the marco polo project: 我们是演员吗？

最近一段时间，总是有人问我：“你是个演员吗？” Cai 静的书最近卖得让人眼热，我们这个在全国加起来可能都不到几十个人的职业，成为了业界的热点。

话说我的确一直有个演员梦，没别的原因，也是因为眼热。

你看看那些 erfolgreich 男演员，在电影里总是和漂亮的姑娘换着法的 Verabredungen。镜头一开，MM们就得对你 mit süßem Charme，Herzen brechend，自己太太看到你和美女耳 am Haar des anderen gegenseitig 磨，还不能有意见。

爽 teuflisch 了！

和这些演员相比，我们的工作简直就不是人干的。

电视做调查性报道，原本就非其所长。一个平面-Medium 的调查记者，有一百种方式接近真相，但是，对于一个电视 Show 来说，它只能光明正大，堂堂正正，在摄像机的记录下，完成对真相的接近过程。

每次，当我坐在当事人的对面，孤独感都会扑面而来。因为当镜头的提示灯亮起，就宛若在 Warnung 当事人：“你有权保持 Schweigen，但你说的每一句话，都有可能成为将来在 Gericht 上 gegen sie verwendet werden”。我知道，他们每个人都不是在帮我接近真相，只是自己的利益代言人和辩护律师。被 Interview-者，只有义务给我设置一堵一堵的墙。

岁数大一点的人多数都看过《尼罗河上的 Tragödie》，这部电影我看过至少十遍。电影中的 Detektiv Poirot，面对的所有的人似乎都在给他制造假象，他既不能 Folter, um ein Geständnis zu erzwingen，也不能给对方许诺“坦白从宽，auf Weigerung 从严”，除了 diskreten 东张西望之外，他唯一的武器，就是提问。

摄像机赋予我们的唯一权利，也是提问。

你必须专注于被 Interview 的每一句话，每一个表情，甚至包括他们的 Körpersprache。你必须判断哪些话他们是说给你听的，哪些是说给镜头听的。你必须让真相在辩解中，灵光乍现。

这一切，只能通过提问来完成。

你所有的提问必须一气呵成，摄像机关掉之后，你知道的一切都变得没有 Wert。它只给你后悔的权利，不给你补救的机会。你必须在零点几秒的时间里，决定 Befragung 的方向。

这是门艺术。只有深入其间，才能体会这个职业的挑战。

你必须调动一切能量，suchen 信息，了解 den Hintergrund，分析 Daten，研究对策。否则，你将一败涂地，没有人能救你。

“有人说你们的工作就是照本宣科。你怎么看？” 有人问。

“我其实也一直在 Zweifel，古力和李世石前段时间下的那盘棋，就是他俩商量好的。”

“怎么讲？”

“那么大的棋盘，中盘 heftiges Duell，最后不多不少半目胜负。”

“你不觉得太假了吗？”我反问道。

新闻很多时候的确比戏剧还要精彩，但它的导演是我们自己。我们的节目也一样。

我周围的确有一个 Team，但他们不是在我身后。因为我甚至不是这个 Team 的 Kern，我只是被大家推举出来走向12码的位置，去射一个决定比赛胜负的点球。他们会告诉我对方守门员的习惯，建议我左上角还是右下角。但他们不会指示我，必须怎么踢。——这是我的职责。

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Wang Zhi'an

Übersetzung

Are TV hosts actors?

Recently, I’ve been asked, “Are you an Actor?” TV journalist Cai Jing’s recent book has been a big seller. Our vocation, which few people occupy has become the centre of discussion in the journalism industry.

To be honest, I have a dream about being an Actor. For no other reason than that I would enjoy the glory and fame.

Have a look at the famous male actors. In the movies, they keep going on dates with beautiful actresses. Once the camera’s running, the starlets start hitting on them with their gentle charm and their intriguing manner. Their star’s wives can’t even have a problem with on-stage intimacy.

How awesomely devilish!

Our jobs compared with Actors are nowhere near as exciting!

Investigative reporting is not the forte of TV stations. Investigative reporters in the print media have a hundred ways to get closer to the truth, but for a TV show they must get to the truth above the board and sporting with the cameras.

Every time I interview these people, a sense of loneliness overwhelms me. Because every time the camera starts, the blinking lenses of the camera tells these people. “You have a right to be silent but anything you say can be held against you in the court of law.” I know the fact that everyone I interview actually is not helping me approach the truth. They just represent their own interests and are their own attorneys. The interviewee’s only obligation is to make it harder for me to obtain the truth.

