A?new?debate?has?broken?out?between?some?of?the?world's?top?Shakespeare?experts?over?whether?the?playwright's?sonnets?prove?he?was?attracted?to?men.
在世界頂級莎士比亞學(xué)者中間，一個新的輿論炸開了鍋：這位劇作家的十四行詩是不是在暗示他被男性所吸引著？

Sir?Brian?Vickers,?a?visiting?professor?at?University?College?London,?began?the?row?by?condemning?a?book?review?which?suggested?Sonnet?116?appears?in?a?'primarily?homosexual?context'
倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院的客座教授布萊恩·威克斯爵士第一個對此論調(diào)提出懷疑，他抨擊了一本解讀莎士比亞十四行詩的第116首“首先是一個同性戀文本”的書評。

In?a?letter?to?the?Times?Literary?Supplement,?he?said?the?claim?was?'anachronistic'?because?scholars?now?accept?there?were?forms?of?rhetoric?that?allowed?men?to?express?love?without?implying?sexual?attraction.
在寫給《泰晤士報文學(xué)增刊》的信中，他說道，因為如今學(xué)者都承認(rèn)，在不表明性向的時候，有一些特定的修辭用來表達對男性的愛意，這種論調(diào)是“不合時宜的”。

He?also?said?that?any?attempt?to?find?biographical?information?in?the?sonnets?was?doomed?because?Shakespeare?was?a?professional?who?wrote?under?the?identity?of?a?'poet-persona'.
他也說道，任何試圖在十四行詩中尋找傳記信息的企圖都是注定失敗的，因為莎士比亞是個專業(yè)的帶著“詩人面具”寫作的人。

Fellow?academics?have?since?hit?back?at?Mr?Vickers'?comments,?accusing?him?of?promoting?'one?of?the?great?fallacies?of?modern?Shakespeare?criticism'.
隨后的一些學(xué)者開始攻擊威克斯的論調(diào)，指控他在傳播“一個現(xiàn)代莎士比亞評論界的大謬誤”。

Scholar?Arthur?Freeman,?who?described?himself?as?a?'friendly?acquaintance'?of?Mr?Vickers?when?responding?to?him?via?the?letters?page,?accused?him?of?introducing?'presuppositions?that?many?of?us?would?question,?if?not?reject?out?of?hand'.
亞瑟·弗里曼學(xué)者，聲稱自己是威克斯先生的“友人”，在信上指控他“再不住手的話，我們都要對你的假設(shè)提出懷疑了”。

He?wrote:?'I?cannot?think?of?any?responsible?editor?...?who?would?dismiss?the?premise?of?homosexual,?as?well?as?heterosexual?passion?pervading?[the?sonnets].
他寫道：“我不能想到任何一位有責(zé)任的編輯……在讀著這些彌漫了異性戀熱情的十四行詩時，會對同性戀這個前提置之不理。

'Why?should?Shakespeare?alone?be?thought?so?committed?to?the?"negative?capability"?of?his?dramatic?craft?that?all?his?most?personal?writings?are?treated?as?potentially?artificial?
“為什么莎士比亞所有個人作品都要被認(rèn)定有人工合成的可能性，并他這些戲劇性的作品被認(rèn)為是擁有了“消極的才能”？

?‘And even if we insist on regarding the sonnets, wholly or in part, as a kind of long-term dramatic narrative ... why on earth would Shakespeare choose so often to impersonate a pathetically ageing, balding, lame and vulnerable bisexual suitor, abjectly whingeing about rejection and betrayal — unless the self-humiliation that surfaces again and again through these particulars were both genuine and cathartic?'
“而且即使我們這么認(rèn)定他的十四行詩（全部或部分），作為一種長時間的充滿戲劇性的敘事……究竟為何莎士比亞要選擇如此頻繁的去扮演一個可悲的，禿著頭，跛著腳，脆弱且垂垂老矣的雙性戀的起訴人，悲慘地抱怨著拒絕和背叛——除非通過這些細(xì)節(jié)可以看出其一次又一次浮出水面的自卑情結(jié)，是真實可信的。”

Mr?Vickers?responded?by?saying?he?could?not?stop?people?from?speculating,?adding:?'Thought?is?free.
威克斯先生回應(yīng)道，他不能阻止人們的猜想，并補充道：“一千人心中有一千個哈姆雷特。

'But?if?you?fix?these?codes?and?then?say?that?his?126?poems?are?like?this,?then?people?stop?reading?them?as?poems.?They?read?them?as?biographical?documents,?looking?for?imputed?sexuality.'
“但是如果你糾結(jié)于這些暗示，并且認(rèn)定他的126首詩都是如此，那么人們就不會把他的詩當(dāng)作詩，而是作為傳記文獻開始尋找性向的蛛絲馬跡?！?/div>

Although?there?are?few?references?to?anything?other?than?noble?love,?some?sonnets?appear?more?explicit?than?others.
雖然描寫高尚愛情的文獻沒有很多，一些十四行詩顯露的還是比其他要明顯。

Sonnet?20?is?largely?interpreted?as?being?dedicated?to?a?man,?declaring:?'A?woman's?face?with?nature's?own?hand?painted?/?Hast?thou,?the?master?mistress?of?my?passion.'
十四行詩第20首，很普遍的被認(rèn)為是專寫給男人的，其寫道：“造物手繪你女性的臉龐－你是我鐘愛的嬌嬌檀郎！”

In?2012,?Shakespearean?actor?Sir?Ian?McKellen?boldly?announced?that?there?was?absolutely?'no?doubt'?the?bard?was?bisexual.
在2012年，扮演莎士比亞的演員伊恩·麥克萊恩爵士大膽宣稱，“毫無疑問”這位吟游詩人是雙性戀。

The 75-year-old thespian said he came to his conclusion after studying the English poet's work.
這位75歲高齡的演員聲稱自己在研究這位英國詩人的巨作后得出了這個結(jié)論。

At?the?time,?he?said:?'I'd?say?Shakespeare?slept?with?men.
當(dāng)時他說道：“我敢說他肯定和男人睡過。

'The?Merchant?of?Venice,?centering?on?how?the?world?treats?gays?as?well?as?Jews,?has?a?love?triangle?between?an?older?man,?younger?man?and?a?woman.
“在《威尼斯商人》中，其宗旨放在說明全世界怎樣像對待猶太人一樣對待同性戀，且在一個老人，一個青年和一個女人中存在三角關(guān)系。

'And?the?complexity?in?his?comedies?with?cross-dressing?and?disguises?is?immense.’
“而且在他的喜劇中異裝癖和化妝非常常見?！?/div>