經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第25章4

"The Universe!" said Lunkwill.
"Everything!" they said in chorus.
Deep Thought paused for a moment's reflection.
"Tricky," he said finally.
"But can you do it?"
Again, a significant pause.
"Yes," said Deep Thought, "I can do it."
"There is an answer?" said Fook with breathless excitement."
"A simple answer?" added Lunkwill.
"Yes," said Deep Thought. "Life, the Universe, and Everything. There is an answer. But," he added, "I'll have to think about it."
A sudden commotion destroyed the moment: the door flew open and two angry men wearing the coarse faded-blue robes and belts of the Cruxwan University burst into the room, thrusting aside the ineffectual flunkies who tried to bar their way.
"We demand admission!" shouted the younger of the two men elbowing a pretty young secretary in the throat.
"Come on," shouted the older one, "you can't keep us out!" He pushed a junior programmer back through the door.
"We demand that you can't keep us out!" bawled the younger one, though he was now firmly inside the room and no further attempts were being made to stop him.
"Who are you?" said Lunkwill, rising angrily from his seat. "What do you want?"
"I am Majikthise!" announced the older one.
"And I demand that I am Vroomfondel!" shouted the younger one.
Majikthise turned on Vroomfondel. "It's alright," he explained angrily, "you don't need to demand that."

“宇宙！”朗克維爾說。
“一切！”他們倆齊聲說。
深思沉吟了一會兒。
“有點兒棘手。”它最後說。
“可是你能辦到？”
“是的，”深思說，“我能辦到。”
“有答案嗎？”福克問，興奮得連呼吸都快停止了。
“一個簡潔的答案，能做到嗎？”朗克維爾補充了一句。
“是的。”深思說，“生命、宇宙，以及一切。答案是有的。只是，”它補充道，“我必須想一想。”
一陣突然的騷亂破壞了這個時刻：門被撞開了，兩個滿臉怒氣、穿着粗糙褪色的克魯克斯旺大學的藍色束帶長袍的人闖了進來，把一個徒勞地想阻擋他們的門衛摔到一邊。
“我們要求進去！”兩人中比較年輕的那個高喊着，一肘推在一個年輕祕書的喉頭卜。
“來吧，”年長那個也喊道，“你們擋不住我們的！”說着一把將一個程序員從門裏推開。
“我們嚴正聲明，你們不能把我們擋在外面！”年輕的那人叫罵着，儘管他現在已經穩穩地站在屋內，而且沒有遇到任何進一步想要阻止他的嘗試。
“你們是誰？”朗克維爾憤怒地從座位上站起身來，“你們想幹什麼？”
“我是曼吉克塞斯！”年長的那人宣稱。
“我嚴正聲明，我是盧姆方德爾！”年輕的那人叫道。
曼吉克塞斯轉向盧姆方德爾。“夠了，”他惱怒地說，“沒有必要嚴正聲明這個。”