? ? ?? 自入坑以來，我拜讀過不少精彩的西玉小說，《棋手》便是其中的代表。這是一篇以成歷原有情節(jié)為大綱，以西木的獻(xiàn)祭計(jì)劃為主線，以西玉CP的發(fā)展為看點(diǎn)，納社會(huì)萬象，論善惡之辨，寓情懷于字里，隱主旨于行間的優(yōu)秀作品。它不僅是一部同人小說，更是一部小說。

? ? ? ?作者江水西流去自2020年4月開始連載該作品，至今年5月27日已完成189章，22萬字。作為讀者，我既希望看到它的完結(jié)，也希望自己能為其做些什么。今年9月，我寫了《西玉小說<棋手>鑒賞與分析》，以作交流及幫助新人了解《棋手》之用。

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? ? ? ?與此同時(shí)，我入坑的過程也和英語密不可分。寒假時(shí)，B站只有成歷英文版資源，故當(dāng)時(shí)憑兒時(shí)記憶和蹩腳的聽力水平看完了96集全集。后來，我也為自己的中篇小說《天行不息》翻譯了英文版。我做夢(mèng)也不會(huì)想到，我會(huì)以這難以置信的途徑對(duì)英語興趣大漲。我的英語若比以往強(qiáng)些，很大程度上要?dú)w功于西玉。

? ? ? ?我于今年10月萌生了翻譯《棋手》的想法，并得到了作者許可。我將從2023年1月1日起，在B站和Lofter更新，平均頻率3天一章，計(jì)劃于2024年夏季更完目前的189章。

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? ? ? ?我并非英專，也不是出國(guó)黨，英語水平并不好，譯文也未免是漢式英語。那緣何還要翻譯《棋手》呢？答案是，只因熱愛。

2022年11月3日

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? ? Ever since I became obsessed with this topic, I have read quite a few brilliant fictions on Hsi & Jade, of which The Go Player is a representative. It’s an excellent work based on the plots of JCA, following the main line of Hsi Wu’s sacrificial plan, with the highlight of the development of the couple of Hsi & Jade. It involves all sorts of social phenomena, discusses good and evil, expresses implicitly the writer’s views, and hides the theme between the lines. It’s not only a fanfiction but also a fiction.

? ? The writer Jiangshui Xi Liuqu began to serialize this work on Apr. 2020 and 189 chapters with 220,000 Chinese characters had been finished by May 27 this year. As a reader, I not only want to see its ending but also want to do something for it. This September, I wrote The Appreciation and Analysis of the Go Player for sake of communication and a help for newcomers to read this fiction.

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? ? At the same time, my process of being sucked into this topic is closely related to English. Only JCA’s English version was available last winter, so I had to watch the 96-episode cartoon with my childhood memory and poor listening skills. Afterward, I also got my medium-length Flying Forever translated into the English version. I couldn’t have thought even in dreams that my interest in the English language would boost in such an incredible way. It will largely be attributed to Hsi & Jade if my English is a little better than before.

? ? The idea of translating The Go Player hit me this October and I got the writer’s permission then. From Jan. 1, 2023 on, I will update on Lofter and Bilibili with the average frequency of one chapter every 3 days and plan to finish the current 189 chapters by summer 2024.

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? ? I’m not majoring in English and have no plan for studying abroad. My English is not so good and what I write may be nothing but Chinglish. Then why would I like to translate The Go Player? The answer is, just obsession.

November 3, 2022

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? ? ? ?如何暗里覓真容？得幸入明中。機(jī)關(guān)算盡一場(chǎng)空，留得后來嗤笑。冬青枝下旗不定，難辨當(dāng)日因果，黃粱一夢(mèng)證如今。玉碎身殘，斜月三星定。猿馬定，東風(fēng)休。

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How in darkness to find it out

Luckily being in light

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All the schemes had been tried

Only to reset and be laughed at

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Under the holly know not whither

Hard to trace the causer

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Looking back on the proven present

The dream came to an end

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The jade broke, the body injured

Finally hear the end of it

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Ceased, the wind of east

Settled, the heart of the bat