On a sodden(湿透的) road in Portadown, Northern Ireland’s first minister stood defiantly(挑衅地，公然违抗地). Sinn Féin(爱尔兰民族主义政党新芬党)’s Michelle O’Neill knew she was acting in contravention of(违反，与……相抵触) the law because she’d been in Belfast’s High Court the previous evening where judges rejected an attempt to prevent the Orange Order(新教兄弟会组织橙带党), a Protestant fraternal organisation, marching where they are unwelcome. Sinn Féin’s vote will almost certainly now rise; Northern Ireland’s devolved government at Stormont(北爱尔兰议会及权力下放政府所在地) may well fall.
在北爱尔兰波塔当一条湿透的道路上，首席部长 defiantly 站立着。新芬党的米歇尔·奥尼尔清楚自己正在违法，因为前一晚她就在贝尔法斯特高等法院，法官驳回了阻止新教兄弟会组织橙带党在不受欢迎之地游行的申请。新芬党的得票几乎肯定会上升；北爱尔兰在斯托蒙特的权力下放政府则很可能垮台。
There are hundreds of Orange marches each year in which men in bowler hats(圆顶硬礼帽) walk behind bands and banners. Most are relaxed affairs, but a handful(少数，一把) which pass through mostly Catholic areas are viewed by residents as triumphalist(凯旋主义的，炫耀胜利的) expressions of Protestant domination. The deadliest parading dispute of the 1990s was at Portadown’s Garvaghy Road(加瓦吉路，北爱尔兰游行争议焦点). When that parade from Drumcree Parish Church(德拉姆克里教区教堂，游行起点) was stopped, there were province-wide road closures, rioting and murders by Protestant paramilitaries(准军事组织).
每年有数百场橙带党游行，头戴圆顶礼帽的男士们跟在乐队和旗帜后行进。大多数游行气氛轻松，但少数穿过天主教徒聚居区的游行被居民视为新教统治的凯旋式表达。1990年代最致命的游行争端发生在波塔当的加瓦吉路。当从德拉姆克里教区教堂出发的游行被阻止时，全省范围内出现了道路封锁、骚乱以及新教准军事组织的谋杀。
For almost three decades, the march has been blocked. But this year the Parades Commission(游行委员会), which regulates marches, agreed to let 35 Orangemen(橙带党成员) march in silence(沉默地，静默地) early on September 27th, without any flags or supporters.
近三十年来，这场游行一直被阻止。但今年，负责管理游行的游行委员会同意让35名橙带党成员在9月27日清晨静默行进，不带任何旗帜或支持者。