※ 資料出處：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5rFvhQcVOE。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。
7-2 thesis supervisor
0:17→The VV file is an LSE student file from the 1980s, which only dealt with activities at LSE.
VV文件是1980年代的LSE學生文件，僅涉及LSE的活動。
0:26→According to the VV file, before VV was officially registered with LSE in October 1980, on September 30th, 1980.
根據VV的文件，VV於1980年10月在LSE正式註冊，註冊日期為1980年9月30日。
0:32→The department of international relations appointed two supervisors to supervise VV.
國際關係部任命了兩名指導老師，負責監督VV。
0:40→The supervisor appointment form was returned to the LSE Graduate School Office and kept in the VV file.
指導老師任命表已交回LSE研究生院辦公室，並保存在VV檔案中。
0:49→It indicates that the appointment of supervisors was an activity at LSE.
這表明任命指導老師是在LSE進行的一項活動。
0:57→Ing-Wen Tsai's LSE student file was different.
蔡英文的LSE學生檔案不同。
1:01→LSE's response to a FOIA request on August 7th, 2020, indicated that LSE had no records about the appointment of Tsai's supervisor.
LSE於2020年8月7日對資訊公開請求的回應表明，LSE沒有關於任命蔡指導老師的記錄。
1:12→Based on VV's LSE student record, VV had at least one supervisor for each session: 1980/1981, 1981/1982, and 1982/1983.
根據VV的LSE學籍卡，VV在1980/1981、1981/1982和1982/1983學期至少有一名指導老師。
1:28→However, based on Tsai's LSE student record, no supervisor was assigned for 1982/1983.
但根據蔡的LSE學籍卡，1982/1983 學年並未指定指導老師。
1:39→Since the supervisor played an important role at the LSE stage, the VV file is peppered with VV supervisors names.
由於指導老師在LSE階段發揮了重要作用，VV文件充斥著VV指導老師的名字。
1:49→On January 21st, 1981, the Graduate School Office notified VV about her registration with UoL.
1981年1月21日，研究生院辦公室通知VV已在倫敦大學註冊。
1:56→The names of two supervisors were printed on the notice.
通知上印有兩名指導老師的名字。
2:04→Each session VV's supervisor was required to sign a report on VV's Research work and recommend re-registration for the next session.
每次會議，VV的指導老師都需要簽署一份關於VV研究成果的報告，並建議重新註冊參加下一次會議。
2:15→On June 19th, 1981, before VV was re-registered for the 1981/1982 session, one of VV's supervisors notified the school that VV was no longer his student.
1981年6月19日，在VV重新註冊 1981/1982 學期之前，VV的一位指導老師通知學校，VV不再是他的學生。
2:31→On October 11th, 1982, VV's supervisor recommended VV's registration transfer from M.Phil to PhD degree.
1982年10月11日，VV的指導老師建議VV的註冊從攻讀碩士轉為攻讀博士學位。
2:41→On October 18th, 1982, VV's supervisor was notified about the approval of VV's registration transfer.
1982年10月18日，VV的指導老師收到關於VV註冊轉讓獲批准的通知。
2:52→On November 26th, 1982, VV's supervisor signed the thesis title approval form.
1982年11月26日，VV的指導老師簽署了論文題目批准表。
3:03→On March 7th, 1983, the Graduate School Office sent VV's examination entry form to VV's supervisor for Signature and recommendation of viva examiners.
1983年3月7日，研究生院辦公室將VV的考試報名表發送給VV的指導老師，請其簽名，並推薦口試考官。
3:16→On March 18th, 1983, VV's supervisor returned the examination entry form to the Graduate School Office and promised to propose external viva examiners in April.
1983年3月18日，VV的指導老師將考試報名表還給研究生院辦公室，並承諾在4月提名外部口試考官。
3:31→To find out who VV's supervisor was, all it requires is the VV file.
要找出VV的指導老師是誰，只需要VV檔案。
3:38→Unlike the VV file in Tsai's LSE student file only two reports indicated who Tsai's supervisor was.
與VV文件不同，蔡的LSE學生檔案中只有兩份報告顯示了蔡的指導老師是誰。
3:49→In June or July 2015, three decades after Tsai claimed her PhD degree in 1983 and 1984, LSE received a number of inquiries regarding Tsai's missing doctoral thesis and the authenticity of Tsai's PhD degree.
2015年6月或7月，在蔡於1983、1984年間獲得博士學位的三十年後，LSE收到了大量關於蔡缺失博士論文和蔡博士學位真實性的詢問。
4:07→The Department of Law at LSE began chasing up Tsai's supervisor on November 13th, 2015.
LSE法律系於2015年11月13日開始尋找蔡的指導老師。
4:13→No record show that LSE was able to confirm the identity of Tsai's supervisor in 2015.
沒有記錄顯示LSE能夠在2015年確認蔡指導老師的身分。
4:23→Almost 4 years later, on June 11th, 2019, at 10:23, in respon response to the inquiries submitted by Hwan Lin, professor of the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Marcus Cerny, deputy director of the LSE PhD Academy, emailed the Department of Law asking the department to confirm who Tsai's supervisor was.
