附 《妖女迷行》英文詞條原文 （上）

妖 女 迷 行

(加拿大奇幻電視劇)

英文原載Wikipedia自由百科全書

李西興  翻譯

    【譯者案】本人於2010年聖誕節前，在紐西蘭奧克蘭市的網路上觀看了加拿大現代奇幻電視劇《妖女迷行》(附有中國某翻譯公司所翻譯的中文字幕)。我只看了1-8集。后查閱網際網路Wikipedia自由百科全書的英文介紹條目，卻沒有中文翻譯。特在聖誕新年期間，抽暇將之譯為中文，作為自己在2011年初，也是中國農曆庚寅虎年之末的一份網文禮物，獻給中國和海外的廣大網友，特別是僑居英語國家(英、美、加拿大、澳大利亞、紐西蘭等)的華人朋友。並歡迎網上的好友對此譯文進行討論和交流。鑒於Wikipedia本身是在網上向廣大網友免費提供的《自由百科全書》，所以這篇譯文也只保留本人的中文翻譯的署名權。歡迎網友們作非盈利的學習性轉載。後面附有原來的英文，以便網友討論交流。

附 《妖女迷行》英文詞條原文

Lost Girl  (TV series) 1

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Lost Girl is a Canadian supernatural crime drama television series that premiered on the Showcase Television network on Sunday, September 12, 2010. This original series is developed and produced by Prodigy Pictures. The storyline of the series revolves around a Succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, as she attempts to contain her succubus needs, help those in need, and discover her true past with the help of her new found friends.

Contents

1.      Plot

2.      Cast

3.      Development and production

4.      Episodes

5.      Reception

6.      References

7.      External Links

Plot

The series focuses on Bo, a bisexual succubus, who grew up in an adopted human family, unaware of her non-human nature and of the "Fae" world. A succubus is a female Fae (supernatural being) that feeds on sexual energy, with fatal results for humans if the succubus has not learned how to control their powers. Bo's succubus powers only became apparent to her when she killed her first love, forcing her to flee her home. Bo left her previously normal life for one without family or friends, moving from place to place whenever she kills again.

Season one follows Bo's navigation of the Fae world, control over her powers, and her developing romantic relationships with Dyson, a werewolf police detective, and Lauren, a human doctor. Bo also searches for her origins - her biological mother and the reason she was abandoned.

The first episode introduces much of the backstory of the series. Bo protects a human stranger, her soon-to-be sidekick Kenzi, from a predatory human male. This leaves an obviously supernaturally-killed corpse, which leads Dyson (and thus the whole Fae world) to Bo. Fae elders are unnerved to find a Fae they do not know in their territory. They interrogate her with disbelief when they learn that she does not know she is a succubus, nor what Fae are and, seemingly most important to them, does not have allegiance to a Fae Clan. Bo learns as we do that there are many different types of Fae living among and feeding off humans, and that there are two opposing clans; the Dark and the Light. Bo is told that every Fae must choose a side and belong to a clan in order to have protection from other Fae and from human discovery. She refuses to obey their rules, choosing instead the side of humans. This provides Bo with a unique, yet vulnerable, position of neutrality between the clans and between humans and Fae. Kenzi encourages her to take advantage of her neutrality and become a private detective. This career and her questing attitude provide a means through which Bo learns more about herself, the Fae world and her place within it.[1]

Cast

·                     Anna Silk as Bo

·                     Kristen Holden-Ried as Dyson

·                     Ksenia Solo as Kenzi

·                     Zoie Palmer as Lauren

·                     Rick Howland as Trick

·                     K.C. Collins as Hale

·                     Emmanuelle Vaugier as The Morrigan (recurring)

·                     Cle Bennett as The Ash (recurring)

Development and production

On November 16, 2008, Prodigy Pictures issued a press release that they had been commissioned by Canwest Global to produce a pilot for Lost Girl, a drama about a young woman with supernatural powers. The pilot was to be written by Michelle Lovretta who had previously written for the Canadian television series Mutant X.[2]

On August 19, 2009, Canwest Global issued a press release that the Showcase Television channel, a subsidiary of the main company, had picked up the rights to a one hour supernatural drama series. The cast would include Anna Silk, previously in such series as Billable Hours, and Being Erica as filling the lead role of the character Bo in the series. Kristen Holden-Ried, from the series The Tudors as another main character named Dyson, an inhuman cop involved in a love/hate relationship with Bo, and two-time Gemini Award winner Ksenia Solo as a third character named Kenzi, Bo』s street-smart and fiercely loyal human best friend. Also in the cast would be Rick Howland, from the film Bon Cop, Bad Cop as Trick, a friendly saloon keeper with something to hide.[3] The release stated the series' promotional efforts would include an interactive website, graphic novel, and downloadable video game.

On April 7, 2010, Prodigy reported that the green light had been given for a series to be produced to consist of thirteen one-hour episodes.[4] Production on the series began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the spring of 2010, at sites across southern Ontario and at a small studio in western Toronto.[5] Completion of the series' primary production occurred June 25, and the series was aimed for a September 2010 release date.

On June 22, 2010 Keyframe Digital of Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario reported that they had been given the contract for visual effects on the first thirteen episodes of Lost Girl, referring to it as fantasy/noir.[6]

As part of the promotion of the series, an official site was opened at the beginning of August 2010 at lostgirlseries.com. It contained a short trailer for the series, and a summary of information on the series and the characters.

On August 20, an interactive comic book was also released that would serve as a lead-in to the series and characters for viewers. It also was expected to have a forum for viewers to interact with the cast and crew before the series actually aired on Showcase. On the same date, a press release indicated that the series cast and crew would be making an appearance at Fan Expo Canada held in Toronto from August 27-29, where they would be answering questions about the series and have promotional items available for watchers of the series as well.[7]

Episode 8 of the series, called Vexed, was the first episode produced and served as the series pilot which was shown to Showcase to obtain the green light for the series.[8]

On November 12, 2010, the Showcase Blog announced that Lost Girl would be renewed for a second season.[9]