The word "paracosm" refers to detailed, made-up  worlds that are usually created by kids or  

“副宇宙”一詞指的是通常由兒童或青少年創造的詳細的、虛構的世界

teenagers. Many times, these make-believe worlds  can continue to grow and develop even when the  

。很多時候，即使創作者成年後，這些虛構的世界仍能繼續成長和發展

creators become adults, showing how powerful their  imagination can be. The term "paracosm" comes from  

，可見他們的想像力有多麼強大。 “paracosm”一詞來自

two Greek words: "para," which means alongside or  beyond, and "cosm," which means world or universe.  

兩個希臘詞：“para”，意思是“旁邊”或“超越”；“cosm”，意思是“世界”或“宇宙”。

So, a paracosm is like a whole other universe  that exists side by side with our real world,  

因此，副宇宙就像與我們的現實世界並存的另一個宇宙，

but it's made up entirely in someone's  imagination. Consequently, a paracosm  

但它完全是由某人的想像組成的。因此，副宇宙的

characterizes an immersive, alternate universe  that exists beyond the bounds of our known world. 

特徵是存在於我們已知世界範圍之外的沉浸式替代宇宙。

The term "paracosm" was first introduced by  Ben Vincent, a self-proclaimed paracosmist.  

“副宇宙”一詞是由自稱為副宇宙論者的本·文森特首次提出的。

Vincent's work builds upon earlier research  by Robert Silvey, a researcher for the BBC.

文森特的工作建立在英國廣播公司研究員羅伯特·西爾維早期研究的基礎上。