“母亲”译为“母狗”:斯里兰卡为翻译错误致歉
<p>近日,斯里兰卡官方标识和文件的泰米尔语译文出现翻译错误,其中之一是一条“孕妇专座”的标识,斯里兰卡语和英语均正确,但是泰米尔语却错译为“母狗专座”。政府为此致歉。</p><p>官方强调说,操作人员的粗心大意必须受到批评,政府并没有侮辱泰米尔人的意图。</p><p>斯里兰卡国家语言和社会融合部部长告诉<span word="BBC">BBC</span>记者,操作人员对泰米尔语的不熟练导致了这些错误。</p><p>一些泰米尔人称,泰米尔语的翻译错误随处可见。“你可以在公交站牌上、大街上以及许多政府工作大楼上看到泰米尔语的错误翻译。”</p><p><span word="Sri">Sri</span> <span word="Lanka">Lanka</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="apologised">apologised</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="errors">errors</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="translating">translating</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="notices">notices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="minority">minority</span> <span word="Tamil">Tamil</span> <span word="community">community</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mistakes">mistakes</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="highlighted">highlighted</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="media">media</span>.</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="read">read</span> "<span word="Reserved">Reserved</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="pregnant">pregnant</span> <span word="mothers">mothers</span>" <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sinhala">Sinhala</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="English">English</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="Reserved">Reserved</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="pregnant">pregnant</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>" <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tamil">Tamil</span>.</p><p><span word="Officials">Officials</span> <span word="stress">stress</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sloppiness">sloppiness</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="blame">blame</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="intention">intention</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="insult">insult</span> <span word="Tamils">Tamils</span>.</p><p><span word="Sri">Sri</span> <span word="Lanka">Lanka</span> <span word="emerged">emerged</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sinhala">Sinhala</span>-<span word="dominated">dominated</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tamil">Tamil</span> <span word="Tiger">Tiger</span> <span word="separatists">separatists</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2009.</p><p>'<span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="fluent">fluent</span>'</p><p><span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Languages">Languages</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="Integration">Integration</span>, <span word="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</span> <span word="Nanayakara">Nanayakara</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="BBC">BBC</span> <span word="Tamil">Tamil</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mistakes">mistakes</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="fluent">fluent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tamil">Tamil</span>.</p>
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