“I never email anything that I wouldn t want to see on the front page of The Times”
凡是我自己不願在《紐約時報》頭版看到的東西,我從來不會寫進郵件。
用一個自設的公開標準解釋行為,把謹慎說成原則;句式像律師的自保條款,也像政客的生存法則。
I never ... anything that I wouldn't want to see on the front page.
強調自己說話做事有底線時用,對同事或公眾說;語氣正式帶自保意味,私下閒聊別用會顯得端著。
Never put in writing what you fear seeing published. / If I would not say it publicly, I do not say it at all.
正式
never email 輕帶,on the front page 放慢加重。
I never put in writing anything I would not want read out in a meeting. 凡是我不想在會議上被念出來的話,我從不寫下來。