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《宋氏快译》英汉对照（40）： 圣诞老人光顾3 4微秒
Santa Claus is coming to town -- for 34 microseconds
03 December 2007 06:28
Stockholm, Sweden
圣诞老人光顾3 4微秒
瑞典斯德哥尔摩 -
Christmas is hectic for all but particularly for Santa, who must live in Kyrgyzstan and make his rounds at lightning speed if he is to deliver gifts to all the world's children on time, a Swedish consultancy has concluded.
圣诞节最忙的莫过于圣诞老人，如果他要把礼物按时送给全世界所有的儿童，那他一定是住在吉尔吉斯斯坦，并以闪电般的速度做环球之旅的，一个瑞典咨询机构做出这样的结论。
Between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Santa Claus's route around the planet includes stops at 2,5-billion homes, assuming that children of all religions receive a present from the jolly man in the red suit, Anders Larsson of the engineering consultancy Sweco told Agence France-Presse.
在平安夜与圣诞节之间，假如所有宗教范围的儿童都能从这位快乐的红衣男子手中得到礼物，那么圣诞老人的环球路线就要包括250亿个家庭站，工程咨询公司Sweco的安德斯-拉尔森这样告诉法国新闻社。
"We estimated that there are 48 people per square kilometre on Earth, and 20m between each home. So if Santa leaves from Kyrgyzstan and travels against the Earth's rotation he has 48 hours to deliver all the presents," he said. "
“我们估计地球上每平方公里有48人，每一个家庭之间相距20米。所以如果圣诞老人离开吉尔吉斯斯坦，随同地球自转去做环球之旅，他就只有48小时去分发所有的礼物，”他说。
Father Christmas has long been believed to reside at the North Pole, although a number of northern towns, including Finnish Rovaniemi, claim to be his true home.
虽然一些北部城镇，其中包括芬兰的Rovaniemi ，都声称他们那里才是圣诞老人真正的家，但长期以来他却一直被认为居住在北极。
But Sweco's report on Santa's most efficient route -- which takes into account factors like geographic density and the fewest detours -- shows that he wouldn't be able to make his round-the-world trip from there in time.
但Sweco关于圣诞老人最有效途径的报告 - 其中考虑到诸如如地理密度和最少弯路之类的因素 - 表明他来不及从那里出发做环球之旅。
"He has 34 microseconds at each stop" to slide down the chimney, drop off the presents, nibble on his cookies and milk and hop back on his sleigh, Larsson said.
“他在每一站只能有34微秒的时间”滑下烟囱，投下礼物，啃点儿饼干抿点儿牛奶，然后再跳回到他的雪橇上，拉尔森说。
Santa's reindeer must travel at a speed of 5 800 kilometres per second to make the trip on time.
圣诞老人的驯鹿要想按时完成环球之旅，其旅行速度必须为每秒5800公里。
Another report circulating on the internet suggested however that Santa's sleigh, weighed down with presents and travelling at supersonic speed, would encounter such massive air resistance that the entire contraption would burst into flames and be vaporised within 4,26 thousandths of a second.
流传于互联网的另一份报告显示，圣诞老人那辆装满礼物，以超音速的速度去周游世界的雪橇，将会遇到巨大的空气阻力，从而导致那个奇妙的玩意儿（指雪橇 – 译者注）整个起火燃烧，并在42万6千分之一秒的时间内蒸发。
-法新社
Santa Claus is coming to town -- for 34 microseconds
03 December 2007 06:28
Stockholm, Sweden
圣诞老人光顾3 4微秒
瑞典斯德哥尔摩 -
Christmas is hectic for all but particularly for Santa, who must live in Kyrgyzstan and make his rounds at lightning speed if he is to deliver gifts to all the world's children on time, a Swedish consultancy has concluded.
圣诞节最忙的莫过于圣诞老人，如果他要把礼物按时送给全世界所有的儿童，那他一定是住在吉尔吉斯斯坦，并以闪电般的速度做环球之旅的，一个瑞典咨询机构做出这样的结论。
Between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Santa Claus's route around the planet includes stops at 2,5-billion homes, assuming that children of all religions receive a present from the jolly man in the red suit, Anders Larsson of the engineering consultancy Sweco told Agence France-Presse.
在平安夜与圣诞节之间，假如所有宗教范围的儿童都能从这位快乐的红衣男子手中得到礼物，那么圣诞老人的环球路线就要包括250亿个家庭站，工程咨询公司Sweco的安德斯-拉尔森这样告诉法国新闻社。
"We estimated that there are 48 people per square kilometre on Earth, and 20m between each home. So if Santa leaves from Kyrgyzstan and travels against the Earth's rotation he has 48 hours to deliver all the presents," he said. "
“我们估计地球上每平方公里有48人，每一个家庭之间相距20米。所以如果圣诞老人离开吉尔吉斯斯坦，随同地球自转去做环球之旅，他就只有48小时去分发所有的礼物，”他说。
Father Christmas has long been believed to reside at the North Pole, although a number of northern towns, including Finnish Rovaniemi, claim to be his true home.
虽然一些北部城镇，其中包括芬兰的Rovaniemi ，都声称他们那里才是圣诞老人真正的家，但长期以来他却一直被认为居住在北极。
But Sweco's report on Santa's most efficient route -- which takes into account factors like geographic density and the fewest detours -- shows that he wouldn't be able to make his round-the-world trip from there in time.
但Sweco关于圣诞老人最有效途径的报告 - 其中考虑到诸如如地理密度和最少弯路之类的因素 - 表明他来不及从那里出发做环球之旅。
"He has 34 microseconds at each stop" to slide down the chimney, drop off the presents, nibble on his cookies and milk and hop back on his sleigh, Larsson said.
“他在每一站只能有34微秒的时间”滑下烟囱，投下礼物，啃点儿饼干抿点儿牛奶，然后再跳回到他的雪橇上，拉尔森说。
Santa's reindeer must travel at a speed of 5 800 kilometres per second to make the trip on time.
圣诞老人的驯鹿要想按时完成环球之旅，其旅行速度必须为每秒5800公里。
Another report circulating on the internet suggested however that Santa's sleigh, weighed down with presents and travelling at supersonic speed, would encounter such massive air resistance that the entire contraption would burst into flames and be vaporised within 4,26 thousandths of a second.
流传于互联网的另一份报告显示，圣诞老人那辆装满礼物，以超音速的速度去周游世界的雪橇，将会遇到巨大的空气阻力，从而导致那个奇妙的玩意儿（指雪橇 – 译者注）整个起火燃烧，并在42万6千分之一秒的时间内蒸发。
-法新社
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