[新聞] 英國政府向同志密碼破解者杜林道歉

[DavidHilbert (David Hilbert)]

http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/oct/11/today-int10.htm

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UK gov't apologizes to gay codebreaker Alan Turing

英國政府向同志密碼破解者杜林道歉

◎俞智敏

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered a posthumous apology recently for
the "inhumane" treatment of Alan Turing, the World War II codebreaker who
committed suicide in 1954 after being prosecuted for homosexuality and
forcibly treated with female hormones.

英國首相布朗最近為已故的二次世界大戰密碼破解者杜林所遭到的「不人道」待遇道歉，
杜林被依同性戀罪名起訴，並被迫接受女性荷爾蒙治療，於1954年自殺身亡。

The mathematician helped crack Nazi Germany’s Enigma encryption machine — a
turning point in the war — and is considered a father of modern computing.

這位數學家協助解開了納粹德國代號「謎」的密碼機，這是戰爭的轉捩點，他也被視為是
現代電腦之父。

In 1952, however, Turing was convicted of gross indecency for having sex with
a man and offered a choice between prison and "chemical castration" — the
injection of female hormones to suppress his libido. His security clearance
was revoked and he was no longer allowed to work for the government.

但1952年杜林卻因與男子發生性行為，被依行為不檢罪名起訴，他必須選擇入獄服刑或接
受「化學閹割」，也就是注射女性荷爾蒙來壓制性慾。他的安全許可也被撤銷，無法再替
政府工作。

Two years later, he killed himself at age 41 by eating an apple laced with
cyanide.

兩年後，他吃下攙了氰化物的蘋果自殺，得年41歲。

"It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the
history of World War II could well have been very different," Brown said. "He
truly was one of those individuals we can point to whose unique contribution
helped to turn the tide of war."

布朗表示，「假如沒有他（杜林）的傑出貢獻，二戰歷史恐怕會完全不同，此話一點也不
誇張。」「他的確是我們可以指出，憑其獨特貢獻協助扭轉了戰爭局勢的少數人之一。」

新聞辭典

crack：動詞，指破解（密碼）、解開（難題等），如They cracked the code and read
the secret message.（他們破解了密碼，讀取秘密訊息。）

clearance：名詞，指取得官方同意從事某種行為，或符合官方對某事設定的條件，如
The plane will be taking off as soon as it gets clearance.（飛機在得到許可後就
會立刻起飛。）security clearance尤指安全調查、忠貞調查或參與機密的資格。

turn the tide：片語，指造成局勢逆轉，如The government had planned cuts in the
armed forces, but when war broke out, the military saw a chance to turn the
tide.（政府原打算裁軍，但隨後戰爭爆發，軍方發現了逆轉情勢的機會。）

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推 Jyou:其實單單用code breaker 這樣太貶低Turing了
→ Jyou:他可以算是計算機科學之父耶  超偉大的~>"<~
推 futureBF:計算機科學之父
→ futureBF:每年上computation theory老師都會把他是gay的故事說一遍
→ futureBF:用模型就可以模擬出一台計算機  真厲害 >"<
→ futureBF:by the way, Turing還蠻帥的 XDDDDD
→ mosquiton:人都死了...道歉有用嗎ˊˋ
→ windskald:總好過人都死了、還不道歉吧？
推 Istari:>"<原來電腦是GAY發明的喔 他好偉大
推 timright:同意樓上 遲來的正義勝過永遠不來的正義
→ timright:="= 又被插了
推 ordonata:感謝原po幫我把翻譯版放上來！XD
推 chobit77:原PO好棒 可以順便學英文～
推 CokeF:上星期上課老師才提到他的說！
推 fantasy2600:話說我高中軍訓好像有看過關於他的電影