"Naturally I hope that what I provide in this way can have some small effect on Dutch culture," he says earnestly. "As for serving as an intermediary between Chinese and Western culture, I'm afraid I don't know enough about Chinese culture to have the qualifications for that."
「我個人當然希望這樣的提供，對荷蘭的文化有一點影響」，伊教授認真地表示：「要做一個中國文化與西方文化的媒人，我對中國文化的知識恐怕不夠，沒有做媒人的條件。」