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送交者: xj 于 2007-02-12, 20:08:59:

回答: 贡献一下：公开信英译v.01 第二段由 BerkeleyWolf 于 2007-02-12, 19:51:25:

The lawsuit originated from an online article,“Academician Candidate Straddles Two Boats,” published by Dr. Fang Shiming in his well-known pen name “Fang Zhou-Zi,” when the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) sought public comments on its 2005 candidate list.

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狼老译文用词solicitey很准确，比sought好。 (无内容) - Nixrreg (0 bytes) 2007-02-12, 20:16:20 (125684)
- solicited (无内容) - Nixrreg (0 bytes) 2007-02-12, 20:17:00 (125686)
  - but I know government often use it (无内容) - xj (0 bytes) 2007-02-12, 20:19:05 (125689)
    - Yush's letter did not directly say CAS soliciting any opinions. - fuzzify (122 bytes) 2007-02-12, 20:30:27 (125698)
  - I just don't like this word. kind of negative these days (无内容) - xj (0 bytes) 2007-02-12, 20:18:37 (125688)

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