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The judge ordered the Kennedy Center: major physical alterations must be reported 30 days in advance.

The judge ordered the Kennedy Center: major physical alterations must be reported 30 days in advance.

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September 17th, 2026

The judge ordered the Kennedy Center: major physical alterations must be reported 30 days in advance.

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On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before undertaking any significant physical alterations to its buildingincluding the demolition of the structure that President Donald Trump has threatened.

周四,一名联邦法官责令肯尼迪中心,在对其建筑实施任何重大物理改造之前——包括唐纳德·特朗普总统所威胁的拆除该建筑之举——须提前30天予以通知。

US District Judge Christopher Cooper declared that, in light of the recent string of eventsincluding the building's abrupt closure to the public on Wednesdayhis ruling would "avoid any confusion in this regard."

美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀宣称,鉴于近期接连发生的事件——包括周三该建筑骤然对公众关闭一事——其裁决将“避免在这方面产生任何混淆”。

Matt Floca, the Kennedy Center's executive director and chief operating officer, stated that, given the "ongoing structural deterioration" of the increasingly aging building, which "poses a grave threat to public safety," he had temporarily closed this iconic performing arts center.

肯尼迪中心执行主任首席运营官马特·弗洛卡鉴于这座日渐老化建筑持续的结构恶化对公共安全构成严重威胁”,他已暂时关闭这座标志性表演艺术中心

Floca indicated that the building would remain closed for at least seven days in order to "assess the extant safety risks posed by those sections of the main building that have already suffered severe structural deterioration."

弗洛卡表示该建筑至少关闭七天以便评估主楼那些已出现严重结构恶化部分所存在的现行安全风险”。

Floca and other officials stated that this temporary closure, which came without prior notice, is fundamentally different in nature from the decision voted through by the Kennedy Center's board of trustees on Tuesday to close the performing arts center indefinitely for repairs.

弗洛卡及其他官员此次临时关闭并未事先通知肯尼迪中心董事会于周二表决通过决定无限期关闭该表演艺术中心以进行维修一事,二者性质迥异

Floca said the closure was prompted by an inspection of the roof terrace canopy and a partial ceiling collapse that occurred earlier this month.

弗洛卡表示此番关闭系基于对屋顶露台顶棚的检查以及本月早些时候发生的部分天花板坍塌

He added that the closure period may be extended further pending an assessment next week.

他补充道待下周评估之后关闭期限或将进一步延长

Trump, who was appointed chairman of the Kennedy Center last year by loyalists on its board, asserted on Wednesday that his efforts to refurbish this increasingly dilapidated building deserved recognition, "because frankly, if we didn't do it, it would close.

特朗普于去年获董事会内效忠者任命为肯尼迪中心主席他周三宣称其修缮这座日渐老朽之建筑的努力理应得到认可,“因为坦率地说倘若我们不这样做它便会关闭

It would ultimately be demolished.

最终将被拆除。

Its condition is extremely, extremely badextremely dangerous."

其状况极其极其糟糕极其危险。”

The closure announcement came in response to a court case brought by a Democratic congresswoman who serves as a trustee and who sought an emergency court hearing in an effort to prevent what she described as the building's "illegal closure."

关闭公告系针对一名民主党女议员所提起的法庭案件作出的回应;该议员身为受托人,并寻求紧急法庭听证,以期阻止她所称的建筑“非法关闭”。

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Representative Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who serves as an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center's board, spearheaded the effort to block Trump's name from being inscribed on the building.

俄亥俄州民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂作为肯尼迪中心董事会当然成员主导了阻挠将特朗普之名镌刻于该建筑之上的行动

On Tuesday, during a virtual board meeting, she became embroiled in a verbal altercation with the Republican president.

周二在一场虚拟董事会会议上,与这位共和党总统爆发了言语交锋

In documents submitted to the court on Thursday, Beatty's lawyers stated that the board members' "purported justification for merely temporarily closing the Kennedy Center was evidently nothing more than a pretext for shutting it down permanently.

