獼猴阻礙印度互聯網發展

Macaque monkeys appear to have become an unlikely roadblock in the development of internet services in the northern Indian city of Varanasi.
在印度北部城市瓦拉納西，獼猴已經成為互聯網服務發展道路上一個看似不可能出現的障礙。

The authorities in Varanasi have been increasing the network of optical fibre cables as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan of improving internet services in India.
作為印度總理納倫德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）改善印度互聯網服務計劃的一部分，瓦拉納西一直在增設當地的光纖電纜網絡。

The federal government has planned to lay 700,000 kms (434,960 miles) of broadband cable to connect India's 250,000 village clusters within three years.
聯邦政府計劃在三年內鋪設70萬公里寬帶電纜，連接印度的25萬個村莊。

But officials in the city in Uttar Pradesh state are struggling to stop monkeys from eating the fibre-optic cables, the Reuters news agency reports.
但據路透社報道，北方邦城市瓦拉納西一直以來都在與獼猴抗爭，防止其咬斷光纖電纜。

"We cannot move the temples from here. We cannot modify anything here, everything is built up. The monkeys, they destroy all the wires and eat all the wires," communications engineer AP Srivastava told the news agency.
“我們無法把寺廟遷走。我們無法對任何地方進行改動，這里所有東西都是已經建成的。這些獼猴毀掉了所有的線路，咬斷了所有的線路。”通訊工程師AP·斯利里瓦斯塔瓦（AP Srivastava）告訴路透社。

Varanasi, which is also the parliamentary constituency of Mr Modi, is know as as a holy city and millions visit its famous banks along the Ganges river every year.
瓦拉納西是莫迪總理的國會下院選區，也是一座圣城，每年都有數百萬的印度教徒聚集在恒河沿岸。

Many such tourists, and even locals, consider macaque monkeys sacred and often feed them.
其中很多游客，乃至不少當地人，都認為獼猴是神圣不可侵犯的，經常給它們喂食。

Mr Srivastava told the news agency that his team was now looking for alternatives, but there are few to be found.
斯利里瓦斯塔瓦向路透社表示，他的團隊正在尋找替代性措施，但幾乎找不到什么辦法。

Varanasi is a crowded city and its infrastructure has hardly changed in the past decades.
瓦拉納西是一個擁擠的城市，過去幾十年來，其基礎設施幾乎沒有什么變化。

Houses and building are too close to each other, making it difficult for authorities to consider laying underground cables.
房屋和樓房間距太近，也讓當局鋪設地下電纜的想法難以實施。

And chasing away the monkeys is also not an option because it may anger local residents.
而趕走獼猴也不是辦法，因為這勢必會觸怒當地民眾。

Vocabulary

macaque monkey：獼

roadblock：障礙物

optical fibre：光纖

（翻譯：清歡君 編輯：江巍）