英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2024/07/23 05:30
◎魏國金
President Xi Jinping vowed to make “high-quality development” the guiding force of the world’s No. 2 economy, showing few signs that the top leadership is preparing to unleash major steps to boost demand or arrest the property slump.

中國國家主席習近平矢言讓「高品質發展」成為全球第二大經濟體的引導力量，幾乎沒有跡象顯示最高領導層準備釋出重大措施，以提振需求或遏制房地產下滑。

“High-quality development is the top mission of building a modern socialist country,” the official Xinhua News Agency said after the four-day meeting called the ’Third Plenum’ in Beijing.

「高質量發展是全面建設社會主義現代化國家的首要任務」，在北京召開為期4天、稱為「三中全會」的會議之後，官方新華社指出。

2024/07/22 05:30
◎陳成良

Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery.

科學家曾經認為恐龍是行動遲緩、冷血的生物。後來的研究表明，有些恐龍可以控制自己的體溫，但這種轉變的時間和方式仍然是個謎。

Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway through the creatures’ time on the planet.

2024/07/17 05:30
◎管淑平

The decision to honour the founder of the AS Roma football club on a postage stamp has caused a furore in Italy due to his Fascist past.

義大利發行紀念「羅馬體育」足球俱樂部創辦人的郵票，因他過去的法西斯主義者背景引發軒然大波。

The stamp issued on Thursday bears the face of Italo Foschi, a Fascist militia leader who was accused of persecuting Jewish people.

2024/07/16 05:30
◎盧永山

A woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to Border Patrol agents.

邊境巡邏執法人員指稱，1名來自中國的女子在與加拿大魁北克省接壤的佛蒙特州湖邊被捕，因為她試圖以輕艇將29隻受保護的物種—東方箱龜走私到加拿大。

Wan Yee Ng was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was about to get into an inflatable kayak with a duffle bag on Lake Wallace, according to an agent’s affidavit filed in federal court. Agents had been notified by Royal Canadian Mounted Police that two other people, including a man who was believed to be her husband, had started to paddle an inflatable watercraft from the Canadian side of the lake toward the United States.

2024/07/15 05:30
◎陳成良

South Korea’s media regulator has banned access to a North Korean propaganda music video that it said idolised and glorified leader Kim Jong-un as a “great leader”.

南韓媒體監管機構已禁止訪問一段北韓宣傳音樂短片，該短片被指將金正恩美化為「偉大領袖」並將其偶像化。

The catchy tune titled Friendly Father has become an unlikely social media hit around the world, going viral on short-form video app TikTok and other platforms.

2024/07/12 05:30
◎ 張沛元

“John Lennon is coming to my house today,” Noriko, daughter of a martial arts master living in Tokyo, told her teacher one day in 1977 even though the visit was supposed to be secret.

「約翰‧藍儂今天要來我家，」1977年某日，家住東京的武術大師之女典子如此告訴她的老師，儘管這趟造訪本該保密。

The teacher just gave short shrift to the fifth-grader, saying, “That can’t be true.”

2024/07/11 05:30
◎孫宇青

Every U.S. national election, a cottage industry of strategists, pollsters and organizers craft brand-new words and phrases to describe the mood of American voters and the politicking aimed at influencing them.

每次美國全國大選，戰略家、民意調查者和組織者都會創造出全新的詞彙和詞組，來描述美國選民的情緒，以及旨在影響他們的政治活動。

Here are some terms of this year:

2024/07/08 05:30
◎陳成良

The cost of an Air Force program to replace aging nuclear missiles has ballooned to about $160 billion from $95.8 billion, three people familiar with the matter said, threatening to slash funding for other key modernization plans.

3名知情人士指稱，空軍更換老舊核子飛彈計畫的成本，已從958億美元激增至約1600億美元，可能導致其他重要現代化計畫的資金被削減。

The project, now named the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, is designed and managed by Northrop Grumman Corp and aims to replace aging Minuteman III missiles.

2024/07/05 05:30
◎張沛元

For the organizers of an iconic flower festival in Tonami city, Toyama Prefecture, attempts to provide locals with complimentary tickets are not coming up roses, as many tickets are being resold online.

對（日本）富山縣礪波市的具有標誌意義的花展的主辦單位來說，免費送票給當地居民之舉宛如落花流水，因為許多票被放上網轉售。

While organizers of the Tonami Tulip Fair view reselling tickets intended for local residents as disrespectful, authorities have clarified that doing so isn’t illegal.

2024/07/04 05:30
◎孫宇青

Rats that managed to get into an evidence room at a decaying police headquarters building have been eating confiscated marijuana.

成功進入1座破舊警察總部大樓證物室的老鼠，一點一滴地吃掉了被沒收的大麻。

The ageing offices of the police department in New Orleans are so dilapidated and vermin-infested that the animals managed to get into the evidence lock-up room, according to Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.

2024/07/02 05:30
◎盧永山
Ryan Christenson has turned lineup cards into art.

瑞安‧克里斯騰森將打擊順序卡變成藝術。

After San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin picks a batting order, his bench coach selects the font and color scheme for the day’s sumptuous script. Options include Roman Gothic, a Celtic variation, Chicano Tattoo and graffiti.

