The great fictional mandarin Sir Humphrey Appleby must surely rank as one of Britain’s more successful exports ever. His Machiavellian methods of dealing with government ministers have been followed the world over. Local versions of the Yes Minister TV series in which he starred as a behind-the-scenes puppet master to a hapless politician have been created in countries as diverse as India, Turkey and the Netherlands – where he is played by a woman and his sidekick by a Moroccan called Mohammed.
伟大的文职官员、虚构人物汉弗莱•阿普尔比爵士(Sir Humphrey Appleby)肯定够得上英国有史以来最成功的出口产品之一。他与政府大臣们打交道时所施展的权谋术一直受到全世界的关注。在电视剧《是，大臣！》(Yes Minister)中，他化身为一位倒霉政客的幕后操纵者。该剧还被印度、土耳其和荷兰等多个国家改编成不同版本——在荷兰版本中，这个人物由一名女性扮演，他的副手变成了一名叫穆罕默德(Mohammed)的摩洛哥人。
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