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: Z+ V, Z( z1 w' h6 d G# i" B李春燕博士在纽约ABC总部门口精彩演讲的中文译文-自由之旅$ e& w: W# S, y' [( B
关键字: 李春燕,Chuanyan Li, kimmel,黄寸草,Cuncao Huang
# p! l0 T2 W9 Y" V7 ?* q发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 10 02:12:45 2013, 美东)- }" X s9 o* L k! r% d6 U0 T
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/NewJersey/31887277.html$ p4 N; l& c3 v; ~
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7 Q ?9 ~5 G, z0 p李春燕博士在纽约2013年11月8日在ABC总部门口的演讲精彩演讲-有理、有节、有激情
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现特意贴出来自新泽西州的黄寸草女士翻译的译文。
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3 E6 w9 R2 T* F& A6 V6 q% _希望更多的中国人也能明白春燕的演讲内容!! u, X8 ]- Q$ w9 C) U+ h: \
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9sk8vsEnDs( t: [/ x K; B' j9 r
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( V" ?3 k8 C" ]) K译文(转载请注明出处):
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" O4 r$ R( |+ N( z6 D自由之旅* ~' t4 k" z4 r' ~8 k6 r
) s8 _' O% g3 p( m l作者:李春燕博士" w/ }; D& k7 K" u
(译者:黄寸草,美国翻译协会认证译员)8 X; g2 @/ ?# }% w
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亲爱的朋友们,
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今天,我们来到这里,花了多长时间?一小时?两小时?对我而言,是漫长的 20 8 q0 J( W) d. c: W1 V
年!20 年前,我满怀理想踏上了这片自由的热土。或许,是因为听了太多的美国之音
# [; D" x+ _6 V" \8 `( i4 d吧。20 年后,我的儿子却与我一道,并肩抗议 ABC 传播种族仇恨和暴力的言论。这幅. H& @/ A2 Y& n3 x/ z: A
场景有多么不和谐?+ R( ?7 i2 u& c$ s/ r8 ?
; _) y. k$ |5 S- i& x 我问儿子,是否权且将“杀光中国人”的说法当作一个笑话。他说,这种言论表明3 [; u2 q% T$ E: s. c# j# Y
,社会和媒体都在给孩子们灌输什么样的理念!我心沉重:美国是进步了,还是倒退了?
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现在,我再次询问:我们走到这一步,花了多长时间?7 Z+ ?" V' k r# R& X. I! k
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我不了解各位的情况,但过去的 20 天比我所经历的 20 年更加漫长。今天,在场7 v- a, I; j) l9 p. i2 K
的各位朋友们一定都读过那些迷惑人心的报道和评注,也对此发表过见解、阐述过反驳& I+ d% W6 d4 N5 t: ?
意见、并为此痛心疾首。我们扪心自问:是我们要求过分了吗?是我们的英文水平不够% B, l. J: d8 Y" L% }' s! e7 @
好,不理解道歉应该是什么样的吗?
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10 月 28 日,我们第一次抗议的当晚,Kimmel 先生说:今天是个古怪的日子……
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向“谁”抱歉,算得上哪门子真正的道歉?向宁静的生活被从此破坏的中国人道歉了吗, L( J" }4 u+ i: K; h
?向我们努力保护免受痛苦和伤害的孩子们道歉了吗?向教育孩子们马丁路德金博士精/ q# M4 Q( i2 m) [' d
神的学校道歉了吗?ABC,请问你们称此为“道歉”吗?4 `8 n5 h. Y- N
: d! |/ ?; d' w* _; Y 在给 80-20 的信中,ABC 仍声称其旨在娱乐大众,别无他意。请问,难道拿“杀5 m5 L2 A$ W1 C+ P) W! d
光中国人”当玩笑就那么有趣么?是因为我们总是与人为善么?朋友 11 岁的乖儿想在
; ]) L+ i( O! s3 R' p" O海报上写“不要欺负我们”。开始我不理解,后来我才明白,他的意思是“不要利用我! f: O8 J& q/ T% J# q' ~$ a
们的善良。”这让我心碎!!!ABC 和 Kimmel 先生,我们要求你们,为夺走孩子们宝9 \- c1 j" l2 j9 A# w3 k
贵的安全感负责!为在孩子们的心灵播下仇恨的种子负责!
