彼得兔成首位登上英國錢幣的兒童文學主角

為紀念兒童畫家碧雅翠絲·波特誕辰150周年，英國首次推出彼得兔版紀念硬幣。波特筆下這只倍受人們喜愛的小兔子成為了首位被印到英國硬幣上的兒童文學角色。

The Royal Mint has chosen Beatrix Potter’s thieving Peter Rabbit as the first character from children’s literature ever to appear on a UK coin.
英國皇家鑄幣廠將首次把兒童文學中的角色印到硬幣上，而這款硬幣的主角就是兒童畫家碧雅翠絲·波特筆下愛偷東西的彼得兔。

Peter, pictured in the blue jacket that he is forced to abandon in the garden of Mr McGregor when he is caught stealing vegetables, is captured on a special, coloured edition of a 50p coin available from today. The Royal Mint, which described Peter as “the most recognisable of Potter’s creations, and one of the most cherished from children’s literature”, will release uncoloured versions of the coin in change later this year.
彼得兔穿著偷吃麥奎格先生花園的蔬菜被發現后弄丟的藍色夾克，彩色的50便士特別版紀念幣現在已經可以買到了。英國皇家鑄幣廠將彼得兔譽為“波特筆下最知名的角色，兒童文學的瑰寶之一”。今年晚些時候，鑄幣廠還將推出可以流通的非彩色版彼得兔硬幣。

Three more of Potter’s characters will also be committed to currency later this year, as part of celebrations marking 150 years since the children’s author’s birth. The images have been created by coin designer Emma Noble, who said it was “amazing to be given the opportunity to work with such famous and treasured literary characters”.
為慶祝波特誕辰150周年，今年波特筆下還有三位角色將登上英國貨幣，屆時硬幣形象將由設計師艾瑪·諾布爾創作。諾布爾表示，“有機會和這么著名和值得珍藏的文學角色一起工作真是太棒了”。

“I wanted to put Beatrix Potter’s illustrations to the forefront of my design as they are lovely images and the characters are very well known,” said Noble. “ I felt they were strong enough to stand alone and I designed them in this way as I thought they would work best for both the coloured commemorative and un-coloured circulating coins. I really hope people are pleased with them as a set.”
“我的設計將圍繞碧雅翠絲·波特的原版插圖進行，因為這些插圖實在是太可愛了，圖中的角色也早已家喻戶曉，”諾布爾說，“我覺得它們每一個單獨拿出來都是經典，這樣設計既適合彩色紀念版的硬幣，也適合非彩色的流通款硬幣。我真心希望大家會喜歡這套硬幣。”

Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, featuring Peter and his better-behaved siblings Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail, was the first of her stories to be published, released in 1902 by Frederick Warne & Co. Potter would go on to follow it with a series of much-loved stories which remain popular today, from The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin to The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.
《彼得兔的故事》于1902年由費德里克·沃恩公司出版。這是碧雅翠絲·波特出版的第一本故事書。書中主要講述了彼得兔和三個姐姐的故事。三個姐姐分別名叫弗洛普茜、默普茜和棉球尾，她們都比彼得兔乖。此后，波特又接著創作了一系列深受喜愛的故事，從《松鼠堅果果的故事》一直到《傻鴨子杰米瑪》。這些故事歷經百年，依舊風靡至今。

英文來源：衛報
譯者：牛歡
審校&編輯：丹妮