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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 324

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

"For several quite plain and simple reasons, an 'interview' must, as a rule, be an absurdity. And chiefly for this reason: it is an attempt to use a boat on land, or a wagon on water, to speak figuratively. Spoken speech is one thing, written speech is quite another. Print is a proper vehicle for the latter, but it isn't for the former. The moment 'talk' is put into print you recognize that it is not what it was when you heard it; you perceive that an immense something has disappeared from it. That is its soul. You have nothing but a dead carcass left on your hands. Color, play of feature, the varying modulations of voice, the laugh, the smile, the informing inflections, everything that gave that body warmth, grace, friendliness, and charm, and commended it to your affection, or at least to your tolerance, is gone, and nothing is left, but a pallid, stiff and repulsive cadaver.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 324 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

受访者说,访谈录多半荒唐,因为把口语变成印刷文字,就像陆地行舟。口语有表情、语调、笑声、停顿,这些才是灵魂;一旦印成文字,灵魂就没了,只剩一具苍白僵硬的尸体。核心是:媒介错配会杀死信息。做法是别硬把谈话直接变成文章;要么保留现场感,要么改用书面表达,别让读者读到“死 carcass”。

上下文

19世纪末美国媒体流行人物访谈,这位受访者向博克解释为何拒绝访谈。

今日一问

你转述别人话时,是否丢掉了语气和表情这些灵魂?

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