罗纳德·A.诺克斯——推理小说十诫

夏天

1 The criminal must be someone mentioned in the early part of the story, but must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader has been allowed to follow.
罪犯必须是故事开始时出现过的人，但不得是读者可以追踪其思想的人
- }2 _1 Q  G! z2 All supernatural or preternatural agencies are ruled out as a matter of course.
侦探不能用超自然的或怪异的侦探方法
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3 Not more than one secret room or passage is allowable.
5 o4 n( ^' ^/ w2 L犯罪现场不能有超过一个秘密房间或通道

4 No hitherto undiscovered poisons may be used, nor any appliance which will need a long scientific explanation at the end.
作案时候，不能使用尚未发明的毒药，或需要进行深奥的科学解释的装置
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8 y1 F1 K1 U! Z6 T6 }2 p5 No Chinaman must figure in the story.
3 \8 d! w0 c: W1 l% O/ o* m- j不准有中国人出现在故事里

6 No accident must ever help the detective, nor must he ever have an unaccountable intuition which proves to be right.
8 m$ S" T& X6 m8 c* s. B侦探不得用偶然事件或不负责任的直觉来侦破案件

, a/ o- \) B% u" K) f& A' `7 The detective must not himself commit the crime.
! _# B  F  M: Z4 G7 g! q( C# i侦探不得成为罪犯

+ ?* ?" q9 _$ n8 The detective must not light on any clues which are not instantly produced for the inspection of the reader.
! r/ d9 h5 u8 f6 H) i- H: r侦探不得根据小说中未向读者提示过的线索破案
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8 l+ p& h5 n. S6 I9 The stupid friend of the detective, the Watson, must not conceal any thoughts which pass through his mind; his intelligence must be slightly, but very slightly, below that of the average reader.
- }5 }1 w  B" u0 C6 p/ m1 S侦探的笨蛋朋友，比如华生，必须将其判断毫无保留地告诉读者，此人的智力须轻微低于读者的平均水平
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+ `$ v2 r) V4 Y, p( [% ?( o$ p10 Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them.
小说中如果有双胞胎或双重身份的人时，必须提前告诉人们
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xiang70

靠！我鄙视“5 No Chinaman must figure in the story. 不准有中国人出现在故事里.” 特扯淡的这条，究竟Chinaman哪里伤到这个人了！麻烦解释下

夏天

xiang70 发表于 2014-9-11 22:22
1 g+ x& p- o6 ?靠！我鄙视“5 No Chinaman must figure in the story. 不准有中国人出现在故事里.” 特扯淡的这条，究竟Ch ...

一百年前提出来的了，那时候中国人是法师魔术师的象征，有超能力

MorinoYoru

xiang70 发表于 2014-9-11 22:22
靠！我鄙视“5 No Chinaman must figure in the story. 不准有中国人出现在故事里.” 特扯淡的这条，究竟Ch ...

$ k0 z3 L. m& f, N% y, F5 ]6 o其实是中国人会武功，而你不能把尸体的一些状态归结为高超的武术。比如一个人的头被砍了，你却说是一个武林大师用手刀劈下的，肯定不行。