雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第4章:彼岸新星(85)
He found himself attached to Dillwyn Knox, the Senior Assistant, and to young Peter Twinn, a physics postgraduate from Oxford, who had joined as a new permanent Junior when a vacancy was advertised in February.
Alan would be allowed to take back to King's some of the work they were doing on the Enigma.
艾倫獲得許可，可以把一些謎機的研究工作帶回國王學院，He said he 'sported his oak' when he studied it, as well he might.
因爲他承諾在研究時會把門鎖上。
It was wise of Denniston not to wait until hostilities opened before letting his reserve force see the problems.
丹尼斯頓很明智地在真正開戰之前，就讓他的後備力量投入到研究當中。But they were getting nowhere. A general knowledge of the Enigma machine was not enough upon which to base an attack.
但他們也無能爲力，以現在對謎機的認識程度，完全沒辦法破解它。It would have amazed Mrs Turing, if she had known that her younger son was being entrusted with state secrets.
如果圖靈夫人知道她的小兒子現在肩負國家機密，一定會感到十分驚訝。Alan had by this time developed a skilful technique for dealing with his family, and his mother in particular.
艾倫現在已經學會了如何巧妙地處理家庭關係，特別是對他母親。They all thought of him as devoid of common sense, and he in turn would rise to the role of absent-minded professor.
他們都認爲他已經兩耳不聞窗外事，一心只讀聖賢書了。'Brilliant but unsound', that was Alan to his mother, who undertook to keep him in touch with all those important matters of appearance and manners,
艾倫在他母親心中的形象，就是智商很高，但心智不健全，她要爲艾倫打理外表形象之類的事。such as buying a new suit every year (which he never wore), Christmas presents, aunts' birthdays, and getting his hair cut.
比如每年給他買新衣服（但他從來也不穿）、買聖誕禮物、帶他給姑姑過生日，還有理髮。She was particularly quick to note and comment on anything that smacked of lower-middle-class manners.
特別地，她會敏感地指出並批評艾倫那些有失身份的中下階級舉止。
