2025/5/20

U.K. Watchdog Report 6-3:口試日期

資料出處:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxVfzA4BJzs由原始字幕轉錄之文句尚未定稿(校對錯誤、英式英文、標點符號、中文翻譯等),僅供參考,之後將會繼續修正。

 

 

6-3 PhD examination date


0:17→On June 29th, 2015, based on her interview with Ing-Wen Tsai, Emily Rahalla, Time's Beijing correspondent, released her cover story reporting that Tsai earned her PhD from LSE in LSE than three years.
2015年6月29日,《時代雜誌》北京記者Emily Rahalla根據她對蔡英文的採訪,發表了封面故事,稱蔡在三年內獲得了LSE的博士學位。
0:32→Right around the time LSE received a number of inquiries regarding Tsai's missing doctoral thesis and the authenticity of Tsai's PhD degree.
當時,LSE收到了大量關於蔡博士論文遺失及其博士學位真實性的詢問。
0:44→Tsai soon changed her story on May 20th, 2016, LSE than one year after Rahalla's cover story.
就在Rahalla的封面故事發表一年後,蔡很快就在2016年5月20日的LSE改變了她的故事,而蔡英文將她的博士學位獲得日期從1983年改成1984年。
0:50→Tsai changed her PhD date from 1983 to 1984.
蔡將她的博士學位授予日期從1983年改為1984年。
0:58→With a PhD degree in 1984, Tsai's PhD exam was held in October 1983, not spring 1983, as certified by Michael Elliott's letter for Tsai to apply for a teaching position in Taiwan in March 1983.
既然是1984年的博士學位,蔡的博士考試便在1983年10月舉行,而非Michael Elliott寫給蔡、讓她在1983年3月申請台灣教職的證明信中所謂的1983年春季。
1:20→On October 2nd, 2019, Michael Richardson an independent journalist submitted his first FOIA request to LSE one one of his questions was the date of Ing-Wen Tsai's PhD oral exam.
2019年10月2日,獨立記者理查森向LSE提交了他第一份有關資訊公開的請求,其中一個問題便是蔡英文的博士口試日期。
1:35→Rachel Maguire was the information and Records manager at LSE who was responsible for responding to Richardson's FOIA request.
Rachel Maguire是LSE的資訊和記錄經理,負責回應理查森的資訊公開請求。
1:42→Her position on October 3rd, 2019, was that though Tsai's viva exam date was personal data it was in Tsai's interest that LSE confirmed the viva exam date.
她在2019年10月3日的立場是,儘管蔡的口試日期是個人資料,但LSE確認口試日期是符合蔡利益的。
1:57→On October 21st, 2019, Maguire disclosed Tsai's viva exam date to Richardson:
2019年10月21日,Maguire向理查森透露了蔡的口試日期:
2:03→It was October 16th, 1983.
那是1983年10月16日。
2:09→For a long time it was an object of ridicule because October 16th, 1983 was a Sunday.
由於1983年10月16日是個星期天,所以很長一段時間這都成為嘲笑的對象。
2:16→This proves that the disclosure of Tsai's viva date was not in Tsai's best interest.
這證明披露蔡的口試日期並不符合蔡的最佳利益。
2:24→Tsai's PhD exam could not possibly be held on October 16th, 1983, not only because October 16th, 1983 was Sunday.
蔡的博士考試不可能在1983年10月16日舉行,不只是因為1983年10月16日是星期日。
2:34→The records unearthed in Taiwan also show that Tsai returned to Taiwan on June 30th, 1983, with a PhD degree in international economic law from LSE and began teaching at Soochow University on September 1st, 1983.
台灣出土的紀錄也顯示,取得LSE國際經濟法博士學位的蔡於1983年6月30日返台,並於1983年9月1日開始在東吳大學任教。
2:58→According to Tsai's own account, after withdrawing from course on November 10th, 1982, and before returning to Taiwan on June 30th, 1983, Tsai was traveling around and ready to go to Singapore to teach at the University of Singapore.
據蔡自己的說法,她於1982年11月10日退出學程後、至1983年6月30日返台前,正四處旅行,並準備前往新加坡,在新加坡大學任教。
3:12→Tsai was too busy to prepare her thesis for a PhD exam held on October 16th, 1983.
蔡太忙了,哪有時間替她1983年10月16日舉行的博士考試準備論文。
3:24→After returning to Taiwan on June 30th, 1983, and before teaching at Soochow University on September 1st, 1983, Tsai was busy preparing and taking her bar exams in New York and Taiwan.
1983年6月30日返台後到1983年9月1日於東吳大學任教之前,蔡忙於準備及參加紐約和台灣的律師資格考試。
3:40→Tsai filed a criminal defamation complaint with the Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutors Office on September 4th, 2019, but the National Immigration Agency did not disclose Tsai's return date until August 10th, 2021.
