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1 | Spain: Are You For or Against EuroVegas? | Espaina: Manohana Ve Sa Tsy Manohana Ny EuroVegas Ianao? |
2 | Las Vegas in Europe… Do you like the sound of it? | Las Vegas ao Eoropa… Tianao ho fantatra ve ny momba izany? |
3 | A giant complex that wouldn't pale in comparison with its American counterpart with its six casinos, three golf courses, nine theatres and twelve hotels, not to mention a multitude of restaurants and shops. | Tranobe marolafy tsy mena-mitaha raha oharina amin'ny namany Amerikana izay ahitana trano filokana enina, tokontany filalaovana golf, efitra filalaovana tantara-tsangana sivy, ary hotely roambinifolo, tsy lazaina intsony ireo trano fisakafoanana sy magazay marobe. |
4 | This is the project being put forward by multibillionaire Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands and 14th wealthiest person in the world according to Forbes magazine. | Izany no tetikasa nampahafantarin'ilay mpanakarambe Sheldon Adelson, Tompon'ny Las Vegas Sands ary olona faha-14 manankarena indrindra manerantany araka ny navoakan'ny gazetiboky Forbes. |
5 | After having conquered America (Nevada and Pennsylvania) as well as Asia (Macao and Singapore), the gambling magnate now contemplates taking over Europe, and more specifically Spain [fr]. | Taorian'ny nahombiazany tany Amerika (Nevada sy Pennsylvania) sy tao Azia (Makao sy Singapore), manintona mafy an'i Eoropa ary indrindra ao Espaina ankehitriny ny tompon-dakan'ny filokana. |
6 | The colossal project would create more than 200,000 jobs, attract between 15 and 18.8 billion euros worth of investments up until 2022, and generate more than 15 billion euros from tourism income over ten to fifteen years. | Tetikasa goavana hiteraka famoronan'asa maherin'ny 200.000, hisarika fampiasambola eo amin'ny 15 hatramin'ny 18.8 miliara euros hatramin'ny taona 2022, ary hampidi-bola maherin'ny 15 miliara euros amin'ny alalan'ny fizahan-tany ao anatin'ny folo hatramin'ny dimy ambinifolo taona eo ny Euro Vegas. |
7 | It seems an apparent golden opportunity for a country bogged down in the Euro Crisis, as Spain is one of the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain) [fr], a derogatory term used to refer to these economically fragile states. | Toa mampiseho izany fa vahaolana iray ho an'ny firenena tsy tafavoaka amin'ny krizin'ny Euro, anisan'izany i Espaina, iray amin'ireo PIGS (Portigaly, Italy, Gresy, Espaina), fiteny manokana nampiasana hanesoesoana ireo firenena manana toekarena marefo. |
8 | Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, picture taken by the7eye.org.il on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). | Sheldon Adelson, Filoha Tale Jeneraly ny Las Vegas Sands, sary nalain'ny e7eye.org.il tao amin'ny Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). |
9 | Two regions are in contention: Madrid and Catalonia. | Faritra roa no voakasik'izany: Madrid sy Catalonia. |
10 | The presidents of both of these autonomous communities have put their full support behind this project and have claimed to be ready to do anything to win the EuroVegas ‘jackpot'. | Naneho ny fanohanany tanteraka izany tetikasa izany ny Filohan'ireo faritra mizakantena anankiroa ireo ary nanambara fa vonona hanao izay tratrany mba handrombaka ny tontona Euro Vegas. |
11 | In an interview with Spanish radio network Cope, Esperanza Aguirre, [es] president of the Community of Madrid, has avowed her ‘duty' to establish EuroVegas in Madrid: | Nandritra ny resadresaka tamin'ny onjampeo Espanola Cope, niarahana tamin'i Esperanza Aguirre, filohan'ny Faritra Madrid, nilaza izy fa ‘adidiny' ny mametraka EuroVegas ao Madrid: |
