The Oscar statuette is the symbol of the Academy Awards. Here are some facts about the trophy itself. 奥斯卡小金东谈主是奥斯卡金像奖的标记海量激情文学。这里有一些对于奖杯自己的事实。

1. The original design of “Oscar” was by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons. He came up with a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader’s sword. The Academy commissioned the Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to create the design in three dimensions. “奥斯卡”的原始操办师是米高梅公司艺术总监塞德里克·吉奔斯。他构念念出了一个骑士站在一个电影胶片卷轴上，手里紧持十字军之剑的雕像。学院请托洛杉矶雕琢家乔治·斯坦利来作念三维操办。

2. It was presented for the first time at the initial awards banquet on May 16， 1929 to Emil Jannings， named Best Actor for his performances in “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh”. 小金东谈主在1929年5月16日的受奖晚会上初次亮相，第一座小金东谈主授予艾米尔·杰宁斯，他凭借在《临了的敕令》和《众生之路》中的扮演获选奥斯卡最好男演员。

3. Since then， 2，701 statuettes have been presented. 自其时起，照旧有2701座小金东谈主被颁发出去。

4. The new golden statuettes are cast， moulded， polished and buffed each January by RS Owens & Company， the Chicago-based awards manufacturer retained by the Academy since 1982. 每年一月新的黄金雕像将由RS欧文公司进行浇铸和抛光，自1982年以来好意思国电影艺术与科学院就一直授权这家芝加哥奖杯制造商制造奖杯。

5. Oscar stands 13½ inches tall and weighs 8½ lbs. 奥斯卡小金东谈主身高13½英寸，重8½磅。

6. The film reel features five spokes， signifying the five original branches of the Academy: actors， directors， producers， technicians and writers. Although the statuette remains true to its original design， the size of the base varied until 1945， when the current standard was adopted. 这个电影胶片卷轴上有五个辐条，象征着学院的五个原始分支：演员、导演、制片东谈主、时间东谈主员和作者。在1945年前，固然雕像一直忠于原始操办，但底座大小不一。直到1945年，现在的尺度才被遴荐。

7. Officially named the Academy Award of Merit， the statuette is better known by its nickname， Oscar. While the origins of the moniker are not clear， a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time， Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939. 奥斯卡的官方称号是学院成立奖，然则小金东谈主的昵称“奥斯卡”更广为东谈主知。固然该昵称的发源不解，然则有个广为流传的故事提到，当学院藏书楼员（后成为实行董事）玛格丽特·赫里克第一次看到小金东谈主时，她评发扬小金东谈主长得就像她的叔叔奥斯卡。学院一直到1939年才认真升引这一诨名。

8. The statuettes presented at the initial ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze. Within a few years the bronze was abandoned in favour of Britannia metal， a pewter-like alloy which is then plated in copper， nickel silver， and finally， 24-carat gold. 领先在奥斯卡受奖礼上颁发的小金东谈主皆是镀金实心铜像。几年后小金东谈主的原料被换成不列颠合金，这是一种类锡合金，然后镀上铜、镍银，临了再镀上一层24K黄金。

9. Due to a metal shortage during the Second World War， Oscars were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war， the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones. 由于在第二次寰宇大战时候金属资源零落，有三年的奥斯卡小金东谈主是用石膏制成的。战斗鸿沟后，学院请这些获奖者拿石膏雕像来换镀金金属雕像。

10. The Academy is not certain know how many statuettes it will hand out until the envelopes are opened on the night of the ceremony. Although the number of categories are known in advance， the possibility of ties and of multiple recipients sharing the prize in some categories makes it impossible to predict the exact number of statuettes to be awarded. Any surplus awards are housed in the Academy’s vault until the following year's event. 直到奥斯卡受奖礼当晚信封被掀开，学院并不了了将颁发些许个小金东谈主奖杯。尽管各奖项类别的数量照旧提前认知，但仍有可能在某些奖项产生多东谈主获取吞并个奖的情况，因此无法先见要颁发出去的小金东谈主的准确数量。多出的小金东谈主将放在学院的地窖里，恭候来年奥斯卡再颁发出去。

英文起首：逐日电讯报 译者：陈钰玉 审校&剪辑：丹妮海量激情文学