值得学习,纽约司法部长的"危机公关稿"
值得学习,纽约司法部长的"危机公关稿"面对即将开启的留学生活,有同学经常问:Kaye, 到国外该怎么跟教授发邮件沟通?其实哪有什么模版和速成诀窍啊, You ae what you ead. 讲真的, quot;扛打的quot;表达能力都是研习优秀语料和坚持积累养成的。No shotcut, peiod.翻译学有信达雅三重原则, 作为二语习得者, 我们的语言能力进阶之路也有三重:准确表达无歧义-具备母语使用者表达习惯-自然表达且让人印象深刻。好消息是, 这个时代优秀的语言文字触手可及, 而信件算得上是其中用词考究且逻辑严谨的媒介之一, 所以我会定期选一些私房好料, 和大家一起来探讨表达之道, 话不多说, 咱们一起来言而有信吧!Peviously on Billionshellip;《亿万》上集提要:公关危机:public elation cisis人设崩塌:pesonal image collapse eputation uinedM.Rhodes 处于竞选纽约司法部长关键时期,竞争对手以曝光其个人隐私威胁其放弃竞选。四面楚歌之际,他是选择无可奉告 no comment, 还是声称claim捏造事实 false accusation? 吃瓜群众们folks,请搬出你的小板凳 We#39;ll see about that.1. A lie,quot;the wise man,Winston Chuchill,pupotedly said, gets halfway aound the wold befoe the tuth has a chance to get its pants on.智慧之仕丘吉尔:等不到真相提裤子,谎言早已路人皆知。比速度,真相连车尾灯都看不到。pupotedly:据报道, 副词修饰以示准确。e.g. That lady#39;s beingvebally insultedby a mob.那位女士正在被一群流氓出言调戏。如果换成physically insulted, 指的是动手动脚...quot;;下一个镜头就该是男主角标准开场白:光天化日之下,竟敢调戏良家妇女!get onesquo;s pants on: 意为真相大白,水落石出shit/piss onesquo;s pants:吓尿了get into onesquo;s pants:骗人滚床单e.g. Making money in New Yok City is as easy as getting laid at the pom.get laid:滚床单pom:美国高中毕业舞会编辑搜图Kaye:在每个人都可以是一个自媒体的时代,谨言慎行未必能自保,,辩证思维属于基本防御工事,听风就是雨那只能是待割韭菜。银河护卫队的智慧担当星爵写过:It is ou hope that what has tanspied can seve as an example fo all of us to ealize the enomous esponsibility we have to ouselves and to each othe egading the use of ou witten wods when we etch them in digital stone.编辑搜图2.But,I have a feeling that this tuth will find its way quick enough. And itsquo;s high time fo tuth, too.Fo openness. Fo unbudening.是时候让真相大白了。get..off my chest: 坦白,表白,说心里话..openness: 中文表达里词性特征并不突出, 但英文中注意词性是对语法最基本的尊重。e.g.I appeciate simplistic designs.我喜欢极简风格的设计。e.g.I favo MUJI fo its simplism.我喜欢无印良品是因为他的极简风格。正确使用长形容词的名词形式是写作中比较炫技讨巧的做法。3.I#39;m not hee,as most politicians might be, to ask you to tust me.No. Instead, I am asking if I may tust you with my deepest fea, which is that you might know me, who I eally am.和很多政客不一样,今天我来不是让你们信任我.相反, 我是想看看我能否信任你们, 让你们了解我内心最深的恐惧, 了解我的为人。As most politicians might be, 插入语是表达者在表述过程中即兴想起或想补充的内容, 体现严谨。e.g.Isquo;m witing to ask,if Isquo;m allowed to, about the status of the application I submitted last month.我写信是为询问, 当然如果我被允许的话(体现谦逊礼貌), 关于我上月提交申请的状态.。4. The job of the posecuto is to expose that, which is hidden away, the evil, the dity, the cooked and the untuthful. To shine light and eveal whatsquo;s unde all that dakness. And I have come to ealize that in ode to do it ight, I must fist shine that light on my own dak pats. Which is why I have asked you all hee today.检察官职责是曝光隐藏的黑暗,卑劣,不正当和谬误种种.知行合一, 我今天也给大家交个底。Kaye:把自己难以启齿黑料转成获得大家信任的leveage 筹码.成功甩锅,这是高手...The+adj: 表示一类人或事物e.g.Philanthopy is a common cause to help the unfotunate.慈善是一项帮助不幸人群的公共事业。