12 | “[…] it represents 200,000 long-term jobs once the project is over, not to mention all those [other jobs] created for the construction of this hotel complex. | “[…] asa raikitra 200.000 eo no horaisina vao vita ny tetikasa, tsy ambara intsony ireo [asa hafa] amin'ny fanamboarana ny hotely tranobe marolafy. |
13 | The project does not please many people. | Maro be ireo olona tsy mankasitraka ny tetikasa. |
14 | People my age consider Las Vegas, gambling, casinos… as scandalous. | Ny olona mitovy taona amiko dia mahita fa manafintohina ny Las Vegas, ny lalao, sy ny loka…. |
15 | They find it all squalid. | Toy ny maloto ny fahitan'izy ireo izany. |
16 | But young people […], they have all already been to Las Vegas, because today's Las Vegas has nothing in common with what it was 40 years ago. | Saingy ny tanora […], efa samy nandeha tany Las Vegas avokoa, satria Las Vegas ankehitriny dia tsy mitovy ny Las Vegas tamin'ny taona 40 lasa izay. |
17 | In Las Vegas, gambling only makes up for 18% [of the total revenue], the rest coming from hosting conferences, the best singers, the best shows, the best theatres, and the best sports venues. | Ao Las Vegas, eo amin'ny 18% eo ihany no vola atokana amin'ny lalao [fitambaran'ny vola], ny ambiny kosa amin'ny fanatrehana konferansa, ny mpihira tsara indrindra, fampisehoana tsara indrindra, lalao sarimihetsika tsara indrindra, ary ny toerana fanaovana fanatanjahantena tsara indrindra. |
18 | It is just like an adults theme park. “ | Tahaka ny saha hoan'ny olon-dehibe izany. “ |
19 | As for Artur Mas [es], president of the Principality of Catalonia, he regards this project as a macro-investment which would generate quality tourism. | Araka ny hevitry Artur Mas, filohan'ny Faritra ao Catalonia, mahita izany tetikasa izany ho toy ny fampiasam-bola madinika izy izay manintona fizahan-tany manokana. |
20 | In response to criticism by citizens, like Aguirre, he doesn't believe gambling to be a significant detail [es]: | Ho valin'ny tsikera avy amin'ny olom-pirenena, tahaka an'i Aguirre, izay mahita ny lalao ho toy zavatra kely amin'ny antsipirahany tsy misy dikany: |
21 | The least important aspect in all of that is casinos. | Ny tsy dia zava-dehibe amin'izany rehetra izany dia ny trano filokana. |
22 | What is important is to turn Barcelona and Catalonia into the first tourist attraction in Europe, in front of Paris and London. | Ny zava-dehibe dia ny fametrahana an'i Barcelona sy Catalonia ho anisan'ny fizahan-tany manintona voalohany indrindra ao Eorope, alohan'i Paris sy London. |
23 | However, such a favourable prospect requires making some concessions. | Na dia izany aza, mitaky fandeferana ny raharaha matotra tahaka izao. |
24 | The Madrid edition of newspaper El País has drawn up a list of all the compromises demanded [es] by the multibillionaire, classified into six categories: labour, investment, infrastructure, real estate and urbanisation, legal framework, and taxation. | Ny gazety El País ao Madrid nampiseho ny lisitr'ireo takalo rehetra takian'ilay mpanankarembe, nokilasiana ho sokajy enina: asa, fampiasambola, fotodrafitrasa, tany sy ny urbanisation, ny resaka lalàna, ary ny hetra. |
