英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2021/03/04 05:30

◎孫宇青

A Michigan couple whose large family attracted attention by growing to include 14 sons has welcomed their first daughter, Maggie Jayne, nearly three decades after the birth of their first child.

（美國）密西根州一對夫妻生下14名兒子而受到外界注意，現在又迎來長女瑪姬．傑恩，距離他們誕下長子已將近30年。

Jay Schwandt said he and his wife, both 45, "are overjoyed and ecstatic to add Maggie Jayne to our family."

45歲的傑．施瓦特說自己和同歲的妻子，「對於把瑪姬．傑恩生來我們家感到狂喜不已。」

The Schwandts have been featured for years in local and national news as their family has grown. The couple have a livestreaming program called "14 Outdoorsmen" that may now need a name change.

施瓦特家族多年來不斷擴大，一直是地方和全國新聞的焦點。這對夫妻開了一個叫做「14名野生男子」的直播節目，現在可能需要改名了。

The oldest child Tyler, 28, said his parents thought they would never have a daughter after 14 sons. He said there’s likely nothing pink in the family’s home in the rural community of Lakeview. （AP）

28歲的長子泰勒說，爸媽在生下14個兒子後，還以為永遠不會有女兒了。他也提到，他們位於萊克維尤鄉村的家裡，幾乎沒有粉紅色的東西。（美聯社）

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1434827

2021/03/03 05:30

◎管淑平

More than 3,000 scientists called for a far bigger global push to protect people and nature from the effects of a heating planet.

000多名科學家呼籲全球大幅加強保護人們和自然環境，免於遭受一個正愈加炎熱地球的效應之害。

In a statement, the scientists - including five Nobel laureates - warned that a failure to respond to rising climate risks, as governments try to revive their economies from coronavirus woes, would have severe consequences, especially for the poorest.

這批包括5名諾貝爾獎得主的科學家在聲明中警告，在各個政府設法重振受武漢肺炎疫情拖累的經濟之際，未能回應日益高漲的氣候風險，會有嚴重後果，特別是對最貧窮族群。

"Building resilience to climate impacts is not a nice-to-have... it is a must if we are to live in a sustainable and secure world," said former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. （Thomson Reuters Foundation）

「如果我們要在一個生生不息且安全的世界中生活，打造對氣候衝擊的適應力，並非可有可無…而是必須」，全球適應中心主席、前聯合國秘書長潘基文說。（湯森路透基金會）

英倫翻譯轉自

https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1434613

2021/03/02 05:30

◎黃靖媗

A man in his 30s with no underlying health conditions was offered a Covid vaccine after an NHS error mistakenly listed him as just 6.2cm in height.

一名30多歲、沒有潛在健康狀況的男子，在英國國家醫療保健服務（NHS）錯誤登錄他只有6.2公分高後，被提供武漢肺炎疫苗。

Liam Thorp was told he qualified for the jab because his measurements gave him a body mass index of 28,000.

利亞姆‧索普被告知他具有注射資格，因為他的測量結果顯示，他的身體質量指數高達28000。

He told BBC : "I’ve put on a few pounds in lockdown but I was surprised to have made it to clinically, morbidly-obese."

他告訴英國廣播公司（BBC），「在封城期間我胖了好幾磅，但我很驚訝在臨床上居然已達到病態肥胖」。

It was only when he received a call back the following day that the mix-up became clear.

一直到隔天他接到了回電，一切混亂才變得清晰。

Rather than being listed at 6ft 2ins in height, he was registered as 6.2cm, which led to the error in his BMI.

2021/02/26 05:30

◎張沛元

As Japan gears up for a COVID-19 vaccination drive, a cartoon dog chatbot is doing its bit to reassure a vaccine-skeptical population and answer any questions they might have.

隨著日本準備施打武漢肺炎疫苗，一個以漫畫狗為造型的聊天機器人，也將盡一份自己的心力，讓對疫苗心有疑慮的民眾安心，以及解答民眾的任何問題。

The dog, a Shiba-inu known as Corowa-kun － from the Japanese words for "coronavirus" and "vaccine" － wears a white doctor’s coat and the app named for him gives automated answers to medical questions.

這隻名叫「Corowa君」—此名稱由日文的「新冠病毒」與「疫苗」組成—的柴犬身穿醫師白袍，以他命名的app會對醫療問題提供自動化回覆。

Trust in vaccines in Japan is among the lowest in the world, a study by the Lancet medical journal showed. Only half the population want to take a COVID-19 vaccine, a poll by national broadcaster NHK found last month.（REUTERS）

醫學期刊《刺胳針》的一項研究顯示，日本對疫苗的信賴排名全球後段班；日本放送協會上月的一份調查發現，只有半數民眾想打武漢肺炎疫苗。（路透）

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1433585

2021/02/25 05:30

◎孫宇青

Bradley Tomes, 25, was sentenced to 32 months in prison by Preston Crown Court for taking Humboldt penguins Pablo and Penny from South Lakes Safari Zoo in northwest England.

25歲的布雷德雷．托姆斯因從英國西北部「南湖沙弗雷動物園」偷取漢波德企鵝帕布羅和潘妮，遭普雷斯頓皇家法院判入獄32個月。

Prosecutors said Tomes broke into the zoo twice in 2018, stealing the penguins and numerous other birds including spoonbills, egrets and macaws.

檢察官說，托姆斯2018年兩度闖入該動物園，偷取企鵝及其他多種鳥類，包括琵鷺、白鷺和金剛鸚鵡。

It was exposed after an animal collector who bought the penguins for 9,000 pounds contacted a veterinarian because the animals were in poor health.

在一位以9000英鎊（約36萬台幣）買下企鵝的動物收藏人士，因為牠們健康狀況不佳而聯絡獸醫後，事件才曝光。

He also reported the incident to police, despite the pleas of Tomes, who offered to give his money back. When Tomes went to the buyer’s house with the refund, he was arrested by waiting police officers.（AP）

儘管托姆斯以願意歸還購買費做為請求，但買家仍報警。當托姆斯帶著錢去買家住處，正好被守候的警察逮捕。（美聯社）

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