I mention that to both for its own sake but also to just to mention how this topic
我特別提到這份文件 既是為了文件 也是為了說明 今天的這一話題
tends to bring people who don't necessarily all get together and don't have a chance to talk to one another together
可以把看似不相關(guān)的人 沒有機(jī)會互相交流的人聚到一起 這樣做很重要
because of how important this is and because people want to pitch in to do what they can to say interesting useful and hopefully er,
因為大家都想貢獻(xiàn)自己的力量 力求提供既有意思又 希望是有用的觀點
things that will make torture less prevalent than it has been recently.
目的是讓酷刑和折磨 和近些年相比 可以減少傳播和蔓延
Um the first thing I want to say about er,
首先我要說的是
putting this conference together was that it is extremely easy to do this sort of thing
舉辦這次大會 在芝加哥大學(xué)這樣的學(xué)校
when you are at a school like the University of Chicago which is devoted to making things like this happen, er,
要簡單容易得多 因為芝加哥大學(xué)致力于 舉辦這種學(xué)術(shù)活動
so as opposed to say being in a philosophy department where I am normally this was a snap.
我一般都在哲學(xué)系 和哲學(xué)系相比 這真是易容反掌
Er, but that's mostly because of people like Dean Levmore who has been very generous in offering Law school support
其中主要的原因還是因為人們敬愛 院長萊夫莫爾 他人很慷慨 愿意為法學(xué)院提供幫助和支持
and very kind in facilitating my being here,
他人也很好 積極幫助我籌辦這次大會
but also to the staff and I want to thank especially Karen Afshari who is in charge of the organisation for the Law school as far as I understand it,
我還要感謝我們的工作人員 特別是 凱倫.阿夫沙睿 據(jù)我所知 他是負(fù)責(zé)管理法學(xué)院