ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gerard Ryle - Investigative journalist
As director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Gerard Ryle is one of the key figures behind the Panama Papers.

Why you should listen

Gerard Ryle is the director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington, DC.

When journalists at the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper in Germany got hold of the documents from a whistleblower, their volume and complexity pushed them to turn to the ICIJ, which brought together 376 investigative journalists from more than 100 news organizations in 76 countries.

The reporters spent months collaborating in researching and checking the documents, using protected communication channels, bespoke search engines and other specialized tools built by ICIJ, and ICIJ coordinated the release of the information across the world. It was the biggest cross-border collaboration in journalism history. The Panama Papers resulted in resignations or political outcries in Britain, Iceland, Spain, Malta and Pakistan and triggered dozens of official inquires around the world.  

Before joining as the ICIJ's first non-American director in September 2011, Ryle spent more than 25 years working as an investigative reporter, author and editor in Australia and in Ireland. He has more than 60 journalism awards from six countries, including honors from the George Polk Awards, Harvard University and the University of Liege. Reporters Without Borders has described his work with ICIJ as "the future of investigative journalism worldwide." 

(Photo: Le Monde / Melissa Golden)

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Gerard Ryle: How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in history

Gerard Ryle: 巴拿馬文件帶嚟空前洩密

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Gerard Ryle 領導一支國際隊伍公開巴拿馬文件,當中涉及巴拿馬嘅莫薩克 · 馮賽卡律師事務所過去 40 年 1,150 萬份文件,令我哋有機會睇得到海外金融秘密世界嘅規模同規則。呢個演講講到咗事件背後新聞界史上最大嘅合作。
- Investigative journalist
As director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Gerard Ryle is one of the key figures behind the Panama Papers. Full bio

