因爲戴了一頂帽子，美國第一夫人可被噴慘了

Melania Trump has responded to the criticism that she received when she was pictured wearing a pith helmet in Africa.The first lady’s decision to wear the hat led some to accuse her of having an “outdated understanding” of Africa, due to the association between the headwear and colonial rule in the continent.

梅尼拉川普在非洲的時候頭戴一頂太陽帽時拍的一張照片而被廣受詬病。這位第一夫人戴帽子的選擇被指責對於非洲有着過時的理解，原因是太陽帽和該地之前殖民統治有着關係。

When questioned about the controversy in Egypt as part of her first international solo tour since her husband was sworn into office as president, Ms Trump expressed her wish for people to stop focusing on her clothes.

因爲其夫川普忙着總統的那些事情這位第一夫人，曾在埃及出訪的時候受到爭議，只得自己完成國際訪問，而且表達出人們不要再過分關注她穿什麼。

 “You know what, we just completed an amazing trip, we went to Ghana, we went to Malawi, we went to Kenya, here we are in Egypt,” she said.“I want to talk about my trip and not what I wear.“That’s very important what I do, what we’re doing with USAID and what I do with my initiatives.“I wish people would focus on what I do, not what I wear.”

“你們知道嗎，我們剛剛完成了一場非常讓人驚歎的旅行，我們去了加納，肯尼亞，現在我們到了埃及，我想要談論我的旅行，而不是我穿了什麼，我們發自內心和美國國際開發署完成非常重要的事情。我希望人們把關注點放在我們做的事情上，而不是我穿了什麼。”

The pith helmet was frequently worn by military personnel from countries including Britain, France, Spain and Italy while commanding colonial armies, which is why many people found Ms Trump’s choice to wear it in Africa highly contentious.

英、法、西、意的指揮殖民軍隊人員通常都會佩戴草帽，這就是梅尼拉在非洲訪問佩戴草帽引起非洲人民高度反感的原因。

While Ms Trump has stated that she’d prefer for people to focus more on her actions than her sartorial choices, some people have explained why she needs to be taking greater responsibility when she wears clothes that cause controversy.

當梅尼拉說着希望大衆更看重她的行爲而非穿着時，一些人表示，她要爲自己的穿着負起責任，這點也引發爭議。

“.@FLOTUS we don’t want to talk about your fashion choices either. We’d rather talk about the message you send with your fashion choices,” one person tweeted.

一位推特用戶，：“我們說的不是你對於時尚的選擇，而是你選擇的這種時尚所傳達出來的信息。”

“The pith helmet in Africa was a terrible look, and the ‘I Really Don’t Care’ jacket at the border was pretty awful. Colonialism is your thing?”

“在非洲帶這樣的草帽很難看，在邊境地區穿着印有“我真的不在乎”字樣的夾克也很糟糕。所以你是種族主義的贊成者麼？”

（翻譯：林潯鷗）