雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第1章1:他得學會合羣
Part One THE LOGICAL Esprit de Corps
第一章：他得學會合羣
Beginning my studies the first step pleas'd me so much,
探索伊始，我心已醉。
The mere fact consciousness, these forms, the power of motion,
只說那微妙的知覺，形態，力量，
The least insect or animal, the senses, eyesight, love,
只說那輕巧的昆蟲，動物，還有感受，還有目光，
The first step I say awed me and pleas'd me so much,
還有愛，都讓我由心敬畏，欣然忘食。
I have hardly gone and hardly wish'd to go any farther,
我止步不前，不再期待遠方，
But stop and loiter all the time to sing it in ecstatic songs.
我要留在這裏，用狂喜的曲子，不住地歌唱。
A son of the British Empire, Alan Turing's social origins lay just on the borderline between the landed gentry and the commercial classes. As merchants, soldiers and clergymen, his ancestors had been gentlemen, but not of the settled kind. Many of them had made their way through the expansion of British interests throughout the world.
大英帝國之子艾倫·圖靈，出身於一個半貴族半資產階級的家族。在他的祖先中，有上流社會的商人、軍人和牧師。隨着不列顛席捲全球的擴張，他們也開拓了自己的世界。
The Turings could be traced back to Turins of Foveran, Aberdeenshire, in the fourteenth century. There was a baronetcy in the family, created in about 1638 for a John Turing, who left Scotland for England. Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune Helps the Daring) was the motto of the Turings, but however brave, they were never very lucky. Sir John Turing backed the losing side in the English civil war, while Foveran was sacked by the Covenanters. Denied compensation after the Restoration, the Turings languished in obscurity during the eighteenth century, as the family history, the Lay of the Turings1, was to describe:
上溯到公元14世紀，圖靈家族發源於北蘇格蘭阿伯丁郡的佛汶然地區。1638年，這個家族裏有一位準男爵，叫約翰·圖靈，他離開了蘇格蘭，來到英格蘭。圖靈家族的信條是「勇者好運」，但不幸的是，約翰勇氣有餘，卻沒遇到好運。在英國內戰中，準男爵吃了敗仗，佛汶然遭到大肆洗掠，在王政復辟後，他也沒有得到賠償。於是，到了18世紀，圖靈的家族沒落了。在他的家史上，有這麼一首歌謠：
