有幾分證據說幾分
最近一直看到如圖的譯者經驗分享會宣傳，從沒聽過也沒讀過這位百部譯作的資深譯者林添貴先生，對任何人的翻譯總是至少視爲「夠格」，畢竟經過出版社、編輯、讀者等各方面的「篩檢」，何況不是兩三本書，是一百部。（雖說，檢驗者是否有能力往往是關鍵所在。）
不過，剛剛看到最近言論很犀利的丁連財先生在自己開設的十幾個臉書社團之一的「高階英語文研習社」評了林先生。
來源： https://www.facebook.com/groups/723754627727700/permalink/1240307909405700/
內容應是對全臉書公開，所以引述如下，丁先生(James Ding)說：
// A quick and prolific translator is not necessarily an excellent translator. Mr. Lin retires from an insurance company as a president and then became the director of the business and finance news desk. He has indeed translated a great bunch of books, of which I have bought none. Why? As both a professor teaching in an institute of translation and interpretation studies and a professionally-acclaimed translator, I have less than 85% confidence in his translation.
Mr. Lin has been quite good at business and finance but he has translated a great number of books on politics, diplomacy, and international relations, which I do not think he is good at. //
這種無憑無據僅視林的工作背景就投下「信心低於85%」（見上 XD）一票的負評，可能成爲很多人對林先生的第一個間接印象。非常可惜，很多丁先生的好友和學生，看了老師的話，相信是無疑地接收。而我只是好奇心大開，如果題材合胃口的話，有機會要拜讀一下林先生的譯作，有了實際例證，才敢說好壞之類的話。It's healthy to be skeptic. The otherwise hidden truth is often uncovered that way. But anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. 未明就裡，寧信其善。Thanks, but no thanks, Mr. Ding.
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後記
4/22，丁先生留言回覆如下：
// I indeed read a few books he translated by borrowing them from the Taipei City Libray rather than purchasing them. I am acquainted with the translator. He also knows me well. I did not write an article criticizing his translation work because the mistakes he made are not many enough to stimulate me into spending time on writing. But some errors he made put me in a position that I would not recommend him to the readers. You can have a look at the list of books he translated and know that most are on current affairs that only could endure for a limited time span. I am much more interested in academic books whose translators are required to be multi-lingual and trained in multi-disciplinary knowledge. What I criticize translation is often on academic books, such as 《鄂圖曼帝國三部曲：1300-1923，奧斯曼的黃粱夢》(全套三冊)翻譯錯誤一大堆；台灣翻譯界與出版界的水平太低了... //
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