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What do you do if you had
to figure out the information信息
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behind背後 11.5 million documents文件,
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verify驗證 it and make sense of it?
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然後核實真確同埋理解佢,你會點做?
呢個係舊年好多記者要面對嘅挑戰
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That was a challenge挑戰
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that a group of journalists記者
had to face塊面 late last year.
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An anonymous匿名 person
calling himself自己 John約翰 Doe能源部
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一個自稱 John Doe 嘅人
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had somehow無論如何 managed管理 to copy複製
nearly 40 years of records記錄
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攞到巴拿馬莫薩克.馮賽卡律師事務所
近 40 年嘅紀錄
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of the Panamanian巴拿馬 law法律 firm公司
MossackMossack Fonseca丰塞卡.
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呢間事務所係世界上其中一間專門
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This is one of many好多 firms公司 around the world世界
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that specialize專門 in setting設置 up accounts帳戶
in offshore離岸 tax havens天堂
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幫人喺海外避稅天堂
譬如英屬維爾京群島
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like the British英國 Virgin處女 Islands島嶼,
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設立銀行帳戶嘅公司
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for rich豐富 and powerful強大 people
who like to keep secrets秘密.
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為有好多秘密要收埋嘅達官貴人服務
John Doe 喺呢間公司複製咗
由 1977 年到今日嘅每一張表格
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John約翰 Doe能源部 had managed管理 to copy複製
every spreadsheet電子表格 from this firm公司,
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每一份客戶檔案、每一封電子郵件
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every client客戶 file文件,
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every email電子郵件,
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from 1977 to the present目前 day.
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It represented代表 the biggest最大 cache緩存
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呢份係目前為止有著最多
避稅天堂內幕資料嘅紀錄
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of inside information信息
into the tax haven避風塘 system系統
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that anyone任何人 had ever seen看到.
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But it also presented提出 a gigantic巨大 challenge挑戰
to investigative調查 journalism新聞.
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仲為調查新聞界帶嚟巨大嘅挑戰
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Think about it:
11.5 million documents文件,
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諗一下:1,150 萬份文件
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containing the secrets秘密 of people
from more than 200 different不同 countries國家.
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包含來自超過 200 個國家嘅人嘅秘密
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Where do you start初時
with such a vast巨大 resource資源?
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咁大個紀錄,你要從邊度入手?
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Where do you even begin初時 to tell a story故事
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你要由邊度開始報導
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that can trail線索 off
into every corner角落 of the globe全球,
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先至可以觸及到世界每一個角落
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and that can affect影響 almost爭 D
any person in any language語言,
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影響到幾乎所有語言嘅人?
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sometimes有時 in ways方式
they don't even know yet尚未.
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John約翰 Doe能源部 had given the information信息
to two journalists記者
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John Doe 將信息畀咗
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at the German德文 newspaper報紙
ddeutscheddeutsche Zeitung.
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德國報社 Süddeutsche Zeitung
嘅兩個記者
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He said he was motivated動機
by -- and I quote報價 --
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佢話佢出於以下動機︰
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"The scale規模 of the injustice不公
that the documents文件 would reveal揭示."
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「文件將會揭露不公義嘅規模」
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But one user用戶 alone一手一腳 can never make sense
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但單憑一個記者
唔足以處理咁大量嘅訊息
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of such a vast巨大 amount of information信息.
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So the Süddeutscheddeutsche Zeitung reached達到 out
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所以 Süddeutsche Zeitung 報社聯繫咗
我喺華盛頓嘅組織,國際調查記者聯盟
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to my organization組織 in Washington華盛頓, DC直流,
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The International國際 Consortium財團
of Investigative調查 Journalists記者.
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We decided決定 to do something
that was the very opposite相反
