The populist, far-right, anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has surged(急剧上升，激增) to a resounding victory in a crucial state election in Germany, but fell just short of(差一点就达到，险些) winning a majority in its quest(追求，探索) to form the country’s first far-right state government since the second world war.
民粹主义、极右翼、反移民的德国选择党（AfD）在德国一场关键的州选举中取得了压倒性胜利，但未能赢得多数席位，未能实现组建自二战以来德国首个极右翼州政府的目标。
The party of Germany’s unpopular chancellor(总理，首相) Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democrats (CDU), slumped(暴跌，大幅下降) to a disastrous result in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
德国不受欢迎的总理弗里德里希·默茨所在的政党——基督教民主联盟（基民盟），在东部萨克森-安哈尔特州遭遇灾难性失败。
AfD’s candidate for governor, Ulrich Siegmund, said “we have written history” and the party had a clear mandate(授权，委托) to govern. He told public broadcaster ARD that voters had sent a signal that “things cannot carry on(继续，进行) like this”. “A very good campaigner(竞选者，活动家) for us in this election campaign was Friedrich Merz,” Siegmund said.
德国选择党的州长候选人乌尔里希·西格蒙德表示，“我们创造了历史”，并称该党拥有明确的执政授权。他对公共广播公司ARD表示，选民发出了一个信号，即“事情不能再这样下去了”。西格蒙德说：“在这次选举中，弗里德里希·默茨是我们非常好的竞选伙伴。”