Two events take place in coming days that will affect my relationship with Germany.(未来几天将发生两件影响我与德国关系的事件。) One, which will be splashed across the media, is dark and forbidding(令人望而生畏的). The other, which will pass unnoticed except by me and my close family, should have brought me joy. Now that feeling is tempered(被缓和、被冲淡) with confusion.
未来几天将发生两件影响我与德国关系的事件。一件将铺天盖地地出现在媒体上，它黑暗而令人不安。另一件除了我和我的至亲之外无人会注意到，它本应给我带来喜悦，但现在这种喜悦却被困惑所冲淡。
On 6 September, voters in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt are expected to give Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)(德国选择党，德国极右翼政党) a resounding(巨大的、响亮的) victory. If the arithmetic falls in a certain way, a German far-right party could assume power(掌权、夺取政权) for the first time since the Nazis.
9月6日，东部小州萨克森-安哈尔特州的选民预计将让德国选择党（AfD）取得压倒性胜利。如果选票计算以某种方式呈现，一个德国极右翼政党可能自纳粹以来首次掌权。
It is possible the AfD could just fall short(未达到标准、功亏一篑). That would depend on whether enough centrist(中间派的) parties make it over(成功越过) the 5% hurdle to enter the legislature. If that happens, the mainstream assortment of centre right to centre left might cobble together(草率拼凑) an unwieldy(笨拙的、臃肿的) coalition.
德国选择党也有可能功亏一篑。这将取决于是否有足够多的中间派政党跨过5%的门槛进入议会。如果这种情况发生，从中间偏右到中间偏左的主流政党组合可能会拼凑出一个笨拙的执政联盟。