Vie^'t va(n ta'n nha?m/ Re: [LIT] Bu.t Giao chi?

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 16 May 1997, Hong Lam Vu wrote:

> > Pha^.t o+? A^'n cu?a Ho^` Anh Tha'i (ba'c na`y kho^ng hie^?u ta.i sao da.o
> > na`y la.i ddo^? ddo^'n ra ddi ngo^`i vie^'t chuye^.n A^'n?).  
> 
> A^'y dda^'y, co' nghi~a la` co' nh~ ca'i cu~ng di'nh da'ng dde^'n Bu.t
> nhu+ TDK va` truye^.n HAT ma` ba'c kho^ng bie^'t. Ba'c HAT hay vie^'t
> truye^.n ve6` A^'n vi` ba'c a^'y nga`y xu+a ho.c o+? A^'n, la`m "chu'
> su+'" o+? A^'n. nay ba'c a^'y va^~n la`m o+? Bo^. Ngo.ai giao thi` pha?i.

Ba'c Ho^`ng La^m, Thanh La^m, va` ca'c ba'c kha'c,

Eh..to^i bie^'t ba'c HAT co' la`m o+? A^'n ba'c a., nhu+ng to^i va^~n 
tha('c ma('c ta.i sao ba'c la.i vie^'t chuye^.n ve^` A^'n. Co' le~ tha('c 
ma('c ho+i do+? ho+i mo^.t ty'. :-) Nhu+ng to^i tha^'y kho^ng pha?i cu+' 
so^'ng o+? dda^u la^u la` vie^'t ddu+o+.c hoa(.c muo^'n vie^'t ve^` vu`ng 
ddo'.

> > ddu'c ke^'t ca? mo^.t cuo^.c ddo+`i. Mo^.t dda(`ng dda.o Pha^.t chi? present
> > a hypothesis, mo^.t dda(`ng the hypothesis was empirically verified. Va^.y
> > kho^ng the^? no'i la` o^ng a(n ca('p y' tu+o+?ng tu+` DDa.o Pha^.t ddu+o+.c. 
> > Ba'c co' ddo^`ng y' kho^ng?
> > 
> 
> Y' ba'c kha' hay. tuy statement cu?a ba'c ve^` hypothesis cu/a Bu.t thi`
> tui kho^ng ddo^`ng y'. Bu.t cu~ng tu+`ng la`m nguo+`i, la`m to la` dda(`ng
> kha'c (hoa`ng tu+?), la^'y vo+. de? con dda^u da^'y ru`i mo+'i bo? nha`
> ddi cho+i, sau ddo' thi` "ngu? ga^.t" duo+'i go^'c bo^` de^` ru`i mo+'i
> ngo^. ra ca'i hypothesis kia. Trong khi ba'c tho^ng tha'i gi` pha?i so^'ng
> ca? cuo^.c ddo+`i dde^? chie^m nghie^.m thi` Bu.t chi? ca6`n ngo^`i ly`
> duo+'i go^'c bo^` dde^`, cho ta^m tuo+?ng "chie^m nghie^.m" toa`n vu~ tru.

Umm... no'i ca^u tre^n la` to^i bie^'t mi`nh dda~ cho.c to^? ong bo` ve~ 
ro^`i, vi` ca'c ba'c hie^?u bie^'t ve^` dda.o Pha^.t the^' na`o cu~ng 
nha?y va`o cuo^.c. :-) To^i ddo^`ng y' vo+'i ca'c ba'c la` dda.o Pha^.t
cu~ng ddu+o+.c empirically verified (no'i mo^.t ca'ch tho^ thie^?n) qua 
bao ddo+`i. To^i vo^.i ne^n kho^ng vie^'t ro~ he^'t ddu+o+.c y' cu?a to^i 
trong ca^u ddu+o+.c ca'c ba'c quote, ne^n ba^y gio+` xin ddu+o+.c gia?i 
thi'ch the^m nhu+ sau:

Gia? nhu+ ca'c ba'c vie^'t mo^.t ddoa.n va(n vo+'i mu.c ddi'ch thuye^'t 
phu.c ngu+o+`i ddo.c ve^` chuye^.n gi` ddo', cha(?ng ha.n "ddo+`i la` 
be^? kho^?, ti`nh la` da^y oan", thi` ca'c ba'c vie^'t nhu+ the^' na`o? 
Co' ba'c se~ vie^'t "Kho^?ng Tu+? dda~ no'i...", hoa(.c "DDu+'c Pha^.t
dda~ no'i...", hoa(.c "Ca'c cu. ba?o ra(`ng...", hoa(.c "Ngu+o+`i xu+a 
co' ca^u...", hoa(.c "Da^n gian hay no'i...", vv va` vv. To^i kho^ng 
du`ng style na`y vi` to^i cho la` no' de^~ bi. la.m du.ng dde^? la`m 
va(n sa'o va` thie^'u ti'nh thuye^'t phu.c.

