Britain is not entirely in control of its own destiny, from the rising cost of the weekly shop, to the vaulting(飙升的) cost of government borrowing. What is said and done in Westminster(英国议会/政府) matters. But the global backdrop(背景) is making life tough, not least(尤其是) in the deeds and words of one man: Donald Trump.
英国并不能完全掌控自己的命运，从每周购物的成本上涨，到政府借贷成本的飙升，皆是如此。威斯敏斯特的言行固然重要，但全球大环境正让日子变得艰难，尤其是一个人的言行：唐纳德·特朗普。
As John Healey drafts(起草) his plan for next month’s autumn budget, the perilous(危险的) economic conditions the chancellor(英国财政大臣) must navigate(应对，驾驭) can be traced back to(追溯到) the door of the US president.
当约翰·希利起草下个月秋季预算的计划时，这位财政大臣必须应对的危险经济状况可以追溯到美国总统头上。
The US-Israel war on Iran is driving up inflation(通货膨胀), amid the most serious shock to oil and gas prices of the modern age. The global financial market turmoil(动荡) this has triggered is adding to the debt servicing costs(债务偿还成本) of governments worldwide, in a situation made worse by Trump’s reckless(鲁莽的) fiscal policy and threats of interference at the US Federal Reserve(美国联邦储备系统).
美国和以色列对伊朗的战争正在推高通胀，这是现代最严重的油气价格冲击。由此引发的全球金融市场动荡，正在加重世界各国政府的债务偿还成本，而特朗普鲁莽的财政政策以及对美联储的干预威胁，使情况雪上加霜。