《练笔：艾伦演讲中英文对照8494》.docVIP

The Framework for the Reform of Evidence 证据法革新的框架 The 4th International Conference on Evidence Law and Forensic Science Beijing, China 第四届证据理论与科学国际研讨会（中国?北京） The Contribution of Evidence Science to the Rule of Law and the Progression of Civilization 证据科学对于法治和文明进程的贡献 July 20-21, 2013 2013年7月20 － 21日 Ronald J. Allen* 罗纳德J. 艾伦 Thank you for those kind words of introduction. It is a great pleasure to be addressing you today, and a distinct honor. I have been working with the faculty of CUPL and other Chinese Universities for over a decade now, and this is my fifteenth trip to China to do lectures and meet with colleagues concerning matters of mutual interest. What began for me as a somewhat exotic excursion into the law of another nation has now become a part of the fabric of my life. And as a teacher and scholar, it is particularly gratifying to see the great progress that has been made in China through the contributions of the many Chinese scholars I have been privileged to have study with me at Northwestern University, and with whom I have interacted over the years in China and the United States. 多谢刚才对我的美言介绍。非常高兴再次为你们演讲，这亦是一项殊荣。我与中国政法大学及其他中国高校的教师们合作迄今已经超过十年了，这是我第十五次来中国做演讲，并与有着共同关注的同仁们会面。一个起初对我来说不过是稍具异国情调的对别国法律的短暂关注，现在俨然已成为了我生命中的一部分。同时，作为一名教师和学者，看见中国通过许多我有曾幸在美国西北大学指导过的，以及多年以来在美国和中国与我保持互动关系的学者们之贡献而取得了巨大进步，对我来说尤其可喜。 The general title of this conference may appear a bit audacious. It is not often that a field of study implies through the title of its conferences that the scholars of that field believe that their efforts have contributed to the rule of law and the progression of civilization. Lest anyone think that the Chinese scholars who have organized this conference have belied their normal humility, I should hasten to point out that I was the one who suggested the title. The reason I suggested it is that it hints at a great and significant truth, two truths really. First, that the field of evidence is critical to the rule of law, and second that the rule o