蔡於2019年9月4日向台灣台北地方檢察署提起刑事誹謗訴訟,但移民署直到2021年8月10日才公布她的回國日期。
4:01→On September 19th, 2019, Tsai's attorney did not expect the disclosure of Tsai's entry and exit record.
在2019年9月19日,蔡的律師還沒想到她的入出境紀錄會被公開。
4:07→They submitted the student visa extension certificate issued by LSE on June 10th, 1983, to the Prosecutors Office to prove Tsai's viva exam in London.
他們向檢察署提交了LSE於1983年6月10日簽發的學生簽證延期證明,以證明蔡在倫敦有口試。
4:20→The description of the certificate provided by Tsai's attorneys to the Prosecutors Office was:
蔡的律師提供給檢察署的證明描述如下:
4:25→The complainant completed and submitted the doctoral thesis in June 1983 and waited for the oral exam.
告訴人於1983年6月完成並提交了博士論文,等待口試。
4:32→The LSE issued a certificate on June 10th for the complainant to apply for a Visa extension so as to stay until October to complete the oral exam.
LSE於6月10日向告訴人發出了用來申請延簽的證明,以便待到十月完成口試。
4:44→According to Tsai's attorneys, after submitting her doctoral thesis on June 15th, 1983, Tsai stayed in London waiting for her PhD exam.
根據蔡的律師所稱,她在1983年6月15日提交博士論文後,便留在倫敦等待其博士考試。
4:57→In a forum held on June 21st, 2020, 14 months before Tsai's return date was disclosed Tsai told a similar story.
在蔡的回國日期公布前的14個月,於2020年6月21日舉行的一次論壇上,蔡講述了類似的故事。
5:03→The Forum was about learning English as a second language and Tsai's audience was high school students.
論壇的主題是學習英語作為第二語言,蔡的聽眾是高中生。
5:15→(另見 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWgWnCGS7j4)
「我這個唸完博士班、寫完論文交上去以後,我有一段時間在等口試,結果我的英國同學也在寫她的論文,所以我就幫她做一件事:我幫她校稿、還有改英文。那你想想看,來自台灣的學生幫英國學生改英文,這是怎麼回事呢?就是,她英文講得比我好,她表達得也比我好,可是我的文法比她強。」(編按:賴幸媛在2019年曾說過,蔡英文用她的電動打字機幫一位攻讀國際關係博士學位的女孩重新打字。)
5:42→According to Tsai's story on that day, she never left London after submitting her thesis for her viva exam on June 15th, 1983, and before she took her viva exam on October 16th, 1983.
根據蔡當天的說法,她在1983年6月15日提交了她的口試論文以後、以及1983年10月16日參加口試之前,她從未離開倫敦。
5:54→During that time she was busy proofreading and correcting the English of a fellow British PhD students doctoral thesis in London.
在那段時間裡,她在倫敦忙著校對和修改一位英國博士生博士論文中的英文。
6:05→Since Tsai changed her PhD date from 1983 to 1984, the story about Tsai's PhD Journey had to be changed again and again.
自從蔡將她獲得博士學位的日期從1983改成1984年後,蔡攻讀博士流程的故事就不得不一改再改。
6:18→When disclosing Tsai's return date the National Immigration Agency also disclosed that Tsai left Taiwan on October 15th, 1983, and returned to Taiwan on October 30th, 1983.
當移民署在揭露蔡的返國日期時,也揭露她於1983年10月15日離台、1983年10月30日返台。
6:30→It suggests Tsai flew from Taipei to London on October 15th, 1983, only one day before her viva exam.
這顯示蔡於1983年10月15日從台北飛往倫敦,就在她的口試前一天。
6:41→In her published speech on March 17 2011 Tsai told the audience her sister was with her for her PhD exam.
蔡英文在2011年3月17日發表的演講中告訴聽眾,她的姐姐陪她參加了博士考試。
6:52→(另見 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRdVG8YAEao)
「他們審妳的論文就審了半年,審完了以後他又請妳去口試。那個口試我又很緊張,我姐姐就跟著我去了。」
7:03→To proof Tsai's PhD exam in London the entry and exit record of Tsai's sister was also disclosed.
為了證明蔡在倫敦參加博士學位考試,她姐姐的入出境紀錄也被披露。
7:08→According to the record, Tsai's sister also left Taiwan on October 15th, 1983, and returned to Taiwan on October 30th, 1983, suggesting that Tsai flew with her sister from Taipei to London for her PhD exam on October 15th, 1983.
根據紀錄,蔡的姐姐也於1983年10月15日離台,並於1983年10月30日返台,顯示了蔡與她的姐姐是在1983年10月15日從台北飛往倫敦去參加博士學位考試。
7:30→However, Tsai could not change her autobiography which was published in 2011.
然而蔡無法改變她於2011年出版的自傳。
7:34→In her autobiography Tsai talks about her PhD exam in London:
在自傳中,蔡談到了她在倫敦的博士考試:
