錯誤會爬進來,而且會繁殖Errors crawl in — and they multiply
這是多年痛苦換來的結論:中文翻譯一旦沒有英文原文在旁邊,錯誤就會爬進來——而且翻錯的詞不會乖乖待著,它會跑進別的教導裡,不斷繁殖,沒有人追得回源頭。對觸及生命養育的材料,這是真正的危險。A conviction bought with years of pain: the moment a Chinese translation loses the English original beside it, errors crawl in — and a mistranslated word never stays put. It wanders into other teachings and multiplies until no one can trace it back to the source. For material that nurtures and raises life, this is real danger.
我們花了多年修正這種偏移,最後學到:沒有任何人有能力永遠修正下去——格式本身必須成為保護。英文原文釘在每一句中文旁邊,任何雙語讀者當場就能對照原文,文本自己會修正自己。原文,是每一頁的基準點。Years of correcting this drift taught us one thing: no one can keep correcting forever — the format itself must become the protection. With the English original pinned beside every Chinese sentence, any bilingual reader can check it on the spot, and the text corrects itself. On every page, the original is the baseline.
同一本書,會讀成不同的書The same book reads as different books
我們長期觀察到:每個人的解讀,都會經過自己此刻認得的實際折射出來——讀到的,其實是被 filter 過的材料。One long observation: every reading passes through the reality each of us can currently recognize — what we take in is filtered material.
成熟度還在嬰兒期的時候,整本書讀出來會以自己為中心,看不到其他人的實際——知識成了自己手裡的武器。還在胎兒期的時候,整本書讀出來,會變成一本工具書。When maturity is still in the Infant stage, the whole book reads self-centered — blind to other people's reality, and knowledge becomes a weapon in one's own hand. In the Unborn stage, the whole book flattens into a manual.
解讀會折射;基準點不能動。所以,原文必須留在每一句旁邊。Readings refract; the baseline must not move. So the original stays beside every sentence.