瑞典指控俄1/3外交官是间谍

 　　The Swedish security service SAPO accused Russia on Wednesday of using as many as one-third of its diplomatic staff in the Scandinavian country for clandestine¹ intelligence gathering².

　　瑞典国安局SAPO周三指控俄罗斯，称其利用多达三分之一的外交人员在这个位于斯坎的纳维亚半岛的国家暗中收集情报。

　　Offering an unusual glimpse into the hush-hush world of counter-espionage³, SAPO chief analyst⁴ Wilhelm Unge described the Russian spies as "highly educated and often younger than during the Soviet⁵ era. They are driven, goal-oriented and socially competent."

　　瑞典国安局的主分析师威廉·恩格这样描述俄罗斯间谍：这些人学历相当高，普遍比苏联时期的间谍更年轻，他们积极主动、目的明确并且颇为长袖善舞，此举让外界得以窥探这个反间谍的秘密世界。

　　Naming Russia as "the biggest intelligence threat against Sweden, followed by Iran and China," he said SAPO last year stopped several attempts by Russia to obtain Swedish technology for military purposes. He declined to give specifics.

　　俄罗斯被他称为“瑞典最大的情报威胁”，其次是伊朗和中国。他说，去年瑞典国安局数次阻止俄罗斯窃取瑞典军事技术的企图。不过，他拒绝透露细节。

　　瑞典指控俄1/3外交官是间谍

　　The Russian Embassy didn't answer an email seeking comment to the Swedish charges.

　　俄罗斯大使馆未对邀请回应瑞典指控的邮件做出答复。

　　SAPO warned last year that Russia had stepped up its political, economic and military espionage in Sweden — which isn't a NATO member but cooperates closely with the alliance — amid deteriorating⁶ relations with the West over the Ukraine crisis.

　　瑞典国安局去年发出警告，称俄罗斯由于乌克兰危机问题与西方关系恶化，此后加强了在瑞典政治、经济和军事上的间谍活动。瑞典不属于北约组织，但同该组织联系密切。

　　"There are hundreds of Russian intelligence officers around Europe and the West. They violate our territory every day," Unge told reporters at SAPO headquarters in Solna, just outside Stockholm, at the launch of the agency's annual report.

　　“成百上千名俄罗斯情报人员遍及欧洲和西方国家，他们每天都在侵犯我们的国土”，恩格在位于索尔纳（在首都斯德哥尔摩外部）的国安局总部举行的年度报告发布会上告诉记者。

　　"What's notable is that about one-third of the Russian diplomatic personnel are in reality not diplomats⁷ but intelligence officers," he said.

　　恩格表示，“值得注意的是有1/3的俄罗斯外交人员其实是打着外交人员旗号的情报人员。”

　　"Why don't we send them out?" he asked. "Counter-espionage comes with the complication that we're following other governments. This becomes politics directly. So we don't own the decisions of who should or shouldn't be in Sweden. That's up to the government."

　　“为什么我们不把这些人驱逐出去？反间谍活动非常复杂，我们也在关注别国政府。这是一个政治问题。我们没有谁应该离开瑞典的决定权。政府说了算。”

　　The Foreign Ministry⁸, which accredits⁹ foreign diplomats in Sweden, declined to say whether they shared SAPO's assessment¹⁰ or whether any Russian diplomats had been expelled in the past year.

　　负责国外外交官事务的瑞典外交部拒绝透露他们是否认同国安局的判断，也未说明去年是否有俄罗斯外交人员被驱逐。

　　"We expect Russia to respect the Vienna Convention and that their diplomats are actually diplomats," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Ekberg said.

　　瑞典外交部发言人安娜·艾克伯格称：“我们希望俄罗斯能够尊重维也纳公约，外交人员是真正的外交人员。”

　　Vocabulary

　　clandestine：私下的；偷偷摸摸的

　　hush-hush：极秘密的

　　expel：驱逐

1 clandestine   

adj.秘密的，暗中从事的

参考例句：

• She is the director of clandestine operations of the CIA.她是中央情报局秘密行动的负责人。
• The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

4 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

5 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

6 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

7 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

9 accredits   

v.相信( accredit的第三人称单数 )；委托；委任；把…归结于

参考例句：

• NZQA also accredits industry training organisations to register workplace assessors. NZQA同时也授权行业培训组织为实习车间主管进行登记注册。 来自互联网
• Accredits the personnel wages and welfare and the enterprise gets unhooked, An Jianju direct leadership. 派驻人员工资福利与企业脱钩，受安监局直接领导。 来自互联网

10 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？