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' `$ K4 _/ `5 K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" T# M$ r& b/ t$ Y+ M* N1 |; w
关键字: 李春燕,Chuanyan Li, kimmel,黄寸草,Cuncao Huang% O0 v8 I# S5 x+ p
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 10 02:12:45 2013, 美东) X4 H" I+ q" }1 b! _) M8 {$ x
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/NewJersey/31887277.html
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' W- O% b1 N* `) l4 ^) g# H4 z% s: r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% O6 k. M" E& x* ~
,感人肺腑!
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3 z) R" p& Q1 C0 S" z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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希望更多的中国人也能明白春燕的演讲内容!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9sk8vsEnDs
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译文(转载请注明出处):1 z& `1 b z8 u, Z% s7 w. M
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作者:李春燕博士
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5 e2 A/ P& k, i0 @亲爱的朋友们,( z" T$ \$ d" a( q- f k% b
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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 ( V+ w+ {* K$ h; F
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
5 j' H$ t2 W! f' T. h/ k+ V y a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
$ C" q7 t% P. F场景有多么不和谐?0 O# W) [7 G U& `
5 k5 D9 P. O/ c0 [# }0 K5 z 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
( t" O* U3 L1 ~2 E,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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) t3 {; u8 K+ Z! s& H$ r6 m3 B现在,我再次询问:我们走到这一步,花了多长时间?4 @: B% A, L% g
' c1 W0 o2 j# k) O4 V 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5 k$ a- z d7 E2 S! I
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" a6 ^/ Z7 M5 ]0 p: Y+ {; j+ M: A! d! D
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
1 g% _9 ^# s! i; v好,不理解道歉应该是什么样的吗?+ x+ l+ |. _- `- V+ a5 N- e& H% X
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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……2 O2 W$ b, v5 z+ [7 B( Q; T
如果我冒犯了任何人,抱歉。”我请问 ABC,古怪的是谁?只字不提“为什么”抱歉,
" f& K7 o9 }, @- t, x& ?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
; R7 o; [5 t8 ]/ Y?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' y7 C2 B. p0 M0 F
神的学校道歉了吗?ABC,请问你们称此为“道歉”吗? B8 f7 i$ U- [( s- g8 \
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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$ t( h' V: Z" R4 P/ n# n7 F4 G7 x
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
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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8 M. B1 [& v. l; f* j
贵的安全感负责!为在孩子们的心灵播下仇恨的种子负责!5 Q( X$ _. H& {! s* A& @
$ C$ ~( z5 b0 W) O 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,
% a; G. e C6 n) y8 F1 E8 G( Y: m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) V; J5 X" a# M, k9 l. P# b" \: e8 P V" F
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+ m( s: S3 v3 h, c5 a
。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
9 ~* t$ C; |+ Q- b* j3 N; 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9 L$ E9 c" [+ K: g4 e8 V
生是个不称职的公众人物之外,它显得多么苍白无力!* J* V$ }6 V1 [3 Z- |9 g
! Y& d3 ~5 e# D$ |$ q 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3 A$ B) G2 E+ |. H3 N; z
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( `7 H _, h% t" k: y
一基本的价值观。请别再无限放大肤色或口音的不同!! Q( p' ]+ T. o" P6 a
) m8 a4 E3 P7 v% [* b' E1 k7 Q 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% a( N% U; I. R% E7 w
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
: a- R4 b d" M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,
1 T$ ^8 _4 j* IKimmel 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
/ G& w/ n% d5 L S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?”
1 I$ i; c( I& ~/ _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
& M9 R$ _) l& b的真相,这更让我们愤怒!
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4 _% Y2 `- L( J& I$ @ 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! n) C7 ]1 ?9 u6 l! T2 `, [! i w
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& d/ I3 g5 b. w7 J
。ABC,请拿出勇气,别把 6 岁的孩子当作挡箭牌!!请让我们看一看,广播界的巨头
. m6 Z8 n s( O3 B3 `% Q/ y如何能知错必改,勇担责任!!0 r- O2 B: a/ |3 `
! M# M- U& N7 d+ `: I4 m% j 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
y7 M0 L+ H0 N7 W+ a4 W9 ^' U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/ V- a7 o# p/ r/ V! P
求索。让我们携起手来,为人类的尊严并肩奋斗!!
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7 q1 P" N& C* U; b 告诉孩子们,远离杀戮,奉献爱心!!- ~4 D5 T7 S3 s& H
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What a Journey!* M% ~' w9 o: X( J+ i% A, ^
By Chunyan Li
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5 Q3 m0 e6 g" |7 Q' tDear all,# i3 A" B9 H- s- D: ^3 b4 _( w
How long does it take us to get here today? One hour? Two hours? For me, it
: U2 k/ n% a8 U4 T- ^, Ris 20 years! 20 years ago I arrived at this land of the free, full of ideals& S2 Y7 l0 h0 B( w5 J4 o
, perhaps from listening too much to radio Voice of America. 20 years later$ l( A( p6 j4 s; {5 |2 S
my sons join me to protest against ABC's spreading of racial hatred and 2 f7 T" T. `" N1 ]$ n9 F% Y% R1 v
violence. What is wrong with this picture?5 H/ F( n/ v; i* z/ |: F: M
. v: i; y' T3 X! p! J+ eI ask my teenage son whether we should just treat "killing Chinese" as a ) w; h4 i. c. k6 P, m' Z* y
joke. He said this demonstrates what the society and media had been feeding
5 t2 Q# h8 Y" aour young kids. My heart sank. Is America moving forward or backward?
