英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2024/05/16 05:30
◎孫宇青

An Italian province is turning to DNA tests to tackle the scourge of dog mess on the streets.

義大利一個省準備透過DNA檢測，來處理狗狗造成街上髒亂的問題。

Once a dog DNA registration database is up and running, street cleaners and health officials in Bolzano will be able to collect abandoned poop, have it genetically tested and then trace the owners who will face fines of 50 to 500 euros.

2024/05/15 05:30
◎管淑平
Lufthansa’s ground staff will get average pay rises of 12.5 percent under a deal reached after a series of crippling strikes, the German airline giant said Thursday.

漢莎航空公司地勤人員在一連串影響嚴重的罷工行動後，達成一份協議，將獲得平均加薪12.5％，這家德國航空巨擘週四說。

The carrier and union Verdi, which represents some 25,000 ground staff, finally reached an agreement Wednesday, averting the threat of fresh walkouts over the Easter break.

這家航空公司和代表約2萬5000名地勤人員的德國服務業工會，週三終於達成協議，避免了在復活節假期新一波罷工的風險。

2024/05/13 05:30
◎陳成良

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of the Horsehead Nebula, showing the "mane" in finer detail.

美國航太總署的韋伯太空望遠鏡揭示馬頭星雲一部分最清晰的圖像，更詳細地顯示了「鬃毛」。

The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation Orion, is 1,300 light-years away. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers).

2024/05/08 05:30
◎管淑平

South Korea is launching a high-speed train service that will reduce the travel time between central Seoul and its outskirts, a project officials hope will encourage more youth to consider homes outside the city, and start having babies.

南韓開通首都圈高速地鐵服務，將縮短首爾市中心到其郊區的往來時間，官員希望這項計畫將鼓勵更多年輕人考慮住在市區以外，並且開始生兒育女。

South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rate, and its youth have often cited long commutes and cramped, expensive housing in greater Seoul as the main reasons for not getting married and starting a family.

2024/05/07 05:30
◎盧永山
A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his

depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went

missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia.

賓州1名男子認為，1隻名叫沃利的短吻鱷近10年來幫他減輕了憂鬱症；但在他前往喬治亞州海濱度假期間，沃利失蹤了，他正在找尋這隻爬行動物。

2024/05/06 05:30
◎陳成良

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday.

科學家週四報告一些動物如何嘗試以野外發現的療法，來緩解自身疾病的最新實例：一隻紅毛猩猩似乎用熱帶植物的藥物，來治療傷口。

Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation. The adult male orangutan then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage, according to a new study in Scientific Reports.

2024/05/02 05:30
◎孫宇青

Sunny prides herself on being a law-abiding Singaporean citizen, but for the last three years, she’s been hiding a feline fugitive called Mooncake.

桑妮為自己是1名守法的新加坡公民而自豪，但在過去3年裡，她一直藏匿1隻名叫「月餅」的逃亡貓。

The fluffy ragdoll lives with Sunny in defiance of a 34-year-old law banning cats in the government-built apartments that house the vast majority of Singaporeans.

2024/04/30 05:30
◎魏國金

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s hopeful the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession but wouldn’t rule out more troubling possibilities, such as stagflation.

摩根大通執行長傑米‧戴蒙說，他希望聯準會能在不引發衰退的情形下降低通膨，但不排除更令人不安的可能性，比如停滯性通膨。

In an interview with The Associated Press, Dimon said he remained “cautious” about the U.S. economy and said inflation may be stickier for longer and that stagflation is on the list of possible things that could happen to the U.S. economy.

2024/04/29 05:30
◎陳成良

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval program is meant to give patients early access to promising drugs. But how often do these drugs actually improve or extend patients’ lives?

美國食品暨藥物管理局（FDA）的加速批准計畫，旨在讓患者儘早獲得可能有效的藥物。但是，這些藥物實際上多久能改善或延長患者的生命呢？

In a new study, researchers found that most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval do not demonstrate such benefits within five years.

2024/04/24 05:30
◎管淑平
The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth straight year to a fresh record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying to stem depopulation.

2023年日本新生兒人數連續第8年下跌，達到新低紀錄，週二的政府初步數據顯示，凸顯該國在設法遏止人口減少上，面臨艱鉅任務。

The number of births fell 5.1% from a year earlier to 758,631, while the number of marriages slid 5.9% to 489,281 － the first time in 90 years the number fell below 500,000 － foreboding a further decline in the population as out-of-wedlock births are rare in Japan.

這項出生人數比前一年減少5.1％，減至75萬8631人，同時結婚人數下滑5.9％至48萬9281對，是90年來首次低於50萬對，由於日本非婚生子相當罕見，因此這預示人口將進一步減少。

2024/04/23 05:30
◎ 盧永山

Houston’s Yordan Alvarez might be the top left-handed hitter in Major League Baseball. Teammate Framber Valdez ranks among the best left-handed pitchers, too.

