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北京时间10月29日,中国日报双语新闻转载“英文悦读”微信公众号文章《姆巴佩的英文道歉信,是否诚意不足?》,该文章作者魏剑峰分析认为,这封道歉信更像一篇标准的公关文,从诚意上来说是比较不足的。 中国日报双语新闻原文 姆巴佩因为涉华不当言论引发轩然大波,多家中国公司都与其解约品牌代言。 昨天他在社交平台上发布了一份中英法三语致歉信: 其中英文原文是: During a recent interview, I reacted to an image of myself. My comment was ill-judged , and I now understand that it hurt many people in China and in Chinese communities around the world. I apologize to everyone my words have upset. This was absolutely not my intention. I have deep respect for the Chinese people and their history, and I am sincerely sorry. “英文悦读”微信公众号所发布的《姆巴佩的英文道歉信,是否诚意不足?》一文作者魏剑峰分析认为,这封道歉信更像一篇标准的公关文,从诚意上来说是比较不足的。 信中值得留意的是这一句:My comment was ill-judged,其中ill-judged的英文释义是:showing poor judgment or thinking,意思相当于“不明智的、欠考虑的、判断失当的”。 这个词放在这里有点轻飘飘,因为它评价的是判断过程,不是言论的道德性质。 My comment was ill-judged 潜台词是“我的言论考虑不周”,而不是“我的言论是错的” 。 另一个点是这句话的主语是my comment(我的言论),ill-judged修饰的是言论,而不是说话者的行为。 这样写给人感觉姆巴佩不愿意承认自己的错误 。 哪怕写成:I made an ill-judged comment. 都会好很多,已经它起码承认“我做了这件事”。 实际上, 国外名人写的英文道歉信里面经常会出现wrong, offensive, hurtful, unacceptable这些语气更加严肃的词。 比如美国歌手J. Cole之前因为歌词冒犯了自闭症患者而引发争议,事后他发的道歉信是这样写的: Last week, when I first saw a comment from someone outraged about the lyric, I realized right away that what I said was wrong . 上周,当我第一次看到有人对这句歌词感到愤怒的相关评论时,我立刻意识到我说错了。 I was instantly embarrassed that I would be ignorant enough say something so hurtful . 我随即感到难堪——我竟然会无知到说出如此伤人的话。 其中,what I said was wrong 直接将言论定性为“错误”,并且紧接着用hurtful承认伤害后果,而不是把问题停留在“判断失当”层面。 又比如英国男演员Liam Neeson前几年因为种族言论争议而致歉,信中这样写: I was wrong to do what I did. I recognize that, although the comments I made do not reflect, in any way, my true feelings nor me, they were hurtful and divisive. I profoundly apologize. 我那样做是错的。我认识到,尽管我发表的言论在任何意义上都不代表我的真实感受,也不代表我本人,但这些言论是伤人的、有争议的。我深表歉意。 句子的结构是I was wrong to do what I did,主语是“我”,动词是“做”,宾语是“我所做的事”。而且Liam Neeson也用了hurtful这一比较重的词。 作为对比,My comment was ill-judged的主语是“言论”、谓语是“判断欠妥”,两者截然不同。前者承认“我做了错事”,后者只承认“言论考虑不周”。 姆巴佩的道歉信里面还有这样的句子: My comment was ill-judged, and I now understand that it hurt many people… 我的