看過 Ramsey Clark 當天晚宴上的發言，我覺得當場翻譯翻得不精準，很多文字上的重點和情感都不見了 - lost in translation！
所以我特別一字一句抄下來，然後翻譯，希望各位能瞭解這位美國人的發言內容。
“Every visit I’ve had to Taiwan has been a joy because of its beautiful people and such a beautiful island, though I recognize and feel how hard the road has been. And um since I first set foot on China and saw it in 1948 and the long great struggle of people here, it made me sad to realize um how difficult for all of us the struggle remains, and how dangerous the moment and the future is, and how current events have made this part of the world, in which Taiwan is so prominent, so dangerous for peace on Earth at this time. We see the struggle in southeast Asia and the conflict between 2 great powers - my own country the US and the PRC - both of which has the capacity to arms nuclear weapons to destroy life on Earth. ...
“And this makes me terribly concerned about the persecution of President Chen. The world is too dangerous a place to permit abuses of government power of the nature that endangers his health if not his life. And everyone knows that it does not have to be. The right to health is a fundamental human right from infancy to old age like me. And to deprive a person, who served his people by elections for 8 years, of that fundamental human right is a very dangerous thing to do, and not tolerable. ...The power is in the people. The question is whether they have the will and genius to exercise it. Democracy aside, and the power in the people is the power unifying stand up and watch what the poor government would do. We’re in a time of moral crisis and the power of the people need to be exercised to see right is done. And that would mean immediate and clear and public provision of the best possible medical care for a President whose punishment has places his life in danger. In a way it is a small thing to ask, isn’t it?
“But attention has to be paid because I met with him and it was a great honor and a great sorrow. For some time I’m not a clock-watcher, you can tell by me being late tonight, but I met with him for an hour I think. He’s a young man. He’s been a strong man... He’s obviously weak, weak! I found his mind clear and purposeful, his expressions clear and understandable. And um he’s kept under conditions that will further undermine his health and destroy his life if action isn’t taken. And that’s nothing to play games with. It’s dangerous time when the actors come from the very central parts of the potential clash of the superpowers. There ought to be immediate, clear, and unquestionable provisions of access to the best medical attention available, and to an environment that is bigger than 6 ft. square, or 2 meter square, where he can breath free and see something decent in life and rebuild his health. And it should be done immediately. A dangerous game’s been played too long and too far. This man’s condition is still sleeping on the floor, eating on the floor, living on the floor. Why? Action now to ensure his health. And beyond that, truth and justice are worth something. And the question of the nature of the charges against him because of the very history he’s exposed to lack of factual foundation for them has to be addressed. And I hope um the people of Taiwan, because this happens to be where the problem is, will stand up and demand that this issue be addressed publicly, immediately and fairly, the President’s health will be restored, and that justice will be done, and no games with criminal charges will hold up.
