Rio 2016 organisers have revealed the medals that will be competed for at this summer's Olympics.
2016年里約奧運的組委會公布了今夏奧運賽場將競逐的獎牌。

A total of 2,488 medals, each weighing 500g, have been produced - with 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze.
制作的獎牌總數為2488枚，包括812枚金牌，812枚銀牌和864枚銅牌，每一枚獎牌重500克。

They were made with "sustainability at their heart", say organisers.
組委會表示，獎牌制作是“從可循環使用的目標出發的”。

The gold medals are free from mercury, the silver and bronze medals are made from 30% recycled materials, and half of the plastic in their ribbons is from recycled plastic bottles.
金牌不含汞，銀牌和銅牌所用的材料有30%是再生材料，獎牌綬帶所用的塑料有一半來自回收的塑料瓶。

The designs feature laurel leaves - a symbol of victory in ancient Greece - surrounding the Rio 2016 logo, and organisers say they celebrate "the relationship between the strengths of Olympic heroes and the forces of nature".
獎牌的設計圖案是環繞著2016里約奧運標志的月桂樹葉，月桂樹葉在古希臘象征著勝利。主辦方表示，這是對“奧運英雄們的力量與自然力量間的關系”的贊頌。

In line with the ecological theme of the Games, the podiums on which the athletes will receive the medals are made from organic materials and have been designed to be reused as furniture after the Games.
和奧運會的生態主題相一致，運動員們接受獎牌時將登上的領獎臺由有機材料制成，根據設計理念，領獎臺在奧運會結束后可改造成家具循環使用。

There are 2,642 Paralympic medals: 877 gold, 876 silver and 889 bronze and each has a device inside that uses tiny steel balls to make a sound when they are shaken, allowing visually impaired athletes to identify the colour by increasing in volume from bronze to gold.
殘奧會獎牌共有2642枚，包括877枚金牌，876枚銀牌和889枚銅牌。每一枚獎牌都內置有一個小機關，利用小鋼珠讓獎牌在搖動時發出聲音。獎牌等級越高，發出的聲音越大。有視覺障礙的運動員可通過這種方式區分獎牌。

The bronze medals have 16 steel balls and make the lowest sound, the silver medals have 20 balls and the golds have 28, producing the loudest noise.
銅牌有16顆鋼珠，發出的聲音最小；銀牌有20顆鋼珠，金牌有28顆，發出的聲音最響。

All of the medals also have the words 'Rio 2016 Paralympic Games' written on them in Braille.
所有獎牌也都刻上了“里約2016殘奧會”的盲文字樣。

Vocabulary

Braille: 布萊葉盲字

英文來源：BBC
譯者：實習生徐曉彤
審校&編輯：丹妮