The numbers speak for themselves: Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a party that dabbles in Nazi imagery, distinguishes between “biological” and “passport” Germans, and is too extreme even for France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen, nearly doubled its score in Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt to 43.8% of the vote.(数字不言自明：德国选择党……得票率几乎翻倍，达到43.8%。)
数字不言自明：德国选择党（AfD），一个涉足纳粹意象、区分“生物学上的”德国人和“护照上的”德国人、甚至对法国极右翼领导人玛丽娜·勒庞来说都过于极端的政党，在周日萨克森-安哈尔特州的州选举中得票率几乎翻倍，达到43.8%。
Meanwhile, the centre-right CDU of the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, collapsed(崩溃，暴跌) to 17.2%, less than half its total in the same race five years ago, and the centre-left SPD – Germany’s other main party of government for the past 60-odd years(六十多年) – scraped(勉强获得，艰难取得) 9.3%. The least that can be said is that the centre did not hold.(至少可以说，中间派未能守住阵地。)
与此同时，总理弗里德里希·默茨所在的中间偏右的基民盟（CDU）得票率暴跌至17.2%，不到五年前同一选举中得票率的一半；而中间偏左的社民党（SPD）——过去60多年来德国的另一个主要执政党——仅勉强获得9.3%的选票。至少可以说，中间派未能守住阵地。
It is not yet clear whether the AfD, whose local branch in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt is officially classified by the country’s domestic intelligence service as “confirmed rightwing extremist”, will be able to form a government: it has 39 lawmakers in the 83-member parliament, just short of an outright majority.(目前尚不清楚德国选择党能否组建政府：该党在……拥有39个席位，仅差一点未能获得绝对多数。)
目前尚不清楚德国选择党是否能够组建政府：该党在萨克森-安哈尔特州（德国东部的一个州）的地方分支已被德国国内情报部门正式定性为“已确认的右翼极端分子”，该党在83个席位的州议会中拥有39个席位，仅差一点未能获得绝对多数。