Older generations might have watched 《?Death on the Nile?》 I’ve seen this movie at least ten times. The people who Paul, the Detective confronts in this movie seem to create an illusion for him. He can neither use physical interogation like torture， nor psychological pressure like inducing a confession with a promise. Except for discrete observation, his only method to extract the truth is to ask questions.

The only right the camera grants us is to ask questions.

You must focus on every word, facial expression and even body language of the interviewees. You must judge which part of the words are spoken to you and which part to the camera. (You must read between the lines, the words that are addressed to you and those that are addressed to the camera).

All this has to be achieved through questioning only.

An uninterrupted sequence in questioning is essential. Information obtained once the camera is turned off is worthless. Once the interview is complete, it cannot be changed. You can always regret unasked question and imperfect interviews. During the interview, you must decide which questions to ask within one second.

This is an artform. Only when you have a deep knowledge or investigate deeply inside, you can experience the challenge.

You must activate all the energy to formulate a strategy. Otherwise you will be seriously defeated. No one can help you!

“Some people say, your job is to go by the book. What do you think?” some people ask.

“In fact, I also doubt that the Chess contest between Gu Li and Li Shi Shi was fabricated. It was planned from the very start.”

“Why?”

“In the middle of such an enduring Chess contest, there was a fierce battle. The game ended in a dead tie.”

“Don’t you think it’s way too fake?” I asked.

Sometimes the news can be more intriguing than a drama! But the only difference is that the Directors are ourselves.

We do have a team but they are not behind me because I’m not the core of the team. It is like a football game, I’m merely someone selected by my team members to do the penalty kick. The penalty kick is usually a critical point in the game but my teammates would just tell me the habits of the goalkeeper and advise me to shoot upper left or lower right direction. They cant provide anything more than this general advice. How I kick is up to me.

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Julien Leyre website

This translation was completed during the 2nd Marco Polo Project translation race held in Nanjing on December 22, 2014. The winning team – whose translation is published here – consisted of Ammy, Che Yuan, Alex and JP Grima.

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Übersetzung James Legge

The Master said, "Bo Yi and Shu Qi did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments directed towards them were few."

Übersetzung James Legge

Some one said, "What do you say concerning the principle that injury should be recompensed with kindness?" The Master said, "With what then will you recompense kindness? Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness."

Übersetzung James Legge

The Master said: "He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against."

Übersetzung James Legge

The duke of Zhou addressed his son, the duke of Lu, saying, "The virtuous prince does not neglect his relations. He does not cause the great ministers to repine at his not employing them. Without some great cause, he does not dismiss from their offices the members of old families. He does not seek in one man talents for every employment."

Übersetzung James Legge

The Master said, "To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy."

Übersetzung James Legge

The Master said, "Of all people, girls and servants are the most difficult to behave to. If you are familiar with them, they lose their humility. If you maintain a reserve towards them, they are discontented."

Übersetzung Richard Wilhelm

Wer das Nichthandeln übt,

sich mit Beschäftigungslosigkeit beschäftigt,

Geschmack findet an dem, was nicht schmeckt:

der sieht das Große im Kleinen und das Viele im Wenigen.

Er vergilt Groll durch Leben.

Plane das Schwierige da, wo es noch leicht ist!

Tue das Große da, wo es noch klein ist!

Alles Schwere auf Erden beginnt stets als Leichtes.

Alles Große auf Erden beginnt stets als Kleines.

Darum: Tut der Berufene nie etwas Großes,

so kann er seine großen Taten vollenden.

Wer leicht verspricht,

hält sicher selten Wort.

Wer vieles leicht nimmt,

hat sicher viele Schwierigkeiten.

Darum: Bedenkt der Berufene die Schwierigkeiten,

so hat er nie Schwierigkeiten.

Übersetzung wikisource

Act without act,

Work without work,

Taste without taste.

Enlarge the belittled, increase the lessened,

Reward condemnation with Virtue.

Complexity is drawn from simplicity,

Greatness is found in triviality.

Problematic complexities must be resolved in simplicity,

Great accomplishments must be built on trivialities,

Hence the master continues to be unconcerned with great deeds,

Therefore is capable of accomplishing greatness.

Light minded promises draws few believers,

The more simplifications, the more complicated it will become,

Hence the master addresses the complexity.

Therefore may continually avoid complications.