5. Isquo;m just going to say it. I, in my pivate life, in the confines of my happy maiage, with myconsentingwife,pacticesadomasochism. Bondage, dominance, all the est. Masks. Binds. Ropes. Fie. Even just saying it like that I can feel my shouldes loosen fo the fist time in decades. I am a masochist. In ode to achieve sexual gatification, I need to be tied up, punched, pinched, whipped, kicked o othewise totued, by my loving wife.据有关部门规定, 具体操作细节不便翻译。编辑搜图consent: namp;v.同意consenting: adj.自愿协同的consensualamp;Non-consensual:Sexamp;Rapsadomasochism,俗称quot;SMquot;pactice:践行..理念,实施..措施,行使..权Kaye:准确用词是优秀表达基本姿势, 例如都是表达quot;发起quot;, 但最适合的用词并不一样。e.g.wage a wa 发起战争,launch a campaign 发起活动所以想表达地道纯正,从积累做起!编辑搜图川普对非法移民采取family sepaation政策6. Heesquo;s the bigge tuth. All of us need something, ight? You know, I donsquo;t know what you do in you bedoom, with you loved one, but I do know this: yousquo;e pobably a little embaassed about it. You pobably donsquo;t want the est of us looking at you while you do itmdash;unless thatsquo;s you thing and if so, geat. But wouldnsquo;t we be bette off if we didnsquo;t let shame win. If we didnsquo;t feel sheepish, didnsquo;t feel like we had to hide what moves us?其实每个人都有隐密,也或多或少有窥探欲,但我们不能因为羞愧而否定自我,因为那也是我们真实的一部分,我就是我,很不一样的烟火!shameful: adj.难为情的,丢脸的shame on you: 你真不害臊编辑搜图权游Cesei王后赎罪游行atonement walk7. Chuck, ae you still gonnaun?un:v.竞选,un fo pesidency:竞选总统unning campaign:竞选活动e.g.Running a company means moe than managing a goup of people, but keepingit gowing and pospeing.8. Thee ae those who believe that I have just ended my legal and political caees. They donsquo;t think you can handle what I just told you. In fact, political opponents of mine wee plotting to use it against me. I said bing it.有些人一定觉得我刚才亲手终结了自己的政治生涯.因为他们觉得你们承受不了我告诉你们的事实-给听众戴高帽,我知道我的对手也曾预谋要对付我,我只想说:你过来呀!编辑搜图试试搜索近似图片plot: n.情节,v.密谋设计hellip;conspie:v.共谋,conspiato:同伙conspiacy:阴谋,conspiacy theoy:阴谋论e.g.They ae conspiing a coup against the sitting pesident.他们正密谋政变, 推翻现任总统。9. And thatsquo;s why I told you I was hee to tust you. Because I know that you can handle it. That you may laugh a little. But that at the end of the day, yousquo;ll get it, because you want the tuth.就像我说的一样,我是来信任你们的,因为我相信你们能扛事. 也许你们会笑一笑,但你们会懂我的,因为我知道你们想要事实。Kaye:在演讲最后呼应开头-I was hee to tust you,形成完整的篇章逻辑结构.。写作中我们往往会纠结某些词或词组的quot;高端用法quot;,但其实句子与句子之间的逻辑关系,段落和段落之间的逻辑关系,整篇文章的逻辑架构,才是衡量一篇优秀更重要的标准。我会更关注你的帽子,上衣,裤子,鞋和包包之间搭配,而不会在意你上衣哪颗纽扣多出众,更何况大多数情况下,这颗纽扣你系地都是错的。10. At wost, maybe it wonsquo;t stop you fom getting to thepollsto suppot me. At best, maybe on the way you tell someone who you eally ae. Maybe they like it.我能想到的最糟糕的情况是,你们不给我投票。不过,你也可能会向身边的人介绍我是什么样的人,也许他们都会喜欢我。11.And maybe you feel just a little moe comfotablein you own skin. As I finallydo in mine. Thank you.可能在坐的每一位当下都挺自适的,而我现在也能如此了,比心哦!编辑搜图Kaye:解决危机是公关当事人的基本使命,M.Rhodes巧妙地转移话题战场,转换主被动信任关系,不解释,不掩饰,于是吃瓜群众被真诚地洗脑了。