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FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM WILSON
MIPT ARRIVAL SPEECH CHINESE TRANSLATION
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THE TRANSLATION FAXED BY RICHARD HOARE ON 27 MARCH SEEMS
IN GENERAL FINE. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON POINTS OF
DETAIL
I) PARA 3, LAST SENTENCE 'WO YAO ZAI.. MIGHT GET
THE SENSE BETTER THAN 'WO HUI ZAI.
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II)
PARA 4, THIRD SENTENCE. SUGGEST THIS SHOULD READ:
'ZHE FEN XIE YI XIANG XI DE LIE MING (OR CHANSHU) XIANG
GANG DE CHANG YUAN CHIAN TU'. THE PRESENT 'YI QIE XIANG
QING' DOES NOT GET THE RIGHT SENSE OF SETS OUT IN
DETAIL'.
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III) PARA 6, FIRST SENTENCE MIGHT READ BETTER WITH 'LAI'
AFTER SUO NENG'.
IV) PARA 6, SECOND SENTENCE: AFTER 'FAN RONG' SUGGEST
'YI KAO ZHE (ZHAO)' RATHER THAN 'YOU LAI YU'.
V) PARA 10, FIRST SENTENCE: 'TIAO ZHAN' SOUNDS RATHER
WARLIKE AND TO MISS THE MIXTURE OF EXCITEMENT AND
DIFFICULTY IMPLICIT IN 'CHALLENGE'. I HAVE NO IMMEDIATE
ALTERNATIVE TO OFFER AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR IDEAS.
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