洋人表示震惊,亮点在最后

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China organizes hasty retreat from Libya

Dmitry Solovyov / NBC News

A crowd of Chinese evacuees from Libya line up at the Malta International Airport to fly back to China Thursday.

By Martin Fletcher, NBC News Correspondent

VALLETTA, Malta – How things have changed. When the 2004 tsunami hit the Indian Ocean, America sent the Seventh Fleet of the U.S. Navy to help evacuees. China sent a cargo ship.

Now to evacuate American workers from the crisis in Libya, America sent a chartered ferry too small to ride the rough seas of the Mediterranean.

China chartered a giant ocean cruise ship, 20 civilian aircraft, four military aircraft and moved 35,860 of its citizens out of danger in Libya as of Wednesday, within a week of starting the process, according to the Chinese foreign minister.

I’m thinking of the comparison as I wait for my plane in Malta, one of the evacuation hubs. Lined up in complete silence and total order are hundreds of Chinese workers wearing red caps, obeying ladies holding up red and yellow Chinese flags like any tour group at the Vatican. They follow instructions, wait in long lines, and shuffle forward when told. On command, a long single file strides through the concourse like an unstoppable column of ants. I am reminded of the 1927 German movie Metropolis.

What a difference. Not one is wearing headphones or playing with a telephone or digital device. They are all slim and fit, no sign of impending obesity. Their bags are bound with cellophane. Some are still in their orange work suits and carrying orange hardhats. They were working in Libya’s oil, rail, construction and telecommunications industries.

Dmitry Solovyov / NBC News

Chinese evacuees from Libya line up at the Malta International Airport Thursday.

China’s government chartered a fleet of planes to carry them to Shanghai. Quietly, effectively, without fuss, China is evacuating all its workers to safety. It is the silent contract between state and worker: You work abroad, we’ll look after you.

China’s People’s Daily boasted that it was the “largest and most complicated overseas evacuation ever conducted by the Chinese government.” And China’s foreign minister gave credit for the speedy and efficient evacuation to “China's peaceful foreign policy, which makes China a popular country in the community of nations.”

There are an estimated 50,000 Chinese workers in Nigeria, 35,000 in Sudan, 40,000 in Zambia, 30,000 in Angola, 20,000 in Algeria and thousands more dotted around the African continent. They are the face of Chinese industry, investment, diplomacy and eventually, power.

But what strikes me is the efficiency and order and calm. Nobody was arguing with the airline staff, objecting to orders, struggling with too many bags and bulky packages. Rather just a line of calm, single men with small cases, waiting patiently to be told what to do and where to go.

It occurred to me, is this the future?

China has invested heavily in Africa while the West turned elsewhere, and Chinese companies are spreading rapidly and silently through Latin America, too. Their insatiable appetite for coal, copper, bauxite, oil, iron ore and almost every other mineral is leading them on an economic conquest like no other. Their workers lead the rush, and their government spreads its wings to protect them, wherever they are.

As 200 men lined up in a silent single file that snaked through duty-free, with nobody eyeing all the luxuries on display, waiting for a man with a Chinese flag to raise his arm and tell them to move, I didn’t know whether to be filled with admiration or trepidation.

I did think, we better keep them on our side.

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/03/6181345-china-organizes-hasty-retreat-from-libya

China organizes hasty retreat from Libya

Dmitry Solovyov / NBC News

A crowd of Chinese evacuees from Libya line up at the Malta International Airport to fly back to China Thursday.

By Martin Fletcher, NBC News Correspondent

VALLETTA, Malta – How things have changed. When the 2004 tsunami hit the Indian Ocean, America sent the Seventh Fleet of the U.S. Navy to help evacuees. China sent a cargo ship.

Now to evacuate American workers from the crisis in Libya, America sent a chartered ferry too small to ride the rough seas of the Mediterranean.

China chartered a giant ocean cruise ship, 20 civilian aircraft, four military aircraft and moved 35,860 of its citizens out of danger in Libya as of Wednesday, within a week of starting the process, according to the Chinese foreign minister.

I’m thinking of the comparison as I wait for my plane in Malta, one of the evacuation hubs. Lined up in complete silence and total order are hundreds of Chinese workers wearing red caps, obeying ladies holding up red and yellow Chinese flags like any tour group at the Vatican. They follow instructions, wait in long lines, and shuffle forward when told. On command, a long single file strides through the concourse like an unstoppable column of ants. I am reminded of the 1927 German movie Metropolis.

