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1 | China: Made-in-China Snow | Sina: Ranomandry vita sinoa |
2 | This past Sunday on Nov. 1, Beijing saw its earliest snowfall in 22 years. | Tamin'ny Alahady 1 Novambra lasa teo, nahita ny firotsahan'ny ranomandry lasa aloha indrindra tao anatin'ny 22 taona i Beijing. |
3 | The sudden change in weather, which blanketed the entire city in snow, surprised many residents. | Ny fiovàn'ny toetr'andro tampoka, izay nandrakotra ranomandry ny tanàna manontolo, dia nahazendana mponina maro. |
4 | But the news media later reported that the snowfall had actually been enhanced by the city's weather modification office. | Nefa taoriana kely dia nitatitra ny haino aman-jery fa ny birao mpanova toetr'andro ao an-toerana no nanao an'iny fandrotsahana ranomandry iny. |
5 | The reasoning behind the forced precipitation was because Beijing had been experiencing a drought. | Noho ny haintany iainan'i Beijing no anton'izany filatsahana noterena izany. |
6 | The night before the snow, the government had fired silver iodide into the skies. | Ny alina talohan'ny firotsahana ranomandry, nanapoaka ‘iodure d'argent' tany an'habakabaka tany ny governemanta. |
7 | The resulting effect increased the amount of snow by 16 million tons. | Niteraka ny fisondrotan'ny habetsahan'ny ranomandry hatramin'ny 16 tapitrisa taonina izany. |
8 | “We won't miss any opportunity of artificial precipitation since Beijing is suffering from the lingering drought,” said Zhang Qiang, the head of the weather modification office, to the state media. | “Hoararaotinay ny fotoana rehetra azo hanaovana rotsak'orana artifisialy raha toa i Beijing mbola ampijalian'ny haintany maharitra,” hoy Zhang Qiang, lehiben'ny birao mpanova toetr'andro, tamin'ny haino aman-jerim-panjakana. |
9 | China has a history of artificially inducing rain, usually in cases to stop drought. | Manan-tantara amin'ny fandrotsahana orana artifisialy i Sina, ampiasaina matetika hanakanana ny haintany. |
10 | At other times, the weather modification office has reduced the rain to ensure clear skies, such as during the National Day parade in October or the Beijing Olympic Games. | Indraindray kosa, mampihena ny rotsak'orana ny birao mpanova toetr'andro mba hampisava ny lanitra, ohatra hoe mandritra ny fetim-pirenena ny Oktobera na ny Lalao Olaimpikan'i Beijing. |
11 | Netizens have been divided in their opinions about this past weekend's man-made snow. | Nizarazara ny hevitr'ireo mponin'ny aterineto momba iny ranomandry vitan'olombelona tamin'ny faran'ny herinandro lasa iny. |
12 | Some wrote gleefully about its beauty, like blogger, 鱼干儿. | Ny sasany dia nanoratra am-pifaliana ny hatsaràny, toa ilay mpitoraka blaogy, 鱼干儿. |
13 | Beijing's weather is unimaginably fantastic. Without warning, it began to snow. | Tsy takatry ny saina ny hatsaràn'ny toetr'andron'i Beijing. |
14 | And it was the kind of snow that couldn't be easily cleaned up and managed. | Tsy nisy fampafantarana fa tonga dia nanomboka nilatsaka ny ranomandry. Sady irony karazan-dranomandry saro-diovina sy alamina irony. |
15 | I heard that the snow was man-made. | Reko fa toa vitan'olombelona ilay ranomandry. |
16 | But I don't care. | Nefa tsy raharahako. |
17 | We love this kind of weather. | Tianay izao karazana toetr'andro izao. |
18 | Some, however, have been more annoyed. | Ny sasany anefa sosotra. |
19 | Wrote 小米: | Nanoratra i 小米: |
20 | After I heard that it was man made, I had to wonder who was the person who thought this was a good time for it to snow? | Taorian'ny nandrenesako fa vitan'olombelona iny, tsy maintsy nanontany tena aho hoe mba karazan'olona inona loatra no nieritrerira fa fotoana tsara hirotsahan'ny ranomandry izao? |
21 | Everywhere people have been caught off guard by the cold and the other thorny problems related to power, traffic and heating. | Na aiza na aiza ny olona dia tratran'ny hatsiaka sy ny olana mifandraika amin'ny herin'aratra, ny fifamoivoizana ary ny fanafanàna. |
22 | On an Internet forum, one user complained that the government should have warned people ahead of time, adding that many of the flights at the airport were delayed. | Tao amina forum iray amin'ny aterineto, nitaraina ny mpampiasa iray fa tokony nampiomana ny mponina mialoha ny governemanta, nanampy fa tsy maintsy nahemotra ny ankamaroan'ny sidina tao amin'ny seranam-piaramanidina. |