差不多四年後，即2019年6月11日10點23分，為了回應北卡羅來納大學夏洛特馬庫斯分校林環牆教授提出的詢問，LSE博士學院副主任Marcus Cerny給法律系發送電子郵件，要求該系確認誰是蔡的指導老師。
4:47→At 11:24, Cerny found a name he sent an email stating that he was chasing up with the home institution of the supervisor with whom it turned out he worked before he came to LSE.
11點24分，Cerny找到了一個名字，並發送了一封電子郵件，說明他正在聯繫該指導老師的所在機構；其實，Cerny來到LSE之前曾在那兒工作過。
5:03→Then the Department of Law responded at 11:41: "I believe the supervisor was XXX."
然後法律系在11:41回覆：「我相信指導老師是XXX。」
5:11→On June 17th, 2019, at 9:59, Clive Wilson, inquiry services manager at the LSE Library, received an electronic copy of the title page and the acknowledgements page of Tsai's personal copy of the doctoral thesis.
2019年6月17日上午9點59分，LSE圖書館諮詢服務經理Clive Wilson收到了蔡的博士論文個人版之標題頁和致謝頁的電子版。
5:28→In the acknowledgements page, Tsai thanked her supervisor Michael Elliott.
在致謝頁中，蔡感謝了她的指導老師 Michael Elliott。
5:35→At 11:18, Wilson informed his colleagues, including Cerny, that the acknowledgements page sent by Tsai's office confirmed that Michael J Elliott was Tsai's supervisor.
11點18分，Wilson通知包括Cerny在內的同事，蔡辦公室發送的致謝頁證實Michael J Elliott是蔡的指導老師。
5:49→About 40 minutes later, at 11:59, Cerny wrote to the Department of Law informing them that the supervisor was Michael Elliott rather than XXX.
大約40分鐘後，即11點59分，Cerny寫信給法律系，告知他們指導老師是Michael Elliott，而不是 XXX。
6:02→For almost 4 years, from November 13th, 2015, to June 17th, 2019, LSE could not identify Tsai's thesis supervisor based on Tsai's LSE student file.
從2015年11月13日至2019年6月17日近4年的時間，LSE無法根據蔡的LSE學生檔案的識別出蔡的論文指導教授。
6:17→LSE finally relied on Tsai's acknowledgements page to ascertain who Tsai's thesis supervisor was.
LSE最終依靠蔡的致謝頁來確定蔡的論文指導老師是誰。
6:27→Elliott, who passed away in 2016, could no longer say yay or nay.
2016年去世的艾略特再也無法說「是」或「不是」。
6:36→Was Tsai a reliable source of information about her supervisor?
蔡是有關她指導老師的可靠資訊來源嗎？
6:43→Tsai talked about her supervisors for the first time in a public speech on March 17th, 2011.
2011年3月17日，蔡在一次公開演講中首次談到了她的指導老師：
6:52→（另見 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRdVG8YAEao）
「有一天，學校——我的老毛病又來了——學校突然打電話給我說：『Miss 蔡，妳到office來一下。』我就去一下。他說妳的supervisor告妳的狀，說妳人都不見了，不知道在寫什麼，他對妳很不滿意喔！那我說：『我已經都寫好了，你要不要看一看呢？』我就把它拿給學校看。我們這個學校的系主任看完以後就講：『Bloody hell！』就一個英國人講Bloody hell。他說：『這個大綱寫得很好啊！為什麼她老師要告她的狀呢？』就把我換了一個指導老師。看完以後，他就拍拍我的肩膀說：『別人要擔心他們的PhD，You don't have to.（妳不用擔心）』，我就知道說我的日子大概可以過得不錯了。」
7:52→It is worth noting that Tsai talked about her supervisors, but the names of her supervisors were not disclosed.
值得注意的是，蔡談到了她的指導老師，但沒有透露姓名。
7:57→No verification could be made.
無法驗證。
8:03→In her autobiography, published on October 25th, 2011, 7 months later, Tsai told a drastically different story: "my supervisor was a renowned scholar. He had offered a series of articles on International economic law, which is still the most complete Exposition in the field. However, the school replaced him with a younger supervisor to supervise me because he was old.
7個月後，2011年10月25日，蔡在自傳中講述了一個截然不同的故事：我的導師是一位著名學者，他發表了一系列關於國際經濟法的文章，至今仍是該領域最完整的闡述。但因為他年紀大了，學校就換了一個年輕的主管來指導我。
8:30→Again the names of her two supervisors were not disclosed.
她的兩名指導老師的姓名同樣沒有被揭露。
8:32→No verification could be made.
無法驗證。
8:38→In her acknowledgements, Tsai also made thanked John J Barcelo of Cornell University and Brian Hindley of LSE for their invaluable comments on the final part of the thesis.
在致謝中，蔡也感謝康乃爾大學的John J Barcelo和LSE的Brian Hindley對論文最後部分的寶貴意見。
8:52→Hindley was no longer available to corroborate because he passed away in 2012.
