对于威廉·古斯塔夫号沉没的长时间沉默可能是不可避免的，也是必要的。

The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable — and necessary.

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那就是S的目标，我很确定，她想做一个像福勒一样的编辑，而不是像纽约客的编辑威廉肖恩那样传奇而又沉默寡言的学究。

That’s what S meant, I decided: she would be an editor like Fuller, rather than someone bookish, like the legendarily reticent New Yorker editor William Shawn.

youdao

那就是S的目标，我很确定，她想做一个像福勒一样的编辑，而不是像纽约客的编辑威廉肖恩那样传奇而又沉默寡言的学究。

That’s what S meant, I decided: she would be an editor like Fuller, rather than someone bookish, like the legendarily reticent New Yorker editor William Shawn.

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