25 | These include: the complete renouncement of rights over all public property in the defined zone; exemption from social security contributions for two years; exemption from the Value Added Tax for ten years; the reform of workers' legal status, notably that of foreign workers; the bearing of the costs by the Autonomous Community for the building of all public transport infrastructure to the complex; authorised access to the casinos for minors and banned gamblers, etc. | Tafiditra amin'izany ireto: ny fikarakarana manontolo sy maimaipoana ny tanim-panjakana ametrahana ny tetikasa; ny tsy fandoavana latsakemboka sosialy mandritra ny roa taona; ny tsy fandoavana hetra (TVA) mandritra ny folo taona; ny fanovana ny sata mifehy ny mpiasa, indrindra ny mpiasa vahiny; ny fandraisana anjaran'ny Faritra Mizakatena amin'ny fametrahana fotodrafitrasa fitateram-bahoaka mandra-pahatonga eny amin'ny trano marolafy; ny fanomezana alalana ny zaza tsy ampy taona hiditra ao amin'ny trano filokana fa raràna kosa izay hilalao, sns. |
26 | Singapore's casino, picture taken by Nathaniel Hayag, Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0). | Casino ao Singapore, sary nalain'i Nathaniel Hayag, Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0). |
27 | While the mayor of Madrid seems willing to accept these conditions, the mayor of El Prat de Llobregat (a town in the suburbs of Barcelona where the complex might be established), Lluís Tejedor, is adamantly hostile to the project [es]: | Raha hita fa hankato izany fepetra izany ny ben'ny tanàna ao Madrid, ny ben'ny tanànan'i El Prat de Llobregat (tanàna manodidina an'i Barcelona izay mety hanorenana ny tranobe marolafy), Lluís Tejedor, kosa manohitra izany tanteraka : |
28 | On the Internet, despite a lot of debate in view of future job prospects, the majority of netizens are against EuroVegas. | Tao amin'ny aterineto, na dia teo aza ny adihevitra mikasika ny asa nampanantenaina, hita fa tsy mankasitraka ny EuroVegas ny ankamaroan'ny mpiserasera. |
29 | Here is a selection of Twitter comments published under the hashtag #eurovegas: | Indreto fanehoan-kevitra sasany nalaina tao amin'ny Twitter nampiasana tenifototra #eurovegas: |
30 | @jbasagoiti: #Eurovegas is our new salvation which will solve all of Madrid or Barcelona's issues. | @jbasagoiti: #Eurovegas no mpamonjy antsika vaovao hamaha ny olana rehetra ao Madrid sy Barcelona. |
31 | I don't believe this is true. bit.ly/yJD9Vj | Tsy mino aho fa marina izany. bit.ly/yJD9Vj |
32 | @Brigi34: The biggest asset of #Eurovegas lies in its beneficial effects on the economy and the employment rate. | @Brigi34: Ny tombotsoa lehibe azo amin'ny #Eurovegas dia ny tombontsoa ara-toekarena sy ny tahan'ny famoronana asa. |
33 | @exp_catalunya: One of Disney's former CEOs warns Spain against the sort of activities promoted by #Eurovegasexpansion.com/2012/03/09/cat… via @expansioncom | @exp_catalunya: Filohan'ny Disney teo aloha, nampitandrina an'i Espaina manoloana ny karazana fialam-boly ataon'ny #Eurovegasexpansion.com/2012/03/09/cat… via @expansioncom |
34 | Internet users comment on an article from daily newspaper El País [es]: | Naneho hevitra noho ny lahatsoratra navoakana gazety mpivoaka isan'andro El País [es] ny mpiserasera : |
35 | yosisoytonto: We'll never learn, will we? | yosisoytonto: Tsy hahazo lesona mihitsy isika, sa ahoana? |
36 | What's sad is that he thinks of this country as a starving whore. | Ny mampalahelo dia ny fiheverany ity firenena ity ho tahaka ny makorelina noana dia noana. |
37 | What's revolting is that the little ‘Marquise' ( editor's note: Mrs Aguirre nickname) behaves as such. | Ny tena mahasorena dia tahaka izay indrindra ny fihetsik'i La ‘Marquise' ( anaram-bositr'i Rtoa Aguirre). |
