环球双语：“蓝精灵”喜迎50岁生日

The Smurfs turn 50!

The ***ttle blue car***on Smurfs are plann***g *** celebrate their 50th birthday this year with a ***w TV series, books and a film, their human promoters said Monday.

Throughout 2008, 20 European cities will be flood*** by the m***ute characters o***y "three apples high" as *** the car***ons.

The Belgium car***onist Pierre Cul***f***d, best known by his pen na***, "Peyo," first ***troduc*** the t***y blue figures *** a ***m*** strip *** Oc***ber 1958. He call*** them Schtroumpf and they beca*** known w***ldwide as the Smurfs.

"The ***vasion will beg*** on January 20 and end *** Oc***ber," said Hendr***k ***ysman, head of the Belgian-bas*** IMPS group wh***h holds the rights *** the car***on characters and is ***ntroll*** by Peyo's widow N***e and children Veronique and Thierry Cul***f***d.

The sale of tens of thousands of small figur***es will be***fit the Unit*** Nations Children's Fund, ***ysman said.

A much larger Smurf statue, de***rat*** by an unna***d celebrity, will be ***ctio***d off on Oc***ber 23, the 50th birthday date, with the proce***s also ******g *** the UN's children's fund.

The Smurfs are also *** head back *** the big screen with a ***-production with the US Paramount film group, ***ysman said.

In an apparent nod *** gender parity, ***w female characters will also be ***troduc*** *** the Smurf ***llage *** help out Schtroumpfette, the o***y female.

The car***onist Peyo di*** *** 1992 at age 64. S***ce then, his family and ***llab***a***rs h**e ***nt***u*** his w***k "*** the sa*** spirit of humour and creati***ty," IMPS said *** a state***nt.

S***ce their humble ***ig***s *** the Belgian children's ***m***-strip magaz***e Spirou, the Smurfs h**e sold 25 mil***on car***on albums w***ldwide *** 25 languages.

A testa***nt of their endur***g popularity: O*** mil***on Smurf DVDs were sold last year alo***, ***ysman said.

(Agencies) ***人物“蓝精灵”往年50岁啦！据主理方本周一先容，为了给这群蔚蓝的小精灵“祝寿”，以“蓝精灵”为中心议题的系列新版动画片、图书和影片将与观众会晤。

据先容，庆贺行动将持久往年一年，欧洲20个都市将受到“蓝精灵”的“突袭”，这些小精灵和漫画中同样，仅有“3个苹果”高。

1958年10月，比利时漫画家皮埃尔?库利福德（笔名：皮尤）创新的“蓝精灵”***抽象初次显现正在连环漫画中，他给这群小精灵起名为“Schtroumpf”，也便是厥后享誉全世界的Smurfs（“蓝精灵”）。

比利时IMPS团体总裁亨德里克?考伊斯曼说：“蓝精灵‘突袭’行动将于本月20日启动，10月份终结。” 具有“蓝精灵”版权的 IMPS团体由皮尤的遗孀奈茵和他的双个孩子弗洛尼克和希里?库利福德把握。

考伊斯曼说，数万仅“蓝精灵”的发卖收益将捐给团结国儿童投资基金会。

由一名神奇人物经心打扮的一个“蓝精灵”伟人将于10月23日——“蓝精灵”50岁诞辰当天公然拍卖，拍卖所得将捐给团结国儿童投资基金会。

据考伊斯曼先容，“蓝精灵”还将被“派推蒙”影视企业搬上大荧幕。

为了表现性别公平，“蓝精灵”村落还将迎来一批女性新成员，家属中的女性成员“蓝妹纸”再不会孤独了。

“蓝精灵”的创新者皮尤于1992年作古，享年64岁。IMPS团体正在一份申明中说，皮尤作古后，他的家人和协作方承袭了他“诙谐与敢于创新”的神态，持续他的职业。

昔时“蓝精灵”初次登上比利时《斯皮鲁》儿童漫画期刊时仍是群不起眼的“小家伙”，但自它们面世以来，《蓝精灵》动画片正在全世界的销量到达2500万张，并以25种言语刊行。

考伊斯曼说，《蓝精灵》DVD仅客岁一年的销量就到达了100万，这足以证实“蓝精灵”的悠久性命力。