中英對照讀新聞》James Earl Jones, renowned actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93著名演員和達斯．維達配音員詹姆斯．厄爾．瓊斯在93歲過世

◎林家宇

American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader, died on Monday at the age of 93.

在舞台和螢幕上表現非凡的美國演員詹姆斯．厄爾．瓊斯於93歲離世。他克服了兒時的口吃問題，發展出宏亮的嗓音，以星際間的大反派達斯．維達受到全世界認可。

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Jones had a great physical presence on stage and television, as well as in movies, but he would have been a star even if his face was never seen because his voice had a career of its own. The resonating bass could instantly command respect - as with the sage father Mufasa in "The Lion King," and many Shakespeare roles - or instill fear as the rasping Vader in the "Star Wars" films.

瓊斯在舞台、電視和電影的表現極為活躍。但即便不露臉他也能成為明星，因為他的聲音有著自己的職業生涯，其不絕於耳的低沉嗓音能夠立即贏得尊重，包括「獅子王」中的睿智父親木法沙，以及莎士比亞劇中的許多角色，或是以「星際大戰」系列維達給人灌輸恐懼的刺耳聲響。

"I love being part of that whole myth, of that whole cult," he said, adding that he was glad to oblige fans who asked for a command recital of his "I am your father" line to Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill.

瓊斯表示，「我樂於成為整個神話或整個流行的一部分」。他補充，當被要求重述他向由馬克．漢米爾飾演的路克．天行者所說的「我是你的父親」台詞時，他很樂意為粉絲效勞。

新聞辭典

imposing：形容詞，令人印象深刻的、宏偉的。例句：St. Peter’s Basilica is one of the imposing architecture in the world.（聖彼得大教堂是世界上最宏偉的建築之一）

sage：形容詞，睿智的、賢明的。例句：My grandma’s sage advice helped me through