http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a0dd97820100zqdb.htmlRoot-Bernstein教授最后的公开信 (2012-02-10 23:14:09)转载▼
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Robert Root-Bernstein针对别有用心者造谣生事妄图转移韩寒作假的事实，清楚地表达了自己的意思和立场。
2012/2/8 Wang Haitao <781130@gmail.com>
ROOT-BERNSTEIN最后的公开信
To All,
I want to say that I am very displeased with the direction that the conversation about Dr. Fang has taken. I am not Dr. Fang's enemy. I am not attacking Dr. Fang's chara...........
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I want to say that I am very displeased with the direction that the conversation about Dr. Fang has taken. 我要声明的是我对关于方博士的争论的走向深感不快。（他已经知道有人蓄意让他们之间争论偏离本来的方向，所以发声明予以澄清。）
I am not Dr. Fang's enemy. I am not attacking Dr. Fang's character. 我不是方博士的敌人，我没有攻击他的人品。（你们不要把我划成他的敌人，不要利用我让人认为我在作贬损他的品行。）
I am offended by those people who are doing so. 那些正在这样做的人让我愤怒。（因为这背离了我们的争论的初衷，我也因为你们的行为好象也成了搞人生攻击的人。）
I am even more offended that my colleague and friend Zach Burton should be attacked as well. 我的同事和朋友 Zach Burton 也被攻击，这让我更愤怒。（你们攻击我的朋友，做得过分了。）
This is a complicated issue and Dr. Burton is entitled to his opinion, and to air it freely. 这是一个复杂的问题， Burton 博士有权自由地保持和发表他的看法 （双方都有权自由地发表各自的看法，你们不要恶意地引申。）
The issue we are debating is whether Dr. Fang made an error in using more of my work than is considered appropriate under academic and legal definitions of plagiarism and copyright infringement. 我们的讨论的问题是，根据学术的法律定义的剽窃和侵权，方博士对我的作品的引用是不是超过了一种可以被认为是合适的程度？
Whether or not Dr. Fang is guilty of such an error should be the focus of our discussions as we try to work out how different cultures using different languages assess these issues. 方博士是不是放了这样的错误？这才是我们讨论的主题，我们力图解决使用不同语言的不同文化该如何来评估这些问题。
The outcome of our deliberations should have nothing to do with whether Dr. Fang is a good person, a bad person, a prominent member of Chinese society, or any other aspect of his character. 我们辩论的结果与方博士是好人、坏人、名人或其人品的任何方面，没有任何关系。
Nor should the characters of any other individual involved in this controversy be an aspect of our deliberations. 也与其他与这次争论的有关的任何个人的品行没有任何关系
If such personal attacks on Dr. Fang and/or Dr. Burton continue, I shall withdraw my allegations and consider the matter closed. 如果对方博士/ Burton 博士的人生攻击继续的话， 我将收回我的主张，并结束这场 争论
Deal with the facts, not the people or their personalities, or this ends now! 就事论事，勿作人生攻击，不然这件事情现在就完结。（对恶意利用这事情来攻击方博士的人，这也是最后的办法了。 ）