双语|Van Gogh 梵高

This piece is taken from a biographical book entitled “Van Gogh and Gauguin”.
此片段摘自传记Van Gogh and Gauguin。

The Van Gogh was an old and distinguished Dutch family who could trace their lineage in Holland back to the sixteenth century.
梵高家族古老悠久，是荷兰名门望族，历史可以追溯到16世纪的古荷兰时期。

Among Vincent’s five uncles, one reached the highest rank of vice-admiral in the Navy and three others prospered as successful art dealers.
画家梵高有五个叔叔，其中一个官位高至海军中将，三个是成功的艺术商。

Van Gogh’s grandfather, also named Vincent, had attained an equally illustrious status as an intellectually accomplished Protestant minister.
梵高的祖父老文森特是位睿智的新教牧师，同样声名显赫。

The comparatively modest achievements of the artist’s father, Theodorus, proved the exception, not the rule.
相比之下，这位画家的父亲特奥多鲁斯就显得业绩平平了。

Although Theodorus was the only one of grandfather Vincent’s six sons to follow him into the ministry, he faltered as a preacher and could obtain only modest positions in provincial churches.
虽然特奥多鲁斯是兄弟里唯一继承了父业成为牧师的，他的神职之路却不甚顺畅，只在一些地方性教堂任普通职位。

It was for this reason that Theodorus and his new wife, Anna, found themselves in Groot Zundert, a small town near the Belgian border. Vincent was born a few years after their arrival.
也正因此，特奥多鲁斯和新婚妻子一起去了靠近比利时的荷兰小镇格鲁特·宗德尔特，数年后，在那里生下梵高。

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