世界上最大的乳制品比賽

威斯康星州舉辦了世界上最大的乳制品比賽

The largest technical cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the world starts Tuesday in Wisconsin, with a record 3,667 entries from 26 nations.

世界上最大的奶酪、黃油和酸奶技術(shù)競(jìng)賽周二在威斯康星州拉開(kāi)帷幕，來(lái)自26個(gè)國(guó)家的3667名參賽者參加了比賽。

The 55 judges taste, sniff and inspect the 132 classes of dairy products during the biennial World Championship Cheese Contest.

在兩年一度的世界奶酪錦標(biāo)賽上，55名評(píng)委品嘗、嗅聞和檢查了132類乳制品。

The judges include cheese graders, cheese buyers, dairy science professors, and researchers from 19 nations and 14 states.

評(píng)委包括來(lái)自19個(gè)國(guó)家和14個(gè)州的奶酪分級(jí)員、奶酪購(gòu)買(mǎi)者、乳制品科學(xué)教授和研究人員。

The last time the competition was held in 2018, a hard sheep’s milk cheese called Esquirrou made in France at Mauleon Fromagerie won top honors. It is imported by Savencia Cheese USA. This year’s winner will be announced Thursday.

上次比賽是在2018年，來(lái)自法國(guó)的一種名為Esquirrou的硬羊奶奶酪贏得了最高榮譽(yù)。它是由美國(guó)Savencia奶酪公司進(jìn)口的。今年的獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)邔⒂谥芩墓肌?/p>

One judge and 30 people from a Japanese university could not attend because the university didn’t allow international travel due to the new coronavirus, according to Rebekah Sweeney, spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, which organizes the event.

據(jù)組織此次活動(dòng)的威斯康星州奶酪制造商協(xié)會(huì)發(fā)言人麗貝卡·斯威尼介紹，一名法官和30名來(lái)自日本一所大學(xué)的人無(wú)法參加，因?yàn)樵摯髮W(xué)因新冠狀病毒而不允許國(guó)際旅行。

There will be extra hand-washing stations and hand sanitizers for the judges “out of an abundance of good intention,” she said.

她說(shuō)，“出于善意”，將為評(píng)委增設(shè)洗手站和洗手液。