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[Mika J.]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:54 PM, B. Benjaminson <benj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Jens, I really hope we can close this thread now.

Yes, Betsy.  Too many things have been said that are unrelated to translation (but fascinating nonetheless.) 

Going back to translation, I should have acknowledged your follow-up disclosure posts to let you know they are not being ignored, before returning to a single sentence which was the object of my comment:
ネガティブ論調の発信源は、せいぜい１０人程度です。
これを抑えてば、何とかなると思います。
おっしゃる通り、個別撃破のつもりでいきましょう。
（やるやらないは別として）

As a court interpreter for the State of Oregon, I went through training that includes its 'Code of Professional Responsibility':
http://courts.oregon.gov/OJD/docs/OSCA/cpsd/InterpreterServices/ethicscode.pdf

'The interpreter shall be impartial and unbiased and shall refrain from conduct that may give an appearance of bias or conflict of interest. '

>How can Mika-san provide an fully reliable interpretation when she probably does not know the context?

Betsy, we all know there's always more to the story than meets the eye, and the truth runs deep.  I don't think I want to take your above statement (and your core message as a whole) to mean that 'because they ARE evil and criminal already, they deserve to be portrayed as such, and what they said should be translated USING incriminating words.'  I asked earlier: 'can you SEE how differently that comes out from what the source text is actually saying?'

An idea can be expressed in many different ways.  Herman and I provided the tone.  Regardless of Herman's position on this matter, my understanding of this particular snippet agrees with his version, and I really don't see how this tone can come out different, with any amount of additional contex information.  The question is of comprehension at a basic level, not to single out anyone, but to learn as a whole.

Mika Jarmusz 清水美香
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