Sunday, April 27, 2014

翻译:马航370事件

中文版在下。

At the peak of the media hype in the early days of MH370's disappearance, a Facebook note by KijangMas Perkasa made its way around the Malaysian websphere. A note which struck a chord with some Malaysian netizens.

Since this is Malaysia (read: no matter what language you use, half the population will not understand you), I decided to take the liberty (read: I have no life) at that point to (23 March) translate a status update by Facebook user "KijangMas Perkasa" (most likely violating Facebook's real-name policy) on the Malaysian reaction to MH370 Re. the PRC families reaction.

Notes:
It has to be said that there are a few factual errors in the original status update:

1) While almost 2/3 of the passengers were PRC nationals, only 7 tickets were booked through the China Southern Airlines codeshare, not "the bulk of [..] tickets".

(Sources: http://news.cnw.com.cn/news-international/htm2014/20140317_293908.shtml, http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-08/184929658212.shtml, http://news.163.com/air/14/0311/06/9N1M13UA00014PHJ.html)

2) MH has put up the relatives in the Sama-Sama hotel, which is billed as 5 stars, not 4 stars (http://www.samasamahotels.com/)

3) The "irrelevant satellite image" (which I agree was useless) was not released officially by the Chinese government, and in fact Xinhua has scrubbed all references of the 12 March release from their website. It was unilaterally released by PRC State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence.

While I agree with the overall sentiment of the note, however, it does not change the fact that "KijangMas Perkasa" is a anti-Chinese, anti-Christian, anti-West, pseudo-Malay nationalist group, who like most of them, miss the wood for the trees in their (ethnic) Malaysian-Chinese bashing.

-ENDS-

中文翻译:

CNN (有线电视新闻网), BBC (英国广播公司), ABC (美国广播公司), CBS (美国广播公司) 和 NBC (全国广播公司), 世界的西方媒体,都一再不断的重复昨天 (2014年三月十九日)在MH370新闻发布会场的混乱。西方媒体描述马来西亚为一个无赖的国家,向世界隐瞒真相和说谎,一进表面给真个世界。

反马的针对象已经到一个过度了!

当整个世界的目光都在集中在印度洋有可能发现 MH370 的碎片,我只想说:

所有的国家都在悲痛中。

马来西亚已经失踪了50位公民。他们是一个人的父亲,母亲,子女,兄弟,姊妹。他们的亲人都在悲伤中。 同事,印度尼西亚也失去了七位公民,澳洲也失去了六位公民,印度也失去了五名个乘客,剩下的乘客也来自其他11个国家和地区。

但是。。。。。

西方媒体一直专注于中国乘客的家属,有 如沉浸在这中方家属得悲伤和愤怒。这放肆的感慨已经演变成一班股反马的力量,蛮横的指责马来西亚的政府和官员,把他们形容成粗鲁的,嘈杂的,不合理的,敌对的暴徒, 的反马力量,只想发泄他们个人的不满。

此时,马来西亚变成了西方媒体和家属的出气筒

虽然马方没有指望家属说 “感谢您的关注,支援和招待”,可是马方也并不期望中方的家属在MH370新闻发布会场举办了个人抗议。而最不希望看到中方的家属高举「我们抗议大马政府隱瞒真相,耽误救援时间,必须无条件把MH370亲人放回来」的横幅。

如果这样的行发生在中国,你们应该知道后果吧?

作为西方的媒体,洛杉矶时报 引用一个家属的话 – 和他们的媒体同事用相同的风味重复 – 来据在北京的某个家属:

“我们抗议马来西亚政府隐瞒真相!从一开始马方都一直耽误救援时间!隐瞒事实,而现在他们歪曲事实!”

真的还是假的?

事实?

过去十二天的媒新闻发布就算什么?马方的一大堆鬼话?隐瞒真相?耽误时间?歪曲事实?

你们是想要什么的“事实”?

MH370的飞机坠毁?飞机被劫持?飞机已经降落了?飞机已经丢失,而将永远不会被发现?你们家属人员能接受这个“事实”吗?

你们非常想要听到这些?不能把。那么你们想要什么样的的消息是?

那么,什么是“事实”呢?

事实上 – [..] - 没有人知道事实的真相。马,中,美,或是其他的国家,都不知道事实的真相。就是因为这个原因三十个国家一直寻找几百万公里的海洋。

大马人也很同情你们的悲伤。可是,其他的家属也同样失去他们的亲人。这其中包括马来西亚,印尼,澳洲,印度,美国 的家属都失去他们的亲人。可是为什么只是中方的家属对马航的北京代表人发狂和扔瓶子?

为什么只是中方的家属肆无忌惮的向世人,航空公司,搜索队, 国的领导,其他国家展现无法人为控制的事件引起愤怒和沮丧?

