There are things you can express in Scots that you can't say in English.
有些事物可以用苏格兰英语表达,而无法用标准英语表达。
Unlike the English, the Scots retain a "not proven" verdict in their criminal courts, and the unappealing prospect in sight is of this being the effective outcome of the Lockerbie case.
与英国不同,苏格兰在刑事案件中保留了“证据不足”的判决,眼下令人不快的景象正是由洛克比案的此种审判结果所带来的。
Attempts to smite vice in Scotland sometimes prepare the way for similar measures elsewhere: the Scots banned smoking in public buildings, for example, a year before the English did.
因为,有时在苏格兰进行打击恶行的行动会促使其它地方采取相同的措施。比如,苏格兰禁止在公共建筑物内吸烟,一年后英国效仿了该禁令。
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