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Bill Gates 'took responsibility' over Epstein ties in staff meeting, foundation says
Bill Gates "took responsibility for his actions" and addressed his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a meeting with staff from his charitable foundation, the organisation said.
盖茨基金会表示，比尔·盖茨在与其慈善基金会员工的会议上“为自己的行为承担了责任”，并谈及了他与已被定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦之间的关系。
"Bill spoke candidly, addressing several questions in detail," the Gates Foundation said in a statement.
盖茨基金会在一份声明中表示：“比尔坦诚发言，详细回应了若干问题。”
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Gates apologised to staff, said he had two affairs with Russian women which Epstein later found out about, and in relation to the late financier said: "I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit."
《华尔街日报》报道称，盖茨向员工道歉，称自己曾与两名俄罗斯女性有过婚外情，而这些事情后来被爱泼斯坦得知；就这位已故金融家而言，他表示：“我没有做任何违法的事。我也没有看到任何违法的事。”
Gates has come under renewed scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein following the release of files by the US Department of Justice in January.
今年1月美国司法部公布相关文件后，盖茨与爱泼斯坦的关系再次受到审视。
The Microsoft co-founder, 70, has not been accused of wrongdoing by any of Epstein's victims.
这位70岁的微软联合创始人并未被任何爱泼斯坦的受害者指控有不当行为。
The WSJ reported that Gates said it was a "huge mistake to spend time with Epstein", but insisted he "never spent any time with victims, the women around him".
《华尔街日报》报道称，盖茨表示“与爱泼斯坦相处是一项巨大的错误”，但坚称他“从未与受害者——他身边的那些女性——有过任何接触”。
"I apologise to other people who are drawn into this because of the mistake that I made," he told staff, according to the US newspaper, which said it had reviewed a recording of Gates's remarks.
据这家美国报纸称其查看了盖茨发言的录音，盖茨对员工说：“我为因为我所犯的错误而被牵扯进来的其他人道歉。”
It reported that Gates said images of him with women, whose faces are redacted, included in the so-called Epstein files were pictures that the late financier asked him to take with his assistants after their meetings.
报道称，盖茨表示，所谓“爱泼斯坦文件”中出现的他与一些女性的合影（女性面部被遮挡）是那位已故金融家在会面后要求他与其助理一起拍摄的照片。
Gates told the foundation's staff he met Epstein in 2011 - years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution - adding that he said he was aware of some "18-month thing" that had limited Epstein's travel, but that he didn't properly check his background, according to the report.
据报道，盖茨告诉基金会员工，他是在2011年与爱泼斯坦相识的——那时距离爱泼斯坦承认招募未成年人卖淫已过去多年；他还补充说，自己知道有一段“18个月的事情”限制了爱泼斯坦的出行，但并没有充分核查他的背景。
He continued to meet Epstein through 2014, and spent time with him abroad, he reportedly said, adding that he "never stayed overnight" or visited Epstein's island.
据称，他表示自己一直到2014年仍与爱泼斯坦会面，并在海外与其相处过，但补充说他“从未过夜”，也从未去过爱泼斯坦的岛屿。
The relationship continued even after his ex-wife expressed doubts, he is reported to have said, adding: "To give her credit, she was always kind of sceptical about the Epstein thing."
据报道，他还说，即便在前妻表达了疑虑之后，这段关系仍然持续；他补充道：“客观地说，她一直对爱泼斯坦这件事持怀疑态度。”
Epstein told him he had links with other billionaires and suggested he could help raise money for charitable causes Gates was engaged with, the paper reported.
该报报道称，爱泼斯坦告诉盖茨，他与其他亿万富翁有联系，并暗示自己可以帮助为盖茨所从事的慈善事业筹集资金。
A spokesperson for the Gates Foundation said in a statement: "This was a scheduled town hall with employees, which Bill does twice a year.
盖茨基金会的一名发言人在声明中表示：“这是一次与员工的例行全体会议，比尔每年都会举行两次。
"In the conversation, Bill answered questions submitted by foundation staff on a range of issues, including the release of the Epstein files, the foundation's work in AI, and the future of global health.
“在这次交流中，比尔回答了基金会员工提交的各种问题，包括爱泼斯坦文件的公布、基金会在人工智能领域的工作以及全球健康的未来。
"In the town hall, Bill spoke candidly, addressing several questions in detail, and took responsibility for his actions."
