在他的生活中，无论做什么事都迟到——从葬礼到初次约会——他的慢性迟到已经被诊断为是一种病症。
A man who has been late for everything in his life - from funerals to first dates - has had his chronic tardiness diagnosed as a medical condition.
吉姆·邓巴工作、假期、和朋友吃饭都会迟到，第一次约会时让女友一直等待，甚至是参加葬礼，他也不得不在开始很久后偷溜进去。
Jim Dunbar has been late for work, holidays, meals with friends, left women waiting on first dates and even had to sneak into funerals long after they’ve begun.
现年57岁的吉姆说，他的迟到被苏格兰港口城市邓迪的Ninewells医院（欧洲最大的教学医院）诊断为一种病症——尽管他努力准时到达医院，却还是晚了20分钟。
The 57-year-old said that his poor timekeeping is down to a medical condition that he was diagnosed with at an appointment at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee - which he was 20 minutes late for. Mr Dunbar still struggles to arrive on time despite his diagnosis of chronic lateness.
他的状况和患有注意缺陷多动障碍的人一样，受到脑部的同一部分影响，这使邓巴先生不能准确估算出做一件事需要多长时间。
It is thought that the condition is caused by the same part of the brain affected by those who suffer from Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and means Mr Dunbar cannot properly gauge how long things take to complete.
邓巴先生说：“我想要公布我的病症的原因是：肯定还有其他人也是这样，他们不知道这不是他们的错。我为此责怪自己，心想：‘为什么我就不能准时一点呢？我失去了很多工作，我可以理解人们的反应，还有他们为什么不信任我。’”
Mr Dunbar said: 'The reason I want it out in the open is that there has got to be other folk out there with it and they don’t realise that it’s not their fault. I blamed it on myself and thought 'Why can’t I be on time? I lost a lot of jobs. I can understand people’s reaction and why they don’t believe me.'"
“有时这很令人沮丧。我无法表达知道这是一种病我有多高兴。” 邓巴最近想去邓迪的DCA电影院，电影晚上7点开始，他怕自己迟到，于是11个小时前就准备好。
'It’s depressing sometimes. I can’t overstate how much it helped to say it was a condition.' Mr Dunbar recently tried to go to the cinema and knowing it could be a problem getting to Dundee’s DCA cinema for a 7pm showing, he gave himself an 11-hour head start.
但还是迟到了20分钟。
But he still managed to arrive 20 minutes late.
邓巴先生说：“我为了要晚上7点去DCA电影院看大卫·鲍伊的电影，早上8:15就起床了。我有11个小时准备，我知道自己该走了——还是晚了20分钟。我实在太失望了，如果你去晚了，会打扰到别人。”
Mr Dunbar said: 'I got up at 8:15am to go to a David Bowie film at the DCA that started at seven o’clock. That gave me 11 hours to get ready. I knew I was going there - and I was 20 minutes late. I get down about it and it’s disturbing for other folk when you arrive late.'
也有专家质疑他的病情诊断。
But some experts are sceptical about Mr Dunbar's diagnosis.
“这种病不在DSM59（美国精神病学协会的精神疾病诊断和统计手册）里面，所以我不确定可以叫它一种医学病症，” 伦敦哈雷治疗诊所的心理治疗师兼主任谢瑞·雅各布森博士说。
'The condition isn't in the DSM5 (the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) so I'm not sure you can really call it a condition,' said Dr Sheri Jacobson, psychotherapist and director of Harley Therapy Clinic in London.
“总是迟到，通常是多动症或抑郁症的症状，但有可能也只是习惯。我觉得把人们的日常行为判断为病症是不明智的。”
'Repeated lateness is usually a symptom of an underlying condition such as ADHD or depression but it can also just be habit. I think making everyday human behaviour into a medical condition is unwise.'