VOA常速英语2016--希特勒《我的奋斗》出版惹争议

希特勒《我的奋斗》出版惹争议

Annotated¹ reprints of Hitler's semi-autobiographical book Mein Kampf, or My Struggle, are going on sale in Germany and elsewhere this week, after the copyright to the book expired at the end of last year. The new German publication of Hitler's political manifesto² for the first time after 70 years has sparked a debate about whether it is right to reprint the anti-Semitic work.

The German state of Bavaria, which held the copyright to Hitler's book from 1945, refused anyone the rights to publish it out of respect for victims of the Nazis³. But on January 1, the work entered the public domain⁴, and several publishers have prepared annotated reprints for sale.

德国巴伐利亚州从1945开始就保存着希特勒这本书的副本，出于对纳粹受害者的尊重，该州拒绝任何人出版该书。但1月1日，这本书进入了公众视野，几个出版公司已经准备出版带注释的版本。

Jewish communities say the book is a stark⁵ reminder⁶ of the evil it inspired.

犹太社区称这本书是对它所激发罪恶的有力提醒。

"To find Mein Kampf in the windows of bookstores would be...I just can't imagine it. I hope this will be prevented for going against sedition⁷ laws," said Charlotte Knobloch of the Center for the Israelite Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria.

慕尼黑和上巴伐利亚犹太人社区中心的夏洛特说，“在书店的橱窗里看到《我的奋斗》这本书，真是难以想象，我希望能阻止他们这么做，这可是犯了煽动罪。”

The book is not banned in Germany and there is little authorities can do.

这本书在德国没有被禁，所以没有哪个当局可以这么做。

"It's not easy to ban this for copyright reasons; however, anything that seems to be a hate crime can be pursued. Criminal offenses⁸ related to a hate crime will be very systematically⁹ pursued in the future," said Heiko Maas, Germany’s justice minister.

“以版权为由来禁止并不容易，但我们会追究任何构成仇恨罪的活动，未来我们会很系统地追究与仇恨罪有关的刑事罪。”

There also are arguments that the 800-page book should be demystified, and that the best way to do that is to publish a properly annotated edition.

也有人说应该将这本800页的书去神秘化，最好的办法是出版合适的注释版本。

"Mein Kampf can't be read like a bible. It has to be put into context, with sociologists and historians. If we do it like that, it will no longer have a negative influence on the public, compared to what we see today with [the anti-immigrant group] Pegida for instance, who quote Mein Kampf without thinking," said Timo Schnirlein, an engineer.

工程师提姆说：“不应该像读圣经那样读《我的奋斗》，应该由社会学家和历史学家将它放在一定的背景下去看待。如果我们这样做，它就不会再对公众产生负面影响，比如今天反移民组织会不假思索地引用《我的奋斗》中的话。”

Hitler's book is banned in several countries, including Austria and the Netherlands, and it is taboo¹⁰ in Israel, where only abbreviated¹¹ copies are available for study. Some Israeli scholars, like Dan Micham of the Yad Vashem International Institute for Holocaust¹² Research, believe there is a need for the complete version.

希特勒的书在几个国家被禁，包括奥地利和荷兰，在以色列也是禁忌，只有简略版的供研究使用。像以色列犹太大屠杀纪念馆的学者Dan Micham认为有必要出版完整版。

"Mein Kampf is an important book because Hitler spent a lot of time writing and phrasing it, so it has basic ideas from his thoughts, of which parts were implemented¹³ and other parts not; but, even the parts that were not implemented have importance, to understand the background in which he grew,” said Micham.

“《我的奋斗》是一本重要的书，因为希特勒花了大量时间来撰写和修改，所以基本上都是他的理念，一部分理念得以实施，一部分没有，即便是那些没有得到实施的理念对于理解他的成长背景来说也是重要的。”

Many Israelis are ambivalent¹⁴.

很多以色列人对此态度不明。

“It’s complicated. On the one hand I’m not thrilled about the fact that Mein Kampf can be in even wider dissemination¹⁵ around the world, given the hateful content that it contains, but on the other hand, it’s kind of impossible to control speech, and I’m not even sure that we should,” said Ayo Oppenheimer, a Jerusalem resident.

一位耶路撒冷居民说，“这件事很复杂，一方面，考虑到书中的仇恨内容，对于这本书在全世界得到更广泛的传播来说，我并不感到激动。但另一方面，控制言论是不可能的，我甚至不确定我们应该这么做。”

 

Mein Kampf outlines Hitler's ideology¹⁶ and is considered the basis of his politics of National Socialism. He wrote it in a Bavarian prison while serving a sentence for treason after his failed 1923 putsch in Munich.

《我的奋斗》囊括了希特勒的理念，被视为是他的国家社会主义政策的基础，1923年慕尼黑暴动失败后，他在巴伐利亚监狱因叛国罪服刑期间写了这本书。

1 annotated   

v.注解，注释( annotate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Thematic maps should always be annotated with the source and date of the topical information. 各类专题地图，均应注明专题资料来源和日期。 来自辞典例句
• And this is the version annotated by Umberto de Bologna. 并且这是有安博多-德-波罗格那注释的版本。 来自电影对白

2 manifesto   

n.宣言，声明

参考例句：

• I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
• His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。

3 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

5 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

6 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

7 sedition   

n.煽动叛乱

参考例句：

• Government officials charged him with sedition.政府官员指控他煽动人们造反。
• His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.他对煽动叛乱的否定又是对暴力的否定。

8 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

9 systematically   

adv.有系统地

参考例句：

• This government has systematically run down public services since it took office.这一屆政府自上台以来系统地削减了公共服务。
• The rainforest is being systematically destroyed.雨林正被系统地毀灭。

10 taboo   

n.禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用；adj.禁忌的；v.禁忌，禁制，禁止

参考例句：

• The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的。
• Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?在你们的社会里，婚前的性行为犯禁吗？

11 abbreviated   

adj. 简短的，省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article. 他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
• The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A.. 美利坚合众国常被缩略为U.S.A.。

12 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

13 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

14 ambivalent   

adj.含糊不定的；(态度等)矛盾的

参考例句：

• She remained ambivalent about her marriage.她对于自己的婚事仍然拿不定主意。
• Although she professed fear of the Russians,she seemed to have ambivalent feelings toward Philby himself.虽然她承认害怕俄国人，然而她似乎对菲尔比本人有一种矛盾的感情。

15 dissemination   

传播,宣传,传染(病毒)

参考例句：

• The dissemination of error does people great harm. 谬种流传，误人不浅。
• He was fully bent upon the dissemination of Chinese culture all over the world. 他一心致力于向全世界传播中国文化。

16 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。