Samuel Taylor Coleridge / 塞缪尔·泰勒·柯尔律治
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born on 21st October 1772.
塞缪尔·泰勒·柯尔律治于1772年10月21日出生。
Samuel was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who has written some of the most famous poems in the English language.
塞缪尔是一位英国诗人、文学评论家和哲学家，他创作了一些英语中最著名的诗歌。
As a child, Samuel was an avid reader and was particularly interested in stories about knights and chivalry.
作为一个孩子，塞缪尔是一个贪婪的读者，特别对关于骑士和骑士气柜的故事感兴趣。
When his father suddenly died, he enrolled in Cambridge University with the intention of becoming a vicar.
当他父亲突然去世时，他报名进入剑桥大学，打算成为一名教区牧师。
However, he found life at Cambridge University unstimulating and fell into a life of drinking, gambling and womanising.
然而，他发现剑桥大学的生活毫无刺激，陷入了喝酒、赌博和调情的生活。
He soon fell into debt and he had to be rescued from financial ruin by his brother.
他很快就负债累累，不得不靠他的兄弟从经济破产中获得救助。
By chance, he met a fellow student called Robert Southey and together they decided to set up a community in America where everyone had an equal say in how the community would be run.
偶然间，他遇到了一位叫罗伯特·索西的同学，他们决定一起在美国建立一个社区，让每个人在社区的运行方式上都有平等的发言权。
In order to participate in this community he had to be married so Coleridge married the daughter of an acquaintance.
为了参加这个社群，他必须已婚，因此科尔律治娶了一位熟人的女儿。
However, this was an unhappy marriage and the couple spent most of their married life apart.
然而，这是一桩不幸的婚姻，这对夫妇大部分婚姻生活都分居两地。
The plan for this community then collapsed when Southey decided to become a lawyer instead.
当索西决定改行成为律师时，这个社区的计划随之崩溃。
Samuel Coleridge Taylor thus turned to becoming a writer.
塞缪尔·科尔里奇·泰勒因此转向成为一名作家。
In 1795, Coleridge met another famous English poet called William Wordsworth.
1795年，科尔律治遇到了另一位著名的英国诗人威廉·华兹华斯。
Coleridge and Wordsworth became very good friends and Wordsworth and his sister moved house to live near Coleridge.
柯尔律治和华兹华斯成为了非常要好的朋友，华兹华斯和他的妹妹搬家以住在靠近柯尔律治的地方。
Coleridge and Wordsworth would then spend hours each day walking in the countryside, discussing poetry, philosophy and politics.
柯尔律治和华兹华斯随后每天都会花几个小时在乡间散步，讨论诗歌、哲学和政治。
Together they published a book of poetry.
他们一起出版了一本诗集。
Although Coleridge only wrote 4 of the 23 poems, it contains one of Coleridge’s most famous poems, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’.
虽然柯尔律奇只写了23首诗中的4首，但其中包含了柯尔律奇最著名的诗作之一《古海员押韵》
This poem is about a sailor who kills an albatross, a symbol of good luck, and brings a curse upon him and the ship’s crew.
这首诗讲述了一名海员杀死了一只信天翁，这是一种好运的象征，从而给他自己和船员带来了诅咒。
Through this and other famous poems, Coleridge became a leader in the ‘Romance’ movement where literature, painting, music and other arts focus on the reverence for mythology and the supernatural, and a celebration of heroism and chivalry.
通过这首及其他著名诗作，科尔律治成为“浪漫主义”运动的领导人物，该运动中文学、绘画、音乐及其他艺术形式都专注于对神话与超自然的崇敬，以及对英雄主义和骑士精神的颂扬。
This, however, conflicted with Wordsworth’s views, who wanted to focus on the earthly and ordinary aspects of people’s life.
然而，这与华兹华斯的观点相冲突，他希望关注人们生活中世俗和平凡的方面。
Coleridge then went to Germany to study philosophy and became fluent in the German language.
科尔律治随后前往德国学习哲学，并精通德语。
When he returned to England, he lectured on literature and philosophy and wrote about religion and political theory for more than 2 decades.
当他回到英格兰后，他讲授文学和哲学，并撰写关于宗教和政治理论的文章超过二十年。
Because of depression, marriage problems, health issues and debt he became addicted to laudanum, a mixture of opium and alcohol.
由于抑郁症、婚姻问题、健康问题和债务，他染上了罂粟酒（一种鸦片和酒精的混合物）的瘾。
In an unsuccessful attempt to overcome his health problems and his opium addiction, Coleridge moved to Malta for 2 years and worked as an assistant to the Governor.
在一次未能成功克服健康问题和鸦片成瘾的尝试中，柯尔律治搬到马耳他两年，并担任总督助理。
When he return to London, he moved in with a friend who was able to control his addition to a certain extent.
当他回到伦敦时，他搬去和一个朋友住，这个朋友在一定程度上能控制他的嗜好。
Coleridge continued to write and publish literary works, although at times he found it difficult to complete some of his projects because of his health and mental state.
柯尔律治继续创作和出版文学作品，尽管有时由于健康和心理状态的原因，他发现完成一些项目比较困难。
On the 25thJuly 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge died of heart failure and a lung disease possibly linked to his use of opium.
1834年7月25日，塞缪尔·泰勒·柯尔律治因心力衰竭和可能与他使用鸦片有关的肺病去世。