A big dog celebrates a big birthday this year.

一只大狗在今年欢庆隆重的生日+;~=nVhUE]&。

Clifford the Big Red Dog first appeared 50 years ago, along with Emily Elizabeth, the little girl who loves him.

这只叫克利福德的大红狗和爱他的小女孩艾米丽·伊丽莎白，第一次出现在50年前M4QtG@BA7@!YlJ2。

Today we have Norman Brid Well, to talk with NPR's reporter of his dog's 50th birthday.

今天由诺曼·布里德·威尔，和美国国家公共广播电台的记者谈论他那只大狗的50岁生日;IA]Gh&#+5Ex|。

So, Norman tell us how it all started.

诺曼，告诉我们一下这一切是怎么开始的|JtM_[vurCd9h。

Well, it was 1962 and I was struggling, not very successful artist in New York.

嗯，那是在1962年，我当时是一个在纽约努力奋斗，但不很成功的艺术家SjVQ!bHntu7mzK。

My wife suggested that I try my hand in painting for children's books.

妻子建议我试着画儿童读物w]Q=lj(cOjD7wMn%l。

So I did ten paintings and took them to publishers.

所以我画了十幅画，带到了出版社G]oSzL2#Snjj;Pb。

I was turned down everywhere, except one publisher, where a young woman told me I wasn't very good.

我在各个出版商处都遭拒，只有一家没有这样做，那儿的一位年轻女士告诉我，我画得不太好Lw&zJBT3I6O&[[tw。

So if I wanted to paint for a book, I needed to write one on my own.

如果我想为一本书画插画，我需要自己写一本R5gj61_tjbr(n=zT@)。

So you did?

于是你就这么做了？

Umm, the woman pointed to a painting I'd done, about a little girl with a big red dog.

嗯，那位女士指着我画的一幅画，那副画是一个小女孩和一只大红狗jJl@O[OE~,]H。

And she said "maybe that's the story".

她说“也许就是这个故事”|Y)3Z!v,+W*gRn[z。

And I went home.

然后，我回家了0TWvBrl7&25。

And over that weekend, I wrote the story Clifford the Big Red Dog,

在那个周末，我写了一个《大红狗克利福德》的故事，

and was shocked when it was accepted for publication because I'd never written anything before.

当出版社同意出版它时，我感到震惊，因为我以前从未写过任何东西JUToKV4r83l%[CCet]。

I see. How wonderful!

我明白了，多棒啊！

Yes, it was. My wife was also at shock when she did realize it wasn't a dream. But it was just luck.

是的，是很棒CL5*4v00had=U。我妻子意识到这不是梦时，她也很震惊，但那只是好运气P,yr3~y62i=EUa*MBqe。

And that luck turned into 90 Clifford books that have sold 126 million copies in 13 languages.

这份好运气转变为克利福德的90本图画书，它已经被翻译成13种语言，售出1.26亿册dh_nqaxE69sV7~3。