梅拉尼婭頭戴木髓頭盔 引發非洲群眾不滿
Melania Trump has prompted consternation, some anger and much derision by choosing a pith helmet -- a symbol of colonial rule across Africa -- as headwear for a brief safari in Kenya.
近日，梅拉尼婭·特朗普因為選擇一頂木髓頭盔--一種非洲殖民統治的象徵--作為肯亞短途野外探險期間的頭飾，而引起了網民的驚愕、憤怒和嘲笑。On the penultimate day of her tour of the continent -- her first solo trip overseas -- the first lady visited an orphanage in Nairobi before heading to a national park near the city.
這是梅拉尼婭第一次海外獨自旅行。在訪問非洲大陸的倒數第二天，她前往了內羅畢的一家孤兒院，然後去了該市附近的國家公園。Dressed in riding pants, boots and a spotless white pith helmet, the former model climbed into an open-air vehicle for the safari, taking photos on her iPhone of zebras, giraffes, impalas, rhinos and hippos.
穿著騎行褲、靴子和一塵不染的白色木髓頭盔，這位前模特爬上了一輛露天車進行野外探險，並用iPhone拍下了斑馬、長頸鹿、黑斑羚、犀牛和河馬的照片。
She also stopped at a site where 105 tons of ivory was burned as part of an effort to discourage the trade.
另外，她還在一個焚燒了105噸象牙的地方停下來，焚燒象牙是阻止象牙貿易的一項程序。But it was the headgear that attracted most attention. Pith helmets -- so-called because they are made of the material sholapith -- were worn by European explorers and imperial administrators in Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East in the 19th century before being adopted by military officers, rapidly becoming a symbol of status -- and oppression.
但是引起最多關注的是她的頭盔。木髓頭盔，因由一種叫做田皁角木髓的材料製成而得名，在19世紀，歐洲探險家和帝國行政人員在非洲、亞洲部分地區和中東地區都喜愛戴這種頭盔，而後這種頭盔被軍官穿戴，迅速成為地位和壓迫的象徵。Soldiers, guides and wildlife specialists replaced the pith helmet long ago with more practical and less controversial headgear, but they are still in ceremonial use in a handful of countries -- and by tourists in Africa who have limited experience of local conditions and sensibilities.
士兵、導遊和野生動物專家很早就開始用穿戴更實用、爭議更小的帽子來替代這種頭盔了，但此類頭盔仍然用於少數幾個國家的某些儀式上，有時候來非洲旅遊的遊客也會戴它們，因為這些人對當地的情況和認識很有限。"That pith helmet you have carried was used by colonialists during the dark days. Doesn't sit well with us Africans. Who advised you?" wrote Pauleen Mwalo, of Nairobi, on Twitter.
來自內羅畢的鮑琳·姆瓦羅在Twitter上寫道：“在昔日黑暗的日子裡，殖民主義者會戴你戴的這種木髓頭盔。非洲人民不能接受，到底是誰建議你戴的？”
