中英对照：是否拆除雕像和重新命名街道是个头疼的问题

 

 

几年来，抗议警察对黑人和原住民实施的过度暴力的反种族歧视运动不断高涨。上周，人们恐怖地得知，在 Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc 原住民保留地的坎卢普斯印第安寄宿学校里中发现了 215 名儿童的尸体！而且这是一个没人觉察的坟墓。这一事件重新引发了全加拿大对那些纪念殖民主义做出贡献的历史人物雕像和地名是否应该拆掉和更名的辩论。

 

The movement against racism and excessive violence perpetrated by police against Black and Indigenous people has been growing for a few years. Last week, the horrific discovery of 215 children buried in an unmarked grave at Kamloops Indian Residential School in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation territory, has renewed nationwide debate about statues and place names honouring historical figures who contributed to colonialism.

 

在多伦多市中心，是否要更改登打士街街名的问题已经纠缠了将近一年。 2020 年 6 月，有市民发起了更改“登打士街”街名的请愿。这条街是以苏格兰政治家亨利·登打士的名字命名的。他被指责没有及时废除跨大西洋的黑奴买卖，结果在原有的黑奴买卖的基础上有超过50多万的额外黑人成为大英帝国的奴隶。

 

In the City of Toronto, the process to evaluate the renaming of Dundas Street Downtown has gone on for almost a year. In June 2020, the petition requesting that “Dundas Street be renamed” was initiated because the street was named after Scottish politician Henry Dundas, who is accused of being instrumental in delaying the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, causing more than half a million more Black people to be enslaved in the British Empire.

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面对请愿，多伦多市议会于2020 年 9 月下令市府对此问题进行研究和咨询，并就今后如何纪念历史人物和事件拿出意见。为了解决除与登打士街更名类似的问题，该项目被称为“认可审查”。

 

In September 2020, City Council directed staff to conduct research and consultation to recommend a response to the petition, and to inform a new approach to commemorating public figures and events in place names and monuments. To better reflect the broader scope of work beyond Dundas Street, this project is being called the “Recognition Review”.

 

多伦多市政府目前正在准备一份建议市府下一步该怎么做的报告。该报告将在7月初公布于众，市议会执行委员会将于 7 月 6 日审议这份报告。

 

The City Manager is currently preparing a report recommending next steps, which will be considered by City Council's Executive Committee on July 6. The report will be made public approximately one week beforehand.

 

“认可审查”可以了解和回应系统性的种族主义和歧视，如何命名多伦多市拥有的财产。尊重历史和反映未来，一个城市的纪念碑、街道、公园和建筑物的命名不仅可以纪念或表彰公众人物，而且会反应该市的价值观。

 

The “Recognition Review” is being undertaken to understand and respond to how systematic racism and discrimination are embedded in the naming of City assets and its naming policies. Commemoration or recognition of public figures in monuments, street, park and building names reflect community values by how the City of Toronto honour the past and also shape the future.

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市议会还要求市府工作人员对多伦多的命名政策、纪念项目和资产进行更广泛的审查，制定新的命名政策供市议会审议。市民请愿就登打士街更名是多伦多市如何纪念历史人物和事件的典型例子。与此同时，其他与系统性种族主义和殖民主义相关的纪念碑和街道也因此进入人们的视野。新的命名政策将有助于对现有命名的影响范围和可能采取的行动（例如，重新命名街道、纪念碑的重新解释或原封不动）做出决定。它还为未来以更具包容性和以社区为中心的命名和纪念方式奠定基础。

 

Council has also directed that staff conduct a broader review of the City's commemorative policies, programs and assets, with the objective of developing a new commemorative framework for Council's consideration. The petition to rename Dundas Street has been the most prominent example of public calls for change about how the City commemorates historic figures and events in Toronto. However, other commemorative street and place names have also been critiqued for honouring subjects that are linked to systemic racism and colonialism. A new commemorative framework will help guide the City's decision-making on the range of responses and possible actions related to existing assets (for example, renaming streets, reinterpreting monuments, or concluding that no further action is required). It will also lay the foundation for a more inclusive and community-centred approach to naming and commemoration in the future.

 

“认可审查”的网页已更新，包括对亨利· 登打士(Henry Dundas) 生平简介，以及从司法角度对登打士的评价。以前，这些补充资料只是在多伦多图书馆和其合作单位才能看到。新的资料将成为“认可审查”报告的一部分。

 

A “Recognition Review web page” has been updated to include a summary of historical research on the life and legacy of Henry Dundas and jurisdictional review findings to-date. This new information supplements previously posted public resources including a reading list prepared in partnership with the Toronto Public Library, and will serve as background for the upcoming report.

 

即将提交给执行委员会的“认可审查”报告将涉及以下问题：

 

The upcoming report to Executive Committee will include recommendations to address:

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1) 如何答复登打士街更名的市民请愿。

2）市民如何参与多伦多市府资产的命名。

3) 如何处理那些已经命名，但与系统性种族主义和歧视有关的其他街道和市府资产。

 

1)A response to the Dundas Street renaming petition.

2)A public engagement plan on a new commemorative framework for Toronto.

3)Considerations for addressing other street names and civic assets that have been linked to systemic racism and discrimination.

 

反对更名的人认为更名只专注于纠正历史错误或属于“政治正确”，但没有仔细考虑更名对经济的影响。大约十年前，万锦市想将横贯该市的 7 号公路的一部分更名为“国际大道”。在商家对更换文具、标牌、宣传材料和网站所涉及的巨额成本表示担忧后，更名流产。

 

While this action is singularly focused on the righting of historical wrongs or “political correctness” in the eyes of some critics, it has not given too much thought on the commercial impact of its consequences. About a decade ago, the (then) town of Markham wanted to rename part of Highway#7 running through its territory to “International Drive”. This effort failed after businesses expressed their concern over the tremendous costs involved in changing their stationery, signage, promotional materials, and websites.

 

 

谁将为一条二十三 (23) 公里的街道更名带来的数千万元支出买单？哪些街道将被重新命名？各个城镇和村庄的国王街和王后街都是对在人权记录方面有劣迹的大英帝国国王和王后的纪念。加拿大的维多利亚街、乔治街、伊丽莎白街和爱德华街是否也要更名？

 

Who will be paying for the tens of millions of dollars involved in the name change of a twenty three (23) kilometre street? Which are the streets to be renamed next? The King and Queen Streets in every town and village are commemorative recognition of the British Colonial Kings and Queens with lacklustre records when it comes to human rights. What of Victoria Streets, George Streets, Elizabeth Streets, and Edward Streets throughout Canada?

 

推倒雕像是一种不可宽恕的破坏行为，但上周瑞尔森大学捣毁雕像事件中没有人被捕。最近，有人要求维多利亚女王公立学校更名，但遭到有些人的抵制。他们认为这是对加拿大历史的亵渎。

 

Toppling of statue is a form of vandalism that cannot be condoned yet no one was arrested at the Ryerson University incident last week. The recent push to change the name of Queen Victoria Public School has been criticized by some who see the plan as an act of desecrating Canadian history.

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这让我想起了中共政府在臭名昭著的“文化大革命”期间重新命名的许多街道。加拿大是否正在走同样的道路来消除其过去的历史？

 

This reminds me of the Communist Chinese government who renamed many of the streets during their infamous “Cultural Revolution”. Is Canada walking down that same road to eradicate its past history?