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　　Indian government officials say prime minister Manmohan Singh was taken to a New Delhi hospital and is due to undergo coronary artery¹ bypass graft² surgery Saturday to clear blockages³ in his heart. Earlier in the week, the prime minister canceled a trip to Kolkatta and underwent a series of tests that reportedly indicated multiple arterial blockages. The Prime Minister had complained of suffering chest pains.
印度总理住进印度首都一家医院接受心脏手术。印度政府官员说，辛格总理被送往新德里的一家医院，定于星期六接受心脏动脉搭桥手术，以清理堵塞的心脏动脉。本周早些时候，辛格取消了加尔各答的行程，并接受了一系列医疗检查。据报，检查结果显示，他的心脏动脉出现多处堵塞。辛格总理曾经说，他感到胸部疼痛。
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee is expected to take over the day-to-day operation of the government if Mr. Singh is incapacitated. He told reporters in New Delhi that it is premature⁴ to talk about him as acting⁵ prime minister.
如果辛格总理无法处理政府的日常工作，预计外长穆克吉将会接手。不过，穆克吉在新德里对记者说，现在就谈论他代理总理还为时过早。
"These are all theoretical propositions," he said. "We don't know how long it will take, what would happen. But this is normal, government is there."
穆克吉说，“这些都是理论上的主张。我们不知道需要多长时间，不知道会发生什么情况。但是这是正常的，政府还在。”
Medical experts say the 76-year-old prime minister appears to be in relatively⁶ good shape for a man his age. But it will likely be a number of weeks before he could fully⁷ resume his duties.
医学专家说，76岁的辛格总理以他的年龄来看健康状况还算不错。但是很可能需要几个星期的时间才能完全恢复工作。
The prime minister had a similar procedure in Britain in 1990 and has undergone several minor⁸ unrelated surgeries during his five years in office.
辛格总理1990年在英国接受过一次类似的手术，并且在他担任总理的5年期间接受过好几次其他的小手术。
The prime minister's health is raising political concerns. His Congress Party leads the coalition⁹ that governs the world's largest democracy and elections are expected to be held within five months.
辛格总理的健康状况引起了政治关注。他的国大党领导的联合政府管理着这个世界上人口最多的民主国家，印度将在5个月之内举行选举。
Mr. Singh, who has a reputation as a brilliant technocrat¹⁰ rather than a savvy¹¹ politician, has been the trusted choice of Congress Party matriarch Sonia Gandhi.
辛格不是作为一名精明的政治家，而是作为一名高超的专家治国人士而享有声誉，他一直拥有国大党女掌门人索尼亚·甘地的信任。
Political analysts¹² say there are no other alternatives in the senior generation to assume power. That means Mrs. Gandhi, the Congress Party president, may be compelled to push forward her 38-year-old son, Rahul. The junior politician still being groomed¹³ to wear the mantle¹⁴ of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty would represent the fourth consecutive¹⁵ generation of his family to be a prime minister of India.
政治分析人士说，在老一代当中，没有人能够取代辛格执掌权力。这意味着，国大党主席索尼亚·甘地将不得不把她38岁的儿子--拉胡尔推到前台。年轻的拉胡尔仍在接受训练，以便能够接过尼赫鲁-甘地“王朝”的衣钵，作为家族代表连续第四代成为印度总理。
Questions about Mr. Singh's health will likely see trial balloons floated for lesser-known alternative candidates in the Congress Party and by its coalition partners.
对于辛格总理健康状况提出的问题，印度国大党中一些还没能露出头角的人，以及联合政府中的伙伴都有可能将其视为是试探气球。
The largest opposition¹⁶ party, the BJP, also is hoping for another chance to lead the country. The Hindu nationalistic center-right party was last in power from 1998 to 2004.
最大的反对党--印度人民党也希望得到领导国家的机会。这个主要由印度教徒组成的中右翼政党曾经在1998年到2004年期间执掌权力。