女博士因涉抄襲被撤銷學位而起訴北大
A former Peking University student whose postgraduate degree was revoked after the university accused her of plagiarism, faced her accusers in court in Beijing on Wednesday.
前北大學生被北大指責抄襲，並因此撤銷了其博士學位。這週三，二者在北京一所法院碰面。The woman, surnamed Yu, filed a lawsuit against the university claiming its decision not to grant her degree was without merit.
這位於姓女士提起訴訟，反對北大撤銷其學位的決定，並認爲該決定缺乏法律依據。According to university officials, Yu, who graduated in July 2013, plagiarized her doctoral thesis. The 36-year-old denies the allegations.
北京大學稱，36歲的於豔茹畢業於2013年7月，其論文涉嫌抄襲。對此，於豔茹否認了這些控訴。
The university contends the work was published in a magazine on July 23, 2013, and that more than 50 percent of it was plagiarized. The university made the decision to revoke her doctorate in January this year.
北大認爲，這篇於2013年7月23日刊登在一本雜誌上的論文，超過一半的內容都是抄襲的。北大在今年1月決定取消於博士學位。
"As a rigorous academic institute we cannot bear plagiarism," said Lu Zhongxing, an official at the legal affairs office of the university.
北大法務辦公室工作人員盧中興稱：“作爲一所學術嚴謹的院校，我們絕不容忍抄襲。”Yu, who holds a doctoral degree from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, maintains her thesis was published 18 days after she graduated from the university and it was not included in four doctoral dissertations the university accepted in consideration of her degree.
於豔茹現爲中國社會科學院博士後，她堅持自己的論文是在北大畢業18天后才發表的，而且這篇論文也不在北大考慮授予她學位而審覈的四篇論文的範圍內。Yu called the move to rescind her degree "unreasonable".
於豔茹認爲這個取消其學位的舉動“不可理喻”。Her lawyer, Yi Xifeng, said the university had also released its decision to the media before informing Yu. It "caused great damage to her," Yi said.
於豔茹的律師易西鋒稱：“北大在沒有通知於豔茹的情況下，將此決定發佈給了媒體，這對於豔茹造成了巨大傷害。”Yi said the university claimed it made the decision due to the potential negative effects on its reputation, not on whether the thesis was plagiarized.
易律師稱北大的決定是因爲這起事件對北大聲譽造成的潛在負面影響，而不是出於這篇論文是否抄襲。But Lu said university policy dictates that it withdraws a degree if evidence of plagiarism is uncovered. "No matter whether a thesis is identified as a reference to grant a degree, the university can make such a decision if it finds plagiarism," Lu said.
但是盧中興稱，根據北大政策，一旦發現抄襲證據，北大有權取消學位。不管論文是否用於授予學位的參考，北大可在發現抄襲後做出這樣的決定。Yu said the entire matter was upsetting her future plans. "I am passionate about academic studies," she said. "But now I have to squeeze time in to study and make living translating documents for some private companies".
於豔茹稱這整起事件擾亂了她的未來規劃。她說：“我對學術研究充滿激情，但是現在我只能擠出時間學習，靠給一些私企翻譯文件而養活自己。”The case was heard at Beijing Haidian District People's Court. A ruling will be handed down at a later date.
這起案件在北京海淀人民法院審理，裁決會在之後宣佈。
