of 26 May, which Alan presumably received just before his NPL visit, informed him of this.
5月26日，圖靈收到一封信，通知他這些事。It was on 28 May that he wrote accepting the appointment, and resigned from the NPL.
5月28日，圖靈回信接受了這個職位，並從國家物理實驗室正式辭職。It was against the 'gentleman's agreement' of the sabbatical, according to which he was supposed to stay for another two years. He had broken an engagement for a second time.
根據他們的協議，圖靈還應該留下兩年，但他撕毀了這份協議。Darwin was extremely annoyed with Blackett and Newman. Humpty Dumpty had had a great fall.
達爾文因此對布萊克特和紐曼非常憤怒，他這次遭到了一個很大的打擊。