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# w3 P! l, T+ B( |! v6 _2 ^2 TNow I ask again: How long does it take us to get here?/ d8 `6 C( `( @7 E/ R2 r2 m6 O
I don't know about you, but the last 20 days seem longer than my 20 years. ( x; |+ S/ q5 h6 q
Those of us who stand here today must have been reading, writing, arguing, . G6 {6 F: E4 D% T
and agonizing over confusing pieces of reports and commentaries. And we ask
: C% }# K C5 z! k0 V8 }ourselves, are we being unreasonable? Is our English that bad that we don't ; n S' z. z" {' i6 p
know what an apology is?5 P1 m, Z2 K# d' `; h& a* H# s& J+ K
" c8 ]! x/ a0 R2 @On 10/28, the night of our first protest, Mr. Kimmel said, "today is a weird
- w3 D% C1 A1 n' w: ^9 Q' rday...I am sorry if I offended anyone." I ask ABC, who is the weird one? 2 d/ Z' W/ p! H: S' Q3 `% R
Who truly apologizes if he doesn't even say sorry for what? Sorry to whom?
6 ?! a' Z1 [/ d9 `3 w7 J+ N2 w& q* FTo the Chinese whose sense of tranquility is forever disturbed? To our kids 6 B2 z" r# c8 C2 P
whom we try so hard to shield from pain and harm? To the schools that teach
5 A B, E0 s8 |kids the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King? ABC, do you call that an apology?
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$ [2 c4 g+ S m$ G& XIn a letter to 80-20, ABC still claims it only entertains. Why is joking
" m3 V9 u) h! ]2 }: h' v0 h b- tabout killing Chinese so entertaining? Is it because we are always so nice?
# h C3 O5 E- r: m) qMy friend's sweet 11-year old wants to write on his poster, "do not take # o% j7 M2 i8 H+ L
advantage of us." I first didn't understand, then found out he meant "don't 1 z4 j- h1 I7 i; T
take advantage of us because we are nice." That broke my heart!!! ABC and Mr
, n3 r1 x5 w m( L. Kimmel, we hold you accountable for taking away our children's precious
, c& v2 I! J3 E1 isense of security. And we hold you accountable for sowing the seeds of
6 w& {2 t, l# ?+ a% m% vhatred in other children's minds.3 l/ S; N N* Q
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On 10/29, Mr. Kimmel even resorted to the ridiculous notion of cultural
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hard work, respect, harmony versus a culture of violence and racial hatred?
+ ~9 F4 `4 `1 B4 M3 pThen I admit there is an unbridgeable difference between Kimmel and us. We
6 t' a+ Y. n! g% t K" p0 X. E! _know what's right, what's wrong. And we know what humor is too! Yet
7 U. A+ ^3 _9 [malicious jokewe have no tolerance of your malicious joke, subsequent insult
1 K8 f( Y1 H l) s1 s5 {+ }& X+ son air, then the absurd reference to culture. This only proves Mr. Kimmel # J5 `5 L* b' K9 y6 k% E c; x
you are unfit to be a public figure.
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ABC, stop blaming cultural differences for your own mistakes! Except for
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basic value of human dignity. Stop magnifying the differences in skin colors- `0 Y8 P% G1 ^! }$ B* A
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I ask a third time, how long does it take us to get here? Our friends
5 U, j: L# _* z4 p7 astarted telling us there is another written apology somewhere. Who in real ( y1 }/ ~/ ]& I. x q; u; T! Q
life is given so many third chances? Yet I ponder, are we asking too much? I
+ ]# Z k7 W0 x: Gdiscovered to my dismay that in that written letter, Mr. Kimmel is still
; H2 T' P' l+ o9 N9 O# Vhiding behind the 6-year old. Come on Mr. Kimmel, you think our anger is on
! c5 o$ g: P( s7 ha 6-year old? Our anger is on your malicious question "Should we allow the L3 o; j. ]8 I* W7 |
Chinese to live?" Our anger is on your subsequent arrogant ridicule. Our ! H0 ?' v! I2 Z. M# B3 e: Y
rage is on ABC for not letting the public know the truth of these so called
. [' }$ [( r, b$ ^7 b9 W- c+ Yapologies.
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America is the home of the brave. ABC, show our kids you have the courage of
5 E8 J: ]9 w- ^- o4 D$ g, Vadmitting wrong doing, show our kids you have the guts to take
' }; W" ~& l% ?! ?6 cresponsibility by dismissing Mr. Kimmel. Show us you have the resolve to
2 }4 C- _* [; F. w9 A0 {" minstitute procedures to prevent future incidences. ABC, do NOT hide behind a& B3 T. }1 Y" v/ p& z
6-year old! Show us what a major network can do to right its wrong!+ o7 u7 S" q+ O
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Twenty years, twenty days. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Who 4 T4 T' U4 W, } o4 d/ m
doesn't want to be happy? But without life, what is liberty? Without liberty,, E1 A' t" g$ t( m% e: n8 g
what is happiness? Let's join hands in our pursuit of human dignity.
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+ z8 I4 m, T7 M5 O) mTeach 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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