涉嫌彰显奴隶制度 哈佛法学院欲换院徽

 　　A committee recommended Harvard Law School remove its official seal Friday, following months of scrutiny¹ surrounding the symbol that has ties to an 18th-century slave owner.

　　上周五，在经过数月关于标志的仔细检查后，一委员会建议哈佛法学院更改其官方院徽。该院徽标志和18世纪奴隶主有关。

　　"We believe that if the Law School is to have an official symbol, it must more closely represent the values of the Law School, which the current shield does not," the committee made up of professors, alumni, students and staff wrote in its recommendation.

　　该委员会是由教授、校友、学生和工作人员组成的，他们在推荐信中这样写道："我们相信，如果法学院要有一个官方标志的话，那它应该更切实地代表法学院的价值，而现在的盾牌没有做到这一点。"The shield's meaning has changed over time, said Bruce Mann, committee chairman and Harvard Law professor. "Too many people think the shield has become an impediment," he said. "Too many people see the association with slavery."委员会主席兼哈佛法律教授布鲁斯·曼恩表示，盾牌的意义随着时间的前进也已经有所改变。他说："很多人觉得盾牌已经成为了一种障碍。很多人看到了它和奴隶制度的关联。"涉嫌彰显奴隶制度 哈佛法学院欲换院徽

　　The shield, officially adopted in 1937, depicts² three bundles of wheat, an image borrowed from the family crest³ of Isaac Royall Jr., under the university's motto "Veritas."这枚盾牌标志于1937年首次采用，由3捆小麦组成，图像借鉴自小艾萨克·罗亚尔的家族纹饰，以哈佛校训"真理"命名。

　　Royall donated his estate to create the first law professorship at Harvard University. His father, Isaac Royall Sr., made much of the family wealth on the backs of slaves on Caribbean sugar plantations⁴ and Massachusetts farms.

　　罗亚尔曾向哈佛大学捐款，设立了学校首个法学教授职位。他的父亲萨克·罗亚尔先生是依靠加勒比甘蔗种植园和马塞诸州农场的黑人创造了大部分的家族财富。

　　Dean Martha Minow created the committee after some law school students formed a group called Royall Must Fall to denounce the shield. "I endorse⁵ the recommendation to retire the shield because its association with slavery does not represent the values and aspirations⁶ of the Harvard Law School."在一些法学院学生成立了名为“罗亚尔必须倒下”的组织来谴责盾牌之后，法学院院长玛莎·米诺顺势成立了委员会。她向学生和校友这样写道："我批准了更换盾牌的建议，因为它和奴隶有关，无法代表哈佛法学院的价值观和抱负。"However, not everyone is agreeing with the decision. One professor on the committee, joined by a student, said keeping the current shield was a way to honor the slaves whose sacrifice provided the Royall family with its wealth.

　　但是并不是每个人都同意这一决定。委员会中的一名教授和一名学生就表示，保留目前的盾牌院徽是一种纪念那些为罗亚尔家族财富做出牺牲的奴隶的方式。

 

1 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

2 depicts   

描绘，描画( depict的第三人称单数 )； 描述

参考例句：

• The book vividly depicts French society of the 1930s. 这本书生动地描绘了20 世纪30 年代的法国社会。
• He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively. 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。

3 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

4 plantations   

n.种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园，使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后，那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句

5 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

6 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。