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我哋決定要做一件違反記者操守嘅事︰
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of everything we'd我哋會 been taught
to do as journalists記者:
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share共享.
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分享呢份紀錄
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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By nature自然, investigative調查
reporters記者 are lone孤獨 wolves.
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就本性而言,調查記者等同孤狼
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We fiercely激烈 guard警衛 our secrets秘密,
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我哋死守自己嘅秘密
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at times even from our editors編輯,
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甚至連我哋嘅編輯都唔講得
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because we know that the moment時刻
we tell them what we have,
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因為我哋知道,只要透露少少風聲
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they'll佢地會 want that story故事 right away.
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佢哋就會即刻想要嗰篇新聞
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And to be frank弗兰克,
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老實講,當你有一篇好新聞
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when you get a good story故事,
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you like to keep the glory榮耀 to yourself自己.
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你會想獨自領受呢份新聞嘅榮譽
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But there's no doubt懷疑
that we live in a shrinking萎縮 world世界,
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毫無疑問,我哋生活喺
一個萎縮緊嘅世界
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and that the media媒體 has largely主要
been slow to wake喚醒 up to this.
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但好多媒體都冇意識到呢一點
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The issues個問題 we report報告 on
are more and more transnational跨國.
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新聞嘅內容越嚟越國際化
大型公司喺全世界運作
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Giant巨大 corporations公司 operate操作
on a global全球 level水平.
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Environmental環境 and health健康
crises危機 are global全球.
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環境、健康問題變成全球性
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So, too, are financial金融 flows
and financial金融 crises危機.
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同樣,資金流動同金融危機都係咁
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So it seems好似 staggering驚人
that journalism新聞 has been so late
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驚人嘅係,新聞界咁遲先
以全球嘅目光報導新聞
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to cover覆蓋 stories故事 in a truly真正 global全球 way.
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And it also seems好似 staggering驚人
that journalism新聞 has been so slow
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同樣驚人嘅係
新聞界咁遲先意識到科技帶來嘅機遇
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to wake喚醒 up to the possibilities可能性
that technology技術 brings帶嚟,
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rather than being frightened害怕 of it.
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而唔係再怕科技
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The reason原因 journalists記者
are scared害怕 of technology技術 is this:
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記者怕科技嘅原因係:
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the profession's行業嘅 largest最大 institutions機構
are going through透過 tough艱難 times
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呢個行業嘅大型機構正經歷緊艱難時期
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because of the changing way
that people are consuming消費 news新聞.
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讀者閱讀新聞嘅方式正係改變緊
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The advertising廣告 business業務 models模型
that have sustained持續 reporting報告 are broken破碎.
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以往靠廣告賺錢嘅經營模式成為絕響
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And this has plunged暴跌
journalism新聞 into crisis危機,
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令到新聞界陷入危機
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forcing迫使 those institutions機構
to reexamine重新審視 how they function功能.
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迫使新聞機構去審視佢哋嘅運行模式
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But where there is crisis危機,
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但有危就有機
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there is also opportunity機會.
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巴拿馬文件帶嚟嘅第一個挑戰
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The first challenge挑戰 presented提出
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by what would eventually最終 become成為
known as the Panama巴拿馬 Papers文件
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就係要將文件變成搜尋得到同埋讀得到
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was to make the documents文件
searchable搜尋 and readable.
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There were nearly five million emails電子郵件,
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呢件事涉及大概五百萬封電子郵件
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two million PDFsPdf that needed需要
to be scanned掃描 and indexed索引,
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兩百萬份需要掃描同埋編寫索引嘅 PDF
