Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality.
就是在今天,商业道德也只是剽窃道德的一种精致伪装。As if this was not enough, Huawei has twice faced litigation from US groups for allegedly copying or stealing technology.
就好像这还不够似的,华为还因涉嫌抄袭或剽窃技术,两次被美国企业提起诉讼。This should go without saying, but I'll include it within this point, absolutely do not plagiarize .
有一点不言自明,但是我还是要在这里说一下:那就是,绝对不要剽窃。The fans of that brand have literally stolen the image to make fan art, claiming that Hello Kitty is now part of our pop culture.
HelloKitty品牌的粉丝公然剽窃这个图像来做同仁艺术,还宣称HelloKitty现在已是我们流行文化的一部分。As a writer, I don't accept that readers pirate my books and I would consider myself a thief if I ever buy counterfeits.
作为一名作家,我无法接受读者剽窃我的著作,如果要我去买仿造品,我会觉得自己是在做贼。Carol discovered that Mike had purloined her idea for her essay and used it in his own paper.
嘉乐发现迈克剽窃了她文章的构思,然后写成了他自己的论文。what Chinese students consider perfectly acceptable imitation, however, is often defined by Western teachers as stealing.
中国学生以为无可指责的模仿手法,西方教师往往视作剽窃行为。That might be true or at least plausible if, in order to have a basis, plagiarism would have to stand on some philosophical ground.
这么说也许是对的,至少是有一定道理的:如果是为了找出一个基础,剽窃问题就必须有一定的哲学依据。You know? It's why when people, like, do sequels, or rip off movies, you know, of a genre, they're ripping off the wrong thing.
你知道吗?这就是为什么人们喜欢看续集或者外传,你知道,是一个类型的,他们剽窃错误的事情。