How I See It 不一样的角度–何谓理想的审查环境

转自美国DOG NEWS MAGAZINE, 此篇文章由Ronnie Irving编撰， 中文由犬界网编译。

 你问我什么是理想的审查环境？让我们直面现实吧，现实就是理想的审查环境根本不存在，即使存在，也不能够适用于所有国家。（在我看来，这也正是FCI的互惠策略–从各个国家选拔审查员的一处败笔。） 一方面，在能够举办大型犬展（有200—300只犬参赛）的国家，是非常需要各个犬种的审查员的。因为即便是一个犬种的专家都很难发掘出，更不用提了解一整个犬种群的专家了。另一方面，在某些国家，它们举办的犬展通常都有500多只犬参赛，这些国家可能会有许多不同犬种的审查员。

 What then is the ideal situation on judges? Well, the plain fact is that there is no real ideal situation that fits every country. (That’s what, in my view, makes the FCI’s almost total reciprocity of judges between one country and another so inappropriate.) Obviously in countries where dog shows have total entries overall of just two or three hundred dogs, then all breed judges are absolutely necessary. You simply could never have a specialist breeder judge for each breed – nor even a group judge for each group. On the other hand in a county where shows regularly have in excess of 5.000 dogs entered, it is possible to have far more breeder judges involved. 

 像美国或英国这样的犬展大国，审查时遇到数量较少很少遇到的犬种该怎么处理？我认为这种情况下，最好的解决办法是在安排犬展审查员时尽可能选择熟悉多个犬种的审查员，之后可以安排对这些犬种群熟悉的审查员或对几个犬种群相对了解的审查员执裁这些少数犬种。我之所以认可这种方式，是因为它一方面能有效地在犬种类型的丰富和血统纯度之间维持平衡，另一方面也能使犬展顺利进行。

 Perhaps the best compromise for countries such as the USA and even in the UK for the numerically smaller breeds, would be to have as many breeder judges as possible and then lo make up the rest of the assignments by encouraging the development of judges who arc real experts in their group – or who are at most expert in say a couple of groups. That to me seems feasible and would perhaps be a way of ensuring a good balance of knowledge being applied to breeds to achieve the best mixture of breed type and quality)’ on the one hand and general soundness on the other. 

 说了这么多，我已经期待着能看到犬种群审查员成长为训练有素并且经验丰富的审查员了。我希望审查员们能够以行动演绎奥利弗 戈德尔史密斯的那句：“了解所有该知道的事情”，所以审查员应该至少熟悉几个犬种！

 I think I am prepared to look at a well trained and experienced group judge and accept that it is just possible in their case to paraphrase Oliver Goldsmith and accept that; “one small head could carryall he knew”- at least about a few breeds!