a borzoi book怎么翻译?

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/06/10 11:09:34
刚看BOAT,介绍说this is a borzoi book published by alfred a. knopf。不太明白borzoi book是什么意思,谁能给解释一下啊?多谢!
能给点中文的答案吗?

波索尔书
What is a borzoi book?
It's a tradition of fine bookmaking from Knopf. Read Alfred A. Knopf's own definition here:
就是说一个Knopf的精美的书籍编辑传统,下面是Alfred A. Knopf自己的解释:
"From the very beginning we have frequently been asked the meaning of the word "Borzoi" and what it has to do with books. When I started in business the publisher I admired most was London's William Heinemann, and the sign of a Heinemann book was a windmill, drawn for him, I think, by William Nicholson. Since a windmill obviously had nothing to do with books, I saw no reason why we could not adopt the Borzoi as our mark. We had an alliterative trademark that was calculated to provoke curiosity.
“最开始的时候我们经常被问到Borzoi的意思和它跟书本身有什么关系。
当我开始做生意的时候,我最钦佩的是伦敦的William Heinemann,Heinemann书的标志就是一个风车,我想是William Nicholson他自己画的。
因为风车显然跟书的内容毫无关系,所以我们为什么不能用德国狼狗最为我们的标志(商标)呢?我们这个商标更能激起读者的好奇心。“

Knopf is a difficult name for many people to pronounce, and I felt there