Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their final appeals to undecided voters and sought to rally their supporters in swing states as polls showed the election going down to the wire in the final 48 hours.

卡玛拉•哈里斯(Kamala Harris)和唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)向尚未拿定主意的选民发出最后呼吁，并试图在摇摆州动员自己的支持者投票。进入最后48小时竞选之际，民调显示此次选举胜负难料。

Their presidential campaigns are battling for any edge following a bitter White House contest in which the candidates are running neck-and-neck in the key states that will decide the election.

在为问鼎白宫而展开一场激烈竞选后，两位候选人正在最后阶段争夺任何优势。民调显示，他们在将会决定大选结果的几个关键州仍难分上下。

After making a late-night appearance on the Saturday Night Live comedy show in New York, Harris was heading to Michigan to speak at a Black church, followed by appearances at a restaurant and a barber shop, and a large rally. Trump was due to campaign in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia.

在纽约的深夜喜剧秀《周六夜现场》(Saturday Night Live)露面后，哈里斯奔赴密歇根州，在一座黑人教堂发表演讲，随后在一家餐馆和一家理发店露面，最后举行一场大型竞选集会，而特朗普将在宾夕法尼亚州、北卡罗来纳州和佐治亚州竞选。

——本文2024年11月4日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Trump and Harris make final appeals as US election goes down to the wire

With only days to go until the election, Kamala Harris made a closing pitch to voters that sought to balance joyful optimism with dire warnings about the threat posed by her Republican opponent.

距离美国大选只有几天时间，卡玛拉•哈里斯(Kamala Harris)向选民做了最后的陈述，试图在充满喜悦的乐观情绪和对她的共和党对手构成的威胁的严厉警告之间取得平衡。

“We have an opportunity in this election to finally turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump, who spends full time trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other,” the Democratic vice-president told an estimated crowd of 12,000 at a park in downtown Atlanta on Saturday.

“在这次选举中，我们有机会最终翻过唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)十年来的一页，他一直全力让我们相互分裂、相互恐惧。”这位民主党副总统周六在亚特兰大市中心的一座公园对大约1.2万名观众说道。

It is a message Harris has hammered home in the final stretch of a presidential campaign powered by surging support from women and younger voters that would have seemed improbable at the start of the year.

这是哈里斯在总统竞选的最后阶段反复强调的信息，这场竞选得到了女性和年轻选民的强力支持，而在年初，这似乎是不可能的。

——本文2024年11月3日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Kamala Harris stakes closing election pitch on joy, warnings and women voters

Kemi Badenoch has been elected the new UK Conservative leader, with a vow to reset the party’s thinking and politics after its catastrophic election defeat this summer.

凯米•巴德诺赫(Kemi Badenoch)当选英国保守党新任领袖。她誓言要重置该党的指导思想和政治路线，此前该党在今夏举行的大选中遭遇惨败。

The former business secretary won 57 per cent of the vote, a decisive victory against her rival Robert Jenrick, the ex-immigration minister.

这位前商务大臣赢得57%的党内选票，决定性地战胜她的对手、前移民事务部长罗伯特•詹里克(Robert Jenrick)。

The turnout was 72.8 per cent of the party’s 131,680 members, according to 1922 committee chair Bob Blackman, who unveiled the result at an event in Westminster on Saturday. 

由保守党后座议员组成的1922委员会(1922 committee)的主席鲍勃•布莱克曼(Bob Blackman)上周六在威斯敏斯特举行的一个活动中宣布，该党13.168万名党员中的72.8%参加了投票。

——本文2024年11月4日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership race

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has sought to reassure nervous markets that his government will not become addicted to tax and spend after this week’s Budget, as he promised to carry out tough reforms to Britain’s “creaking” state.

英国首相基尔•斯塔默爵士(Sir Keir Starmer)试图安抚紧张的市场，承诺本周公布预算案后，政府不会沉溺于税收和支出，他承诺将对英国“摇摇欲坠”的国家进行严格改革。

Writing in the Financial Times after Labour’s first Budget in 14 years sparked a bond market sell-off, Starmer attempted to dispel fears that he would rely on more tax raises and borrowing to fund public services.

在工党14年来的首份预算案引发债券市场抛售之后，斯塔默在英国《金融时报》上撰文，试图消除人们对他将依靠更多的增税和借贷来为公共服务提供资金的担忧。

“Just as we cannot tax and spend our way to prosperity, nor can we simply spend our way to better public services,” he said. “That is why reform is an essential pillar of this government’s agenda.”

“正如我们不能通过税收和支出来实现繁荣，也不能简单地通过支出来改善公共服务。”他说，“这就是为什么改革是本届政府议程的一个重要支柱。”

——本文2024年11月4日发布于FT中文网，英文原题为 Keir Starmer vows tough reforms and seeks to calm markets