Orwell's dictum now faces a new test.

的这则格言现如今正面临新的考验。

The books in different languages show how many people Orwell reached.

这些不同语言版本的书籍展示了受众之广。

Orwell had no trouble doling out his medicine to both sides; he would have also had harsh words for those describing the " collateral damage" buried in Gazan rubble, another abstraction designed to prevent readers picturing dead children.

完全可以给双方开药，对于那些把埋在加沙废墟中的遇难者描述为“附带破坏”的人，也会厉声谴责，附带破坏也是一个抽象概念，目的是防止读者去想象儿童死去的画面。

Whatever the truth, right up until 1932, Orwell lived alongside tramps and beggars, sometimes loafing around London, sometimes picking hops in Kent.

无论真相如何，直到 1932 年，汉和乞丐生活在一起，有时在伦敦游荡，有时在肯特采摘啤酒花。

They say real news stories show how people use what Orwell called doublespeak - words that are supposed to be unclear.

他们指出，真实的新闻报道表明，人们是如何使用所谓的" 双重说话" 的。

In Orwell's own words, newspeak was designed not to extend but to diminish the range of thought.

用自己的话说，设计新语并不是为了拓展词汇，而是为了缩小思想的范围。

Borrowing a direct example from Orwell, words like warm would not exist.

借用的一个直接例子，像温暖这样的词将不会存在。

They say real news stories show how people use what Orwell called " doublespeak" – words that are supposed to be unclear.

他们说，真实的新闻报道展示了人们是如何使用所谓的" 双重说话" 的。" 双重说话" 指的是那些本就模糊不清的语言。

Orwell's famous essay had a long lead time: he was paid in December, and it appeared in print the next April.

的这篇著名文章过了很久才发表：他在12月拿到了稿酬，文章在第二年4月才见刊。

Given Orwell's veneration of the working classes, you might expect to hear he was born in straightened circumstances.

鉴于对工人阶级的崇敬，你可能会以为他出生在贫困的环境中。

Orwell agreed and, on August 17, 1945 Animal Farm hit the shelves.

同意了，1945 年 8 月 17 日，《动物农场》上架了。

If Orwell were writing today, he would find plenty of euphemisms to complain about.

如果在现代写作，他会发现大量值得抱怨的委婉语。

It was launched after a professor at the school donated his collection of rare Orwell books.

此前，该大学的一位教授将自己收集的多本罕有著作赠予大学图书馆。

Readers throughout the years have argued that Orwell remains relevant in their time.

多年来，读者一直认为，在他们所处的时代仍然很重要。

Born in the early years of the 20th Century, Orwell was a man of fascinating contradictions.

出生于 20 世纪初叶的是一个充满迷人矛盾的人。

As the legendary writer of Animal Farm, Orwell took the volatile politics of the time he lived in, and used them to create twisted dystopias and savage satires.

作为《动物农场》的传奇作者，将他所处时代的动荡政治融入创作，构建了扭曲的反乌托邦和辛辣的讽刺作品。

Orwell was British, but the book has been popular with readers around the world for many years.

是英国人，但是他的这本书多年来一直受到世界各地读者的欢迎。

Good enough that Orwell's publisher asked if he had any more.

好到的出版商问他是否还有其他作品。

Orwell especially liked the lack of prudishness and hypocrisy among the ordinary people he met.

特别喜欢他遇到的普通人们缺乏伪善和虚伪的特点。

" Sunrise" comes with epigraphs from Orwell (on truth) and David Hume (on government).

《日出》引用了（关于真理）和大卫·休谟（关于政府）的题词。