The 2022 Winter Olympics might seem like a long way off, but that has not stopped China from rolling out nothing less than a fully-automated, high-speed train service to a key venue for the Olympics, one that will happily make a stop at the Great Wall of China, hopefully by year end.
2022年冬奥会似乎还有很长的路要走，但这并没有阻止中国向奥运会的一个关键场地推出全自动高速列车服务，希望在年底前将很高兴地停靠中国长城。
Going to the Great Wall used to be such a drag, as if the powers that be demanded great personal sacrifice as the price to pay to see that for which the country is so famed, in addition to the exorbitant ticket prices at the most popular sites.
去长城曾经是如此的拖累，好像除了最受欢迎的景点的高昂的票价外，那些要求付出巨大的个人牺牲作为看到这个国家如此著名的代价的权力。
Lucky then that the travel part of the sacrifice, at least, shall receive this overdue makeover, in the form of a station on the new high-speed line right beneath the wall at world-famous scenic area, Badaling.
幸运的是，至少牺牲的旅行部分将以世界著名的巴达林风景区墙下的新高速线上的车站的形式接受这种逾期的改造。
Ten tunnels and 64 bridges are among the engineering marvels that will help speed trains in just 50 minutes to the Winter Olympics venue at Zhangjiakou in northwestern Hebei Province.
十条隧道和64座桥梁是工程奇迹之一，这些奇迹将帮助快速列车在短短50分钟内到达河北省西北部张家口的冬奥会场。
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Of particular note are the Guangting Bridge and the Xinbadaling Tunnel. The former is the first steel-truss bridge in the world that can carry high-speed trains travelling at 350 km/h, while the latter cuts under the Great Wall at Badaling as the deepest and biggest high-speed underground railway station in the world. The 470 metre-long station goes to a depth of 102 metres underground has a designed service life of 100 years.
特别值得注意的是广亭桥和新巴达令隧道。 前者是世界上第一座可以承载高速列车以350公里/小时行驶的钢桁架桥，而后者则穿过八达令的长城，是世界上最深、最大的高速地铁站。 车站长470米，地下深度为102米，设计使用寿命为100年。
Trains on the new line need also content with high altitudes, extreme cold and winds not quite as fast as the trains themselves.
新线路上的火车还需要满足于高海拔、极端寒冷和风速度，速度不如火车本身快。
Being advertised as “fully autonomous”, and, “the smartest [line] in the country”, it is not yet clear as to the exact degree of automation on the new Beijing-Zhangjiakou service. Mo Zhisong, Chief Engineer responsible for train control systems at China State Railway Group, said at a recent press conference, “Different types of intelligent robot will be available at stations to assist passengers and handle luggage”. No word has emerged yet as to whether the train itself will be driverless.
被宣传为“完全自主”和“全国最智能的[线路]”，目前还不清楚新的北京-张家口服务的确切自动化程度。 中国国家铁路集团负责列车控制系统的首席工程师莫志松在最近的新闻发布会上表示：“车站将提供不同类型的智能机器人来帮助乘客和搬运行李。” 还没有消息说火车本身是否会无人驾驶。
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Authorities are pulling out the stops so that the ¥53.5-billion line be put into operation by the end of this year, making it 110 years since the inauguration of its predecessor, the Jinjiang railway that was the first railway in China built entirely by the Chinese.
当局正在停止，以便在今年年底前将这条535亿日元的线路投入运营，这是其前身晋江铁路开通110周年，晋江铁路是中国第一条完全由中国人建造的铁路。
The new train link will also come as a welcome alternative for a return to Beijing to the famed “Valley of Death” that comprises the spiraling downward curves of the G6 Badaling Highway.
新的火车连接也将是返回北京著名的“死亡谷”的可喜选择，该谷由G6八达令高速公路的螺旋向下曲线组成。
Aside from its function as an Olympic venue, Zhangjiakou has also long held military significance, as a transportation hub that connects Beijing with northwest China and Mongolia.
除了作为奥运场馆的功能外，张家口长期以来还具有军事意义，作为连接北京与中国西北部和蒙古的交通枢纽。
