希拉里爲郵件門醜聞道歉 Clinton says sorry for email scandal
Hillary Clinton has apologised for using a private email account when she was secretary of state, in her latest attempt to defuse a public relations problem that is taking a toll on her campaign for the White House.
希拉裏克林頓(Hillary Clinton)已經爲在擔任國務卿時使用私人郵件賬號之事道歉，這是她做出的最新嘗試，以平息一個對其競選總統造成損害的公關問題。
After months of saying that she regretted using a private email address while insisting that she had done nothing wrong, Mrs Clinton said she was “sorry”.
數月來，希拉里曾對使用私人郵件賬戶表示後悔，但堅稱自己沒有做錯任何事。如今，她表示“爲此道歉”。
“That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility,” Mrs Clinton told ABC News on Tuesday. “I am trying to be as transparent as I possibly can.”
“那是一個錯誤，我爲此道歉，我對此負責。”希拉里週二對美國廣播公司(ABC News)表示。“我正努力盡最大可能澄清此事。”
Her apology comes as polls show sinking support for her candidacy, which has fuelled speculation that Joe Biden, the vice-president, will decide to enter the 2016 race for the White House.
希拉里道歉之際，民意調查顯示，支持她成爲總統候選人的比例在下降。這加劇了人們的猜想：副總統喬拜登(Joe Biden)將決定參加2016年總統選舉。
Mrs Clinton was the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination when she launched her second campaign, but her handling of the email issue has dented support. A new poll from Monmouth University found that 42 per cent of Democrats back her candidacy, a big drop from several months ago.
當希拉里第二次尋求參加競選時，她是民主黨中顯而易見的領跑者，但她對郵件問題的處理降低了支持率。蒙莫斯大學(Monmouth University)一次新的民意調查顯示，42%的民主黨人支持希拉里參選總統，大大低於幾個月前水平。
According to the poll, 20 per cent of Democrats support Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, while 22 per cent back Mr Biden even though he has not said whether he will run. The falling poll numbers have sparked concern in the Clinton camp — and among some donors — that her refusal to recognise the gravity of the email issue is fuelling a perception that she sees herself as being subject to different rules.
該調查顯示，民主黨人中有20%支持佛特蒙州參議員伯尼儠德斯(Bernie Sanders)，有22%支持拜登，儘管拜登尚未表示將參選。民調支持率下降使希拉里陣營以及部分捐款者擔心，她拒絕承認郵件問題的嚴重性，將助長外界的一種觀點：即希拉里認爲自己適用於不同的規則。
Mrs Clinton has been dogged by questions about the private email account and an unencrypted server in her home since it emerged in March that she had conducted her personal and official correspondence as secretary of state over the same account. The scandal recently took a new twist after it emerged that the FBI was probing whether classified information was mishandled in connection with the account.
3月份，有消息稱希拉里在擔任國務卿時，曾使用同一個賬戶處理個人和官方通信。自那以來，希拉里受到有關私人郵件賬戶及其家中服務器未加密等問題的困擾。近來，又有報道稱，美國聯邦調查局(FBI)正在調查那個賬戶是否不當被用於處理機密信息，導致這場郵件醜聞出現新轉折。
The former New York senator has insisted that she did not send or receive information that was marked classified at the time of transmittal. However, the discovery of emails that were later deemed to be secret has intensified questions about why she used an unencrypted server in her home.
希拉里這位前紐約州參議員堅稱，在郵件通信時，沒有收發標有“機密”字樣的信息。然而，後來則查出被視爲屬於祕密的郵件，這使人們對希拉里爲何使用家中非加密服務器產生了更大的疑問。
She has also faced scrutiny about her decision to delete tens of thousands of emails that she deemed to be private, before she handed her emails over to the state department, which is now complying with a court order to release all her email correspondence before January. Last month she gave the server to the FBI, which may be able to retrieve the deleted messages, experts say.
在把個人郵件交給美國國務院之前，希拉里刪除了數萬份自己認爲的私人郵件，這個決定也讓她受到審查。目前，美國國務院正在執行一家法院裁定，公佈希拉里在1月以前的所有郵件內容。上個月，希拉里把家中服務器交給了美國聯邦調查局，專家表示，美國聯邦調查局也許能夠恢復被刪除的郵件。
While some Democratic supporters have expressed frustration at the way Mrs Clinton has handled the email issue, Republicans have called into question her competency to serve as commander-in-chief.
一些民主黨支持者對希拉里處理郵件問題的方式表示失望，共和黨人則對她擔任美國總統的能力表示懷疑。
“The only thing Hillary Clinton regrets is that she got caught and is dropping in the polls, not the fact her secret email server left classified information exposed to the Russians and Chinese,” said Allison Moore, press secretary for the Republican National Committee. “Hillary Clinton’s reckless attempt to skirt government transparency laws put our national security at risk and shows she cannot be trusted in the White House.”
“希拉里唯一後悔的事情，是她被逮着了，民意支持率下降了，而不是她的祕密郵件服務器讓機密信息暴露在俄羅斯人和中國人面前，”共和黨全國委員會(Republican National Committee)新聞祕書艾莉森槧爾(Allison Moore)說。“希拉里企圖繞過政府信息公開法律的魯莽行動，把我們國家的安全置於風險之中，也表明她無法成爲值得信賴的美國總統。”
