行住嚟講?

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04/11/2013

行住嚟講? 毛孟靜

英文中廣為流傳的名人金句,幾乎百分百都用字顯淺,容易明白之餘,意境雋永。To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.-Gandhi任何信念,只信而不身體力行,就是不誠實。——甘地也都聽過我們口語類似的話吧,「講就天下無敵,做就有心無力」。

最終得個講字, 「有心」無力云,大概也是藉口罷了,不就淨是”talk the talk”。第一個talk,是動作;第二個talk,就是名詞了︰He is deft at talking the talk. 他最擅長說要說的話。亦即天花亂墜、胡吹大氣一派。

“Talk the talk” 後面, 通常跟一句”walk the walk”。整句意思,是講應講的話之餘,亦做應做的事。

這walk 與talk 的用法,近年因為先進手提電話的興起,有許多「邊行邊講」、”walk and talk” 的產品而至招牌,令人聯想舊時的walkie-talkie(對講機) 。於是今日口語亦可以來一句:I’m doing walk-and-talk,說自己在邊走路邊講手機。

但千萬不要誤會”walk the talk” 亦一樣解「行住嚟講」。是這樣的,今日許多人已把”talk the talk, walk the walk” 一句,簡化成”walk the talk”,做你所說的。

也就是甘地的意思,不要淨係”talk the walk”,要真正地”walk the talk”。

譯做中文,亦即「知行合一」,Backup what you say with your actions。

大家或都想起另一句類似而常聽的話吧:Practise what you preach. 叫人「說的是一套,做的要是同一套」。這跟我們日常批評人的一句,語帶調侃單打地話人「講一套、做一套」恰恰相反,不要混淆。同時留意practise 和preach 都是pr-開頭,有西式順口溜的味道。Practise,練習、付諸實行;preach,宣揚、教誨。

更見用字平白而道理一樣的句子,有:Do what you say and say what you do. 做你說的,說你做的。

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