舊金山巨人隊總教練鮑伯‧梅爾文選定打擊順序後，他的首席教練為當天的豪華手稿選擇字體和配色方案，選項包括羅馬哥德體、凱爾特變體、奇卡諾紋身和塗鴉。

2024/06/26 05:30
◎管淑平

Lionel Messi’s record $20.45 million annual salary from Inter Miami makes him by far the best paid player in Major League Soccer but also puts him ahead of the entire squads of 25 of the league’s clubs, according to data released by the MLS Players Association on Thursday.

根據美國職業足球大聯盟球員協會週四公布的數據，萊納爾‧梅西從邁阿密國際隊獲得創紀錄的2045萬美元年薪，讓他成為該聯盟歷來薪資最高的球員，也超過聯盟25個俱樂部球隊的整體薪資。

The players union regularly releases the full pay details of the entire league and while it was no surprise to see the eight-times Ballon d’Or winner at the top, the gulf with other players and indeed teams is striking.

該球員協會固定公布全聯盟完整薪資細節，儘管這名8屆金球獎得主位居首位並不令人意外，但與其他球員、甚至球團薪資之間的龐大差距，仍令人震驚。

2024/06/25 05:30
◎魏國金

China’s electric vehicle industry received at least $231 billion in government subsidies and aid from 2009 through to the end of last year, even as the amount of support per vehicle has declined, according to a new research.

中國電動車產業從2009年至去年底，獲得至少2310億美元政府補貼與援助，儘管每輛車的支持金額已下降，一份新研究顯示。

Slightly more than half the total amount of support was in the form of sales tax exemptions, according to the research from Scott Kennedy, a China specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The rest is made up of nationally approved buyer rebates, government funding for infrastructure such as charging stations, government procurement of EVs as well as R&D support programs.

2024/06/24 05:30
◎陳成良

A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday.

研究人員週三報告，在附近的太陽系中發現1顆比地球大2倍的行星，周圍有厚厚的大氣層。

The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere, wrapped in a blanket of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. The exact amounts are unclear.

所謂的超級地球—被稱為55 Cancri e—是我們太陽系外少數幾個具有重要大氣層的岩石行星之一，被二氧化碳和一氧化碳的層包裹。確切的數量尚不清楚。

2024/06/19 05:30
◎管淑平

Growth in solar and wind power pushed renewable generation to a record 30% of global electricity production in 2023, putting a global target to triple renewable capacity by 2030 within sight, a report by think tank Ember said.

智庫「安博」發表的一份報告說，太陽能和風力電力成長，推升2023年可再生能源發電在全球總發電量所佔比率達創紀錄的30％，使2030年達成全球可再生能源發電量提高2倍的目標指日可待。

Ember’s Global Electricity Review showed renewable sources provided 30.3% of global electricity last year, up from 29.4% in 2022 as growth in projects, particularly solar, increased capacity.

2024/06/16 05:30
◎林家宇
From Andy Warhol’s colourful depiction of Queen Elizabeth II to Cecil Beaton’s pictures of her sister Princess Margaret, a new exhibition looks at portrait photography of Britain’s royal family over the last 100 years.

從安迪．沃荷對女王伊莉莎白二世的鮮豔描繪，到塞西爾．比頓拍攝其姊瑪格麗特公主的照片，一場新的展覽聚焦過去一百多年英國王室家族的肖像照。

"Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography", which opens at The King’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace on Friday, features more than 150 photographic prints, proofs and documents from the Royal Collection and the Royal Archives, some of them never released or seen before in public.

「皇家肖像：世紀影像」已在白金漢宮國王畫廊開幕，展出超過150張從王室收藏和王室檔案挑選出的攝影印刷、校樣和檔案，其中一些從未公開發布或公開展出過。

2024/06/14 05:30
◎張沛元

The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to renovate Azabu-Juban subway station in the city’s Minato Ward to create an underground shelter in case of missile attacks, sources said.

消息人士指出，（日本）東京都廳計畫翻修該市港區的麻布十番地鐵站，以建造1處應對飛彈來襲的地下避難所。

Azabu-Juban, a stop on the capital’s Toei Oedo Line, is a stone’s throw from the Roppongi and Hiroo districts where many foreign embassies are located.

2024/06/12 05:30
◎ 管淑平

Microsoft’s chief executive officer pledged a $1.7 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing to help develop Indonesia’s AI infrastructure after a meeting with the archipelago’s president on Tuesday.

微軟執行長週二與群島國家印尼總統會面後，承諾投資17億美元在人工智慧和雲端運算，來協助發展印尼的人工智慧基礎設施。

Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s biggest economy and has a population of around 280 million across its sprawling archipelago, with a growing demand for data centres and AI tech in the region.

2024/06/11 05:30
◎魏國金

Turkey will impose a 40% additional tariff on imports of vehicles from China to halt a possible deterioration of its current account balance and protect domestic automakers, the trade ministry said.

土耳其將對自中國進口的汽車徵收40％額外關稅，以阻止其經常帳餘額可能惡化，並保護本國汽車製造業者，該國貿易部說。

China is facing increasing trade pressures worldwide over its growing exports of electric vehicles, which many countries claim are being heavily subsidized by Beijing to support its sputtering economy.

中國因其不斷成長的電動車出口，正面臨日益升高的全球貿易壓力，許多國家宣稱北京正大舉補貼電動車，以支撐其疲軟的經濟。