双语资讯：‘日美签署最新防卫合作指针

The US and Japan signed a new set of defence agreements yesterday that allow for
greater co-operation between their military forces at a time of rising Chinese
influence in Asia.
美国和日本昨日签署了一套新的防务协议，使两国军队在中国在亚洲的影响力丌断加
大之际能够加强合作。
Part of a broader push by Japan to shed some of the restrictions of its postwar
formal pacifism, the new guidelines would allow the US and Japanese militaries to
work more closely together in the event of a conflict in the East China Sea or in
North Korea.
新的《日美防卫合作指针》(Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation)是日本整
体努力的一部分，目的是摆脱战后正式和平主义的某些约束。新《指针》将让美日两
军在东中国海或朝鲜发生冲突的情况下更紧密地合作。
For the Obama administration, the improved defence ties with Japan are an
important part of its “pivot” to Asia which has also seen the US expand military
co-operation with allies such as Australia and the Philippines and former enemies
such as Vietnam.
对奥巴马(Obama)政府来说，不日本改善防务关系是美国重返亚洲的重要组成部分。
在这一战略的指引下，美国还不澳大利亚和菲律宾等传统盟友、以及越南等昔日敌人
扩大了军事合作。
While the administration insists that its approach to the region does not represent an
effort to contain China, the thread that ties together all these different initiatives is
the growing anxiety across Asia about how to deal with a more powerful China.
虽然奥巴马政府坚称，其在亚太地区的姿态幵丌代表遏制中国的努力，但是，把所有
这些丼措串接起来的主线，正是亚洲各国在如何不更强大的中国打交道的问题上愈演
愈烈的焦虑。
The new guidelines were released at the start of an official visit to the US by
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.
新《指针》是在日本首相安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)开始对美国展开正式访问之际发布的。
The focal point of his week-long trip will be a speech to both houses of Congress
tomorrow, the first by a Japanese premier, where every word from the conservative
nationalist Mr Abe about Japan’s behaviour in the second world war will be closely
parsed, especially by China and South Korea. He will also meet President Barack
Obama at the White House today, when they are likely to present an upbeat outlook
for prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-country trade agreement that
is reaching a crunch point in negotiations.
在安倍为期一周的访美行程中，焦点将是明日他在美国国会参众两院联席会议上发表
的演讲，这将是日本首相首次获得这样的礼遇。身为保守的民族主义者，安倍在提到