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Today, however, I have no intention of lying. I will try to be as honest as I can.There are a few days in the year when I do not engage in telling lies, and todayhappens to be one of them.
今天，我不打算說謊。我會盡可能地誠實。我在一年之中只有幾天不會說謊，今天剛好就是其中之一。
So let me tell you the truth. A fair number of people advised me not to come hereto accept the Jerusalem Prize. Some even warned me they would instigate aboycott of my books if I came.
請容我告訴你們真相。在日本，許多人建議我不要來這裡接受耶路撒冷文學獎。甚至有人警告我，如果我堅持前來，他們會聯合抵制我的小說。
The reason for this, of course, was the fierce battle that was raging in Gaza . TheUN reported that more than a thousand people had lost their lives in the blockadedGaza City , many of them unarmed citizens - children and old people.
主要的原因，當然是迦薩正在發生的激烈戰鬥。根據聯合國調查，在被封鎖的迦薩城內，已經有超過千人喪生，許多人是手無寸鐵的平民、孩童和老人。
Any number of times after receiving notice of the award, I asked myself whethertraveling to Israel at a time like this and accepting a literary prize was the properthing to do, whether this would create the impression that I supported one side inthe conflict, that I endorsed the policies of a nation that chose to unleash itsoverwhelming military power. This is an impression, of course, that I would notwish to give. I do not approve of any war, and I do not support any nation. Neither,of course, do I wish to see my books subjected to a boycott.
我收到獲獎通知後，不斷問自己：此時到耶路撒冷接受文學獎，是否正確？這會不會讓人認為我支持衝突中的某一方，或認為我支持一個發動壓倒性武力攻擊的國家政策？老實說，我也不想看到自己的書被抵制。
Finally, however, after careful consideration, I made up my mind to come here.One reason for my decision was that all too many people advised me not to do it.Perhaps, like many other novelists, I tend to do the exact opposite of what I amtold. If people are telling me - and especially if they are warning me - "don't gothere," "don't do that," I tend to want to "go there" and "do that."
經過反覆思考，我還是決定來到這裡。原因之一是，太多人反對我來。我和許多小說家一樣，總是要做人們反對的事情。如果有人對我說，尤其是警告我說，「不要去」、「不要這麼做」，我通常反而會特別想去、特別想做。
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