“在这次全体会议上，比尔坦诚发言，详细回应了多个问题，并为自己的行为承担了责任。”
Gates established his philanthropic organisation alongside his then wife, Melinda French Gates.
盖茨与当时的妻子梅琳达·弗伦奇·盖茨共同创立了他的慈善机构。
They divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage.
两人在结婚27年后于2021年离婚。
In an interview with an NPR podcast earlier this month she said the latest release of files dredged up "painful times in my marriage".
本月早些时候，她在接受NPR播客采访时表示，最新公布的文件勾起了“我婚姻中那些痛苦的时刻”。
"I am so happy to be away from all the muck," she said, adding elsewhere in the interview: "Whatever questions remain there of what - I can't even begin to know all of it - those questions are for those people and for even my ex-husband.
她说：“我非常高兴能远离这些泥潭。”她在采访的另一处还补充道：“无论还剩下什么样的问题——我甚至都无法开始了解全部——这些问题都应该由那些人，甚至包括我的前夫，来回答。
"They need to answer to those things, not me."
“他们需要为这些事情作出回应，而不是我。”
US media have reported that before their separation Melinda had been upset about her husband's association with Epstein.
美国媒体报道称，在两人分居之前，梅琳达曾因丈夫与爱泼斯坦的交往而感到不安。
After their split was announced, Bill Gates acknowledged having had an affair with a Microsoft employee in 2019.
两人宣布分开后，比尔·盖茨承认自己在2019年与一名微软员工有过婚外情。
In his reported remarks to staff on Tuesday, Gates said he met the two women with whom he said he had affairs with through his own social and business activities.
据报道，盖茨在周二对员工的讲话中表示，他是通过自己的社交和商业活动认识了那两名与他有过婚外情的女性。
It follows claims made in emails drafted by Epstein in July 2013, and contained in the files released in January, that Gates contracted a sexually transmitted infection and tried to hide it, including from his then-wife Melinda.
这番表态是在今年1月公布的文件中、爱泼斯坦于2013年7月起草的电子邮件所提出的指控之后作出的，这些指控称盖茨感染了性传播疾病，并试图隐瞒此事，包括对当时的妻子梅琳达隐瞒。
Gates's spokesperson has previously called the claim "absolutely absurd and completely false".
盖茨的发言人此前称这一说法“完全荒谬，彻头彻尾是假的”。
One draft email is written as a resignation letter from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and complains about having had to procure medicine for Gates "in order to deal with the consequences of sex with Russian girls".
其中一封草拟的电子邮件被写成一封从比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会辞职的信，抱怨不得不为盖茨购买药物，“以应对与俄罗斯女孩发生性关系所带来的后果”。
"While Mr Gates acknowledges that meeting with Epstein was a serious error in judgment, he unequivocally denies any improper conduct related to Epstein and the horrible activities in which Epstein was involved," they said at the time.
他们当时表示：“尽管盖茨先生承认与爱泼斯坦会面是一次严重的判断失误，但他明确否认与爱泼斯坦以及爱泼斯坦所涉及的可怕活动有任何不当行为。”
Gates said in an interview with Australian outlet 9News in February that his interactions with Epstein were limited to dinners and that he regretted "every minute" he spent with him.
盖茨在2月接受澳大利亚媒体9News采访时表示，他与爱泼斯坦的接触仅限于共进晚餐，并且他对与其相处的“每一分钟”都感到后悔。
"I apologise that I did that," he said.
他说：“我为自己那样做道歉。”
In separate statement shared previously in response to the latest batch of Epstein files, the Gates Foundation said "a small number of foundation employees interacted" with the late financier on the basis that he claimed to be able to "mobilise significant philanthropic resources".
在此前就最新一批爱泼斯坦文件作出的另一份回应声明中，盖茨基金会表示，基于爱泼斯坦声称自己能够“调动大量慈善资源”，基金会中“少数员工曾与这位已故金融家有过接触”。
"Ultimately, the foundation did not pursue any collaboration with Epstein and no fund was ever created.
声明称：“最终，基金会并未与爱泼斯坦推进任何合作，也从未设立任何基金。
At no time were financial payments made by the foundation to Epstein, nor was he employed by the foundation at any time," it said.
在任何时候，基金会都没有向爱泼斯坦支付过资金，他也从未在基金会任职。”