中国女作家郝景芳凭借作品《北京折叠》获雨果奖

 　　Science-fiction author Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo Award, beating best-selling horror and fantasy writer Stephen King in the best novelette category.

　　日前，科幻作家郝景芳在最佳中短篇小说领域，击败畅销恐怖幻想作家史蒂芬·金，成为首位获得雨果奖的中国女作家。

　　The 32-year-old from Tianjin received the prize for Folding Beijing, in which she depicts¹ the Chinese capital as a city divided by social class.

　　这位来自天津的32岁作家，是凭借作品《北京折叠》收获此项大奖的。她在书中将我国首都北京描绘成一个按社会阶级划分的城市。

　　"My story suggests a possibility for the future and also proposes a solution. I hope the real future will be brighter than my story," Hao said when accepting her award at the Kansas City Convention Center Grand Ballroom².

　　郝景芳在堪萨斯城会展中心接受颁奖时表示；“我的小说提出了未来的一种可能性，也提出了一种解决方案。我希望真正的未来会比我的小说更光明。”

　　中国女作家郝景芳凭借作品《北京折叠》获雨果奖

　　She said she was not confident about winning and joked that she had been planning to attend the Hugo losers' party. "Sci-fi writers always consider all possibilities," she added.

　　她表示自己没有信心获奖，并开玩笑称一直计划参加雨果奖失败者聚会。她补充说道：“科幻小说作家总是会考虑所有的可能性。”

　　Her win comes a year after Liu Cixin won a Hugo for his novel "The Three-Body Problem". Liu was the first Chinese author to win the prize.

　　这是继一年前刘慈欣凭借小说《三体》获奖之后，中国作家再次摘得雨果奖。刘慈欣是首位获得雨果奖的中国作家。

　　In Folding Beijing, the city is separated into three areas, and "the residents of First Space see the extra soil as a part of their privilege", Hao said of her story, which was translated by Ken³ Liu and published last year by Uncanny magazine.

　　在谈到这部由刘宇昆翻译，由《Uncanny magazine》出版的小说时，郝景芳表示，在《北京折叠》中，这个城市分为三层，居住在第一层的人将多余的土地视作他们特权的一部分。

　　2015 Hugo winner Liu told China Daily that he thinks Hao's stories convey warmth and a unique color like "golden sunlight".

　　2015年雨果奖获得者刘慈欣在接受《中国日报》采访时表示，他认为郝景芳的故事传达了温暖，以及如“金色阳光”般独特的色彩。

1 depicts   

描绘，描画( depict的第三人称单数 )； 描述

参考例句：

• The book vividly depicts French society of the 1930s. 这本书生动地描绘了20 世纪30 年代的法国社会。
• He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively. 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。

2 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

3 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.