in the know, privy, sundial, pragmatist, privy to《十八世紀英國紳士的大旅遊》

Even without visitors, the British Museum is never completely silent. At night, its security guards are privy to the building’s most intimate sounds: scrapes and groans, clanks and hums. Many of them have reported events that they believe to be supernatural activity.




Much of what they had to say was already familiar to many in the audience; the subject has been closely followed in the nuclear industry. But the sheer power of the story, some fresh details, and the continuing mysteries about some of its particular twists, kept the audience captivated. And hearing the story from people as in the know as anyone is likely to clarify some things—including which questions need further clarification.



in the know

Privy to special or secret information, as in Not too many people are in the know about this project. [Late 1800s]

((略式))（…の）内情に通じて((about ...)).

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世界進步很快。十幾年前讀過羅馬的Pantheon 有米開郎基羅的手書，還有青年Tadao Ando 安藤忠雄到那兒一訪的回憶。現在CNN報導The Pantheon: Hadrian's giant sundial…..

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昨天讀陳毓賢先生和胡適學專家周質平教授合著的A Pragmatist and his free spirit: the half-century romance of Hu Shih and Edith Clifford Williams – (胡適與韋蓮司:深情五十年 到 A Pragmatist and his free spirit:...) ，想起我在東海可能見過歷史系研究生的周先生。又想起許教授前年任歷史系主管時，希望為研究生募集獎學金，好讓他們安心研究。

黃郁珺《十八世紀英國紳士的大旅遊》台北：唐山，2008

這本是輔仁大學的歷史所碩士論文的出版 (西洋史叢書的第二本)。還有很認真的學生在撰寫論文，並且有機會出版，是很可喜、可賀的事。論文處理的主題很重要和有趣，寫得也很用心。大旅遊的目的是教育，其實可能含蓋歐洲各名城和地方，所以我弄不清楚是否該包括希臘。無論如何，本書以義大利為主。

基本上，重要的英文和漢文文獻都提到了，似乎只有一夲書的書名前後不一：The Compleat Gentlemen (p.33) vs. The Complete Gentlemen (p.46) ；容易令人誤解的”public school” (現在多改稱為independent school)，作者用「公學」，而引張漢裕翻譯的《國富論》則採用錯誤的「公立學校」。不過這些是微不足道的小毛病。如果有索引，那就相當好了。

我只舉一小例說明作者的細心。118頁的注94中指出：「…..此處趙乾龍所譯歌德《意大利遊記》將privy 譯為「客房」，疑為「廁所」之誤植。…..」我們看哥德的上下文，知道英譯的屋外簡易廁所的privy ，比較合脈絡。妙的是，我查另外一本湖南文藝出版社(2006)的翻譯，也用「客房」。

這讓我想起吉川幸次郎的《漢武帝》中，引《漢書‧外戚傳》中說：衛子夫「於軒中得幸」。吉川先生引高木正一先生指出漢末的《釋名》說：「廁或曰軒」。

privy
(prĭv'ē)
adj.

1. Made a participant in knowledge of something private or secret: was privy to classified information.1 (privy to) sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private):he was no longer privy to her innermost thoughts
2. Belonging or proper to a person, such as the British sovereign, in a private rather than official capacity.
3. Secret; concealed.

n., pl., -ies.

1. 1. An outdoor toilet; an outhouse.
   2. A toilet.
2. Law. One of the parties having an interest in the same matter.

[Middle English prive, from Old French, from Latin prīvātus, private, from prīvus, single, alone.]

[形]（-i・er, -i・est）

1 ((叙述))（秘密・陰謀などに）内々に関与して, 内情に通じて((to ...)).

2 私的な, 私用の, 個人用の；ある特定の個人（特に国王）に属する［関する］

a privy chamber
（宮廷の）私室.

3 ((古))秘密の, 人目をさけた, 隠れた.

━━[名]

1 ((主に米・英古))屋外.

2 《法律》利害関係人, 当事者, 承諾人.

prív・i・ly

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