THE PROBLEM? 問題

I work for a US bank in London and have just been given a bonus for 2008, which was 60 per cent of my 2007 bonus. It is a sign of the respect my managers have for me and I am grateful for it. However, my bank has received billions of dollars from the US government, so that my bonus is being paid for by taxpayers - which seems wrong. What should I do? Give it back? Give it to charity? Resign? Or keep it on the grounds that the bank is entitled to pay staff what it needs to keep them?
我為一家設(shè)在倫敦的美國銀行工作，剛剛收到2008年的獎(jiǎng)金，金額是我2007年獎(jiǎng)金的60%。這表示主管對我的尊重，我對此心懷感激。不過，我所在的銀行接受了美國政府?dāng)?shù)十億美元的財(cái)政支持，因此我的獎(jiǎng)金是納稅人支付的--這似乎不太對勁。我該怎么辦？退還？捐給慈善事業(yè)？辭職？還是留著它，理由是銀行有義務(wù)給想留住的員工支付獎(jiǎng)金？

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LUCY'S ANSWER
It is a sign of how low your trade's reputation has fallen that most Financial Times readers assume I've made you up. A banker with a conscience is not a creature they can understand.
這是一個(gè)信號(hào)，表明你所在的行業(yè)的信譽(yù)下降到何種程度，以至大多數(shù)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》讀者懷疑我是在炒作你。一個(gè)有良知的銀行家不是他們所能理解的。

The few who credit you with existence do not credit you with sense: they think your guilt is misplaced.
少數(shù)相信你確有其人的人，不相信你在用腦子，他們認(rèn)為你愧疚錯(cuò)了地方。

I don't agree. It is right and proper to feel queasy about this money being dumped in your lap. It does not matter how good your performance was last year; banks that have been rescued should not be paying out bonuses at all. You suggest bonuses could be justified to stop bankers from jumping ship, but where are the safe harbours they are meant to jump into?
我不同意這種看法。這么一大把錢扔到你懷里，感到不安是正確而合理的。你去年表現(xiàn)有多好不要緊；說到底，接受紓困資金的銀行就不應(yīng)該發(fā)獎(jiǎng)金。你提出說，獎(jiǎng)金是用來阻止銀行從業(yè)者跳槽，這么做合情合理，但他們想往哪兒跳，哪里是他們的避風(fēng)港呢？
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