休士頓（太空人隊）的約爾丹‧阿瓦瑞茲，在美國職棒大聯盟中可能是頂尖的左打者，隊友弗蘭柏‧瓦德茲也躋身最好的左投手行列。

Other than that, those guys are all right. Literally — neither player considers himself left-handed at all.

除此之外，這兩個傢伙都是右撇子。事實上，這兩位選手都不認為自己是左撇子。

2024/04/22 05:30
◎陳成良

The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday.

世界上最年長壽的男人說，他長壽的秘訣是運氣、節制，以及每週五的炸魚薯條。

Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, has been confirmed as the new holder of the title by Guinness World Records. It follows the death of the Venezuelan record-holder, Juan Vicente Pérez, this month at the age of 114.

2024/04/17 05:30
◎管淑平

New Zealand opened its first hospital exclusively treating kiwi birds, and vets have already nursed the first patient back to health － a chick nicknamed "Splash" that tumbled into a swimming pool.

紐西蘭開設該國第一家專門治療奇異鳥的醫院，而且獸醫已經照料首名患者恢復健康—一隻跌進游泳池、被暱稱為「嘩啦」的雛鳥。

Rising numbers of the once-threatened national bird have led to the construction of a purpose-built facility in Kerikeri, a three-hour drive north of Auckland.

2024/04/16 05:30
◎魏國金

A slew of Federal Reserve officials emphasized that there is no urgency to lower interest rates, pointing to still-elevated inflation and a robust labor market.

多名聯邦儲備（銀行）官員強調，沒有降息的急迫性，他們提及仍居高不下的通膨，以及穩健的勞動市場。

That included comments from both the Boston Fed’s Susan Collins as well as San Francisco’s Mary Daly. Atlanta’s Raphael Bostic repeated his view for one rate cut toward the end of the year, and Kansas City’s Jeffrey Schmid noted he prefers a “patient” approach to reductions.

2024/04/15 05:30
◎陳成良

New research suggests there’s less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa than thought — and that could affect what if any life might be lurking in the moon’s underground ocean.

新的研究顯示，木星衛星「歐羅巴」（木衛二）冰冷表面的氧氣比想像中要少，這可能會影響該衛星地下海洋中可能潛伏的任何生命。

The new study is based on data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a particularly close flyby of Europa in 2022 — a distance of just 219 miles (353 kilometers).

2024/04/10 05:30
◎管淑平

Poland’s defence minister said Friday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had "zero credibility" despite denying any intent to invade Poland amid Moscow’s two-year assault on neighbouring Ukraine.

波蘭國防部長週五說，在莫斯科對鄰國烏克蘭攻擊持續2年之際，儘管俄羅斯領導人弗拉迪米爾‧普廷否認有任何入侵波蘭的意圖，但是他的「可信度零」。

Tensions have long been strained between Poland and Russia but deteriorated further after Warsaw threw its weight behind Kyiv in its efforts to fight off Russia’s invasion.

2024/04/09 05:30
◎盧永山
They prowl through palace gardens stalking pigeons and make cameos on televised press briefings. Some greet tourists at the doors, while others take a sneaky lick of ice cream from staff.

牠們在總統府花園裡潛行，跟蹤鴿子，並在電視轉播的記者會上客串演出，有些會在門口迎接遊客，而有些則偷偷地舔了工作人員的冰淇淋。

Nineteen feral cats have free rein of Mexico’s National Palace, roaming the lush gardens and historic colonial halls of the most iconic buildings in the country.

19隻野貓在墨西哥總統府自由活動，在該國最具代表性建築的蒼翠花園和歷史悠久殖民時期的大廳中漫步。

2024/04/08 05:30
◎陳成良

President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump’s campaign and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 — which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.”

總統拜登因宣布3月31日（今年與復活節週日同一天）為「跨性別者現身日」，面臨川普競選團隊和宗教保守派的批評。

The Democratic president issued the proclamation on Friday, calling on “all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.”

2024/04/03 05:30
◎管淑平

A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum.

舊金山一家科學博物館在僅僅1年多內，就孵育出多達10隻非洲企鵝幼雛。

The penguins began hatching in November 2022, ending a four year period without any new chicks, and continued through January of this year, the California Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday.

2024/04/02 05:30
◎魏國金

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers, marking the final chapter in a case that has upended the crypto industry.

FTX共同創辦人班克曼—弗里德因竊取客戶數十億美元，被判處25年徒刑，標誌著這樁顛覆加密貨幣產業的訴訟寫下最終章。

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan delivered the sentence in federal court in Manhattan moments after Bankman-Fried said he was “sorry about what happened at every stage.” He faced as long as 110 years behind bars after being convicted last year of seven offenses, including fraud and conspiracy.