Elif Eralp launched her election bid last autumn with the blunt(直率的，直白的) statement: “People like me are actually not supposed to become mayor in this country.” So the fact that the 45-year-old lawyer and daughter of political migrants from Turkey is on the verge of becoming Berlin’s next mayor and the capital’s first leader of Turkish origin is quite the moment in German politics.(因此，这位45岁的律师、土耳其政治移民的女儿即将成为柏林下一任市长，也是首都首位土耳其裔领导人，这无疑是德国政治中的一个重要时刻。)
去年秋天，埃利夫·埃拉尔普以一句直白的话开启了她的竞选：“像我这样的人，在这个国家其实是不该当市长的。”因此，这位45岁的律师、土耳其政治移民的女儿，即将成为柏林下一任市长，也是首都首位土耳其裔领导人，这无疑是德国政治中的一个重要时刻。
After last weekend’s city state election, in which her far-left party, Die Linke(德国左翼党), came first(获得第一名) with more than a quarter of the votes, Eralp has become a household name(家喻户晓的名字).
在上周末的州级选举中，她的极左翼政党左翼党以超过四分之一的选票位居第一，此后埃拉尔普成了家喻户晓的名字。
The mood at Die Linke’s election celebrations on Sunday night was electric(极度兴奋的，令人激动的). Eralp, whose candidacy has helped propel the party from the doldrums to the brink of heading a coalition government in Berlin for the first time, was feted as a star.(埃拉尔普的参选帮助该党从低谷走向首次领导柏林联合政府的边缘，她被誉为明星。)
周日晚上，左翼党选举庆祝活动的气氛异常热烈。埃拉尔普的参选帮助该党从低谷走向首次领导柏林联合政府的边缘，她被誉为明星。