James Bond

Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953, and since then we've followed the exploits of the spy with the license to kill from country to country and woman to woman for more than five decades. You may only live twice, but Bond seems like he may just live forever. As James Bond movies often have a Thanksgiving season release and are watched among families together around the holiday, this seemed like a good time to share some trivia about the world's greatest spy.
伊恩·弗莱明的第一部詹姆斯·邦德小说《皇家赌场》于1953年出版，从那以来，我们已经追随这位特务从一个国家杀到另一个国家，从一个女人周旋到另一个女人五十多个春秋。你也许只能活两次，但是邦德似乎是永生的。邦德电影总在感恩季节上映，家人们围坐下来一同欣赏这部假日电影，是时候分享一下这位闻名世界的特务的细碎琐事了。

Here are 8 things about James Bond you didn't (Dr.) know:
以下是八件你不知道的邦德事：

The name of James Bond

1. Ian Fleming named James Bond after an ornithologist because it was the "dullest name" he'd ever heard.
伊恩•弗莱明用一个鸟类学家的名字来给詹姆斯·邦德取名，因为这是他听过的最呆滞的名字。

Fleming spoke to The New Yorker and explained:
弗莱明对《纽约客》解释道：

When I wrote the first one, in 1953. I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened ... One of the bibles of my youth was Birds of the West Indies, by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, My God, that’s the dullest name I’ve ever heard, so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one. Mrs. Bond once wrote me a letter thanking me for using it.
当我在1953年创作第一部小说时，我希望邦德是个非常无趣，对事物的反应也很迟钝的男人……我年轻时的圣经是詹姆斯·邦德写的《西印度群岛的鸟》，他是一名十分出名的鸟类学家，当我纠结于给我的主角取什么名字好的时候，我想到，天哪，这真是我听过的最呆滞的名字了。如今，这个乏味的名字在国际上已经变成了一个激动人心的名字。邦德夫人曾写过一次信给我，感谢我使用这个名字。

Killing 135 people

2. Pierce Brosnan was the deadliest James Bond, killing 135 people.
皮尔斯·布鲁斯南是最“杀人如麻”的詹姆斯·邦德，他杀了135人。

Before the release of "Skyfall," the James Bond character had killed 354 people with the "license to kill." Apparently 49 people died in "Skyfall," but it is unclear how many are attributed to Daniel Craig's Bond.
在《007：大破天幕杀机》上映前，詹姆斯·邦德这一角色已经凭“杀人执照”杀了354人。

In any case, Pierce Brosnan averaged 33.8 kills per movie while reaching his 135-kill total. "You Only Live Twice," which starred Sean Connery as Bond, was the deadliest film overall, with a death count of 196.
不管怎样，皮尔斯·布鲁斯南平均每部电影啥33.8个人，总共杀了135个人。《007：雷霆谷》中，由肖恩·康纳利饰演的邦德电影是所有电影中死人最多的，他在里面杀了196人。

Scottish

3. James Bond wasn't Scottish until Sean Connery played the role.
詹姆斯·邦德不是苏格兰人直到肖恩·康纳利出演了这个角色。

Ian Fleming was initially apprehensive about Sean Connery's casting, as Connery didn't fit the character he had in mind. "He's not what I envisioned of James Bond looks," he said "I'm looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stunt man."
伊恩•弗莱明起先为肖恩·康纳利出演这个角色觉得表示不安，因为在他脑中觉得康纳利不适合这个角色。“他不是我期望的詹姆斯·邦德的样子，”他说“我要的是一个指挥官邦德，而不是杂草丛生里的特技替身演员。”

However, after seeing Connery in "Dr. No" and thinking the actor did a superb job, Fleming wrote Connery's heritage into the character. In the book You Only Live Twice, Fleming wrote that James Bond's father was Scottish and was from the town of Glencoe. Coincidentally, Connery would film "Highlander" in Glencoe decades later.
然而，在看到康纳利在《007：诺博士》中的表现，他认为这位演员表现的很出色，弗莱明把康纳利的一些传统写到了角色里去。在《007：雷霆谷》一书中，弗莱明写道詹姆斯·邦德的父亲是苏格兰人，而他来自格兰克镇。无独有偶，十几年后，康纳利在格兰克的高地进行了拍摄。

The iconic theme song

4. The iconic theme song is based off a song about sneezing from a failed musical.
电影主题曲是基于一首失败的写打喷嚏的乐曲上写出的。

Composer Monty Norman sings, "I was born with this unlucky sneeze, and what is worse, I came into the world the wrong way round. Pundits all agree that I am the reason why my father fell into the village pond and drowned."
作曲家蒙蒂·诺曼唱到，“我出生的时候就打了个不吉利的喷嚏，更糟糕的是，我错误的来到了这个世上。权威人士一致同意，我是我父亲跌入村里池塘溺死的根本原因。”

Norman explained:
诺曼解释道：

As time moved on, many people suggested I record the progenitor of the signature theme first heard in Dr No. So, with musical cuts of the middle production area, and with the help of Mehboob Nadim's evocative sitar and Pandit Dimesh's terrific tabla rhythms the embryonic melodies of the James Bond Theme, for the first time in nearly forty-five years, can be heard in their original form.
随着时间的推移，很多人建议我录下第一次听到的《007：诺博士》主旋律原始版本。而从乐曲中间部分的剪辑，还有门博·南帝姆的锡塔尔琴和潘迪特·迪门什手鼓的帮助下，詹姆斯·邦德的主旋律最初版应运而生了，这是45年来的第一次能以原始形式听到此旋律。

