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Joan Rivers started her career as a stand-up comedian who was quick to poke fun at herself -- at her body, her family responsibilities and being a misfit within an unaccommodating world. |
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瓊安．里弗斯以反應靈敏自嘲的站台諧星展開事業，主題例如她的身體、家庭責任以及在這個不友善的世界裡格格不入的情況。 |
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By the time she died Thursday at 81, Rivers had become a worldwide celebrity, but she was still a misfit, biting the well-groomed hands that fed her. |
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里弗斯於週四逝世，享壽八十一歲，當時她已經是位世界知名人物了，但她仍然是個異類，對她靠著吃飯的那些上流名人恩將仇報。 |
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The comedian was quick-witted and sharp-tongued, known for standing on the red carpet or presiding over her show "Fashion Police" and -- she said -- saying the things that other people were thinking. |
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這位諧星機智靈敏、伶牙俐齒，著名的是站在紅毯上或主持她的節目《時尚警察》，然後，以她的說法，就說些其他人心裡正在想的想法。 |
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Rivers, the pioneering, sassy comedian whose gossipy "can we talk" persona led to a career as a headlining talk-show host, best-selling author and red-carpet maven, died a week after being rushed to the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest at a Manhattan clinic. |
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里弗斯是個勇於開路、口無遮攔的諧星，她以八卦式「我們可以談談嗎」的形象打開了職業生涯，當上頭牌脫口秀主持人、暢銷作家、紅毯專家，她因為在曼哈頓的一家診所發生心搏驟停緊急送醫，一週後逝世。 |
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"My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. |
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Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon," said her daughter, Melissa, in a statement. |
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「我的母親一生中的最大喜悅就是逗人笑。雖然現在這點不容易做到了，但我知道她的最終願望會是我們大家儘快回復歡笑，」她的女兒梅莉莎在聲明中表示。 |
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Rivers' initial rise to fame was propelled by jokes about herself and her family duties. |
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里弗斯最初崛起成名是靠著拿她自己和她的家庭責任開玩笑。 |
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"I hate housework," went one of her jokes. |
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"You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again." |
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「我討厭做家事，」這是她講的一個笑話：「你鋪好床、洗好碗盤，然後六個月後還必須全部再做一次。」 |
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Over time, her self-mocking shtick gave way to more pointed comedy, with shrewd and cutting insults aimed at celebrities and politicians. |
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Comedians such as Roseanne Barr, Sarah Silverman, Kathy Griffin and Chelsea Handler owe a great deal to Rivers' brash, commanding personality, which was unusual when she first came up. |
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過了一陣子之後，她自嘲的妙語換成了較尖銳的笑話，機靈挖苦地羞辱名人和政治人物。羅珊．巴爾、莎拉．席佛曼、凱西．葛瑞芬和雀爾喜．韓德勒等諧星受到里弗斯無理、霸道的個性影響很大，這種風格在她剛出道時很少見。 |
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She was a popular talk-show guest, most notably on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," and used that platform to become one of Carson's regular guest hosts -- and, in 1983, his permanent guest host. |
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她是個受歡迎的脫口秀來賓，最有名的是上強尼．卡森的《今夜秀》，後來藉由這個平台成為卡森的其中一位固定代班主持人──然後在一九八三年，成為永久的代班主持。 |
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