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and millions数百万 more files文件
and other kinds of documents文件.
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幾百萬份檔案同埋其他類型嘅文件
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They all needed需要 to be housed安置
in a safe安全 and secure安全 location位置
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呢啲嘢都需要存放喺
雲端一個安全嘅位置
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in the cloud.
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We next invited邀請 reporters記者
to have a look at the documents文件.
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跟住我哋邀請記者去睇下啲文件
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In all, reporters記者 from more
than 100 media媒體 organizations組織
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嚟自超過 100 個媒體組織
76 個國家嘅記者
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in 76 countries國家 --
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from the BBCBbc in Britain英國
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包括英國廣播公司
法國世界報、日本朝日新聞
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to Le Monde newspaper報紙 in France法國
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to the Asahi Shimbun新聞 in Japan日本.
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"Native本地 eyes眼睛 on native本地 names名字,"
we called it, the idea想法 being,
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我哋將呢個做法叫做
「記者睇返各自國家」
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who best最好 to tell you
who was important重要 to Nigeria尼日利亞
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邊個會比尼日利亞記者
更熟悉尼日利亞嘅重要人物?
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than a Nigerian尼日利亞 journalist記者?
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Who best最好 in Canada加拿大 than a Canadian加拿大?
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邊個會比加拿大人更了解加拿大?
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There were only two rules規則
for everyone個個都 who was invited邀請:
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我哋對所有加入嘅記者只有兩個規則:
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we all agreed同意 to share共享 everything
that we found發現 with everybody大家 else,
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我哋同意同我哋之間
分享我哋搵到嘅所有信息
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and we all agreed同意 to publish發布
together一起 on the same相同 day.
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我哋同意同一日公開所有資料
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We chose選擇 our media媒體 partners合作夥伴 based基於 on trust信任
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我哋同其他媒體合作係建基於
之前小型合作所建立起嚟嘅信任
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that had been built建立 up through透過
previous以前 smaller collaborations合作
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and also from leads導致
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同埋因為文件線索而合作
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Over the next few幾個 months,
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我嗰個原本少過 20 個人
嘅小型非營利組織
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my small nonprofit公益性 organization組織
of less than 20 people
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was joined加入 by more than 350 other
reporters記者 from 25 language語言 groups.
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有超過 350 名
25 種唔同語言嘅記者加入
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The biggest最大 information信息 leak洩漏 in history歷史
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史上最大泄密促使
新聞界史上最大嘅合作
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had now spawned產生 the biggest最大
journalism新聞 collaboration拍檔 in history歷史:
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376 sets of native本地 eyes眼睛 doing
what journalists記者 normally通常 never do,
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並肩工作,分享信息
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working工作 shoulder肩膀 to shoulder肩膀,
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sharing共享 information信息,
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但係保密
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but telling話畀 no one.
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For it became成為 clear清楚 at this pointD
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that in order to make
the biggest最大 kind一種 of noise譟聲,
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we first needed需要
the biggest最大 kind一種 of silence沉默.
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我哋首先要絕對嘅沉寂
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To manage管理 the project項目
over the many好多 months it would take,
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為咗完成呢個可能耗時幾個月嘅任務
我哋建立咗一間虛擬
但安全嘅新聞編輯部
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we built建立 a secure安全 virtual虛擬 newsroom編輯部.
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We used encrypted加密 communication通信 systems系統,
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我哋使用加密嘅溝通系統
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and we built建立 a specially特別
designed設計 search搜尋 engine發動機.
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我哋用特別嘅搜索引擎
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Inside the virtual虛擬 newsroom編輯部,
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喺虛擬新聞編輯部裏面
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the reporters記者 could gather收集
around the themes主題
