书中狗的名字叫什么名字叫什么名字吗？
“牛虻”是亚瑟给那只红脸腺犬起的绰号，它真正的名字是什么，作者的原文是哪一页呢？ 书中的原话（英文原文及中文翻译） “The bull-dog’s real name was Rags. He had been an orphan， and a foundling，—had no parents nor home to go back to. He knew his own name only because the kind doctor who had reared him called him by that name...He liked this name very much better than any other he had ever heard； so when asked what it was he would say 'Raq' with a short 'g' in place of the long one。” ————《牛虻》第一章 作者：［英］伏尼契著/郭国兴等译 我认为作者给出的理由是可信的：第一，从语法上，狗听不懂人说话，当然不可能问出“What is your name"这样包含主语的人称代词的问题；第二，一只流浪的小动物是没有姓的。第三，我怀疑它的智商是否能达到理解一个较长单词的水平(如名词或动词)。
因此我认为作者的解释是最合理的。不过，如果读者朋友有不同意见，欢迎一起探讨。