7:37→"On the day of the PhD examination my sister flew from Taiwan so as to be with me."
「口試那天,姐姐特地從台灣飛來陪我。」
7:43→In 2011, Tsai intended to show that she was in London and that only her sister had flown from Taiwan to London.
2011年,蔡英文想要表明的是她在倫敦,而且只有她的姐姐從台灣飛往倫敦。
7:54→To corroborate her story Tsai included one photo taken with with her sister in front of a cathedral.
為了證實她的故事,蔡附上一張她和姐姐在大教堂前拍攝的照片。
7:59→The caption was PhD examination my sister flew to the UK so as to be with me.
圖說是:「博士論文口試,姐姐特地飛來英國陪我。」
8:05→It once again shows that Tsai's story in 2011 was that she was in London and only her sister flew from Taiwan to London for her PhD exam.
這再次顯示蔡於2011年所講的故事是:她在倫敦,只有她的姐姐為了她的博士考試而從台灣飛往倫敦。
8:19→The photo was sort of a proof of Tsai's viva exam held in London.
在某種程度上,照片是蔡的口試於倫敦舉行的證明。
8:26→In October 2020 Dennis Peng received a news tip from someone in the New England area.
2020年10月,彭文正收到來自新英格蘭區某人的訊息提示。
8:32→The cathedral in the photo looked exactly the same as the Cathedral Church of St Paul in Boston Massachusetts in the US.
照片中的大教堂看起來與美國麻州波士頓的聖保羅天主教堂一模一樣。
8:42→Tsai and her sister's summer clothes indicate that Tsai traveled to Massachusetts in the summer probably before June 30th, 1983, while Tsai was traveling around.
蔡和她姐姐的夏裝顯示,蔡是在夏天前往麻州,可能在1983年6月30日之前,當時蔡正在各地旅行。
8:56→Furthermore, Tsai's OP-ED was published by the United Daily News in Taipei on October 20th, 1983.
此外,蔡英文的專欄文章也於1983年10月20日在台北《聯合報》發表。
9:06→According to the viva date disclosed by Maguire, Tsai was in London on October 20th, 1983.
根據Maguire披露的口試日期,蔡1983年10月20日人在倫敦。
9:13→It was only 4 days after Tsai's viva exam and 10 days before she returned to Taiwan.
這是蔡的口試結束僅僅4天之後,返台前10天。
9:21→Moreover Tsai made the trip to London for her viva exam, but she left Taipei only one day before her viva exam and then stayed in London after the viva exam for 2 weeks.
此外,蔡這趟倫敦之旅是為了她的口試,但她在口試前一天才離開台北,並在口試結束後在倫敦待了兩個星期。
9:30→If Tsai had been serious about her viva exam like a PhD candidate, she would have left Taipei early in order to prepare herself for the viva exam.
如果蔡像個博士生那樣認真看待她的口試,她會提早離開台北,讓自己為口試做好準備。
9:43→In addition, the entry and exit records routinely issued by the National Immigration Agency are computer printouts that show the departure dates and the cities of arrival.
此外,由移民署例行發布的入出境記錄都是電腦列印,會顯示出發的日期和抵達得的城市。
9:56→Tsai's entry and exit record was custom made.
蔡英文的入出境記錄是客製化的。
9:58→It can only prove that Tsai left Taiwan on October 15th, 1983, but the city of arrival is unknown.
它只能證明蔡於1983年10月15日離開台灣,但是抵達的城市不詳。
10:09→Between April 1983 and may 1984 KLM was the only europe-based Airline offering one direct weekly flight between Amsterdam and Taipei.
1983年4月至1984年5月期間,荷蘭皇家航空是唯一每週提供阿姆斯特丹和台北直航的歐洲航空公司。
10:22→Dennis Peng challenged that it was almost impossible for Tsai to fly from Taipei to London for her viva exam held in London in one day.
彭文正質疑,蔡一天之內從台北飛到倫敦參加在那兒舉行的口試幾乎是不可能的。
10:33→In September 2021 Peng showed a court document showing that Tsai's attorneys submitted new PhD exam date.
2021年9月,彭出示了一份法庭文件,顯示蔡的律師提交了新的博士考試日期。
10:38→It was Monday, October 17th, 1983.
那是1983年10月17日,星期一。
10:47→In the VV file which only dealt with VV's activities at LSE no viva exam date can be found.
在僅僅處理VV在LSE活動資訊的VV檔案中,找不到口試日期。
10:57→What record in Tsai's LSE student file allowed Rachel Maguire to confirm Tsai's viva date October 16th, 1983?
在蔡的LSE學生檔案中,哪些記錄能讓Rachel Maguire確認蔡的口試日期是1983年10月16日?
11:08→How and when did the record find its way to Tsai's LSE student file stored in the LSE archives?
該記錄是如何、以及何時設法到達LSE檔案室中存放的蔡LSE學生檔案裡?