8. Nine Years for A and B 致A和B的九年.docxVIP

Nine Years for A and B 为了A和B条目花费了九年的时光 By Christopher Ricks 克里斯多夫·瑞克斯 ? Dr. Johnson was the greatest man who made a dictionary. James A.H. Murray was the man who made the greatest dictionary: From 1879 to 1915, when he died, he devoted his life to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. 约翰逊博士是编辑词典最伟大的人。那么詹姆斯·默里就是编辑最好的词典的那个人：从1879至1915年，直到他去世，他把自己的一生都贡献给了《牛津英语词典》的编辑事业。 Dr. Johnson had earned the right, as we have not, to call the lexicographer “ a harmless drudge.” For Johnson knew not only that a great deal more than drudgery is involved, but also that the amount of drudgery in the maki