Riot police were locked in a tense standoff with protesters outside Poland’s constitutional court on Friday night after its top judge was suspended in the latest escalation in a decade-long dispute over the court’s legal status.(周五晚，波兰宪法法院院长被停职后，防暴警察与抗议者在法院外陷入紧张对峙，这是围绕该法院法律地位的十年争议的最新升级。)
周五晚上，波兰宪法法院院长被停职后，防暴警察与抗议者在法院外陷入紧张对峙。这是围绕该法院法律地位的十年争议的最新升级。
The clashes followed a controversial decision by a group of government-appointed judges to suspend the court’s contested president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and his deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański, amid disagreements over the bench’s legitimacy.(冲突发生前，一群政府任命的法官做出争议性决定，暂停法院备受质疑的院长及其副手的职务，原因是双方对法官席的合法性存在分歧。)
冲突发生前，一群政府任命的法官做出争议性决定，暂停法院备受质疑的院长博格丹·希文奇科夫斯基及其副手巴尔托米耶·索汉斯基的职务，原因是双方对法官席的合法性存在分歧。
The move prompted(引发) a furious reaction from the rightwing opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, with its leader, Jarosław Kaczyński, condemning(谴责) what he claimed was(他声称的) an “assault” on the court.
这一举动引发右翼反对党法律与公正党（PiS）的愤怒反应，其领导人雅罗斯瓦夫·卡钦斯基谴责此举是对法院的“攻击”。