【編者的話】新秩序 The New Order

今期封面人物 Serrini，總有人會問：「她是誰？」

標準答案通常是：「唔知邊度嚟，話自己 #唱作人，但好多 #廣東話，不過好好笑，最近入咗叱咤我最喜愛女歌手最後五強（截稿前仍未公布賽果），擊敗了 #謝安琪 和 #GinLee。」

然後又總會有人再問：「她憑什麼？」常見答案通常是：「網民投票。」

對於這個問題，Serrini最近有在社交媒體間接地回應過，direct quote如下：「有一次係一個得百幾人睇嘅live裡面，我話比大家知可以先comment #條女識用咩？同埋 #條女憑咩 比大家抒發感情先，因為我有聖誕禮物，點知有條友打左 #條女馮咩 然後就全部人係度笑到yap yap聲跟隊。」

讀到這裏，如果你有個不太舒服的觀感，大概可以證明以下兩件事，第一，閣下應該年過四十；第二，維基百科上有關Avant-garde的定義是成立的，direct quote如下：

The avant-garde are people or works that are experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society. It is frequently characterized by aesthetic innovation and initial unacceptability.

好一句unacceptability，而且前面有一個形容詞initial，一針見血。

新時代的誕生，它一定被大眾initially unaccepted，因為它給觀眾從未見過的震撼。一個新類型的歌手，你覺得她「礙眼」，因為她將會帶給你一個從未有過的音樂新秩序，將來樂壇可能出現一個 #樹妮妮 現象，扭轉樂壇的方程式，又有何出奇？

放諸 #時尚界，例子比比皆是，上世紀二十年代，Coco Chanel 穿上當時沒有女人會穿的西褲、Alexander McQueen用機械人設計服裝，以至最近流行但其實都不是新鮮事、但竟然很多人未聽過的虛擬 #KOL，Bjork當年著天鵝衫唱歌都是沒有人明白她在唱什麼，以Serrini這樣的姿色身形歌路談吐學歷踏上叱咤我最喜愛女歌手最後五強，又為什麼需要一個原因？反過來，如果五強是一些意料之內的名字，其實是不是反而需要一個原因去反省一下？今時今日，#大台 仍在，不過網民早已當家作主，諸如樂壇投票，諸如廣告出版，諸如我們作為傳媒人，若想生還，也請早日放下昔日編輯高高在上的姿態，今日我們要虛心聽聽網民的聲音，才能做個先拔頭籌的媒體。

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
──Oscar Wilde

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【深夜好文翻譯｜美版心靈雞湯】

大家晚安，忙了一天
一起來讀美版《心靈雞湯》
“Life just isn’t” （篇名很任性XD）

來自 Sonny老師的翻譯&教學札記 的好文翻譯
一篇用字簡單卻很有溫度的小短文
傳遍了整個英文世界

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Life isn’t about keeping score.
人生不是斤斤計較。

It’s not about how many people call you and who you’ve dated, are dating and haven’t dated at all.
多少人打電話給你、你和誰約會，或約會與否都不重要。

It isn’t about who you’ve kissed, what sport you play, or which guy or girl likes you.
你吻過誰、從事什麼運動、被哪個男孩女孩喜歡，不重要。

It’s not about your shoes or your hair or the color of your skin, or where you live or go to school.
你穿的鞋款、髮色膚色、住在哪兒、上哪間學校，也不重要。

It's not about status, money, clothes, or sexuality.
人生的意義不在金錢、地位、穿著或性向。

And it’s not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn’t about that.
多少人接受你或抗拒你，也不重要。人生不該執著於這些。

But life is about who you love and who you hurt.
人生啊，是關於你把愛給了誰，又傷了誰。

It’s about how you feel about yourself.
你的自我感覺，很重要。

It’s about trust, happiness and compassion.
信任、快樂和同情，非常重要。

It’s about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love.
人生的重點在於為朋友挺身而出、用愛取代心中的恨。

Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance and building confidence.
人生就是停止嫉妒、克服無知、建立自信。

It’s about what you say and what you mean.
你說的話、立意良善與否，很重要。

It’s about seeing people for who they are and not what they have.
看人，要看他們的內在，而非他們的外在。

Most of all, it is about choosing to use your life to touch someone else’s in a way that could never have been achieved otherwise.
人生最最重要的事，是用無可取代的方式去觸動別人的生命。

These choices are what life’s about.
這些選擇，才是人生的意義。

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用簡單的文字也能譯出好文
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跟我說說

給有志成為翻譯者的你
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【絕食第80日】【80th Day of Hunger Strike: Update & Volunteers' Thoughts】
17 / 9 / 2020

