伍迪•艾倫將首次編導電視劇

Woody Allen has signed a deal with Amazon Studios to write and direct his first television series.

伍迪•艾倫（Woody Allen）已經與亞馬遜工作室（Amazon Studios）簽訂了協議，將首次編劇並執導電視劇。

Untitled Woody Allen Project will be a half-hour series and already has a full-season order from Amazon. The series will be distributed via Prime Instant Video, Amazon's streaming service.

這部目前尚未定名的電視劇每集時長30分鐘，亞馬遜方面已經訂購了一整季劇集。這部電視劇將通過亞馬遜的Prime Instant Video流媒體服務播出。

"I don’t know how I got into this. I have no ideas and I’m not sure where to begin. My guess is that [VP of Amazon Studios] Roy Price will regret this,” Allen said in a press release announcing the news. The company didn't say when the show would become available.

艾倫在宣佈這一消息的新聞稿中說道：“我不知道我是怎麼做出這個決定的。我毫無頭緒，不知道該從哪開始這項工作。我猜（亞馬遜工作室的副總）羅伊•普賴斯（Roy Price）會後悔的。”另外，亞馬遜公司沒有說出該劇的播出時間。

The announcement comes as Amazon's original TV content rides high from a strong showing at the Golden Globes. Transparent took home two major awards — best comedy TV series and best actor in a comedy TV series for Jeffrey Tambor. Digital networks like Amazon and Netflix have become major players for high-quality original content.

該項聲明是在亞馬遜原創電視劇在金球獎（Golden Globes）上取得了不俗表現後發佈的。亞馬遜原創劇《透明人生》（Transparent）一舉拿下兩項大獎——最佳喜劇類電視劇集獎以及主演傑弗裏•坦博爾（Jeffrey Tambor）的喜劇類最佳男演員獎。亞馬遜和網飛公司（Netflix）等數字網絡公司已經成爲了製作高水準原創內容的主力軍。

Allen, however, comes with a large dose of controversy. Accusations of child molestation by the legendary writer and director resurfaced during last year's Golden Globes. Allen had been honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, leading his former partner Mia Farrow and her son Ronan Farrow to tweet about the accusations. Allen was originally accused of the acts by his adopted daughter Dylan more than 20 years ago. Charges against Allen were filed, but eventually dropped. Allen has vehemently denied the allegations.

然而，艾倫是一位充滿爭議的人物。在去年的金球獎上，這位傳奇式的編劇兼導演再次陷入猥褻兒童的醜聞。在艾倫榮獲賽西爾•德米爾終身成就獎（Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award）後，其昔日情人米亞•法羅（Mia Farrow）及她的兒子羅南•法羅（Ronan Farrow）在推特上發表了相關指控。艾倫被指控20多年前猥褻其養女迪倫。艾倫雖然遭到控告，但最終指控撤銷了。艾倫本人一直極力否認這一指控。

Controversy or no, Allen gives Prime a top-tier talent that won't be found anywhere else. In the arms race for talent, there are not many names like Allen, who has written and directed dozens of movies and won four Oscars.

不管爭議與否，艾倫能夠帶給亞馬遜Prime他人無法匹敵的一流的創作才能。在人才競賽中，像艾倫這樣有才的人並不多。他自編自導了幾十部電影並四次獲得奧斯卡獎項。

Amazon has been steadily adding to the media offerings that come included in Prime membership. In the past year, Amazon has added streaming music, unlimited photo storage and high-definition 4K video streaming.

亞馬遜一直在爲Prime訂閱會員穩步增加媒體服務內容。在過去一年中，亞馬遜已經增加了流媒體音樂，無限量照片儲存和高清4K視頻流服務。

Television has been a main focus of Amazon's media acquisitions. A deal struck in April 2014 brought a large chunk of HBO's back catalogue to Prime, including The Sopranos and The Wire.

電視劇已經成爲了亞馬遜媒體收購的重點。2014年4月，亞馬遜與HBO達成協議，將大量HBO電視臺的過往作品引入到Prime平臺，包括《黑道家族》（The Sopranos）和《火線》（The Wire）。

The company has also rolled out hardware to make its media more accessible on televisions, including the Amazon Fire TV box and the Fire TV Stick.

亞馬遜公司還推出了硬件設備使其媒體更易在電視上應用，包括Amazon Fire TV box以及Fire TV Stick。

Vocabulary

distribute: 發行

controversy: 爭議

accusations: 指控

child molestation: 猥褻兒童

legendary: 傳奇的

resurface: 再次出現

adopt: 領養

vehemently: 激烈地

acquisition: 收購