one that he developed over the span of many decades.

这个理论是他通过数十年的研究才提出的
He was in his time extremely well known,

弗洛伊德在世时远近闻名
a celebrity recognized on the street,

是个家喻户晓的名人
and throughout his life,

纵观他的一生
he was a man of extraordinary energy and productivity,

他还是一个精力充沛的高产学者
in part because he was a very serious cocaine addict.

部分原因是他是个十足的瘾君子
But also just in general,

但总体而言
he was just a high-energy sort of person.

他是一个精力旺盛的人
He was up for the Nobel Prize in medicine and in literature;

他曾获得过诺贝尔医学奖和文学奖的提名
didn't get either one of them;

但却都未能最终获奖
didn't get the prize in medicine because Albert Einstein--

没能获得诺贝尔医学奖则是因为爱因斯坦
Everybody loves Albert Einstein.

大家都喜欢爱因斯坦