VOA常速英语:Calm Urged in Gabon(翻译)

Gabon’s Constitutional Court has confirmed that incumbent Ali Bongo has won re-election for President.
加蓬宪法法院宣布现任总统阿里·邦戈，赢得改选，顺利连任。

Gabon held a Presidential election in late August,pitting sitting President Ali Bongo against former Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean Ping.The election was tight and both sides claimed victory,but on August 31st, the Electoral Commissionannounced thatPresident Bongo had won the election with 49.8 percent of the vote against 48.2 percent,an advantage of fewer than 6,000 votes.Opposition representatives on the electoral commission refused to confirm the results,and abstained from the subsequent confirmation vote.
加蓬在八月末举行了总统大选，使得现任总统阿里·邦戈与前外交部长让·平相互竞争。选举候选人势均力敌，双方都声称自己获得胜利。但是在8月31日，选举委员会宣布，邦戈总统以49.8%比48.2%的票数优势赢得选举，这个差距还不到6000票。选举委员会中反对派的代表们都拒绝确认结果，并且在随后的确认投票中投了弃权票。

Following the announcement, Mr. Ping’s camp declared the elections process had been rigged,and thousands of protesters took to the streets in Libreville.Over the next few days the protests continued,and in the end, at least five people died in clashes with security forces,over one thousand were arrested, the city suffered some damage and looting,and the National Assembly building was set on fire.
此消息一经发布，让·平阵营便宣称此次选举过程已经受到操控。成千上万的抗议者走上利伯维尔（加蓬首都）的街头。抗议在接下来的几天里丝毫没有停息。最后，至少有五人死在与安全部队的冲突中，超过一千人被逮捕，城市受到破坏、国会议事堂被焚烧。

Jean Ping eventually filed a legal challenge and demanded a recount,based on the results from President Bongo’s home province of Haut-Ogooue,which showed a voter turnout of 99 percent, as opposed to 56 percent nationwide.Over 95 percent of votes cast in Haut-Ogooue were for Mr. Bongo.
最终让·平提交法律文件，要求对邦戈总统的家乡上奥果韦省进行重新计票。因为结果显示，上奥果韦省的投票率为99%，这与全国56%的投票率大相径庭。并且上奥果韦省有95%的票都是投给邦戈先生的。

And thus the issue landed before the Constitutional Court,which had until September 23rd to make a decision.Later that day, the Court ruled in favor of incumbent Ali Bongo.
于是，问题摆在了宪法法院的面前。法院方面于9月23日做出了决定。那天晚些时候，法院裁定支持现任总统阿里·邦戈。

Libreville, and indeed Gabon as a whole, was calm in anticipation of the Constitutional Court’s decision,and the hope is that the calm continues,said U.S.Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfieldwhile attending the UN General Assembly in New York:
利伯维尔乃至于整个加蓬的人民，都在平静地等待宪法法院的裁决。并且希望这份平静持续下去。美国负责非洲事务的助理国务卿Linda Thomas-Greenfield在参加于纽约举行的联合国大会会议时这样说道：

“I’m hopeful that the people of Gabon will see the court’s decision as acceptable, as transparent,and that the country will start the process of healing itself, and rebuilding.”
“我希望加蓬的人民能够接受法院的裁定、认可此次裁定是透明公正的，然后这个国家才能开始愈合过去的伤口、重建其自身。”

United States hopes that both Mr. Bongo and Mr. Ping accept the decision of the court,and that they embrace a process that will lead to stability in Gabon.
美国政府希望邦戈先生与平先生都能接受法院的决定，因为这样，他们才能够恢复加蓬的稳定。