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that were emerging新興 from the documents文件.
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Those interested興趣 in blood diamonds鑽石
or exotic外來 art藝術, for instance實例,
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譬如,從事血鑽
或者外地藝術品題材嘅記者
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could share共享 information信息 about how
the offshore離岸 world世界 was being used
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可以分享海外世界點樣被用嚟
隱暪呢兩種商品嘅交易情況
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to hide隱藏 the trade貿易 in both
of those commodities商品.
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Those interested興趣 in sport運動
could share共享 information信息
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從事體育新聞嘅記者可以分享
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about how famous著名 sports體育 stars星星
were putting their佢哋 image圖像 rights權利
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體育明星係點樣將肖像權歸入海外公司
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into offshore離岸 companies公司,
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thereby從而 likely可能 avoiding避免 taxes
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以避過喺佢哋有做開貿易嘅
國家嗰度交稅
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in the countries國家
where they plied合股 their佢哋 trade貿易.
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But perhaps或者 most exciting令人興奮 of all
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但最令人興奮嘅係
文件提到嘅各國領導人、政治家
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were the number數量 of world世界 leaders領導人
and elect選舉 politicians政治家
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that were emerging新興 from the documents文件 --
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figures數字 like Petro石油 PoroshenkoPoroshenko in Ukraine烏克蘭,
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譬如烏克蘭嘅波羅申科
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close關閉 associates同事
of Vladimir弗拉基米尔 Putin普京 in Russia俄羅斯
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俄羅斯總統普京嘅密友
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and the British英國 Prime主要 Minister部長,
David大衛 Cameron卡梅伦, who is linked聯繫
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仲有英國前首相卡梅倫
因為牽涉到佢過咗身嘅老豆
Ian Cameron
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through透過 his late father老竇, Ian伊恩 Cameron卡梅伦.
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Buried in the documents文件
were secret秘密 offshore離岸 entities實體,
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文件裏邊仲有秘密嘅海外公司
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such as WintrisWintris Inc公司.,
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譬如 Wintris Inc.
一間喺英屬維爾京群島嘅公司
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a company公司 in the British英國 Virgin處女 Islands島嶼
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that had actually講真 belonged屬於
to the sitting Icelandic冰島文 prime主要 minister部長.
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實際上屬於現任冰島總理
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I like to refer to Johannes约翰内斯 Kristjansson约恩·克里斯蒂安松,
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我想講一下 Johannes Kristjansson
佢係我哋項目邀請嘅冰島記者
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the Icelandic冰島文 reporter記者
we invited邀請 to join加入 the project項目,
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as the loneliest孤獨 man in the world世界.
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亦係世界上最孤獨嘅男人
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For nine months, he refused拒絕 paid支付 work
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九個月嚟,佢拒絕有薪工作
06:46
and lived off the earnings收益 of his wife妻子.
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佢用太太嘅工資生活
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He pasted粘貼 tarps防水布
over the windows of his home
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佢將油布黏喺屋企嘅窗度
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to prevent防止 prying窺探 eyes眼睛
during the long Icelandic冰島文 winter冬天.
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恐防漫長冬天有人監視
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And he soon好快 ran out of excuses借口
to explain解釋 his many好多 absences缺席,
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後來佢好快就用曬缺席嘅理由
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as he worked工作 red-eyed紅眼,
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佢工作到眼睛疲勞
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night after night,
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日復一日,一個月又一個月
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month after month.
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In all that time, he sat on information信息
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喺嗰段時間
佢埋首於嗰啲最终可以
令國家領導人下台嘅信息
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that would eventually最終 bring down
the leader領袖 of his country國家.
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Now, when you're an investigative調查 reporter記者
and you make an amazing驚人 discovery發現,
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依家,你係調查記者,你驚奇咁發現
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such as your prime主要 minster大教堂 can be linked聯繫
to a secret秘密 offshore離岸 company公司,
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你嘅首相可能同一間秘密海外公司有關
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that that company公司 has a financial金融
interest興趣 in Icelandic冰島文 banks銀行 --
