10歲盲女成歐盟口譯員

A blind schoolgirl who is fluent in four languages has become the
年僅10歲，精通四國語言的失明女學(xué)生如今成了歐盟議會最年輕的口譯員。

Alexia Sloane, from Cambridge, lost her sight when she was two-years-old after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour whilst on holiday in France.
來自英國劍橋的阿萊克西亞•斯?。ㄒ糇g）兩歲那年在法國度假時,被診斷出患了腦瘤，之后便失明了。

But despite her disability the little girl has excelled at languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent in English, French, Spanish and Mandarin - and is learning German.
雖然身患?xì)埣?，這個小女孩卻有著驚人的語言天賦。10歲時就已精通英語、法語、西班牙語以及中文，并且現(xiàn)在正學(xué)習(xí)德語。

Now she has fulfilled her dream of working as an interpreter after East of England MEP Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament in Brussels.
如今，英格蘭東部歐盟議員羅伯特•斯德第（音譯）邀請她前往位于布魯塞爾的歐盟議會做口譯員，實現(xiàn)了她的夢想。

"There is usually a minimum age requirement of 14 just to enter the European Parliament so for Alexia to interpret there at the age of 10 was amazing," said mum Isabelle.
阿萊克西亞的媽媽伊莎貝爾說：“進(jìn)入歐盟議會，一般都會有最低年齡14歲的限制，因而對于阿萊克西亞來說，10歲就為歐盟口譯是非常了不起的。”

Alexia has been tri-lingual since birth as her mum is half French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English.
自打出生起，阿萊克西亞就會三門語言，因為她媽媽是法國和西班牙混血，爸爸理查德是英國人。

"She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age," added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
伊莎貝爾補(bǔ)充說：“阿萊克西亞一直很擅長學(xué)習(xí)語言，在很小的時候就表現(xiàn)出對語言的興趣。” 伊莎貝爾還有一個4歲的女兒梅麗莎。

Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year.
從6歲起，成為一名口譯員就一直是阿萊克西亞的夢想。在獲得年度青年成就獎時，阿萊克西亞選擇了去歐盟議會作為自己的獎勵。

She asked if she could shadow interpreters and MEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest.
她詢問自己能不能跟隨口譯員實地學(xué)習(xí)，而歐盟議員羅伯特•斯德第欣然答應(yīng)帶上她這個小客人。

"It was fantastic and I`m absolutely determined now to become an interpreter," said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me."
阿萊克西亞表示：“這真是太棒了，我現(xiàn)在下定決心要成為一名口譯員。任何事情也阻止不了我。