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《大中报》独家采访福特:不想二次受骗

Jack Jia interviewing Rob Ford: Fool me twice shame on me

骗我一次让你丢人,骗我两次是我蠢!市长先生,就此次大选而言,你将如何保证你的毒品丑闻不会被再次曝光?”

“Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me! Mr. Mayor, as the election looms, how do you make sure that such personal scandal will not happen again?”

这是《大中报》贾宁扬在今年初在福特办公室对福特进行独家采访时开门见山所提出的第一个问题  (请登陆《大中报》网站观看视频http://www.096.ca/news/17525)

It was the first question asked by Jack Jia, the publisher of Chinese News, in a one-on-one interview with Mayor Rob Ford that took place early this year (see the video footage at http://www.096.ca/news/17525).

但这一尖锐问题并未令身经百战的,多伦多有史以来最引争议的福特市长感到丝毫不安。曾经回答过上百个尖锐问题的福特市长,似乎给贾宁扬做出了诚实而直率的回答:

But such a sharp question did not make Ford, the most controversial mayor in Toronto history wince. Having answered hundreds, if not thousands of tough questions from reporters, Ford gave Jia a seemingly honest and straightforward answer.   

“我是一个人…….我做过错事,但错误以为历史。”

 “I am a human… I made mistakes and I am moving on.”

福特在此采访中承认其犯了错误。当然,这并非他第一次承认错误。不久前,他曾承认吸食可卡因,这与其长期以来一直否认沾染毒品的说法相违。

Ford made an admission of making mistakes in this interview. Of course, it was not the first time he admitted making mistakes. Not long ago, he admitted smoking crack cocaine, which contradicted his denial of ever using drugs before.

但他曾坚持说自己从未撒谎。他于去年11月向记者表示:“我从没撒过谎。”

But he was insisting that he never lied at all. “I wasn’t lying,” he told reporters back in November.

在接受《大中报》采访后不久,他又一次承认自己犯了错误。这次是在本周一福特支持者的YouTube视频上,该视频由福特和他哥哥道格两人合拍。

A few weeks after the interview with Chinese News, he made another admission, which came on Monday in a Ford Nation YouTube video starring Ford and his brother Doug. 

福特在这段视频的“福特没有毒瘾”一段中表示:“我认为世界上所有的人都撒过谎。我撒谎是因为我感到尴尬。我没想告诉大家事实。这是我唯一能回答的,也是我所能直率表达的。”

“I think everybody in the world has lied. I lied because I was embarrassed. I did not want to tell the truth. That is the only answer I can give. That’s as straightforward as I can be,” Ford said in the segment of the video called “Rod Ford Comes Clean.”

但福特拒绝承认自己是一名瘾君子,他向他的YouTube观众表示:

But Ford denies he is a drug addict. He told his YouTube audience:

“我没有毒瘾。我不是吸毒者。我过去是否吸过毒?吸过。但当我在世人面前被问及此问题时,我感到如果承认则感到深深受辱。每个人都撒过谎。”

“I am not a drug addict. I don’t use drugs. Have I in the past? Yes. And when they asked me it’s very, very humiliating in front of the world to say yes, and everybody’ lied.”

他试图用自己多次演练的“成就篇”令其《大中报》观众信服。在接受贾宁扬采访时,福特表示:

And he was trying to use his well-versed “achievement line” to convince his Chinese News audience:

“我从来都不是一名瘾君子。我不酗酒也没有毒瘾……我所能说得就是做比说有力…… 我在(为市政厅服务)14年来,四年作为市长,10年作为市议员,我从来没有误过一天上班……我每天都来这里上班,为纳税人服务,回答市民问题。”

 “I was never an alcoholic, and I was never a drug addict… All I can say is that acts speak better than words… For 14 years (working for the city) – four as mayor and 10 as councillor, I never missed a day at work… I am here every day at work serving the taxpayers, returning the phone calls whenever I can, ” said Ford in the interview with Jia.

福特同时表示:“我希望大家能根据我的业绩来评判我,这些业绩不言自喻......纳税人会看到我为他们省了多少钱,这笔钱达数十亿之多。我的政府非常精简,它向纳税人提供了最高质量的服务。”

“I want people to judge by my record, and let it speak for itself… the taxpayers will see how much money I’ve saved them, which is a billion dollars… I run a very lean government, and provided the best customer service to Torontonians,” he added.

虽然福特拥有强有力的支持者,但他明白是自己的这些个人问题令多伦多市民感到不安。虽然在是否会继续选福特当市长问题上,多伦多市民意见分歧,但据福特的反对派,市议员Joe Mihevc表示,他还是有希望再次当选。

While Ford has a strong group of core supporter, he knows that it is his personal issues that have deeply troubled Torontonians.  While voters are split over whether to choose Ford as the next mayor, he has a good chance to be re-elected, according to Councillor Joe Mihevc, a Ford critic.

去年年底的冰暴,令福特的支持率呈上升趋势,从去年11月份的41% 上升至几年初的49%

Ford’s approval rating has gone up, from 41% in Nov. to 49% early this year, after the historical ice storm hit Toronto in Dec.

Mihevc向《环球邮报》表示:“从投票人数上来看,是否他有可能胜出?所有看到民意调查的人都会作出自己的判断。”

“Is there a mathematical possibility? Anyone who reads polls would have to say, ”Yes, the mayor is a player in this election,” Mihevc told the Globe.

自从福特今年12日正式报名参选市长以来,目前只有一名正式竞争者,那就是前市议员David Soknacki。而无论是表示要参选的市议员Karen Stintz,还是两位声名显赫的对手John Tory 和邹智慧都尚未正式参选。

Since Ford filed his election papers on Jan. 2, he has so far had only one serious contender, former councillor David Soknacki. Neither Councillor Karen Stintz who announced she plans to run, nor two big-name rivals – John Tory and Olivia Chow – have officially entered the race.

显然,对那些可能的竞争者来说,要想击败福特,他们必须作出参选决定,并凭智慧取胜。大选将近,福特利用其承认错误的说辞争取每一名投票者的同情心,以便在大选之日的投票箱中,在他的名字前画圈。

Apparently, for the possible candidates to beat the mayor, they have to step forward and run an intelligent campaign. As the election looms, Ford is using his admission line to garner sympathy from each and every voter who may check his name in the ballot box on Election Day.

Mihevc表示,利用网络直接与选民们交流是市长采取的明智之举,且他对其使用毒品而撒谎的解释,以及他对其政治成就的渲染很可能会在观众中产生共鸣,当然这些观众也包括《大中报》的读者们。

According to Mr. Mihevc, addressing voters directly online is a clever move by the mayor, and his explanation for lying about his drug use, as well as his elaboration on his political achievements will likely resonate with his voters, including voters from the Chinese community.

福特向贾宁扬表示:“我只是一名普通人……人在一生的长河中都会犯错,但我不会放弃。”

“I am just a human being… We’ve all made mistakes in our lives, but I am moving on,” the mayor told Jia.

“请不要揪着我以往的过错不放……. 还是那句话,行为胜于语言……如果人们总是跟我过不去,那就随其便吧!”

“Please judge me on my record… Again, actions speak louder than words… If people want to get personal, that is up to them!”

作为多伦多最有争议的市长,福特希望他在采访中显露的诚实和直率能打动《大中报》读者的心。

As the most controversial mayor in Toronto history, Ford hopes that his seeming honesty and straightforwardness in the interview will convince Chinese News voters.  

目前的问题是,是是否相信我们的市长?

Now the question remains: are you convinced by the Mayor?

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