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而嗰間公司喺冰島銀行有財務權益
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the very issue個問題 he's been elected當選 on --
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首相嘅當選多得當中利益輸送
07:24
well, your instinct本能
is to scream尖叫 out very loud大聲.
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咁,你嘅直覺就係大聲咁廣而告之
07:28
Instead相反, as one of the few幾個 people
that he could speak to,
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作為佢可以傾訴嘅幾個人之一
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Johannes约翰内斯 and I shared共享
a kind一種 of gallows絞刑架 humor幽默.
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我同 Johannes Kristjansson
都係黑色幽默嘅人
「Wintris 嚟啦」,佢曾經咁講
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"WintrisWintris is coming," he used to say.
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
07:37
(Applause掌聲)
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We were big fans球迷 of "Game遊戲 of Thrones寶座."
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我哋係《權力的遊戲》嘅忠實粉絲
當有記者好似
Johannes Kristjansson 咁想分享材料
07:44
When reporters記者 like Johannes约翰内斯
wanted to scream尖叫,
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they did so inside the virtual虛擬 newsroom編輯部,
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佢哋會喺虛擬新聞編輯部分享
07:50
and then they turned打開
those screams尖叫 into stories故事
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再會將分享嘅材料寫成故事
07:52
by going outside外面 the documents文件
to court法院 records記錄,
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參考文件、法庭紀錄,同埋公司登記
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official官方 company公司 registers寄存器,
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and by eventually最終 putting questions個問題
to those that we intended打算 to name名字.
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最後向我哋嘅對象提問
08:03
Panama巴拿馬 Papers文件 actually講真 allowed允許
the reporters記者 to look at the world世界
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其實巴拿馬文件令記者
用一個與眾不同嘅角度嚟睇世界
08:07
through透過 a different不同 lens鏡頭
from everybody大家 else.
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08:09
As we were researching研究 the story故事,
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當我哋喺度調查緊同我哋無關嘅事件
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unconnected無關 to us,
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a major主要 political政治 bribery賄賂 scandal醜聞
happened發生 in Brazil巴西.
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例如巴西政壇重大嘅賄賂醜聞
08:17
A new新增功能 leader領袖 was elected當選 in Argentina阿根廷.
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阿根廷選舉選出新任領導人
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The FBIFbi began初時 to indict起訴 officials官員 at FIFA囯際足聯,
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美國聯邦調查局起訴國際足協嘅官員
08:24
the organization組織 that controls控制
the world世界 of professional專業 soccer足球.
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08:29
The Panama巴拿馬 Papers文件
actually講真 had unique獨特 insights見解
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巴拿馬文件都會
對呢啲事件有獨特嘅洞察
08:31
into each每個 one of these unfolding展開 events事件.
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So you can imagine想象 the pressure壓力
and the ego自我 dramas戲劇
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所以你可以想像調查時候
嘅壓力同內心掙扎
08:37
that could have ruined
what we were trying試圖 to do.
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其實係可以令任何一個記者
唔守約定提早公佈呢份紀錄
08:39
Any of one of these journalists記者,
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they could have broken破碎 the pact協議.
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But they didn't.
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但係佢哋冇
08:44
And on April四月 3 this year,
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喺今年嘅 4 月 3 號德國時間晚上 8 點
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at exactly完全 8pm下晝 German德文 time,
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we published發表 simultaneously同時
in 76 countries國家.
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我哋同時喺 76 個國家公開呢份紀錄
08:52
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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The Panama巴拿馬 Papers文件 quickly迅速 became成為
one of the biggest最大 stories故事 of the year.
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巴拿馬文件成為咗今年嘅一件大事
09:07
This is the scene現場 in Iceland冰島
the day after we published發表.
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呢個係公開咗之後冰島嘅街頭
09:10
It was the first of many好多 protests抗議.
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呢個係第一場抗議
09:13
The Icelandic冰島文 prime主要 minister部長
had to resign辭職.
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冰島總理被迫辭職
09:15
It was a first of many好多 resignations辭職.
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佢係第一個辭職嘅人
09:18
We spotlighted關注 many好多 famous著名 people
such as Lionel莱昂内尔 Messi梅西,
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我哋將目光聚焦喺名人身上
譬如美斯
世界上最出名嘅足球運動員
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the most famous著名
soccer足球 player球員 in the world世界.
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And there were some
unintended意外 consequences後果.
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文件公開之後仲有一啲意想不到嘅後果
09:27
These alleged所謂 members成員
of a Mexican墨西哥 drug藥物 cartel卡特爾 were arrested逮捕
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喺我哋將佢哋藏身地點曝光之後
09:31
after we published發表 details細節
about their佢哋 hideout藏身之處.
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一批聲稱係墨西哥
