363rdarticle 第363 期原创双语推文
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This year marks the 70thanniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Russia.
今年是中华人民共和国成立70周年，也是中俄建交70周年。
Henan Province and Samara Oblast State, both of great importance for the country's economy, have maintained sound exchanges and cooperation. Especially for Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan Province and Samara, the capital of Samara Oblast State, they enter the 17th year as a sister city to each other.
作为两国“经济重地”的河南省和萨马拉州，一直保持着良好的交流合作关系，尤其是河南省省会郑州市和萨马拉州首府萨马拉市，结成国际友好城市关系已经足足17年。
Though the name of Samara, the capital of the Russia’s Samara Oblast, is new to many Chinese, Soyuz, Mir Space Station and MiG aircraft may be known for all ages. Samara is the science and education center and production center of the Russian aerospace sector. Even the stadium where the World Cup was held in the city was renamed "Cosmos Arena" after the match.
说到俄罗斯萨马拉州首府萨马拉市，很多中国人可能不太熟悉这个名字，不过提起联盟号运载火箭、“和平号”空间站、米格系列战机，可以说老幼皆知。萨马拉市可以说是俄罗斯航空航天领域的科教中心、生产中心，就连这座城市举办足球世界杯比赛的体育场，都会在赛后更名为“宇宙运动场”。
Founded in 1586 in the heartland of the Volga River, Samara has a centuries-old history and rich cultural traditions. There is a friendship home with more than 100 ethnic customs and artistic traditions, which was opened in 2001, and Kuibyshev Square, Samara's main cultural and leisure center and one of the largest squares in Europe. It also has Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Maxim Gorki Theater, comprehensive library of Samara founded in 1860 and Samara Regional Art Museum which houses 16,000 works of art.
萨马拉市建于1586年，位于伏尔加河的心脏地带，已经有数百年的历史，有着丰富的文化传统。这里有一座保留着100多个民族生活习俗和艺术传统的各民族友谊之家，开办于2001年；也有萨马拉古比雪夫广场，是萨马拉主要的文化休闲中心，也是欧洲最大的广场之一；还有萨马拉歌剧芭蕾舞模范剧院和高尔基模范剧院，以及建于1860年的萨马拉州综合性图书馆和藏有1.6万件艺术品的萨马拉州美术博物馆。
Samara is one of Russia's most important transport hubs, linking the shortest route from Central and Eastern Europe to Siberia, central Asia and Kazakhstan. Samara is an important river transport center of oil in Russia, and also plays a considerable role in air transportation. The largest airport on the Volga coast is Samara Kurumoch International Airport.
萨马拉是俄罗斯最重要的交通枢纽之一，从中东欧到西伯利亚、亚洲中部和哈萨克斯坦途经萨马拉的路程是最短的。萨马拉是俄罗斯国内石油河运的重要中心，航空运输也发挥着相当大的作用，伏尔加沿岸地区最大的机场是萨马拉国际机场。
The friendship between Zhengzhou and Samara dates back to 1998. On June 23, 1998, a delegation composed of Samara City officials and representatives of a transformer factory came to Zhengzhou for a friendly visit and attended the opening ceremony of the joint-venture transformer factory. With initial contact and mutual understanding, the two sides maintained correspondence and reached the consensus of establishing sister-city relations in November 1998.
郑州市与萨马拉市的友好关系可追溯到1998年。1998年6月23日，由萨马拉市官员及陶丽亚迪变压器厂代表组成的访问团来郑州进行友好访问，并参加了陶丽亚迪—郑州合资变压器厂的挂牌仪式。此次访问双方进行了初步的接触和相互了解，之后一直保持着书信往来，并于1998年11月达成了缔结国际友好城市关系的共识。
On April 11, 2002, Zhengzhou and Samara officially became sister cities. Since then, the two sides have maintained closer contact and constant exchanging visits, and carried out extensive and diversified exchanges in economy and trade, urban construction, culture and education.
