普京、斯諾登獲年度諾貝爾和平獎提名

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize; but the conflict in Ukraine is also likely to be on the Nobel committee's agenda.
俄羅斯總統普京獲2014年諾貝爾和平獎提名，但烏克蘭衝突也很可能位列諾貝爾和平委員會議程。

A record 278 candidates, including 47 organizations, received nominations for the 2014 prize, said the Norwegian Nobel Institute's director, Geir Lundestad.
挪威諾貝爾研究所負責人倫德斯塔德稱，2014年諾貝爾和平獎候選人數量創下紀錄，總數多達278個，其中有47個團體。

Committee members who met on Tuesday added their own proposals with a focus on recent turmoil around the globe.
週二參加會議的委員會成員補充了自己的建議，重點關注到全球動盪局勢。

"Part of the purpose of the committee's first meeting is to take into account recent events, and committee members try to anticipate what could be the potential developments in political hotspots," Lundestad said.
倫德斯塔德說，"委員會第一次會議的部分目標在於把近期事件考慮進去，委員會成員也在預見政治熱點事件的進展形勢。"

Russia seized control of Ukraine's Crimea region after President Viktor Yanukovich was ousted on February 22, prompting the most serious confrontation between Moscow and the West since the end of the Cold War.
烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇在2月22日被驅逐處境後，俄羅斯控制了克里米亞地區，造成冷戰結束以來莫斯科和西方最緊張的對峙局面。

Pope Francis and former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden also received nominations as well as Putin.
新教皇方濟各以及揭露美國“棱鏡門”的美國情報機構前僱員愛德華·斯諾登也同普京一起被提名爲2014年諾貝爾和平獎候選人。

Although nominations are kept secret for 50 years, thousands of people around the world are eligible to propose candidates, including any member of any national assembly, and many make their picks public.
儘管諾貝爾委員會過去50年一直拒絕披露被提名者身份，但世界上有很多個人以及單位有資格提名候選人，他們可以對外公佈自己的提名人選。

The committee narrowed its list to between 25 and 40 on Tuesday and it will cut its list to about a dozen by the end of April.
諾貝爾和平委員會週二把名單縮小到25-40個之間，並將在4月底將候選人數縮小到12個左右。

First awarded in 1901, the prize includes 8 million Swedish crowns ($1.24 million) in cash. The winner will be announced on the second Friday of October and the prize will be presented on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
諾貝爾和平獎首次頒發於1901年，獎金包含800萬瑞典克朗（124萬美元）現金。獲獎結果將在10月的第二個星期五公佈，頒獎儀式將在12月10日（阿爾弗雷德·諾貝爾的逝世週年紀念日）舉行。