Half a million votes were cast in Nanjing’s recent international photography competition, and with the epidemic once again under control, so the time had come to recognise the winners with their certificates and a host of valuable, high-tech prizes.
最近在南京举行的国际摄影大赛已获得50万张选票，随着疫情再次得到控制，是时候用证书和一系列珍贵的高科技奖品来表彰获奖者了。
Yesterday, 3 July, saw the award ceremony for the “A Decade of Nanjing” competition take place in the Nanjing D9 Block, close to 1912 in Xuanwu District.
昨天7月3日，“南京十年”大赛颁奖典礼在宣武区1912附近的南京D9地块举行。
In addition to the winners and their family members, officials in attendance included Zhang Bin, Deputy Director of the Nanjing Foreign Affairs Office; and Chen Keke, Executive Deputy Mayor of Xuanwu District.
除获奖者及其家属外，出席活动的官员还包括南京市外办副主任张斌、宣武区常务副区长陈可可。
After speeches from both, the ceremony got underway, with winners placed sixth thru 20th in the online voting receiving their certificates, together with Xiaomi powerbanks.
双方致辞后，颁奖典礼正式开始，网络投票排名第六至二十名的获奖者领取了证书，并附送小米充电宝。
A total of 557,258 votes were cast by members of the public in the competition’s online-voting stage, after an expert panel selected 32 finalists from entries submitted during March.
专家小组从 3 月份提交的参赛作品中选出了 32 名决赛入围者，在比赛的在线投票阶段，公众总共投了 557,258 票。
Their brief had been to select the best photographs that represent the changes which have taken place in Nanjing over the past 10 years, while reflecting the city’s economic and social development.
他们的任务是选出能够代表南京十年来的变化、反映这座城市经济和社会发展的最佳照片。
Part of the considerable interest in the competition and the intense voting in its closing stages was of course the desirable roster of high-tech prizes up for grabs; smartwatches, tablets and mobile phones.
人们对比赛的极大兴趣和最后阶段的激烈投票当然是为了争夺令人向往的高科技奖项。智能手表、平板电脑和手机。
It was in fact a Huawei Fit wearable which was awarded to the fifth place winner yesterday. High-school student, Carina Chen, took home the smartwatch, together with her certificate, having gathered 22,473 online votes.
这实际上是昨天颁发给第五名获奖者的一款华为Fit可穿戴设备。高中生陈嘉玲 (Carina Chen) 在收集了 22,473 名在线投票后，将智能手表和证书带回家。
Coming all the way from Suzhou for the ceremony was David Alexander, who previously lived in Nanjing, with 30,555 votes. David’s fourth-place prize was a Huawei GT3 smartwatch.
专程从苏州赶来参加颁奖典礼的是曾居住在南京的大卫·亚历山大 (David Alexander)，他获得了 30,555 票。 David 的第四名奖品是华为 GT3 智能手表。
Cosette Danielle Greeno, an American, was third place winner, amassing 76,423 votes. Cosette, a high-school teacher in Nanjing, received a Huawei MatePad 11, as well as her certificate.
美国选手 Cosette Danielle Greeno 获得第三名，获得 76,423 票。南京的一名高中教师Cosette收到了华为MatePad 11以及她的证书。
In second place, with a very impressive 134,241 votes, was Muhammad Tahir. Hailing from Pakistan, Muhammad won an enviable Huawei P50 smartphone.
位居第二的是穆罕默德·塔希尔 (Muhammad Tahir)，他以令人印象深刻的 134,241 票当选。来自巴基斯坦的穆罕默德赢得了一部令人羡慕的华为 P50 智能手机。
And the overall winner of the “A Decade of Nanjing” international photography competition was Matthew Shepard, a Brit who amassed a staggering 200,981 votes to take the first-place prize that was an Apple iPhone 13.
而“南京十年”国际摄影大赛的总冠军是英国人Matthew Shepard，他以惊人的200,981票获得第一名，奖品是苹果iPhone 13。
Matthew, who is Principal at The British School of Nanjing, also made an acceptance speech at the close of yesterday’s ceremony. “The one constant throughout has been the people. Nanjing has changed, beyond belief, but the people haven’t. There’s perhaps a little less curiosity now than there was, but there still remains a warmth and a welcome that has made Nanjing my home”, he said.
南京英国学校校长马修也在昨天的颁奖典礼结束时发表了获奖感言。 “始终不变的是人民。南京已经发生了令人难以置信的变化，但人民却没有。现在的好奇心可能比以前少了一些，但仍然保留着温暖和欢迎，让南京成为我的家”，他说。
As for his winning photograph, Matthew said, “I’m not in any way a professional photographer. I’m not even a good amateur photographer; it was just one of those ‘lucky snaps’ that captured a moment”.
至于他的获奖照片，马修说：“我无论如何都不是一名专业摄影师。我什至不是一名优秀的业余摄影师；这只是那些捕捉瞬间的‘幸运快照’之一”。