▍「除了停止了探訪外，這裡任何東西都沒變過。廁所依然是那麼髒，他們（入境處）連一塊香皂都沒有多給我們。」- 羈留者O生氣的說

自9月6日CIC出現第二單新冠確診，CIC便停止了探訪，所有羈留者都已經十天因探訪暫停而無法獲得一些基本衛生護理物資。以下為義工H的心聲：

CIC對認可物資要求十分苛刻，書一定不要有任何標註，連一個「由XX中學圖書館捐贈」的印章也容不下，「呢本唔入得」；香皂只能是藍色的，但藥房通常是一排六塊的賣，只有兩塊是藍色，總有四塊紫色、白色不知如何處理；以為只要寫著「祝君早安」的毛巾便可以，買到了，職員又說「標誌中一的不是「合」字，這不是正版」，退回，不收；買了兩包M&M想給羈留者，但被告知一次一定要給5包，而且一定要是同一顏色的包裝。第一次聽到時會又生氣又無奈，明明都是香皂、毛巾，這些要求除了用來留難訪客，有任何意思嗎？每次探訪，更是總會見到其他訪客有一些東西因不乎要求而被退回，山長水遠走到來CIC，卻沒法送物資到親人、朋友手上，會感到很可惜嗎？

怒氣與無奈，隨著探訪次數漸多而慢慢地被磨蝕。為了能順利地把物資送到羈留者手上，更是練成了一對金精火眼，去到不同藥房都認得出物資，知道格價合理與否。這一陣子，見到任何藥房都會逛一逛，見到適合的便買下。這幾天都接給幾位羈留者的電話，有的說急需牙膏、香皂（只能通過探訪才能獲得），有的說很悶想收新的書。我想說，我都準備了，只是不知何時才見到他們。

羈留者的來電中，讓我除了知道他們需要的物資外，更是體會到自由對他們的迫切。「7樓的40多人全被送到隔離營了，你有他們的消息嗎？」S問。「我需要幫助。我不想繼續留在CIC，這裡有新冠病毒確診。這裡不安全。」R說。我想這次CIC這次確診引致的Lockdown和全院檢測已充份反映到這個地方十分高危，為何還是要強行把一班無罪的人拘禁，置他們的健康生命於危險中？

「我們差不多所有羈留人士已經聯名向入境處寫了一封投訴書，抗議停止探訪並要求交代原因。」O說。「希望很快可以容許探訪。」

▍“I am very angry about this lockdown. They (ImmD) did nothing more to advance any prevention or protection measures. Just lockdown. We are running out of toothpaste, soap and hand wash.” — Detainee I

Due to the discovery of the 2nd confirmed case of COVID-19 on 6th September, CIC has suspended all visit. All detainees have since been unable to receiving basic hygienic products from their visiting friends. It has been 10 days. Below are some thoughts of our volunteer H:

CIC is exceptionally meticulous, or better put, bureaucratic about the hand-in articles from visitors to detainees. A book must be totally clean, even a stamp that says “Donated by XX School Library” would made the book ineligible for handing in; The soap must be in blue, yet stores often sell this brand of soap in a pack of six, so volunteers would always be left with 4 bars of non-blue soap; when you bought the towel with the exact wording, the staff will always let you know that your towel is “knock-off” and therefore unaccepted; M&M must come in 5 packs of the same colour. When the articles I bought first got rejected by CIC officers, I was very frustrated. In terms of their function, the towels and soap I bought were just fine. And every time I visited, I always saw other visitors’ “unapproved” articles got rejected. Imagining coming all the way with the hope of giving a little something to make your detainee friend’s life slightly better, and yet got rejected for the bureaucratic instructions of CIC, would you feel upset?

Nevertheless, my angry and frustration has been numbed as I visited CIC more frequently. In order to successfully got the articles to detainees, I have become an expert. I have memorised the entire list of approved hand-in articles and know the prices for each item. And over time, I have stocked up these articles for the detainees. In the past few days, our concern group have received several calls from detainees, saying that they are lacking certain hygienic project. “We are running out of toothpaste, soap and hand wash.” they said. I would love to let them know that I have stocked up, yet I now have no idea when I can give things to them due to the lockdown in CIC.

From these calls from detainees, not only had I learnt about the certain items they need, but also what freedom meant to them. “40 detainees from 7/F have been sent to the isolation camp, do you have any news about them?”, detainee S asked me. “Actually I need help. I don’t want to stay long time in CIC. There is positive case here. CIC is not safe.” Detainee R said. I think the current lockdown of CIC have demonstrated exactly how CIC is not safe. There is a high risk for cross-infection of COVID-19 in CIC. So, why is the authority so determined to detain this group of innocent people, and put their health and lives in danger?

“Most detainees have wrote a complaint letter together to the Immigration Department against the lockdown and ask for reasons.” Said O. “Hope this complaint letter could help reopen visit soon.”