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10 月 29 日,Kimmel 先生将这一切归罪于文化差异的理念,多么可笑。我请问,
2 j5 g, W$ `& K您所谓的“文化差异”是什么意思?勤奋工作、赢得尊重、热爱和谐的文化?还是暴力. m# n! d* n7 Y0 K4 }! }& t
和种族仇恨的文化?这二者区别何在?我相信我们与 Kimmel 之间的确存在着天壤之别+ D( ]/ r+ T% f# i
。我们是非分明,对幽默亦心领神会!然而,我们不能容忍的是你恶意的玩笑、之后公
' t. t3 v8 C' r; e3 p; w) b然的侮辱、顾左右而言他的荒谬的“文化差异”理论。这种行为除了证明你 Kimmel 先) z+ J: S! }* F7 ~
生是个不称职的公众人物之外,它显得多么苍白无力!
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: l1 T" [* q" N ABC,请别再拿“文化差异”掩饰自己的错误!除了印第安原住民,我们所有人都
9 ~& j. S* {0 v, A+ R3 o) Y是来自五湖四海的移民,都有着各自的特质。虽然如此,我们共同持守的是人类尊严这
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我一而再,再而三地询问:“走到这一步,我们花了多长时间?”有朋友说,“某
8 {- [ q+ m; K. C* `处登了书面道歉啦”。现实生活中,谁会有这么多的第三次机会?然而,这让我陷入沉
c3 M0 S7 n4 a思,是否我们要求太多了?要求太多了?!令我深感失望的是,在这封道歉信中,
& [0 ?# J) i8 i9 h3 r4 Z/ lKimmel 先生仍胆小地躲在 6 岁顽童的身后。拿出点勇气来,Kimmel 先生!你不会以
+ ~! s8 h+ `# s/ G( f" H4 U, [ `为我们的愤怒是指向一个 6 岁的孩童吧?你问:“我们是否应该让中国人活下去?”
- t `$ x" M" X$ {0 h2 G3 M这让我们愤怒!你随后傲慢的嘲笑,让我们愤怒!ABC 在公众面前掩饰所谓的道歉背后
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; |3 _" I$ [/ [ M! t. U+ |( v 美国是勇者的国度。ABC,让孩子们看看你有勇气承认错误!让孩子们看看你有胆
, a" {3 x& r$ E, _量承担责任,开除 Kimmel!请向公众表明你有决心制定措施,防止此类事件再次发生
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如何能知错必改,勇担责任!!
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这 20 年,这 20 天,是追求美好生活、自由和幸福的漫漫之旅。谁不希望拥抱幸
" {' u6 C, t0 W, S( U' S福?然生命无常,谈何自由?!失去自由,幸福安在?!路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而
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" P, |! G) Y3 ^5 _4 z' t8 l4 a 告诉孩子们,远离杀戮,奉献爱心!!0 V& p: Q0 E& A4 a$ s+ |2 _% @
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! f" a# g. \7 C' o; @- s [What a Journey!
+ p" y; k) j; j+ m& XBy Chunyan Li/ i8 Q; ^$ ~5 w- c8 ]9 u# r
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Dear all," G6 ]" N9 d$ e1 z [2 }
How long does it take us to get here today? One hour? Two hours? For me, it
4 r$ G- a* }$ Iis 20 years! 20 years ago I arrived at this land of the free, full of ideals
2 I# e0 y [: }( |3 f* A, perhaps from listening too much to radio Voice of America. 20 years later% }- g4 n- k5 A5 |) Y5 `" z
my sons join me to protest against ABC's spreading of racial hatred and
' J. _0 @/ w/ j6 Yviolence. What is wrong with this picture?
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I ask my teenage son whether we should just treat "killing Chinese" as a . _- ^* T# C- S0 i
joke. He said this demonstrates what the society and media had been feeding
2 G( B: A0 b0 h' Y$ K2 H gour young kids. My heart sank. Is America moving forward or backward?' I; @: m O" K4 p& R N
4 c& ]' G, q: {) g( b+ XNow I ask again: How long does it take us to get here?
; u' G% x/ g- {6 e1 K5 u9 uI don't know about you, but the last 20 days seem longer than my 20 years. + O! f9 O6 m- J
Those of us who stand here today must have been reading, writing, arguing, ( r$ O8 V' t+ j: K+ n' f, t
and agonizing over confusing pieces of reports and commentaries. And we ask
5 c5 P9 v* ^# A5 `ourselves, are we being unreasonable? Is our English that bad that we don't
, B0 z2 y+ z5 w5 Gknow what an apology is?
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. D1 W) ^. P' V. F! B, j4 HOn 10/28, the night of our first protest, Mr. Kimmel said, "today is a weird
4 ~ R0 S s2 v1 Bday...I am sorry if I offended anyone." I ask ABC, who is the weird one?
