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界定作者身份很重要

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文章选自《科学》。

作者是一个科研工作者，一开始和别人合作项目的时候他不大好意思和别人协商作者身份的问题。但是在多年的事业发展当中，他意识到在开展一个项目之前，确定好彼此的作者身份以及彼此预期的荣誉，至关重要。

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Let’s talk about authorship

一起聊聊作者身份

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原文（para 1）

As a Ph.D. student, I was excited when a friend proposed we collaborate on a project. I asked my supervisor for permission and he happily agreed, but advised that we should define our expected contributions and credit before starting. I didn’t heed his words. I wasn’t going to negotiate with a fast friend; I fully trusted my collaborator to give me fair credit, and I did not want to come across as entitled. Everything went fine. We completed and published the work as co-authors. Years passed, and I forgot my supervisor’s advice.

精读笔记（para 1）

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As a Ph.D. student, I was excited when a friend proposed we collaborate on a project.

当我还是一名博士生时，一次朋友提议我们一起合作一个项目，我非常激动。

📖 collaborate /kəˈlabəreɪt/

vi. to work with someone else for a special purpose 合作；协作。A与B合作做一件事情，可以用：A collaborate with B to do sth / A and B collaborate on/in (doing) sth，这个意思下，collaborate相当于cooperate，eg：[A collaborate with B to do sth] A German company collaborated with a Swiss firm to develop the product. 一家德国公司与一家瑞士小公司合作开发该产品。/ [A and B collaborate on (doing) sth] Two writers collaborated on the script for the film. 两位作家合写了这部电影的剧本。/ [A and B collaborate in (doing) sth] The British and Italian police collaborated in catching the terrorists. 英国警方和意大利警方通力合作，抓住了恐怖分子。

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第一段第二句

I asked my supervisor for permission and he happily agreed, but advised that we should define our expected contributions and credit before starting.

我问导师是否可以，他欣然同意了。但他建议在开始之前，我们要确定好自己预期的贡献和荣誉。

📖 supervisor /ˈsuː.pə.vaɪ.zər/

n. A supervisor is a person who supervises activities or people, especially workers or students. （尤指工人或学生的）管理者，监督者，指导者。eg：Each student has a supervisor to advise on the writing of the dissertation. 每个学生都有导师指导他们写论文。

📖 define /dɪˈfaɪn/

vt. to explain and describe the meaning and exact limits of something 界定；确定；限定。eg：Your rights and responsibilities are defined in the citizens’ charter. 你的权利和义务在公民宪章中有明确的界定。/ I’d hate to feel that I was defined by (= that my life got its meaning and importance only from) my job. 我讨厌我的生活中除了工作别无重心。

📖 credit /ˈkred.ɪt/

🌰n. praise, approval, or honour 赞扬；赞许；荣誉。get the credit for sth/doing sth 因某事物/做某事得到称赞。eg：She got no credit for solving the problem. 她没有因为解决了这一问题而得到任何赞许。take credit for sth/doing sth 因某事物/做某事而居功。eg：Her boss took credit for it/took (all) the credit instead. 她的老板反倒为此赢得了声誉／把一切全归功于自己。to sb’s credit 使某人值得赞扬。eg：To her (great) credit, she admitted she was wrong. 她承认自己错了，这（很）值得称赞。give sb (the) credit for sth/doing sth 因某事物/做某事认可/称赞某人。eg：I gave him credit for (= thought that he would have) better judgment than he showed. 我高估了他的判断力。

🌰我们之前也见过credit的动词用法：vt. If people credit someone with an achievement or if it is credited to them, people say or believe that they were responsible for it. 认为是…的功劳；把…归于。credit sb with sth/doing sth = credit sth to sb 把某事物/做某事归功于某人。eg：The company is credited with inventing the industrial robot. 发明工业机器人是那家公司的功劳。/ The invention of the industrial robot is credited to the company. 工业机器人的发明应归功于那家公司。

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第一段第三句

I didn’t heed his words.

我并没有听他的话。

📖 heed /hiːd/

vt. to pay attention to something, especially advice or a warning 注意，听从（尤指建议或警告）。eg：The airline has been criticized for failing to heed advice/warnings about lack of safety routines. 该航空公司因没有理会针对其日常安全工作不力提出的建议／警告而受到了批评。

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第一段第四句

I wasn’t going to negotiate with a fast friend; I fully trusted my collaborator to give me fair credit, and I did not want to come across as entitled.

并不打算和挚友协商这些；我完全信任我的合作者会给我应得的荣誉，而且我也不想给人一种自命不凡的印象。

📖 negotiate /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/

vt. to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them （就…）谈判，（就…）磋商。eg：The government has refused to negotiate with the strikers. 政府拒绝与罢工者谈判。

之前我们还见过negotiate的另一个用法：vt. to deal with something difficult 解决（难题）。eg：The company’s had some tricky problems to negotiate in its first year in business. 公司运营的头一年有些棘手的问题要解决。

📖 fast friends

two people who are very friendly for a long time 挚友

📖 come across

to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic 表现得，让人觉得，给人以…印象。常与介词as搭配，后面既可以接名词，也可以接形容词，eg：she came across as honest/an expert 她给人的印象很诚实/是个行家

📖 entitled /ɪnˈtaɪ.təld/

adj. feeling that you have the right to do or have what you want without having to work for it or deserve it, just because of who you are 有权做…的；为所欲为的。eg：These kids are spoiled, entitled, self-absorbed, and apathetic. 这些孩子被宠坏了，为所欲为、自恋且冷漠。

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第一段第五句

Everything went fine.

一切都很好。

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第一段第六句

We completed and published the work as co-authors.

我们作为合作者完成和发表了这项研究。

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第一段第七句

Years passed, and I forgot my supervisor’s advice.

几年已经过去，我已经忘记了导师的建议。

完整翻译

当我还是一名博士生时，一次朋友提议我们一起合作一个项目，我非常激动。我问导师是否可以，他欣然同意了。但他建议在开始之前，我们要确定好自己预期的贡献和荣誉。我并没有听他的话。并不打算和挚友协商这些；我完全信任我的合作者会给我应得的荣誉，而且我也不想给人一种自命不凡的印象。一切都很好。我们作为合作者完成和发表了这项研究。几年已经过去，我已经忘记了导师的建议。