“Everyone knows him as the world's worst poet,but we are still talking about him today and he was attracted an international audience,”said Alex Dove,book specialist at Lyon & Turnbull.“He is appreciated because he's funny.”

感觉he was attracted an international audience有点问题，这里attract不应是被动态。于是到网上找到原文，原来是：he's attracted an international audience," 显然这里he’s是he has 而不是he was，这就对了。

Lyon & Turnbull 一家在苏格兰的拍卖行。
appreciate 在这里是欣赏、赏识之意

翻译：
“里昂和特恩布尔”拍卖行的图书专家亚历克斯•多弗说：“人人都知道他是世界上最糟糕的诗人，但今天我们仍在谈论他，他引起了全世界读者的兴趣。”“他被人们赏识是因为很滑稽.”