这个世界上有一个东西叫同情疲劳。中方家属在北京丽都酒店和马来西亚的吉隆坡国际机场的行为被世界的媒体播放给了整个世界,已经使许多真正关心的马来西亚人对中方家属产生同情疲劳。

至于西方媒体,记住,有239条生命在MH370上有239个命,不只是152条生命。不要忘记这个基本的资料。西方媒体,你们为什么不管注其他87个乘客的家庭?

-终-

原文:

The Western Media, including CNN, BBC, ABC, CBS and NBC, have been broadcasting again and again, almost in loop tape fashion, the near riot in the MH370 media briefing room yesterday. Malaysia's portrayal as a villainous state, with evil officials hoarding information and telling untruths with impunity is now complete.

Malaysia bashing is on overdrive !

NOW, while the world is gripped by the possible discovery of MH370 debris in the southern Indian Ocean, let me state something:-

NO country has a monopoly on grief.

Malaysia lost 50 of its citizens. These are fathers, wives, siblings and children of quietly grieving families across our land. Indonesia lost seven people, Australia six, India five, with others spread over 11 other countries and territories.

BUT . . .

The Western Media is focusing almost exclusively on families of Chinese passengers, almost reveling in the dramatic expressions of sorrow and anger by these people. These unbridled emotions have long degenerated into bouts of Malaysia-bashing, with wild and outrageous accusations thrown at our officials and our nation by what has became a rude, noisy, unreasonable and hostile mob bent on venting their personal frustrations at something, somewhere, somehow.

And Malaysia became this punching bag.

While a little "thank you for your concern, support and hospitality" may be beyond these guests of Malaysia Airlines, we didn't expect a noisy demo in the media briefing hall either. And not least the Malaysia-bashing banner which read: “We protest against the Malaysian government withholding information and wasting time and hampering search efforts.”

NOW . . . you people know what happens if you do THIS in your homeland, China? Yes, I'm sure you do.

As for the Western Media, the LA Times quoted a typical line -- with the same flavor repeated again and again among their compadres -- this time purportedly by a grieving family member in Beijing:-

"I’m angry at Malaysia for not telling the truth. From the start they were buying time, withholding facts, and now they’re distorting the truth.'"

Really?

The truth?

What then do you call the media briefings of the 12 days? Pack of lies by Malaysia? Untruth? Buying time? Withholding facts?

Why?

So what "truth" do you want?

That the plane crashed? No, you won't accept it. The plane was hijacked? No also. The plane landed somewhere? Again No. The plane is lost and will NEVER be found? A big No No.

Then what do you really want to hear? Do you even know WHAT you want to hear?

So what is "truth" then?

NOW, you want the truth? You really want the truth? Ok . . . . .

The truth is -- until about a couple of hours ago with the Australian preliminary interpretation of the commercial satellite imagery -- NOBODY KNOWS. Not Malaysia, not China, not America, nobody knows. That's why everyone and his uncle from almost 30 countries plus millions online worldwide have been searching millions of square km of land and the deep blue ocean.

Sure, I sympathize with your grief. But again, others lost their loved ones too and suffer from the same uncertainty as well. I repeat, Malaysia lost 50 passengers and crew, including some of our best and brightest. And passengers from 13 other countries and territories were also on that flight and suffered the exact same fate as your loved ones. BUT I don't see Malaysians, Indonesians, Australians, Indians or Americans go berserk and throw bottles at Malaysia Airlines staffers and verbally abuse caregivers.

Did grieving Malaysian next-of-kin throw bottles and spit at your embassy officials and representatives in KL over the irrelevant satellite image furnished in the name of your government, which led to the deployment of our SAR assets in the middle of the South China Sea to unravel a lead that turned out to be a sick prank among many untruths and distortions spewed by your country's social media?

So why must only you people display this unbridled anger and frustration over something beyond the control of anyone, any airline, any search party, any national leader, any country, even the planet itself?

Still not satisfied?

Still want to bash Malaysia at every turn while you partake in all the free food, 4-star accommodation, counseling and transportation provided by Malaysia Airlines although the bulk of your kin's tickets were actually purchased from China Southern Airlines in a Code Share? What has China Southern Airlines done? Next to nothing. Zilch.

My message to these people: there is something called Compassion Fatigue. Your antics in Beijing and KLIA beamed over the global media has pushed many genuinely caring Malaysians towards this state of mind.

AND to the Western Media, remember, there are 239 souls on MH370, not just 152. The world has witnessed the antics of the families of the 152. Why don't you people now focus on the other 87 families who by and large handled this very difficult times with dignity underlain by brave acceptance of God's will.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Twitter Gems, part 60







Maybe I should take up Cantonese.