What a difference. Not one is wearing headphones or playing with a telephone or digital device. They are all slim and fit, no sign of impending obesity. Their bags are bound with cellophane. Some are still in their orange work suits and carrying orange hardhats. They were working in Libya’s oil, rail, construction and telecommunications industries.

Dmitry Solovyov / NBC News

Chinese evacuees from Libya line up at the Malta International Airport Thursday.

China’s government chartered a fleet of planes to carry them to Shanghai. Quietly, effectively, without fuss, China is evacuating all its workers to safety. It is the silent contract between state and worker: You work abroad, we’ll look after you.

China’s People’s Daily boasted that it was the “largest and most complicated overseas evacuation ever conducted by the Chinese government.” And China’s foreign minister gave credit for the speedy and efficient evacuation to “China's peaceful foreign policy, which makes China a popular country in the community of nations.”

There are an estimated 50,000 Chinese workers in Nigeria, 35,000 in Sudan, 40,000 in Zambia, 30,000 in Angola, 20,000 in Algeria and thousands more dotted around the African continent. They are the face of Chinese industry, investment, diplomacy and eventually, power.

But what strikes me is the efficiency and order and calm. Nobody was arguing with the airline staff, objecting to orders, struggling with too many bags and bulky packages. Rather just a line of calm, single men with small cases, waiting patiently to be told what to do and where to go.

It occurred to me, is this the future?

China has invested heavily in Africa while the West turned elsewhere, and Chinese companies are spreading rapidly and silently through Latin America, too. Their insatiable appetite for coal, copper, bauxite, oil, iron ore and almost every other mineral is leading them on an economic conquest like no other. Their workers lead the rush, and their government spreads its wings to protect them, wherever they are.

As 200 men lined up in a silent single file that snaked through duty-free, with nobody eyeing all the luxuries on display, waiting for a man with a Chinese flag to raise his arm and tell them to move, I didn’t know whether to be filled with admiration or trepidation.

I did think, we better keep them on our side.

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/03/6181345-china-organizes-hasty-retreat-from-libya
鸟语,看不懂。
话说鸟人们越来越酸了,只许自己殖民,不许土鳖来点个灯啊。
{:lei:}看这文和看火星文没区别
淡痛的骨骼翻译
不必担心看不懂!新闻联播可能会在19点准时翻译给全国观众。
狗嘴里居然吐出象牙?不过文章里还是有传统的“讽刺”
LZ不要在CD转方言啦,这样不好的
排队吧,人家说中国工人就是工兵部队
不排队吧,人家说中国人素质低
在国外当个中国工人难啊
As 200 men lined up in a silent single file that snaked through duty-free, with nobody eyeing all the luxuries on display, waiting for a man with a Chinese flag to raise his arm and tell them to move, I didn’t know whether to be filled with admiration or trepidation.

I did think, we better keep them on our side.

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这nm记者临最后还不忘渲染一下,瞧瞧TG人民没有丝毫自由,领导叫他干啥就只能干啥。
全是溢美之词。强!为国人的淡定、素质喝彩!;P:D
中美永结秦晋之好。

你说啥,秦最后统一天下了?

哈哈哈,这事儿以后再说。
建议人民日报全文翻译,各新闻社,报社刊登!:D
回复 9# shrazgriz


    不止这一段……狗改不了吃屎,吐出象牙了也没用
I did think, we better keep them on our side.
另类的中国威胁论啊,大意:
中国政府和工人的默契,无论你们在海外什么地方,政府确保你们的安全,你们只管拓展帝国的经济疆土。
What a difference. Not one is wearing headphones or playing with a telephone or digital device.
你以为是旅游啊,黑tg黑到这水平。。。都有的话估计又说这是特权阶层。
其实整体上还算比较积极的。那些话倒是也不一定是故意的。有时候人都有思维定势的
不管是啥先抽外国鸡者

然后,这货太长了,看着累,哪位洋文达人翻译一个?
转的N语啊。看不懂。
莫有人给翻译下吗?
yeallo 发表于 2011-3-4 10:16

其实内容很少,没什么好翻译的,大概意思就是:

土鳖布局非利加,石油电信一起抓,
撤侨效率世少有,华工秩序顶呱呱。(见图)


机场排队我所见,无人光顾免税店,(见图)
五味杂陈留感叹:勿与土鳖站对面。
鄙视方言~~
绝云 发表于 2011-3-4 10:36


    您太有才了
I am reminded of the 1927 German movie Metropolis.

