P****R 发帖数: 22479 | 1 “迟到的正义就是非正义”,我以前见过这句话的原文:Justice delayed, justice
denied。前几天某友在跟我说,这句话查不到出处,好像是从前的英国首相格拉斯顿说
过的话。我查了一些工具书,在Black’s Law Dictionary里查到比较接近的两句谚语
,一是:Justice is neither to be denied nor delayed(正义不得拒绝也不能延迟
)。另一句比较长:Justice ought to be free, because nothing is more
iniquitous than venal justice; full, since justice ought not be halt; and
speedy, because delayed is a kind of denied(正义应是无偿的,因为没有比花钱
买来的公正更邪恶者;正义应是充分的,因为正义不该半途而废;正义应是迅捷的,因
为拖延就是一种拒绝。原文均有拉丁文)。另外,我在“有道词典”里查到这句:
Martin Luther King certainly said that justice delayed is justice denied and
that there’s never a more right time than today, or yesterday(马丁路德金
的确说过,迟到的正义就是被拒的正义,它到来的最佳时刻无过于今天,最好是昨天)
。原文妙在两句末字押韵,译为中文,最好也押韵以便记忆和诵读,我暂且将其翻译做
:正义被迟送,正义遭否定。 |
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