由於hindley於 2012 年去世，因此無法再提供證實。
9:01→Was Barcelo still alive and available to corroborate when his name was disclosed in 2019?
當Barcelo的名字於2019年被披露時，他是否仍活著、並且可被證實？
9:06→Tsai believed he was not.
蔡相信他不在人世。
9:11→About two weeks after Tsai filed the criminal defamation complaint on September 4th, 2019, a campaign rally was held on September 20th, 2019, Tsai told a story about her conversation with the dean of the Cornell Law School when she just arrived in 1978.
2019年9月4日，蔡提起刑事誹謗投訴約兩週後，2019年9月20日舉行了一場競選集會，蔡講述了她1978年剛到康奈爾法學院時與學院院長的談話故事。
9:40→（另見https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KoYB0_b7uE&feature=youtu.be&t=294&fbclid=IwAR2G_vMfsgxKBzwno59vN2hnt9-rYpeYAzmZVTdw2nE51vGhBA-7sT_aoo→3:33）
「（我到了美國以後，我就到康乃爾大學的法學院.....這個系主任就告訴我、就見我們......他就問她說：「妳是台灣來的？」我說：「是台灣來的。」）他下一個問題很政治噢！他說：「那你們以後跟中國怎麼辦呢？」我想了一想，我說：「我們政府說我們要統一呀！」這個老師看著我說：「妳真的要來唸康乃爾大學的法學院嗎？」他說：「這樣的問題，先要有民主，才能做成民主的決定。這就是一個法學院的學生應該有的素養。」這個老師叫什麼名字呢？因為他已經過世了，我可以跟各位講他的名字叫Barceló。Barceló，你知道西班牙有個地方叫Barcelona，所以他的名字Barceló，可見他是來自於西班牙。」
10:28→Barcelo is not from Spain and he is still at Cornell Law School well and sound.
Barcelo不是西班牙人，但他仍然在康乃爾法學院安然無恙。
10:33→He has never been the dean of the Cornell Law School.
他從未擔任過康乃爾法學院的院長。（編按：根據康乃爾的網站資訊，Barceló曾經擔任過主任之職！）
10:39→Roger C. Cramton was the dean of the Cornell Law School from 1973 to 1980.
Roger C. Cramton於1973年至1980年擔任康乃爾大學法學院院長。
10:48→Peter W. Martin was the dean of the Cornell Law School from 1980 to 1988.
Peter W. Martin於1980年至1988年擔任康乃爾大學法學院院長。
10:57→Was Elliott Tsai's thesis supervisor?
Elliott是論文指導老師嗎？
11:04→In response to the FOIA request about Tsai's thesis supervisor for 1982/1983 and 1983/1984, LSE stated that 1983/1984 Tsai was not registered for 1983/1984, so there was no official supervisor for that year.
在回應有關1982/1983和1983/1984學年蔡的論文指導老師之資訊公開請求時，LSE表示1983/1984學年的蔡沒有註冊，因此那一年沒有正式的導師。
11:25→The email dated July 13th, 2011, confirms that Tsai's registration only lasted until June 1982.
2011年7月13日的電子郵件確認蔡的註冊僅持續到1982年6月。
11:36→Since she was not re-registered for 1982 /1983, Elliott was not assigned as Tsai's supervisor for 1982 /1983 either.
由於她沒有重新註冊1982/1983年，所以Elliott也沒有被任命為蔡1982/1983年的指導老師。
11:50→Furthermore, as established, Elliott was away from LSE in the last year of Tsai's PhD and subsequently left LSE in 1984 to join The Economist.
此外，正如所料，艾略特在蔡攻讀博士學位的最後一年離開了LSE，並於1984年離開LSE，加入《經濟學人》。
11:58→The last year of Tsai's PhD was 1982-1983.
蔡博士學程的最後一年是1982-1983年。
12:08→The Economist responded to an inquiry on April 4th, 2022, confirming that Elliott joined the economist approximately in February 1984.
《經濟學人》於2022年4月4日回覆了詢問，證實艾略特大約在1984年2月加入《經濟學人》。
12:20→The appointment of supervisors for PhD candidates was an activity at LSE in the early 1980s.
任命博士生指導老師是1980年代初在LSE進行的一項活動。
12:32→Based on the records disclosed by UoL on what do they know.com on February 23rd, 2022, UoL began investigating Tsai's missing doctoral thesis and PhD degree in July 2011.
根據倫敦大學於2022年2月23日在what do they know.com上披露的記錄，倫敦大學於2011年7月開始調查蔡的缺失博士論文和博士學位。（編按：請見 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/about_ico_commissioners_decision#incoming-1980587）
12:47→How did UoL find out that Tsai's supervisor was Michael Elliott in 2011?
倫敦大學是如何於2011年發現蔡的指導老師為Michael Elliott？
12:53→This piece of information was not held either by the department of law at LSE or the LSE Graduate School Office in the 1980s or 2015.
無論是1980年代還是2015年，LSE法學系或LSE研究生院辦公室都沒有掌握這項資訊。
