代亚诺加（dianoga）

南方战士

翻译：Darth Maul
校对：南方战士

dianoga 代亚诺加

Homeworld:
Vodran
母星：
沃德兰

Size:
10 meters long
体型：
10米长

Diet:
Omnivore
食性：
杂食

电影



What type of creature makes even the mighty Chewbacca tremble? The resemblance of the dianoga to other fearsome creatures of the depths is not lost on cautious Wookiees. The dianoga is a disgusting garbage parasite that infests the refuse systems of large Imperial installations and warships. They can grow up to ten meters in size. The muddy-colored squid-like creature thrives in dank environments, patiently waiting for morsels big enough to satisfy its appetite. The seven-tentacled creature ensnares its prey and attempts to drag it into its hungry mouth.
什么样的生物能使强大的丘巴卡颤抖？像代亚诺加那样可怕的深渊生物就能让这个警觉的伍基人提心吊月旦。代亚诺加是一种恶心的垃圾寄生生物，遍布于大型帝国军事设施与军舰的垃圾系统里。它们能长到十多米长。这种烂泥色的鱿鱼般生物在潮湿的环境中生长，耐心地等待足以喂饱它的大块食物。这种有七根触手的生物会诱捕猎物，努力将其拖入饥饿的口中。

衍生宇宙



A disgusting parasite that has spread across the galaxy, dianogas have proliferated on many worlds. They originate on the planet Vodran, an ancient planet whose discovery by the Hutts predates even the Republic. Over the course of millennia, dianogas have propagated to distant worlds in their microscopic larval forms.
作为一种遍布银河的恶心寄生生物，代亚诺加已经在很多星球滋生。它们起源于沃德兰行星——一个早在共和国成立前就被赫特人发现的古老行星。数千年来，代亚诺加以只能用显微镜才能观察到的幼虫形态传播到遥远的星球。

Though almost universally reviled, dianogas are not always hunted since they do provide a service, ridding waste of biological materials and leaving salvageable minerals and metals behind. Upon discovery, a dianoga is allowed to continue feeding until it becomes big enough to pose a threat. Since there is no shortage of garbage in the galaxy, giant dianogas are a frighteningly common threat in the depths of large metropolitan areas.
虽然几乎被人人唾弃，但由于并非一无是处，因此代亚诺加没有被消灭。它们能去掉垃圾中的有机物，留下可回收的矿物与金属。基于这个发现，一头代亚诺加不会被捕杀，直到其身体大到足以构成威胁为止。由于银河系从来不乏垃圾，因此巨大的代亚诺加在大型都市区深处是常见的恐怖威胁。

Dianogas are not instinctively aggressive, since they are predominantly scavengers. They possess a fascinating evolutionary adaptation -- dianogas divert small portions of digested meals into a series of ducts near the surface of the skin. This provides dianogas with remarkable color-changing camouflage abilities. Starving dianogas -- the most dangerous since they are the ones most likely to lash out -- are nearly transparent.
代亚诺加本性并不好斗，因为它们主要是食腐动物。它们进化出一种吸引人的适应性——代亚诺加能把少量消化物转移到皮肤表面附近连续的输送管内。这赋予了代亚诺加卓越的变色伪装能力。饥饿的代亚诺加——由于很有可能凶猛出击，因此是最危险的——是近乎透明的。

幕后



The name "dianoga" has a curious etymology, being one of the oldest terms in Star Wars lore. In the early drafts of A New Hope, the Jedi were called Dai Nogas, or occasionally just "Dai." This evolved into Jedi, and dianoga (or variations thereof) came to describe a nasty creature lurking about in the garbage -- the early scripts didn't always have the trash compactor aboard the Death Star. In the final film, Director George Lucas was reportedly less than impressed with the delivered dianoga effect, having envisioned something bigger and more ominous.
“代亚诺加”这个名字的词源很有趣，它是《星球大战》文化中最早的术语之一。在《新的希望》的早期草稿里，绝地被称为代诺加，有时就被称为“代”。这后来发展成为绝地，而代亚诺加（或类似的变体）被用来描述一种潜伏在垃圾中的污秽生物——在早期的剧本里，死星上并不总是有垃圾压缩机。在最终电影里，导演乔治·卢卡斯据说对代亚诺加的出场效果并不十分满意，预想中，那应该是一个更大更凶恶的东西。

原文地址：http://www.starwarsfans.cn/misc/databank/dianoga/
采集日期：2010.6.14.