TLS stands for The Times Literary Supplement — a British weekly paper about books and ideas. It comes from the same company as the London newspaper The Times, and it has been going since 1902. Each issue is mostly long reviews of new books, plus essays, poems, and letters where writers argue with each other about earlier reviews.

TLSTLS stands for The Times Literary Supplement全名是The Times Literary Supplement泰晤士報文學增刊 — a British weekly paper about books and ideas.——一份講書和思想的英國週報。 It comes from the same company as the London newspaper The Times它跟倫敦報紙The Times是同一家公司出的, and it has been going since 1902.，從1902年就開始發行了。 Each issue is mostly long reviews of new books每一期主要是新書的長篇書評, plus essays, poems, and letters where writers argue with each other about earlier reviews.，加上散文、詩，還有作者們針對之前書評互相爭論的讀者投書。

It is written for people who read seriously — university teachers, writers, and people who simply love books — so the English inside it is difficult, much harder than a normal newspaper. When someone says "I read it in the TLS" or "she writes for the TLS", they are quietly telling you the book world takes them seriously.

It is written for people who read seriously它是寫給認真閱讀的人看的 — university teachers, writers, and people who simply love books ——大學老師、作家，還有單純愛書的人—— so the English inside it is difficult, much harder than a normal newspaper.所以裡面的英文很難，比一般報紙難得多。 When someone says "I read it in the TLS" or "she writes for the TLS"當有人說「I read it in the TLS」或「she writes for the TLS」, they are quietly telling you the book world takes them seriously.，其實是在悄悄告訴你，書的圈子把他們當一回事。

In writing you will see it as three plain capital letters, usually with 'the' in front: the TLS. You say the letters one by one: T-L-S.

In writing you will see it as three plain capital letters書面上你會看到它就是三個大寫字母, usually with 'the' in front: the TLS.，前面通常加'the'：the TLS。 You say the letters one by one: T-L-S.唸的時候一個字母一個字母唸：T-L-S。

One thing worth knowing: outside the book world, these same three letters usually mean something completely different in computers (the security that puts the little lock in your browser), so the meaning depends entirely on what people are talking about.

One thing worth knowing有一件事值得知道 : outside the book world, these same three letters usually mean something completely different in computers：離開書的圈子，這三個字母在電腦領域通常是完全不同的意思 (the security that puts the little lock in your browser)（就是讓你瀏覽器上出現小鎖頭圖案的那種安全機制）, so the meaning depends entirely on what people are talking about.，所以意思完全要看當下在講什麼。