販毒集團成員嘅人被捕
09:34
They'd佢地會 been using使用 the address地址
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因為佢哋曾經利用文件中嘅地址
註冊海外公司
09:36
to register註冊 their佢哋 offshore離岸 company公司.
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09:38
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
09:43
There's a kind一種 of irony諷刺
in what we've我哋都 been able to do.
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得意嘅係,我哋比以前可以做更多嘅嘢
09:45
The technology技術 -- the Internet互聯網 --
that has broken破碎 the business業務 model模型
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科技同互聯網打破咗傳統商業模式
09:49
is allowing允許 us to reinvent重塑
journalism新聞 itself本身.
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令我哋能夠改造新聞界本身
09:52
And this dynamic動態 is producing生產
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而呢個改變令一切更加透明同有影響力
09:54
unprecedented前所未有 levels水平
of transparency透明度 and impact影響.
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09:57
We showed表明 how a group of journalists記者
can effect影響 change across the world世界
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我哋證明咗記者可以
將新方法同舊新聞行業嘅技巧
10:01
by applying應用 new新增功能 methods方法
and old-fashioned老式 journalism新聞 techniques技術
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應用到處理大量洩漏信息
10:05
to vast巨大 amounts大量 of leaked洩露 information信息.
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從而影響全世界
10:08
We put all-important所有重要 context上下文
around what was given to us by John約翰 Doe能源部.
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我哋根據 John Doe 嘅文件
將重要資料擺埋一齊
10:13
And by sharing共享 resources資源,
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因為資源共享令到成本下降
10:14
we were able to dig deep --
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我哋可以比依家大部份嘅傳媒
更深入更長時間咁調查
10:16
much deeper更深 and longer than most
media媒體 organizations組織 allow允許 these days,
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10:20
because of financial金融 concerns關注.
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10:23
Now, it was a big risk風險,
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但係巴拿馬文件證明咗
10:25
and it wouldn't唔會 work for every story故事,
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你可以喺任何地方報導任何國家嘅新聞
10:27
but we showed表明 with the Panama巴拿馬 Papers文件
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雖然咁樣做有好大風險
10:29
that you can write about any country國家
from just about anywhere地方,
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而且唔會適合每則新聞
10:32
and then choose選擇 your preferred首選
battleground戰場 to defend捍衛 your work.
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但係你要搵一個地方去捍衛你嘅工作
10:36
Try obtaining獲得 a court法院 injunction禁令
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你要盡力攞到法院指令
10:37
that would prevent防止 the telling話畀
of a story故事 in 76 different不同 countries國家.
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避免一單新聞喺 76 個國家報導
同埋盡力阻止你唔想見到嘅事發生
10:42
Try stopping停止 the inevitable必然.
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10:45
Shortly無幾耐 after we published發表,
I got a three-word三字 text文本 from Johannes约翰内斯:
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發佈新聞後冇幾耐
Johannes Kristjansson
發咗條短信畀我
10:49
"WintrisWintris has arrived."
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「Wintris 已經到咗」
10:52
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
10:53
It had arrived and so, too, perhaps或者
has a new新增功能 era時代 for journalism新聞.
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或者,新聞界嘅新時代亦都嚟咗
10:57
Thank you.
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多謝
10:58
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
11:09
Bruno布鲁诺 Giussani吉萨尼: Gerard谢拉特, thank you.
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主持︰多謝你,Gerard
我諗你打算將呢啲掌聲獻畀
350 位同你工作嘅記者,係嗎?
11:11
I guess you're going to send發送
that applause掌聲 to the 350 journalists記者
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11:14
who worked工作 with you, right?
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11:15
Now, a couple夫婦 of questions個問題
I would like to ask問吓.
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依家,我有幾個問題要問你
11:18
The first one is,
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第一個係
你秘密工作咗一年
11:19
you'd你會 been working工作
in secrecy保密 for over a year
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11:22
with 350-something-某事 colleagues同事
from all over the world世界 --
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同大約 350 位來自全世界嘅同仁共事
11:25
was there ever a moment時刻 when you thought
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你有冇諗過
一旦有人將新聞發佈,秘密將會洩露
11:29
that the leak洩漏 may可能 be leaked洩露,
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11:31
that the collaboration拍檔 may可能 just be broken破碎
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所有做嘅嘢就會白費
11:33
by somebody有人 publishing出版 a story故事?
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又或者組織之外有人
洩露咗佢哋都知道嘅消息?
11:35
Or somebody有人 not in the group
releasing釋放 some information信息
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11:38
that they got to know?
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11:40
Gerard谢拉特 Ryle赖尔: We had a series系列
of crises危機 along沿 the way,
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講者:一路上我哋遇到咗好多危險
11:42
including包括 when something major主要
was happening發生 in the world世界,
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每當世界上發生咗重大事件
11:45
the journalists記者 from that country國家
wanted to publish發布 right away.
