IN The 20-odd years he worked for The Economist, from 1981 to 2004, Keith Colquhoun never raised his voice.

从1981年至2004年，基斯·科尔克霍恩为《经济学人》工作长达20余年。

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“I’ve just taken one or two liberties with your copy, ” he would say, meaning that it had been completely rewritten into the best simple, accurate, sparely punctuated Colquhoun prose.

他会说，“我把你的稿子做了一两处处理”，意思是，稿子已经改成最简洁、最准确、标点最少的科尔克霍恩风格。

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"I've just taken one or two liberties with your copy," he would say, meaning that it had been completely rewritten into the best simple, accurate, sparely punctuated Colquhoun prose.

他会说，“我把你的稿子做了一两处处理”，意思是，稿子已经改成最简洁、最准确、标点最少的科尔克·霍恩风格。

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But Ms Colquhoun is an old friend who is unlikely to dispute anything Lord Archer says.

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