Written, but never made public — never printed in a book or magazine, never put where readers can find it. Two quite different feelings hang on this one word.

Written, but never made public寫出來了，但從沒公開過 — never printed in a book or magazine沒有印在書或雜誌裡，never put where readers can find it也沒有放在讀者找得到的地方。Two quite different feelings hang on this one word這一個字上掛著兩種完全不同的感覺。

For a writer it can mean failure or waiting: an unpublished novelist is someone whose work nobody has bought yet, and "three unpublished novels in a drawer" is a small sad story in four words.

For a writer對作家來說 it can mean failure or waiting這可能代表失敗或還在等待：an unpublished novelistunpublished novelist（未出版的小說家） is someone whose work nobody has bought yet指的是作品還沒人買下來的人，and "three unpublished novels in a drawer"而「抽屜裡三本未出版的小說」 is a small sad story in four words短短幾個字就是一個小小的悲傷故事。

But for scholars, letters, and famous people's papers, unpublished means rare and precious: "previously unpublished letters", "unpublished photographs of the singer". Here it is a selling point, because unpublished means nobody has seen it before.

But for scholars, letters, and famous people's papers但對學者、書信，還有名人的文件來說，unpublished means rare and preciousunpublished 代表的是稀有又珍貴："previously unpublished letters"像「之前從未發表過的信件」，"unpublished photographs of the singer"或「這位歌手未曾發表過的照片」。Here it is a selling point這裡它是個賣點，because unpublished means nobody has seen it before因為 unpublished 代表沒有人看過它。

It also has a plain technical use for information a company or government holds but has not released — unpublished data, unpublished figures. Grammar note: it can describe the writing (an unpublished poem) or the person (an unpublished author).

It also has a plain technical use它也有很單純的技術性用法 for information a company or government holds but has not released指公司或政府手上有、但還沒公開的資訊 — unpublished data, unpublished figures像 unpublished data（未公開的資料）、unpublished figures（未公開的數字）。Grammar note文法小提醒：it can describe the writing它可以形容作品 (an unpublished poem像 an unpublished poem／未發表的詩) or the person或形容人 (an unpublished author像 an unpublished author／未出版過的作者)。

One quiet change: since anyone can now post writing online, "unpublished" in the book world tends to mean "not published by a publisher" rather than "never seen by anyone".

One quiet change有個悄悄發生的變化：since anyone can now post writing online因為現在任何人都能把文字貼到網路上，"unpublished" in the book world tends to mean "not published by a publisher"書籍界裡的 "unpublished" 比較傾向是指「沒有出版社出版過」 rather than "never seen by anyone"而不是「從來沒人看過」。