英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2021/03/18 05:30

◎孫宇青

Activist Olimpia Coral went through an inferno in 2013, when an ex-boyfriend posted sexual images that made the rounds in her conservative town in Mexico.

社運人士歐琳匹雅．科羅在2013年經歷一場地獄，當時她的一名前男友貼出她的性愛影像，在她位於墨西哥的保守故鄉廣為流傳。

Things got so bad - the shaming, the internet bullying - that she hid in the trunk of a taxi when going to her grandmother’s house a few blocks away. The local newspaper had even published screenshots of the video, showing Coral and the man having sex; only she was identifiable.

情況變得很糟糕，她遭到恥笑和網路霸凌，以致她前往數個街區外的祖母家時，還得躲在計程車的後車廂。當地報紙甚至公開影片截圖，就是科羅和男友性交的畫面，且只有她能被辨識出來。

Seven years later, she has a proposed federal law named after her - Olimpia’s Law. Mexico’s Senate has approved prison time for the filming or distribution of sexually images without a person’s consent or through deceit.

7年後，有一條聯邦法律以她來命名－歐琳匹雅法。墨西哥參議院同意，在未經他人同意或透過詐欺方式下，拍攝或傳播性愛影像者，將吃上牢飯。

It was the product of many years of struggle by women’s groups, who have already convinced 29 of Mexico’s 32 states to adapt existing laws or pass new ones against the practice.（AP）

這是許多女權團體努力多年的成果，他們已說服墨西哥32州中的29州，修訂既存法律或通過新法，來遏止相關行徑。（美聯社）

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1437830

2021/03/17 05:30

◎管淑平

As more and more people compete for short supplies of the life-saving Covid-19 vaccine, some of the oldest and most infirm Americans are struggling just to enter the contest.

就在愈來愈多人競相爭取供不應求的救命新冠病毒疫苗之際，有些最高齡和最弱勢的美國人正在苦苦掙扎，只求能加入這場爭奪賽。

Tom Yates, 71, is in dire need of a shot, but unable to secure it. Yates and many like him have been locked out thanks to a lack of access to and familiarity with smartphones, computers and web-based appointment signups.

71歲的葉茨亟需接種疫苗，卻沒辦法搶到名額。由於缺乏和不熟悉使用手機、電腦和預約接種疫苗網頁，葉茨和許多跟他一樣的人，都被拒之於門外。

The problem has worsened as states open shots to people 65 and older, putting the oldest in competition for rapidly disappearing slots with seniors who are more computer-savvy and mobile.（Bloomberg）

這個問題已隨著多州開放滿65歲者接種而惡化，使最高齡族群要與比較熟稔電腦和手機的老年人競爭正迅速消失的接種名額。

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1437608

2021/03/16 05:30

◎黃靖媗

An NHS medic has written and recorded a song encouraging people to come forward to have their Covid-19 jab.

1名國家醫療保健服務的醫生寫下並錄製1首歌，鼓舞人們挺身接受他們的武漢肺炎疫苗接種。

Lloyd Balatongan, a theatre practitioner at the Royal Derby Hospital, composed the song with his family band The Soulm8s.

皇家德比醫院的劇場從業人員勞伊德．巴拉頓干與他的家族樂隊Soulm8s一同譜寫這首歌。

A video for the track shows it being performed at the hospital with staff displaying their vaccine cards.

這首歌的影片顯示，樂隊在醫院表演，（醫院）員工則秀出他們的疫苗卡。

Mr Balatongan said he decided to get creative when he heard about people who were "adamant" they would not come forward for the jab.

巴拉頓干先生說，當他聽說有人堅定表示，他們不會站出來接受疫苗接種後，他決定去創作。

"I tried to write a song just to convince them [the doubters] to get the vaccine to protect themselves and others, and get us out of this pandemic," he said.

2021/03/15 05:30

◎陳成良

Sixty-six million years ago, a huge celestial object struck off the coast of what is now Mexico, triggering a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs.

600萬年前，一個巨大星體撞上現在的墨西哥外海，引發釀成巨災的「衝擊性寒冬」，最後導致恐龍在內的地球上4分之3物種滅絕。

A pair of astronomers at Harvard say they have now resolved long standing mysteries surrounding the nature and origin of the "Chicxulub impactor."

哈佛大學2位天文學家表示，他們已經解開長久以來關於「希克蘇魯伯衝擊體」（Chicxulub impactor）的本質和來源之謎。

Their analysis suggests it was a comet that originated in a region of icy debris on the edge of the solar system, that Jupiter was responsible for it crashing into our planet, and that we can expect similar impacts every 250 million to 750 million years.

他們的分析顯示，這是源自太陽系邊緣冰冷碎片區域的一顆彗星，且木星也要為此彗星撞上地球負責。類似規模的彗星撞地球頻率為每2億5000萬年到7億5000萬年。

The duo’s paper, published in the journal Scientific Reports this week, pushes back against an older theory that claims the object was a fragment of an asteroid that came from our solar system’s Main Belt.

2人的論文本週在《科學報告》期刊發表，推翻了之前認為這個物體是來自太陽系「主小行星帶」小行星碎片的理論。

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1437161

2021/03/12 05:30

◎張沛元

High-ranking bureaucrats at the telecommunications ministry were secretly wined and dined by employees of a major visual media production company, including Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s son － a possible ethics code violation.

（日本）總務省高官曾秘密接受一家大型視訊媒體製作公司的工作人員—包括首相菅義偉之子—的餐飲招待，此舉恐有違反風紀規範之虞。

After Bunshun Online broke the scandal on Feb. 3, Suga told reporters, "I am not aware of the matter at all."

在文春（週刊）網路版2月3日踢爆此一醜聞後，菅義偉告訴記者：「我完全不曉得這件事。」

"I think the ministry will properly handle the case," Suga said, adding that he has "no intention" of asking his son about it.

「我認為總務省會適當處理此事。」菅義偉說，並補充道，他「不打算」問兒子這件事。

But Suga’s aloof approach quickly changed at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Feb. 4, where opposition lawmakers grilled the prime minister about the scandal.

但當他在2月4日的國會眾議院預算委員會的會議上，被反對黨國會議員盤問這起醜聞時，菅義偉一改原本的冷處理態度。

Suga said he has talked with his son over the phone about the Bunshin report.