洋人表示,这么有组织的团队,让他压力很大.....
洛尊二世 发表于 2011-3-4 09:50


去读一下那篇文章下面的评论,你可以看到大批的红脖子
绝云 发表于 2011-3-4 10:36

必须给您鼓掌
这文章有趣的很呐。

无论什么观点、事实,最后都要盖个有关自由、MZ、中国威胁论的章,以便发表。
这篇是很正面的,不懂的用谷歌去看,个别语句实际上也没什么恶意。

21楼完全正确地表达了中心思想

洋人是崇尚power的,而这种安静、高效、守秩序的撤侨队伍让他深深感到了背后所体现的power,以至让他产生“既然我们无法和中国对抗,那就让中国做我们的朋友”这种符合逻辑的最终想法。
21楼太有才了,不服不行


最后一句是亮点:As 200 men lined up in a silent single file that snaked through duty-free, with nobody eyeing all the luxuries on display, waiting for a man with a Chinese flag to raise his arm and tell them to move, I didn’t know whether to be filled with admiration or trepidation.

I did think, we better keep them on our side.


当200多个中国人沉默地排成一线蜿蜒通过免税区时,没有一个人会去看哪些陈列着的奢侈商品。都听从着一位举着国旗的人的指挥而行动。俺的心里不知道是充满了敬佩还是恐慌,俺想啊,俺们最好还是跟他们(中国人)站一边吧。

最后一句是亮点:As 200 men lined up in a silent single file that snaked through duty-free, with nobody eyeing all the luxuries on display, waiting for a man with a Chinese flag to raise his arm and tell them to move, I didn’t know whether to be filled with admiration or trepidation.

I did think, we better keep them on our side.


当200多个中国人沉默地排成一线蜿蜒通过免税区时,没有一个人会去看哪些陈列着的奢侈商品。都听从着一位举着国旗的人的指挥而行动。俺的心里不知道是充满了敬佩还是恐慌,俺想啊,俺们最好还是跟他们(中国人)站一边吧。
国人去非洲,那是通过自己的劳动,挣是是辛苦钱。
当年欧美在非洲都干的啥,烧杀抢掠,贩卖奴隶,种族灭绝。
还好意思说tg
hotman-bj 发表于 2011-3-4 11:17

变相的中国威胁论!那些民主国家的看家狗也不知去哪了,这楼少了它们也不热闹。
maoxuangen 发表于 2011-3-4 11:39

其实谈不上的。文章本身没什么威胁论的,外国人见的世面少,再加上有些文化偏见,自然会有这样的想法。以后他们习惯了就明白了
阅!人民日报全文转载
绝云 发表于 2011-3-4 10:36
我只能说你太有才了
maoxuangen 发表于 2011-3-4 11:39
未必需要这么激烈的反应。
套用那本著名的《枪炮、病菌与钢铁——人类社会的命运》的看法,世界上几个主要的文明发祥地,其自然条件比起非洲的老家并不好。但正是这不太好的自然条件使得这些原始农民必须比他们的非洲亲戚更加有纪律、更加懂得协作。最后,这种纪律和协作使得农民手里的锄头成了世界上最有威力的扩张武器。
这个结论是中性的,毫不涉及种族歧视的成分。

今天,这些中国劳工展现的,正是这些西方人的祖先也曾经拥有的优秀素质——很遗憾,因为物质条件的极大丰富,这些西方人中的相当一部分已经不再拥有这种素质和精神,倒是越来越像几十万年前生活在食物随手可得的非洲丛林的进入文明社会之前的人类。
boasted, insatiable appetite
虽然也算正面报道了,但一些用词还是有点酸啊,最后两句听着很爽啊.
I didn’t know whether to be filled with admiration or trepidation. I did think, we better keep them on our side.

另外:《大都会》谁看过?这是一部什么样的电影?
写得不菲!很客观
绝云 发表于 2011-3-4 10:36
好湿
绝云 发表于 2011-3-4 10:36

你的翻译太NB了。。。。。。。。。。。。。