關於翻譯行業的另類觀點( Looking at translation from alternative perspectives)

Tingting Huang wrote:


chance, 美国人对持枪权利的看法跟欧洲人及中国人是很不一样的。我一个学生就认为这是公民应有的基本权利。他说，美国人喜欢打猎，要打猎，没有枪怎么打？总不能让他们“武松打虎”吧？我的学生说，在德克萨斯州，几乎人人都有枪，我想他可能有点夸张了，我对他说，那不是很危险吗？一个话不投机，可能找来杀身之祸。他说，不会的，就是因为在那大家都知道持枪率很高，所以大家不会轻易挑衅，用他的话说，people respect the fact everybody has a gun. 换句话说, this respect is secured by gun.

Hanyi Magnusson wrote:



Tingting, 我记得看Michael Moore 的 ‘Bowling For Columbine' （http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/index.php）时，他好像做过个小统计，加拿大人均拥有枪支数比美国要高很多，因为加拿大人也喜欢打猎（可能比美国人更甚），可是他们的枪杀事件却比美国要少很多。片中好像着重在加拿大人的心态与美国人不同，所以即使拥有枪支，并不代表危险重重。不过这只是他的个人看法。

Tingting Huang wrote:

The school treated the first shooting as an isolated case. Only two people were killed in the first shooting, so I guess the fatality was not significant enough to catch people's attention.

Yueyin Sun wrote:

即使从现在起全面严格禁枪，罪犯照样可以搞到枪。法律只管得了君子却管不了小人。

Tingting Huang wrote:

你说的 Song Dynasty 是 Seagrave写的那本吗？如是，应该是 Soong Dynasty，以示与宋朝的区别.

你们说的把人人都武装起来，听起来有点像无政府主义。

Hanyi Magnusson wrote:


就是，如果心态不健全/极端的人多了，即使禁枪，照样有人犯法。

Tingting Huang wrote:



chance, 美国人对持枪权利的看法跟欧洲人及中国人是很不一样的。我一个学生就认为这是公民应有的基本权利。他说，美国人喜欢打猎，要打猎，没有枪怎么打？总不能让他们“武松打虎”吧？我的学生说，在德克萨斯州，几乎人人都有枪，我想他可能有点夸张了，我对他说，那不是很危险吗？一个话不投机，可能找来杀身之祸。他说，不会的，就是因为在那大家都知道持枪率很高，所以大家不会轻易挑衅，用他的话说，people respect the fact everybody has a gun. 换句话说, this respect is secured by gun.

Luby's massacre was a mass killing that took place on October 16, 1991, in Killeen, Texas, United States when George Hennard entered a Luby's Cafeteria and shot and killed 23 people, wounded 20 and then killed himself.

Killings

On that day, Hennard drove his 1987 Ford Ranger truck into a Luby's Cafeteria at 1705 E Central Texas Expresway in Killeen, then opened fire on the restaurant's patrons and staff with a Glock 17 and later a Ruger P89. He killed 23 people and wounded 20 before committing suicide. Only the work of a large man breaking through a window allowed the rest of the patrons to escape. One noted exception was a mother and her four-year-old child, whom Hennard allowed to leave. Though Hennard was shot several times by police, only when he ran out of victims did Hennard walk to the rear of the seating area and take his own life with a gunshot to the head.

Consequences

As a direct result of this massacre, in 1995 the Texas Legislature, led by Suzanna Gratia Hupp (whose parents were both killed in the massacre), passed a law over the veto of former Governor Ann Richards that allowed Texas citizens to obtain a concealed carry handgun permit in part as a reaction against the massacre. Soon after, many states considered similar weapon permits for citizens.

Tingting Huang wrote:

社会体系不同，人的心态也差别很大。美国人的生活压力大，不像加拿大人有免费的医疗保险及其他社保，难免会有一些nutcase。

Wenjer Leuschel wrote:

人人有權擁槍自衛時，情況看來像是受到侵犯，開槍打人似乎也很守法的喔。這種守法的心態，可稱之為 "逆向守法"；Yueyin 說到的那位日本人參加 Halloween Party 走錯門的情況，似乎屬於這類的守法。

wherestip wrote:

I think the owner yelled out "freeze" several times. And the Japanese person didn't really understand what was said.

Hanyi Magnusson wrote:

I heard this university is huge, with 26,000 students or something like that. But a murder is a murder, you would have thought they would secure the campus straight away, even with two dead persons--I mean in these days, how often do you hear pepole got shot dead just like that? (Not like in Iraq I suppose.)

Wenjer Leuschel wrote:

Freeze? Well, the guy could have shoot in the air first!

wherestip wrote:
That's exactly why Texas legalized the carrying of concealed weapons.

wherestip wrote:

Luby's massacre was a mass killing that took place on October 16, 1991, in Killeen, Texas, United States when George Hennard entered a Luby's Cafeteria and shot and killed 23 people, wounded 20 and then killed himself.

Killings

On that day, Hennard drove his 1987 Ford Ranger truck into a Luby's Cafeteria at 1705 E Central Texas Expresway in Killeen, then opened fire on the restaurant's patrons and staff with a Glock 17 and later a Ruger P89. He killed 23 people and wounded 20 before committing suicide. Only the work of a large man breaking through a window allowed the rest of the patrons to escape. One noted exception was a mother and her four-year-old child, whom Hennard allowed to leave. Though Hennard was shot several times by police, only when he ran out of victims did Hennard walk to the rear of the seating area and take his own life with a gunshot to the head.

Consequences

As a direct result of this massacre, in 1995 the Texas Legislature, led by Suzanna Gratia Hupp (whose parents were both killed in the massacre), passed a law over the veto of former Governor Ann Richards that allowed Texas citizens to obtain a concealed carry handgun permit in part as a reaction against the massacre. Soon after, many states considered similar weapon permits for citizens.