6 r n' R' D. L0 y7 B0 {" nWho truly apologizes if he doesn't even say sorry for what? Sorry to whom?
( ] ~: C6 q6 g' ` x8 X+ G4 A I3 kTo the Chinese whose sense of tranquility is forever disturbed? To our kids
. c C& `4 d+ `) A7 k9 Qwhom we try so hard to shield from pain and harm? To the schools that teach- q! W( |( u8 |: E3 f2 D; E
kids the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King? ABC, do you call that an apology?
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9 I& F: ^: l+ K1 _In a letter to 80-20, ABC still claims it only entertains. Why is joking
; Y! l& d' J5 P/ D/ H! Q1 Babout killing Chinese so entertaining? Is it because we are always so nice? 0 k% L2 l( A+ y% a$ X. |' a! s
My friend's sweet 11-year old wants to write on his poster, "do not take 1 F- A8 O+ ^) A+ ?. G5 o" c
advantage of us." I first didn't understand, then found out he meant "don't 2 X% e, q# u, Z3 e e
take advantage of us because we are nice." That broke my heart!!! ABC and Mr
4 x$ x8 K4 t/ K0 w9 N% J; |3 z& `& a. Kimmel, we hold you accountable for taking away our children's precious
+ H1 l1 G e, }0 r+ psense of security. And we hold you accountable for sowing the seeds of
* L5 R7 e/ Q9 j @hatred in other children's minds.
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On 10/29, Mr. Kimmel even resorted to the ridiculous notion of cultural
6 ^9 T9 b- y' e0 j$ d; H8 r/ @difference. I ask him, what cultural difference do you mean? A culture of 0 ?/ J; l! w+ h4 X# k9 s/ h
hard work, respect, harmony versus a culture of violence and racial hatred?
0 c$ ~: D; [; T! b2 T# \% zThen I admit there is an unbridgeable difference between Kimmel and us. We
- B9 {9 w/ d- D p( M- iknow what's right, what's wrong. And we know what humor is too! Yet 5 \5 d: |$ m7 C5 [
malicious jokewe have no tolerance of your malicious joke, subsequent insult6 V: n! O; V9 J/ b( T. n
on air, then the absurd reference to culture. This only proves Mr. Kimmel , w x+ z6 v, {) `$ X0 [
you are unfit to be a public figure.
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6 v# a$ n5 Y! @/ a; c, J7 sABC, stop blaming cultural differences for your own mistakes! Except for
- v- G. P' a! m+ c; @9 lNative Americans, all are immigrants with unique traits. Yet we share the
: s1 y3 v, Y, F. M! y ebasic value of human dignity. Stop magnifying the differences in skin colors
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I ask a third time, how long does it take us to get here? Our friends 7 v8 T* E3 f" I) G, {4 d9 B& W; ~
started telling us there is another written apology somewhere. Who in real
' ]7 h% f; N$ a0 r/ A: J1 d& d5 mlife is given so many third chances? Yet I ponder, are we asking too much? I
! \; W2 r+ |) Q* w( Z; C9 Y/ A4 Ediscovered to my dismay that in that written letter, Mr. Kimmel is still 7 k8 J. R& d( v: |+ i$ i! i
hiding behind the 6-year old. Come on Mr. Kimmel, you think our anger is on 0 L' `/ P! w* a* ]- T( o! X
a 6-year old? Our anger is on your malicious question "Should we allow the . r8 K4 \" Q8 E3 J9 j% ^
Chinese to live?" Our anger is on your subsequent arrogant ridicule. Our
( ]$ z' J' T- W0 O6 M+ Qrage is on ABC for not letting the public know the truth of these so called
+ H& t. A: G% Hapologies.
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America is the home of the brave. ABC, show our kids you have the courage of
7 U# z+ n5 q. H! D# b! Z- u) wadmitting wrong doing, show our kids you have the guts to take
( L- P9 h5 _& Oresponsibility by dismissing Mr. Kimmel. Show us you have the resolve to
5 R' ]- {+ s& Ninstitute procedures to prevent future incidences. ABC, do NOT hide behind a
( e" @& w9 d) J" F; e9 l6-year old! Show us what a major network can do to right its wrong!
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Twenty years, twenty days. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Who
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what is happiness? Let's join hands in our pursuit of human dignity.
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Teach kids to love, not to kill! |
鲜花鸡蛋冬子 在2013-11-10 22:45 送朵鲜花 并说:我非常同意你的观点,送朵鲜花鼓励一下
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