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图灵将在2021年登上英镑钞票

发布时间：2019-07-30 编辑：查字典英语网小编

Alan Turing, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence who broke Adolf Hitler's Enigma code system in World War II will be featured on the Bank of England's new 50-pound note.

艾伦·图灵被称为计算机科学之父，人工智能之父，他在二战中破译了阿道夫·希特勒的Enigma密码系统。他的头像将出现在英格兰银行新发行的50英镑纸币上。

The new note will be printed on polymer and will bear a 1951 photo of Turing, the bank announced Monday.

该银行周一宣布，这个新发行的纸币将印在聚合物上，采用图灵1951年的照片。

It's expected to enter circulation by the end of 2021. It will include a quote from Turing: "This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be."

新纸币预计于2021年底开始流通，纸币上还会引用图灵的名言：“这不过是将来之事的前奏，也是将来之事的影子。”

Turing was just 41 when he died from poisoning in 1954, a death that was deemed a suicide.

图灵1954年中毒身亡，享年41岁，被认定为自杀。

His story became more widely known after the release of the 2017 movie The Imitation Game.

2017年的一部电影《模仿游戏》上映后他的故事才广为人知。

"Alan Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today," the Bank of England's governor, Mark Carney, said in unveiling the new note.

英格兰银行行长马克·卡尼介绍这款新纸币时说：“艾伦·图灵是一位杰出的数学家，他的成就对我们现在的生活方式有着巨大影响。”

"Alan Turing's contributions were far-ranging and pathbreaking. Turing is a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand."

“艾伦·图灵的贡献涉及范围广并具有开创性，很多人现在都是站在图灵这个巨人的肩膀上的。”

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