比蒂的律师于周四呈交法庭的文件中董事会成员所谓仅系暂时关闭肯尼迪中心的理由显然不过是为将该中心永久关闭而作的托词

The facts presented to the court are deeply troubling."

呈于法庭的事实令人深感忧虑。”

Cooper denied the Beatty legal team's request for a hearing to clarify the board's actions and intentions, but granted their other plea, namely to "make it explicit" that his order barred demolition of the building without 30 days' prior notice.

库珀驳回了比蒂法律团队关于举行听证以澄明董事会行动与意图的请求,却应允了他们另一项诉求,即“明确表明”其命令禁止在未提前30天通知的情况下拆除该建筑。

A board chaired by the president himself and aligned with Trump voted to shut down the center, after Cooper had earlier blocked the institution from re-engraving Trump's name on the building.

由总统亲任主席、与特朗普结盟的董事会经表决决定关闭该中心,而此前库珀曾阻止该机构将特朗普的名字重新镌刻于该建筑之上。

Congress had already appropriated $257 million to cover the cost of repairs, yet Trump declared that the renovation would proceed only if the board were permitted to advance its plan to inscribe his name upon the building.

国会已拨出2.57亿美元以敷维修之需,然特朗普宣称,唯有准许董事会推进将其名讳镌刻于该建筑之上的计划,修缮方得付诸实施。

On Thursday, Barbra Streisand, a 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree, questioned the center's closure for repairs and described the controversy surrounding its operations as "infuriating and painful to witness."

周四,2008年肯尼迪中心荣誉奖得主芭芭拉·史翠珊对该中心因维修而闭门谢客提出质疑,并将围绕其运营的争议形容为“令人愤怒且痛苦地目睹”。

Speaking of Trump's desire to affix his own name to the Center, she said in a statement to reporters: "You can well imagine how indignant I am to witness this once highly revered institution reduced to a battleground of fierce contention over one man's name and unbridled ego."

谈及特朗普意欲将自己的名字冠于该中心之上,她在致记者的声明中表示:“你不难想见,目睹这座素来备受尊崇的机构竟沦为围绕一人之名与毫无节制的自我而激烈角逐的战场,我何其愤慨。”

In August, the Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted to have Trump's name engraved on the center's exterior wall, with the inscription reading, "The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, restored and renovated by President Donald J. Trump."

肯尼迪中心董事会于8月表决通过决定将特朗普之名镌刻于肯尼迪中心外墙之上铭文内容遂为约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统修复和翻新”。

Should the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reach $100 million in funds raised, an additional inscription would be added: "Donated by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund."

倘若特朗普肯尼迪中心基金募资额达到1亿美元则另将增镌一段铭文:“由特朗普肯尼迪中心基金捐赠”。

The plaza situated in front of the Kennedy Center was, at one point, likewise encompassed within plans to be renamed in honor of Trump.

肯尼迪中心前方的那片广场,亦曾一度被纳入以特朗普之名重新命名的规划之中。

Cooper rejected outright every motion put forward on Tuesday, ruling that no action could be taken "without congressional approval."

库珀悉数否决了周二提出的所有动议,裁定“未经国会批准”不得采取任何行动。

In May, Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center's decision to affix Trump's name to the building was unlawful, and ordered its removal.

库珀于5月裁定,肯尼迪中心将该建筑冠以特朗普之名之举属非法并勒令予以移除

The institution's leadership complied in June; yet where Trump's name had once been displayed, tarpaulins and scaffolding still remain.

该机构负责人于6月遵行于特朗普名字曾陈列之处仍留有防水布与脚手架

Streisand told The Associated Press that she was profoundly honoured to be chosen as a recipient of the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors, adding: "For me, and for so many artists, this distinction symbolises far more than mere professional recognition.

史翠珊向美联社表示她对获选为第31届肯尼迪中心年度荣誉奖得主深感荣幸并补充道:“于我以及众多艺术家而言这一殊荣所象征的远非单纯的职业认可

It embodies a conviction about the importance of art in democratic life."

承载着艺术在民主生活中所具重要性的笃信。”

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