[(Title)] 'You Are Not Protecting This Country.' Melania Trump Responds to New York Times Anonymous Op-Ed.

The day after the New York Times published an anonymous op-ed by a high-ranking member of the Trump administration, White House staffers, cabinet members, and Republicans at large have been outspoken in their outrage—and their denials of having written the piece themselves. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the essay. Vice President Mike Pence's office said it was  "above such amateur acts."  And now even First Lady Melania Trump has issued a response.

在《纽约时报》发表一篇白宫高级官员发表的匿名专栏文章后的第二天，白宫工作人员，内阁成员和共和党人都对他们的愤怒直言不讳——他们拒称写这篇文章是自己写的。 国务卿迈克庞培谴责这篇文章。副总统迈克彭斯的办公室表示，这是“一种低劣的业余行为”。 甚至连第一夫人梅拉尼娅也罕见地发表了回应。

In response to CNN reporter Kate Bennett, Melania Trump issued the following statement on the New York Times anonymous bombshell:

在回应美国有线电视新闻网记者凯特·贝内特（Kate Bennett,）时，梅拉尼亚·特朗普就《纽约时报》匿名信发表了以下声明：

Freedom of speech is an important pillar of our nation's founding principles and a free press is important to our democracy. The press should be fair, unbiased and responsible.

言论自由是美国建国最重要的支柱，而且新闻自由对美国的民主也至关重要，媒体报导应该是公平、公正、负责的。

Unidentified sources have become the majority of voices people hear about in today's news. People with no names are writing our nation's history. Words are important, and accusations can lead to severe consequences.

身份不明的消息来源如今已成为人们能够在新闻中听到的大多数声音，些不具名的人正在书写我们国家的历史。言语很重要，指控可能会导致严重后果。

If a person is bold enough to accuse people of negative actions, they have a responsibility to publicly stand by their words and people have the right to be able to defend themselves.

如果一个人能足够勇敢地指责人们采取负面行动，他们就有责任公开坚持他们的言论，而人们也有权能为自己辩护。

To the writer of the oped – you are not protecting this country, you are sabotaging it with your cowardly actions.

致文章作者——你不是在保护这个国家，你是在用自己的懦弱破坏它。

As of this writing, more than a dozen Trump Administration officials have denied writing the anonymous essay published by the New York Times.

目前，已有十几名特朗普政府官员否认撰写了《纽约时报》发表的匿名文章。

The names on that list include Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

这些人包括美国住房和城市发展部部长班·卡森、国家情报局局长丹·科茨、国防部长詹姆斯·马蒂斯和检察长杰夫·塞申斯。