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Spain jobless rate soars to 17-year high
西班牙的失业率飙生至17年来新高
Spain's unemployment figure has topped 5 million, the highest rate for 17 years.
西班牙的失业数已高达5百万，这创下17年来的新高。
The National Statistics Institute says 5.27 million Spaniards are out of work, representing an unemployment rate of 22.85 per cent - twice the eurozone average.
西班牙国家统计局公布：目前有527万西班牙人失业，这意味失业率已达到22.85%，两倍于欧元区平均值。
Young people were hit especially hard, with more than half of 16- to 24-year-olds - 51.4 per cent - looking for a job.
年轻人的情况尤其糟糕，16-25岁一半以上—51.4%的人正在寻找工作。
The new government has announced a new round of austerity cuts but many doubt it will achieve pre-election pledge to reduce the deficit to 4.4 per cent this year.
新一届政府已经宣布了新一轮的财政紧缩，但是很多人怀疑能否完成今年将财政赤字削减至4.4%的竞选誓言。
The Bank of Spain is predicting the country's economy will shrink by 1.5 per cent as the debt crisis affects business confidence and squeezes bank credit.
西班牙银行预计国家经济将衰退1.5%，这是由于债务危机对市场信心的影响和造成银行信用的紧缩。
It makes a stark contrast from the heady days of Spain's property boom, when the unemployment rate fell to just 7.95 per cent in 2007.
这与2007年时西班牙失业率只有7.95%，房价疯涨的盛况形成了鲜明的对比。
The 2008 property bubble collapse and global financial crisis destroyed millions of jobs, left banks with huge bad loans, and Spain's national and regional governments with big debts.
当2008年房地产泡沫破裂，全球经济危机来临时，西班牙损失了成百万的工作机会，给银行造成了巨大的坏帐，国家和地方政府也背上了巨额债务。
The International Monetary Fund predicts the Spanish economy will shrink by 1.7 per cent in 2012 and another 0.3 per cent in 2013.
国际货币基金组织预计，西班牙经济将在2012年衰退1.7%,并继续在2013年衰退0.3%。 |
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