2002年4月11日，郑州市与萨马拉市正式结为国际友好城市。此后，双方联系更加密切、互访不断，在经济贸易、城市建设、文化教育等各个领域开展了项目广泛、形式多样的交流。
On April 25th of 2007, a delegation from Samara City visited Zhengzhou and participated in the Expo Central China;
2007年4月25日，萨马拉市代表团访问郑州市，并参加了“第二届中博会”；
From September 15thto 24th, 2007, during the “Year of China in Russia”, a delegation from Zhengzhou visited Samara City. The two sides signed the “Agreement on Further Strengthening Exchanges and Cooperation between the Two Sides”. The delegation participated in the “Henan Day in Samara & China-Russia Economic and Trade Fairs”. Nearly 61 Chinese enterprises and 100 Russian enterprises had project negotiations, and signed a total of US $45.5 million worth of agreement of intention in trade cooperation, including approximately 38 million US Dollars for Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd., and 2 million US Dollars for Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co., Ltd.;
2007年9月15日-24日，“俄罗斯中国年”期间，郑州市代表团赴萨马拉市访问，两市签署了“双方关于进一步加强交流与合作的协议书”。其间，郑州市代表团还参加了“萨马拉州河南日”暨“中俄企业经贸合作洽谈会”。中方61家和俄方近100家经贸企业进行了项目洽谈，会间贸易合作意向签约达4550万美元，其中郑州宇通集团有限公司意向签约3800万美元，郑州日产汽车有限公司意向签约200万美元；
In May of 2008, a student delegation from Zhengzhou participated in the traditional International Youth Conference held in Samara city with the theme of “Create a Better Future, Embrace a Wonderful World”;
2008年5月，郑州市学生代表团参加了在萨马拉市举办的“共创未来，世界很精彩”传统国际青少年大会；
From September 16thto 18thof 2010, a Samara municipal delegation was invited to participate in Urban Development Forum held in Zhengzhou, and gave a speech on the “Innovative Development of the Urban Planning in Samara City”;
2010年9月16日-18日，萨马拉市政府应邀组团来郑州参加城市发展论坛，并就“萨马拉市未来城区规划的创新发展”进行了演讲；
In March 2013, Henan and Samara Oblast of the Russian Federation signed the Memorandum on Promoting the Cooperation and Development of Tourism between Henan Province and Samara Oblast, and agreed to regard each other as an important source and destination of tourists. On 22ndthe same month, a 10-monk team from Shaolin Temple, on behalf of Zhengzhou, performedShaolin • Red-tasselled Spearas the grand finale in the opening ceremony of China Tourism Year, highly praised by the Chinese and Russian leaders and participants;
2013年3月，河南与俄罗斯联邦萨马拉州签署了《促进两省州旅游业合作与发展备忘录》，共同议定互把对方作为重要的旅游客源地和旅游目的地，当月22日郑州派出10名少林寺武僧参加了中国旅游年开幕式，表演的《少林•红缨》作为压轴节目受到了中俄两国领导人和与会人员的赞誉；
In December 2016, a delegation from Zhengzhou visited Samara and had discussions with Samara on tourism, culture and education;
2016年12月，郑州市代表团一行访问萨马拉市，与萨马拉市在旅游、文化、教育等方面进行了交流座谈；
In October 2018, a delegation from Zhengzhou visited Samara. The two sides stressed that they would continue to strengthen cooperation in education, culture, art and tourism. The mayor of Samara also said he would visit Zhengzhou this year.
2018年10月，郑州市代表团一行访问萨马拉市，双方强调了将继续在教育、文化、艺术、旅游等方面加强合作，萨马拉市市长还表示期待在2019年访问郑州……
Interesting stories 友好趣闻
“Samara can make itinerary for friends from Zhengzhou”
“萨马拉可以为郑州朋友定制旅行路线”
The Volga River, the longest inland river in the world and the longest river in Europe, flows through Samara Oblast. Located in the heartland of the Volga River, Samara has beautiful scenery and rich cultural heritage. Leo Tolstoy vacationed in Samara almost every year before his death. Samara's scenery was reflected in his books such as The Fruits of EnlightenmentandResurrection. The realist artist Ilya Repin's famous paintingBarge Haulers on the Volgawas also based on this place.
萨马拉州有世界最长的内陆河、欧洲第一长河伏尔加河流经，萨马拉市位于伏尔加河的心脏地带，那里风景秀丽，并且具有深厚的人文底蕴。列夫•托尔斯泰生前几乎每年都会到萨马拉度假，萨马拉州的风光在《教育的果实》《复活》等著作中也有所体现。批判现实主义画家列宾的著名画作《伏尔加河上的纤夫》，也是以此处为创作原型的。
In December 2016, a delegation from Zhengzhou visited Samara with the main purpose of promoting exchanges between sister cities and exploring the possibility of bilateral cooperation in economy and trade, tourism, culture, education, science and technology. During the visit, the delegation held discussions with Samara travel agency to explore possible tourism routes. In recent years, well-known local travel agencies in Samara have been coming to Zhengzhou for exchanges, mainly to show their tour route design. Meanwhile, they expressed interest in Zhengzhou's rich tourism resources. Samara travel agency officials have repeatedly said: "when witnessing the profound shaolin martial arts, everyone will be deeply shocked. We will bring more Samara people to Zhengzhou, and welcome friends from Zhengzhou to visit Samara. We can make the itinerary according to the needs of tourists from Zhengzhou."
2016年12月，郑州市代表团访问萨马拉市，主要目的是促进友城间的交流，探讨双方在经贸、旅游、文化、教育、科技等方面合作的可能性。访问过程中，代表团专门与萨马拉旅行社举行座谈，探讨可行的旅行线路。最近几年，萨马拉当地知名旅行社不断来郑州进行交流，主要是展示他们的旅游路线设计。与此同时，他们对郑州丰富的旅游资源也很感兴趣。萨马拉旅行社相关负责人曾多次表示：“当亲眼见到少林武术的博大精深时，每一个人都会被深深地震撼。我们会带着更多的萨马拉人来郑州，也欢迎郑州的朋友到萨马拉做客，我们可以根据郑州游客的需求对旅行线路进行个性化定制。”
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