◎周虹汶
As diplomatic faux-pas go, it’s a delicate one.
儘管是外交失禮，意義卻很微妙。
Ahead of the Jewish new year next month, the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv sent gift baskets to a number of Israeli organizations, as it does every year. Among the recipients was Peace Now, a group opposed to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
在下月的猶太新年來臨以前，美國駐特拉維夫大使館一如往年送了禮物籃給一些以色列組織。收件者包括「現在和平」，一個反對以色列在所佔領的（約旦河）西岸設立以色列屯墾區的團體。
There was only one problem - among the gifts in the basket was a bottle of wine made in an Israeli settlement.
只有一個問題─籃中禮物有一瓶酒是在以色列一處屯墾區製造。
"I’m sure it was an honest mistake," said a member of Peace Now, one of several NGOs to receive the basket, emphasizing that the organization did not want to make a fuss about it.
做為收到那籃子的幾個非政府組織之一，「現在和平」一名成員說：「我很確定這是一個無心之過」，並強調該組織不想就此小題大作。
An embassy official confirmed the baskets had been sent out, saying they were purchased from a vendor who put together the contents, which were not checked before distribution.
大使館一名官員確認，籃子已被寄出，並說它們是從一個把內容物組合在一起的供應商買來，分送前未做檢查。
"This should in no way be interpreted as a change of our policy on settlements, which is long-standing and clear," the official said.
這位官員說：「這絕對不該被解讀成我們對屯墾區的政策轉變，該政策是長期存在且清楚明白的。」
The U.S. State Department has repeatedly stated its opposition to Israel’s settlement building, which it regards as an obstacle to any peace with Palestinians seeking a state in territory captured by Israel in a 1967 war. (Reuters)
美國國務院一再表明反對以色列興築屯墾區，視之為與巴勒斯坦人間的和平障礙，巴人試圖在以色列於1967年戰爭奪走的土地上建立國家。（路透）
新聞辭典
faux pas：名詞，失言、失禮、失態。例句：He made some remark about my wife’s family, and then realized he’d made a serious faux pas.（他對我太太的娘家品頭論足，然後發現自己犯了社交大忌。）
honest mistake：名詞片語，指無意造成的錯誤。例句：She made an honest mistake. Let it go!（她不是故意犯錯的。算了吧！）
fuss：名詞，指大驚小怪、小題大作的人、忙亂；動詞，庸人自擾、焦急、煩躁、抱怨。fuss over somebody/something指過分操心、極度關注某人／某事。例句：His parents couldn’t fuss over him enough.（他的父母對他百般溺愛。）
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