23 | In my view, this type of ‘man can conquer nature' spirit is good, even though Beijing residents were “winterized.” | Raha ny fijeriko azy dia tsara ilay karazam-panahin' ‘olombelona afaka mibaiko ny zava-boary', na dia ‘nivaingana' aza ireo mponin'i Beijing. |
24 | If they can really solve the damage wrought by the drought then this has its merits. | Raha ohatra ka tena afaka mamaha ny olana ateraky ny haintany ry zareo dia tena mendrika tokoa. |
25 | But the way the weather bureau didn't inform anyone ahead of time isn't quite right. | Nefa toa tsy dia rariny loatra ny tsy nampilazan'ny birao mpanova toetr'andro na iza na iza mialoha ny fotoana. |
26 | A few posts made on the Internet have also expressed worry over what kind of effects the unnatural snow might have on the environment. | Nisy lahatsoratra vitsivitsy tamin'ny aterineto koa naneho tahotra noho ny mety ho vokatr'izany ranomandry tsy tena izy izany amin'ny tontolo iainana. |
27 | One blogger, 天边的云, wondered if anyone has the right to alter the weather. | Mpitoraka blaogy iray, 天边的云, nanontany tena raha misy olona manan-jo hanovaova ny toetr'andro. |
28 | But when we blindly alter the weather without having yet to master its laws, will this do greater damage to the environment as a whole? | Nefa raha manovaova am-jambany fotsiny ny toetr'andro isika nefa tsy mahafehy ny lalànany akory, tsy vao mainka ve izany hanimba be ny tontolo iainana? |
29 | For example, the snowfall that happened this time was because Beijing was suffering from a drought. | Ohatra, ny rotsa-dranomandry tamin'iny fotoana iny dia noho ny fijalian'i Beijing amin'ny haintany. |
30 | What if this snow was originally meant to fall on Shandong (let's just pretend for a moment), instead of Beijing. | Ahoana raha tokony tany Shandong iny ranomandry iny no nirotsaka tamin'ny voalohany (ndeha ataontsika hoe izany aloha), fa tsy tany Beijing. |
31 | Will this cause an even bigger drought in Shandong? | Hiteraka haintany bebe kokoa any Shandong ve izany? |
32 | Alex Pasternack, a blogger and journalist in Beijing, wrote a post on Tree Hugger elaborating on what kind of effects the man-made precipitation might have. | Alex Pasternack, mpitoraka blaogy no sady mpanao gazety any Beijing, dia nanoratra lahatsoratra tao amin'ny Tree Hugger mamelabelatra ireo mety ho vokatry ny rotsak'orana vitan'olombelona. |
33 | The drought has affected 800,000 hectares of farmland by the end of October, official sources estimated, and the snow storm was said to be a much-needed boon to local farmers. | Nahatratra 800 000 hektara ny saha tratry ny haintany tamin'ny faran'ny volana oktobra, araka ireo tombatombana ofisialy, ary voalaza fa tena nilain'ireo tantsaha teny an-toerana tokoa iny rahon-dranomandry iny. |
34 | But not all farmers in the region benefited. | Nefa tsy ireo tantsaha rehetra tany an-toerana no nahazo tombon-tsoa. |
35 | One possible side effect of weather modification is that it diverts precipitation from other regions that need it too, for the sake of creating stronger storms in a focused area. | Mety ho voka-dratsy iray amin'ny fanovàna toetr'andro ny fanosehany ny rotsak'orana amin'ireo faritra mila izany koa, mba hanaovana rahona lehibebe kokoa amina faritra voakendry. |
36 | Other netizens have poked fun at the snow. | Nanao hanihany tamin'ity ranomandry ity ireo mpampiasa aterineto hafa. |
37 | Elizabeth Kain wrote on her blog: | Nanoratra i Elizabeth Kain tao amin'ny blaoginy: |
38 | Yesterday's snow was the earliest in ten years. | Ny ranomandry nirotsaka omaly no nirotsaka aloha indrindra tao anatin'ny folo taona. |
39 | I am sure my mother, who sat in the Beijing Airport for 7 hours as all flights in and out of the city were disrupted or cancelled, would be happy to know her inconvenience was state induced. | Azoko antoka fa ny reniko, izay nipetraka tao amin'ny seranam-piaramanidin'i Beijing nandritra ny adiny fito noho ny fikorontanana na fampiatoana ireo sidina rehetra mivoaka sy miditra ny tanàna, dia mety ho faly satria ho an'ny firenena no nisian'iny olany iny. |
40 | Another comment about the snow also made an astute observation: | Nisy hevitra iray hafa momba ilay ranomandry koa nanao fanamarihana mahatsikaiky: |
41 | Martin M. | Martin M. |
42 | November 2, 2009 3:30 pm | November 2, 2009 3:30 pm |
43 | Everything is made in China, even snow. | Vita sinoa daholo ny zava-drehetra, na ny ranomandry aza. |