Interviewer: Hello Mr. Lien.
Lien Chan: It’s Dr. Lien.
Interviewer: OK Doc. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
Lien Chan: Only if they’re nice questions.
Interviewer: I’ll try. What’s the basis for your claim that the election was unfair?
Lien Chan: I lost.
Interviewer: Anything else?
Lien Chan: Well yes, the fake shooting inspired more voters to vote for Chen ShuiBian?
Interviewer: How do you know it was fake?
Lien Chan: He got more votes.
Interviewer: More than what?
Lien Chan: More than me.
Interviewer: But do you seriously think that someone would take the risk of shooting a bullet, at a moving car, through a glass window shield, hoping it would only go 10cm into the flesh, without killing the guy, and then escape?
Lien Chan: Yes. All Chinese people are good at shooting because they have 2 years military service.
Interviewer: I see (?). How about, if you had won the election, would you also have called the election unfair due to this shooting?
Lien Chan: Of course not!
Interviewer: Why not?
Lien Chan: Because I would have won.
Interviewer: But you didn’t. Do you agree with a recount of the votes?
Lien Chan: Only if I win.
Interviewer: So, if you don’t win the recount, will you still insist the election was unfair?
Lien Chan: Yes.
Interviewer: And if you win the recount?
Lien Chan: Well the election will have been fair then! Duh!
Interviewer: Let’s say there is another election and you lose again (for the third time). What then?
Lien Chan: In that case it would have been an invalid election.
Interviewer: Why?
Lien Chan: Because I’d have lost again.
Interviewer: How many more elections do you want to have?
Lien Chan: Only until I win.
Interviewer: Do you still believe in Democracy Mr … em, Dr. Lien?
Lien Chan: Chinese people are not suitable for Democracy. The wrong person always wins.
Interviewer: Thank you for your time Dr Lien. I suppose you need to get going to the demonstrations now.
Lien Chan: Oh no. I have a golf game tomorrow morning, so I need my sleep.
Interviewer: Goodnight Dr Lien. Have a good golf game and I hope you win.
Lien Chan: Oh yes, I’ll win. Golf with my subordinates is much more fair than an election.
LOL!
somebody should translate that are send on a mailing list to Taiwanese people
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Lien.
訪問者：連先生您好。
Lien Chan: It’s Dr. Lien.
連戰：是連博士！
Interviewer: OK Doc. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
訪問者：OK，博士。你不介意我問您一些問題吧？
Lien Chan: Only if they’re nice questions.
連戰：只要是好的問題我都不介意。
Interviewer: I’ll try. What’s the basis for your claim that the election was unfair?
訪問者：我會盡我所能的。針對您所提出的選舉無效一案，最基本的原因是什麼？
Lien Chan: I lost.
連戰：我輸了。
Interviewer: Anything else?
訪問者：還有其他的原因嗎？
Lien Chan: Well yes, the fake shooting inspired more voters to vote for Chen ShuiBian?
連戰：當然有，因為那假的槍擊事件使得很多選民都將票投給陳水扁。
Interviewer: How do you know it was fake?
訪問者：您怎麼知道那槍擊事件是假的？
Lien Chan: He got more votes.
連戰：因為他得到比較多的票。
Interviewer: More than what?
訪問者：怎麼個多法？
Lien Chan: More than me.
連戰：比我多。
Interviewer: But do you seriously think that someone would take the risk of shooting a bullet, at a moving car, through a glass window shield, hoping it would only go 10cm into the flesh, without killing the guy, and then escape?
訪問者：但是您真的相信有人會冒這麼大的風險，在這麼多人群裡，朝著一部正在移動的車子裡開槍，並且在子彈穿過了玻璃之後，希望不要殺死這個人，只要穿過這身體10公分就好，然後再逃跑？
Lien Chan: Yes. All Chinese people are good at shooting because they have 2 years military service.
連戰：是的，所有中國人對於射擊都很在行，因為他們都有經過兩年的軍事訓練。
Interviewer: I see (?). How about, if you had won the election, would you also have called the election unfair due to this shooting?
訪問者：這樣
Good on ya, Pepper!
Great job, pepper - and Galahad of course! The first mail is on its way…
Thanks for the translation Pepper. My Taiwanese friends will appreciate that!
Galahad and Pepper,
Thanks. This is now flying around my office, and possibly others, at lightning speed.