38 | This Mister Forbes yearns for a tax haven in order to keep on stealing thanks to his gambling business (a swindle mistaken for a game of chance). | Mila paradisa ahafahana mangalatra amin'ny alalan'ny fandraharahan-dokany (fisolokiana mifangaro kisendrasendra) ingahy Forbes. |
39 | He asks for a rational, technological and elaborate production model and offers in counterpart all of the Yankee gambling mafia. | Mitaky modelim-pamokarana mivelatra, teknolojika ary nosainina tsara izy ary ho takalon'izany dia entiny aty ireo Mafian'ny loka Amerikana. |
40 | Madame the Marquise, money isn't everything. | Rtoa La Marquise ô! tsy mahavita ny zava-drehetra ny vola. |
41 | Close your legs, it's disturbing to see you in such a posture at your age. | Akombony ny fe ramatoa, mahamenatra ny mahita anao toy izao amin'izay taonanao izao. |
42 | asdf111: In my opinion, it is shameful that El País attempts to undermine a project that is still being negotiated. | asdf111: Araka ny hevitro, mahamenatra tokoa ny mahita fa mitady hanambaka ny tetikasa mbola eo am-pifanarahana i El País. |
43 | Hopefully, a project like the one in this picture will be carried out in Madrid one day. | Antenaina kosa, fa ho tonga ao Madrid ny tetikasa tahaka ny iray amin'ny sary ity indray andro any. |
44 | Most of the required reforms are logical and, given the current context, even necessary. | Lojika avokoa ny ankamaroan'ny fanovana takiana raha ny zava-misy ankehitriny no jerena, ary ilaina indrindra aza. |
45 | I do not understand either the criticism of a few tax exemptions for the first few years (as it is common practice in business). | Tsy azoko mihitsy ny antony hitsikerana ny fanafoanana hetra madinika mandritra ny taona voalohany (toy ny fanao mahazatra amin'ny resaka afera izany). |
46 | An online platform to voice arguments against EuroVegas called ‘EuroVegas No‘ [es] has recently been created and a press conference was organised last Wednesday, 14 March, during which different organisations expressed their opinions. | ‘EuroVegas No‘ , sehatra an-tserasera natsangana vao tsy ela ho fanehoan-kevitra amin'ny tsy fankasitrahana ny EuroVegas ary nisy koa ny tafatafa tamin'ny mpanao gazety nokarakaraina tamin'ny Alarobia 14 Martsa, nandritra ny fotoana nanomezan'ireo fikambanana isan-karazany ny heviny. |
47 | One of the opposition's strongest argument was that EuroVegas will generate a tax haven. | Hevitra iray lehibe manohitra izany ny hoe mety hampiteraka paradis fiscal (hetra) ny EuroVegas. |
48 | The negotiations conducted between Adelson and the Spanish government should be closed by this coming summer. | Tokony ho vita amin'ny fahavaratra hoavy izao ny fifanarahana eo amin'i Adelson sy ny governemanta Espainola. |
49 | In the meantime, the debate surrounding the construction of EuroVegas remains highly visible in the media, while celebrities are beginning to take part in it, such as Roberto Saviano [es], the Italian author of a book on the Italian mafia, Gomorra, who wrote on Twitter: | Eo am-piandrasana izany, voatantara tsara tamin'ny fampahalalam-baovao marobe ny adihevitra manodidina ny fananganana ny EuroVegas, ka nanomboka teo ny nampalaza izany, tahaka an'i Roberto Saviano, Italiana, mpanoratra boky momba ny mafia Italiana, Gomorra, izay nanoratra tao amin'ny Twitter: |
50 | @robertosaviano: If they approve of EuroVegas (the European equivalent of Las Vegas), Catalonia will officially become the mafia's recycling centre in the West. | @robertosaviano: Raha mankato ny EuroVegas izy ireo (ny Eoropeana sahala amin'ny Las Vegas ihany), hanjary ho foibe ao andrefana mpanangona ny mafia amin'ny fomba ofisialy i Catalonia. |