The Problem of Cell 13

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Practically all those letters remaining in the alphabet after Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen was named were afterward acquired by that gentleman in the course of a brilliant scientific career, and, being honorably acquired, were tacked on to the other end. His name, therefore, taken with all that belonged to it, was a wonderfully imposing structure. He was a Ph.D., an LL.D., an F.R.S., an M.D., and an M.D.S. He was also some other things—just what he himself couldn’t say—through recognition of his ability by various foreign educational and scientific institutions.

奥古斯塔斯·S·F·X·范·杜森的名字起好之后，字母表里剩下的字母，几乎都在他辉煌的科学生涯中被他一一得到。这些头衔来得光彩，就被加在了名字的后面。因此，他的名字连同所有头衔，成了一个格外气派的整体。他是哲学博士、法学博士、皇家学会会员、医学博士，还是牙科外科医学博士。此外他还有一些别的头衔，具体是什么，他自己也说不清，那是各国教育和科学机构对他才能的认可。

In appearance he was no less striking than in nomenclature. He was slender with the droop of the student in his thin shoulders and the pallor of a close, sedentary life on his clean-shaven face. His eyes wore a perpetual, forbidding squint—the squint of a man who studies little things—and when they could be seen at all through his thick spectacles, were mere slits of watery blue. But above his eyes was his most striking feature. This was a tall, broad brow, almost abnormal in height and width, crowned by a heavy shock of bushy, yellow hair. All these things conspired to give him a peculiar, almost grotesque, personality.

他的外表和他的名字一样引人注目。他身材瘦削，单薄的肩膀有些下垂，像个读书人；他不爱出门，常年坐着，刮得干干净净的脸上带着苍白。他的眼睛总是眯着，一副让人不敢亲近的样子，那是常年研究细小事物的人才有的眼神。透过厚厚的眼镜勉强能看到他的眼睛时，那也只是两道泛着水光的蓝色细缝。不过，他最引人注目的是眼睛上方的部分：那是一个又高又宽的额头，高度和宽度都几乎不正常，上面还盖着一大团蓬乱的黄头发。这一切合在一起，让他显得很特别，甚至有点古怪。