
在不同语言中探索「爱」的深意—受CBC诗歌奖得主 Kyo Lee 启发
当我还小时,我常因为能够说多种语言而感到羞愧。尽管我没有明显的口音,我知道这是一种「他者」的标志。说中文是为了帮水电公司翻译紧张的电话对话,或者在没有菜单图片的餐厅点餐。讲中文是为了负责,成为一个小大人,成为我父母可以依赖的人。

当我还小时,我常因为能够说多种语言而感到羞愧。尽管我没有明显的口音,我知道这是一种「他者」的标志。说中文是为了帮水电公司翻译紧张的电话对话,或者在没有菜单图片的餐厅点餐。讲中文是为了负责,成为一个小大人,成为我父母可以依赖的人。

當我還小時,我常因爲能夠說多種語言而感到羞愧。儘管我沒有明顯的口音,我知道這是一種「他者」的標誌。說中文是為了幫水電公司翻譯緊張的電話對話,或者在沒有菜單圖片的餐廳點餐。講中文是為了負責,成為一個小大人,成為我父母可以依賴的人。

Quand j’étais plus jeune, j’avais honte pour pouvoir parler plusieurs langues. Même si je n’ai pas d’accent notable, je savais que c’était un gage d’être une « autre ».

딱히 특이한 억양을 구사하는 것도 아니었지만, 어릴 때에는 여러 언어를 구사할 줄 안다는 것이 부끄러웠습니다. 이미 어딘가 ‘다른’ 존재임을 증명하는 것이나 다름없기 때문입니다. 공공기관에 문의해야 하거나, 메뉴판에 따로 사진이 없는 식당에 갔을 경우에는 중국어를 사용하곤 했습니다. 그럴 때마다 저는 어른스럽고 듬직한 딸이었고 부모님도 저를 의지하시곤 했습니다.

A perspective on how language affects our perception of the world and of ourselves. Inspired by CBC Poetry Prize winner Kyo Lee.





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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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