Q

5. The character of "Q" in the movies is based off a pistol expert who wrote Ian Fleming fan letters.
电影中“Q”这一人物是基于一名写给伊恩·弗莱明一封粉丝信的手枪专家创作的。

The character "Q" was originally the name of a whole equipment branch in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, but Geoffrey Boothroyd was introduced in "Dr. No" after a fan with the same name wrote to Fleming kindly criticizing Bond's weapon choices. Boothroyd wrote to Fleming:
“Q”这个人物起先是伊恩·弗莱明的邦德小说里整个装备库分支的名字，但是杰弗里·布思罗伊德被加入到《007：诺博士》中来，是在一个同名的粉丝写信给弗莱明，很委婉地批评了邦德的武器选择之后。布思罗伊德给弗莱明写道：

I have, by now, got rather fond of Mr. James Bond. I like most of the things about him, with the exception of his rather deplorable taste in firearms. In particular, I dislike a man who comes into contact with all sorts of formidable people using a .25 Beretta. This sort of gun is really a lady's gun, and not a really nice lady at that. If Mr. Bond has to use a light gun he would be better off with a .22 rim fire; the lead bullet would cause more shocking effect than the jacketed type of the .25.May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?
至今为止，我都更喜欢邦德先生了。我对他的很多地方都非常喜欢，除了他相当可悲的枪械品味。我尤其讨厌一个男人不管面对什么强大的人都使用一把.25 Beretta手枪。这种枪其实是给女人用的，而且不是什么光明磊落的女人。如果邦德先生必须要用到光枪的话，他最好选用.22 rim fire；铅弹头会比前一种夹套式手枪更有震撼效果。我能不能建议邦德先生装备这种左轮手枪？

Clint Eastwood

7. Clint Eastwood turned down James Bond because he felt the role shouldn't be played by an American, but the first Bond on film was actually from the U.S. and was called "Jimmy Bond."
克林特·伊斯特伍德拒绝了邦德电影，因为他觉得这个角色不应该由美国人演，但是第一部邦德电影实际上是美国出品，并取名为《吉米·邦德》。

Clint Eastwood explained to Hero Complex in 2010 a time his lawyer approached him and said the Bond producers wanted him for the role:
克林特·伊斯特伍德在2010年向《英雄情结》解释，他的律师告诉他邦德制作人希望他出演这个经典角色：

I was also offered pretty good money to do James Bond if I would take on the role. This was after Sean Connery left. My lawyer represented the Broccolis [producers] and he came and said, "They would love to have you." But to me, well, that was somebody else’s gig. That’s Sean’s deal. It didn’t feel right for me to be doing it.
他们给我开了一个不错的价让我饰演詹姆斯·邦德来接替肖恩·康纳利的班。我的律师代表了布罗科利（制作人），他过来说道，“由你来演他们会很高兴。”但是对于我来说，我觉得那是别人接的角色。是肖恩的事。我好像不太适合演这个。

Roald Dahl

7. Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for "You Only Live Twice."
罗尔德·达尔为《007：雷霆谷》写了剧本。

The producers Harry Saltzman and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli approached Roald Dahl in 1966 to write the screenplay for "You Only Live Twice," which would be released in 1967.
制作人哈里·萨尔兹曼和艾伯特“卡比”布罗科利1966年找罗尔德·达尔为《007：雷霆谷》写剧本，电影在1967年上映。

Dahl is, of course, the famous children's author of books such as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The BFG.
当然了，罗尔德是著名的儿童文学作家，他写过《飞天巨桃历险记》，《查理和巧克力工厂》，《玛蒂尔达》，《了不起的狐狸爸爸》和《好心眼儿巨人》。

JFK was a huge 007 fan

8. JFK was a huge 007 fan and once said, "I wish I had had James Bond on my staff."
约翰·菲茨杰拉德·肯尼迪是007的忠实粉丝，并有一次说道，“我希望我的工作人员中能有詹姆斯·邦德。”

Jacqueline Kennedy probably was the person who gave John F. Kennedy his first James Bond book, and he was hooked from then on. At one point, President Kennedy said that From Russia With Love was one of his 10 favorite books. The film adaptation of that book is said to have been the last movie Kennedy saw in the White House before his 1963 trip to Dallas, where he was assassinated.
杰奎琳·肯尼迪可能是把第一本邦德书给约翰·菲茨杰拉德·肯尼迪的人，然后肯尼迪就深深爱上了这本书。曾一度肯尼迪总统说《007：来自俄国的爱情》是他最喜欢的十本书之一。这本书改编的电影据说是肯尼迪在白宫看的最后一部电影，就在他1963年前往达拉斯被刺杀之前。

The documentary "Everything or Nothing" quotes Kennedy as saying "I wish I had had James Bond on my staff" when the Cuban Missile Crisis was coinciding with the release of "Dr. No."
在记录片《谁与争锋》中，当古巴导弹危机和《007：诺博士》同时发生时，其引用了肯尼迪的话说到“我希望我我的工作人员中能有詹姆斯·邦德”。