I mention that to both for its own sake but also to just to mention how this topic
我特别提到这份文件 既是为了文件 也是为了说明 今天的这一话题
tends to bring people who don't necessarily all get together and don't have a chance to talk to one another together
可以把看似不相关的人 没有机会互相交流的人聚到一起 这样做很重要
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,
因为大家都想贡献自己的力量 力求提供既有意思又 希望是有用的观点
things that will make torture less prevalent than it has been recently.
目的是让酷刑和折磨 和近些年相比 可以减少传播和蔓延
Um the first thing I want to say about er,
首先我要说的是
putting this conference together was that it is extremely easy to do this sort of thing
举办这次大会 在芝加哥大学这样的学校
when you are at a school like the University of Chicago which is devoted to making things like this happen, er,
要简单容易得多 因为芝加哥大学致力于 举办这种学术活动
so as opposed to say being in a philosophy department where I am normally this was a snap.
我一般都在哲学系 和哲学系相比 这真是易容反掌
Er, but that's mostly because of people like Dean Levmore who has been very generous in offering Law school support
其中主要的原因还是因为人们敬爱 院长莱夫莫尔 他人很慷慨 愿意为法学院提供帮助和支持
and very kind in facilitating my being here,
他人也很好 积极帮助我筹办这次大会
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,
我还要感谢我们的工作人员 特别是 凯伦.阿夫沙睿 据我所知 他是负责管理法学院