约翰内斯堡

In 1989 a giant flying saucer stalled in the sky over Johannesburg and has been hanging there ever since; its occupants, a motley herd of bandy-legged crustaceans, have been crammed into one of the townships once reserved for blacks.

自从1989年以来，就一直有一艘巨大的飞碟滞停在约翰内斯堡上空。从飞船里乱哄哄地走出一群五颜六色的甲壳类动物，他们双腿弯曲，被圈养在一个废弃的黑人区里。

The event has been held in a different city and country every year. In 2004 it was held in Biel, Switzerland, 2005 in Berlin, Germany, 2006 in S o Paulo, Brazil, 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2008 in Paris, France, and 2009 in New York City, USA.

这件盛事每年都在不同的国家不同的城市举办。2004年5月8日在瑞士的比尔，2005年5月21日在德国的柏林，2006年11月25日在巴西的圣保罗，2007年9月22日在南非的约翰内斯堡，2008年11月5日在法国的巴黎，2009年11月18日在美国的纽约。

A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom, the country's leading internet service provider.

由于当地网络传输速度太慢，南非首都约翰内斯堡一家信息技术公司改用信鸽帮其传送数据卡，结果证明，信鸽的传送速度果然比网络要快。

Johannesburg's Park Station is characterless, with dingy platforms in the basement, but these oases in the scrub had a certain raffish, colonially decrepit charm.

约翰内斯堡的停车站没有特色，地下室里肮脏的站台，矮树里的淤泥有种特别的恶俗，殖民主义衰老的美。

A liberation movement represents the nation, and if you are the nation then distinctions like party and state can become blurred," says Steven Friedman of the Centre for the Study of Democracy in Johannesburg:"There's a tendency to conflate the two.

一场解放运动代表着国家，假如你是国家，那么党和国家的区别就不明显了，"位于约翰内斯堡的民主研究中心的史蒂芬弗里德曼说道，"有种把二者混为一谈的趋势。

The largest city of South Africa, in the northeast part of the country northwest of Durban.

约翰内斯堡南非最大的城市，位于该国的东北部，在德班西北。

The Constitutional Court overturned the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling, noting that the SCA "should not have granted the order of ejectment ... in the absence of meaningful engagement." As part of an Inner City Regeneration Strategy, the City of Johannesburg has attempted to evict residents of so-called "bad buildings" in terms of the National Building Regulations and Standards Act.

宪法法院推翻了最高法院的上诉作出裁决后指出，政制事务局局长「在缺乏深思熟滤之下不应给予该命令」，这只是一部份党内城市更新策略，却企图赶走约翰内斯堡城内居民，驱逐到所谓的「坏大厦」而不是符合国家建设的标准法法规Act。

The new species, dubbed Australopithecus sediba, is reported in Science this week by Lee Berger and his colleagues at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg.

约翰内斯堡威特沃特斯兰德大学的李？伯格和他的同事们在本周的《科学》上发文，报道了这一命名为南方古猿源泉种的新物种。

David Monyae, from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, speaking on BBC's The World, said that whilst many welcome the trade China offered, there was disquiet.

来自约翰内斯堡维特沃特斯兰德大学的David monyae在BBC&世界频道&指出，确实很多人对中国贸易都是欢迎的，但是同时也有很多人对此表示不安。

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, the famous research center Yi Ansa HIV within the professor pointed out that with the soccer organizations, travel agents and the advent of various social groups, if the South African government in next summer before the arrival of pairs of alcohol and red light green light, it will undoubtedly will push the high point of the World Cup atmosphere.

约翰内斯堡著名的金山大学艾滋病病毒研究中心的伊安·萨内教授指出，随着足球组织、旅行社及各种社会团体的到来，如果南非政府能在明年夏天到来之前对饮酒和红灯区开绿灯，无疑会将世界杯的氛围推向最高潮。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。