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嗰個國家嘅記者就會想即刻公開紀錄
我哋必須令佢哋冷靜
11:48
We had to calm平靜 them down.
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我哋遇到嘅最大危險
發生喺新聞發佈前嘅一個禮拜
11:49
Probably可能 the biggest最大 crisis危機 we had
was a week before publication出版.
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11:53
We'd我哋會 sent a series系列 of questions個問題
to the associates同事 of Vladimir弗拉基米尔 Putin普京,
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我哋向普京嘅密友提咗一咋問題
11:57
but instead相反 of responding響應,
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但克裡姆林宮冇回答到
11:58
the Kremlin克里姆林宮 actually講真 held舉行
a press conference and denounced譴責 us,
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反而克裡姆林宮搞咗記幾招指責我哋
12:01
and denounced譴責 the whole整個 thing
as being, I guess, a plot情節 from the West西.
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話成件事係西方嘅陰謀
12:05
At that pointD, Putin普京 thought
it was just about him.
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嗰時,普京認為呢件事凈係同佢有關
12:08
And, of course課程, a lot of editors編輯
around the world世界
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當然,世界各地嘅編輯
都非常緊張克裡姆林宮呢件事
12:10
were very nervous緊張 about this.
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12:12
They thought the story故事
was going to get out.
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佢哋覺得成件事就快要爆
12:14
You can imagine想象 the amount
of time they'd佢地會 spent,
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你可以想像佢哋投入咗幾多時間
幾多資源、幾多金錢
12:16
the amount of resources資源,
money spent on this.
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12:18
So I had to basically基本上 spend
the last week calming平靜 everyone個個都 down,
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最後個星期我基本上都喺度叫大家冷靜
12:21
a bit like a general麻麻,
where you're holding舉行 your troops部隊 back:
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就好似一個將軍咁穩定軍心
「淡定,保持淡定」
12:24
"Calm平靜, remain保持 calm平靜."
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And then eventually最終,
of course課程, they all did.
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最終,當然,佢哋都係淡定返
12:29
BGBg: And then a couple夫婦 weeks禮拜 ago or so,
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主持:大概喺幾個星期之前
12:31
you released釋放 a lot of the documents文件
as an open打開 database數據庫
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你發佈咗好多文件
並用佢嚟做公開數據庫
12:35
for everybody大家 to search搜尋
via透過 keyword關鍵字, essentially基本上.
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畀大家通過關鍵字嚟搜索
12:39
GRGr: We very much believe
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講者:我哋堅信公眾應該
對於海外世界有基本嘅知情權
12:40
that the basic基本 information信息
about the offshore離岸 world世界
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should be made作出 public公眾.
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12:43
Now, we didn't publish發布
the underlying基礎 documents文件
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我哋冇公開同我哋一齊工作
嘅記者嘅身份檔案
12:46
of the journalists記者 we're working工作 with.
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但係,文件裏面嘅基本資料
12:48
But the basic基本 information信息
such as the name名字 of a person,
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好似啲人嘅名、佢哋海外公司嘅名
12:51
what their佢哋 offshore離岸 company公司 was
and the name名字 of that company公司,
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12:54
is now all available可用 online在線.
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依家全部可以喺網上搵到
12:55
In fact事實, the biggest最大 resource資源
of its kind一種 basically基本上 is out there now
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BGBg: Gerard谢拉特, thank you for the work you do.
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主持:Gerard,多謝你所做嘅一切
13:02
GRGr: Thank you.
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講者:多謝
13:03
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by 潘 可儿
Reviewed by Chak Lam Wan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gerard Ryle - Investigative journalist
As director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Gerard Ryle is one of the key figures behind the Panama Papers.

Why you should listen

Gerard Ryle is the director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington, DC.

When journalists at the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper in Germany got hold of the documents from a whistleblower, their volume and complexity pushed them to turn to the ICIJ, which brought together 376 investigative journalists from more than 100 news organizations in 76 countries.

The reporters spent months collaborating in researching and checking the documents, using protected communication channels, bespoke search engines and other specialized tools built by ICIJ, and ICIJ coordinated the release of the information across the world. It was the biggest cross-border collaboration in journalism history. The Panama Papers resulted in resignations or political outcries in Britain, Iceland, Spain, Malta and Pakistan and triggered dozens of official inquires around the world.  

Before joining as the ICIJ's first non-American director in September 2011, Ryle spent more than 25 years working as an investigative reporter, author and editor in Australia and in Ireland. He has more than 60 journalism awards from six countries, including honors from the George Polk Awards, Harvard University and the University of Liege. Reporters Without Borders has described his work with ICIJ as "the future of investigative journalism worldwide." 

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