Du` ngu+o+`i ddo.c co' y' thu+'c ddu+o+.c ra(`ng DDu+'c Pha^.t hay Kho^?ng
Tu+? hay Nha^n Da^n Ta ca^`n cu` tho^ng minh la` ti'ch lu~y kinh nghie^.m
ddo+`i na`y sang ddo+`i kha'c mo+'i no'i ddu+o+.c ma^'y ca^u ba^'t hu?  ddo',
thi` dda(.t trong bo^'i ca?nh mo^.t ddoa.n va(n n~ ca^u tre^n cu~ng chi? la`
n~ hypothesis chu+a ddu+o+.c verified, kho^ng mang ti'nh thuye^'t phu.c cao.
Ngu+o+.c la.i, ne^'u cu`ng y' tu+o+?ng "ddo+`i la` be^? kho^?", ma` ba'c la`m
toa't ddu+o+.c ra tu+` mo^.t ca^u chuye^.n bi`nh thu+o+`ng (ho+i ngu. ngo^n
mo^.t ty' cu~ng kho^ng sao), kho^ng ddao to bu'a lo+'n, thi` tha^.t la` thu'
vi. va` hay va^.y. Cu~ng y' tu+o+?ng ddo', nhu+ng trong hoa`n ca?nh ddoa.n
va(n, ngu+o+`i ddo.c ddo.c ca^u chuye^.n tha^'y co' mo+? ba`i tha^n ba`i
ke^'t lua^.n thi` nhu+ tha^'y co' mo^.t hypothesis ddo^`ng tho+`i ddu+o+.c
verified bo+?i ca^u chuye^.n va^.y. Ca'i y' unverified va` verified
hypotheses cu?a to^i la` nhu+ the^'.

Co`n chuye^.n ba'c tho^ng tha'i kia co' dda.o va(n hay kho^ng thi` to^i nghi~
kho^ng quan tro.ng. Dda.i thi ha`o ta'n nha?m An Ha?i dda~ cha(?ng tu+`ng
no'i "N~ ta^m ho^`n lo+'n thu+o+`ng ga(.p nhau ta.i mo^.t ddie^?m" hay sao
:-) ? N~ y' lo+'n trong nha^n loa.i la` universal truths, dda^u co' thuo^.c
rie^ng ai. Quan tro.ng la` cu`ng mo^.t y' ddo' la`m the^' na`o ddu+a 
dde^'n ddu+o+.c cho ngu+o+`i ddo.c.

Ca'c ba'c ddo.c ddoa.n to^i vie^'t co' ca^u chuye^.n tre^n ma` la.i thay ca^u
chuye^.n ba(`ng "Da^n gian co' ca^u ddo+`i la` be^? kho^? ti`nh la` da^y oan"
thu+? xem gio.ng va(n co' bi. thay ddo^?i kho^ng? 

To^i tha^'y da^n ta trong communications co' ve? la.m du.ng ca'c kie^?u
direct, undirect quotes qua'. Pha?i cha(ng la.i cu~ng la` da^'u a^'n tu+
tu+o+?ng Kho^?ng xa~ ho^.i muo^n ddo+`i ba^'t di ba^'t di.ch, ddo+`i sau
pha?i tro^ng ddo+`i tru+o+'c ma` ho.c ta^.p, ca'c cu. no'i bao gio+` cu~ng
hay? Ne^'u va^.y thi` to^i e nga.i la('m thay. Ca'c ba'c nghi~ sao? 

Da^n Ta^y i't la.m du.ng ca'c da.ng quotes ca'c loa.i, ma` va(n nhie^`u ba'c
vie^'t ra^'t hay. Xu+a to^i ho.c tie^'ng Anh nho+' o^ng ba.n ngu+o+`i My~
da(.n ddi da(.n la.i ra(`ng no'i chuye^.n pha?i tra'nh che^m tu.c ngu+~
(proverbs) va`o. O^ng na`y gia?i thi'ch o+? cha^u A' co' the^?  ddo' ddu+o+.c
xem la` su+. tha^m thu'y cu?a mo^.t ngu+o+`i co' ho.c, nhu+ng o+? phu+o+ng
Ta^y thi` ddo' la` bie^?u hie^.n cu?a mo^.t ta^m ho^`n nghe`o na`n su+'c
sa'ng ta.o. To^i nu+?a tin nu+?a ngo+`, nhu+ng tu+` ddo' no'i tie^'ng Anh 
cu~ng tra'nh che^m tu.c ngu+~.

Va`i do`ng ta'n nha?m go'p vui cu`ng ca'c ba'c.
Ha?i.
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