东京——日本首相高市早苗本周旋风式访问纽约，包括在联合国发表讲话以及与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普会晤，凸显出在联合国大会这段相对缺乏固定安排的时期开展外交活动的艰巨性。
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's whirlwind visit to New York this week, including an address at the United Nations and a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, shows the daunting task of conducting diplomacy amid the relatively unstructured time of the U.N. General Assembly.
9月下旬是一年中最繁忙的时段之一，各国领导人齐聚纽约，在联合国大会期间及周边活动中发表讲话、举行双边会谈。
Late September is one of the busiest times of the year in New York, with world leaders converging on the city for speeches and bilateral meetings at and on the sidelines of the General Assembly.
整个曼哈顿本周安保戒备森严。携带机枪的警员部署在全市各地，为贵宾车队封路的情况频繁出现，导致交通拥堵。
Security was tight throughout Manhattan this week. Police officers carrying machine guns were stationed across the city, while roads frequently were shut down for VIP motorcades, snarling traffic.
日本首相通常会利用联合国大会这一机会，寻求与各国对口官员举行会谈。
Japanese prime ministers typically use the General Assembly as an opportunity to seek talks with counterparts from around the world.
一名日本政府高级官员说：“能否真正安排上双边会谈，就像天象排成一线一样难得。”
"Whether bilateral talks actually can be arranged is akin to a planetary alignment," a senior government official said.
官员们像拼图一样整合日程，设法弄清其他领导人何时会出现在联合国总部。记者往往直到最后一刻才获知会晤安排，今年也不例外。
Officials piece together schedules like a puzzle, sorting out when other leaders will be at U.N. headquarters. Reporters often are informed of meeting schedules only at the last minute, and this year was no exception.
联合国大会期间，世界领导人齐聚纽约，纽约的安保措施十分严密。
Officials piece together schedules like a puzzle, sorting out when other leaders will be at U.N. headquarters. Reporters often are informed of meeting schedules only at the last minute, and this year was no exception.
高市早苗周二分别与美国、土耳其和乌克兰总统以及联合国秘书长举行会谈。对日本记者而言，与特朗普的会面才是最大看点。
Security in New York was tight during the U.N. General Assembly, as world leaders gathered in the city. Takaichi held separate talks on Tuesday with the presidents of the U.S., Turkey and Ukraine, as well as the U.N. secretary-general. For Japanese journalists, the meeting with Trump was the main event.
媒体获准进入会场约五分钟。特朗普看起来很轻松，还拿美国口译员说话速度过快开玩笑。相比之下，高市早苗似乎略显紧张。
The media were allowed into the room for roughly the first five minutes. Trump appeared relaxed, joking about the fast pace of the U.S. interpreter's remarks. Takaichi, by contrast, seemed somewhat tense.
此次会面的核心议题是：日本能否在周四美中峰会前清楚传达其对中国及印太地区的看法，以及特朗普是否会向北京方面转达这些关切。
The central issue at this meeting was whether Japan could clearly communicate its views on China and the Indo-Pacific before Thursday's U.S.-China summit, and whether Trump would convey those concerns to Beijing.
媒体被允许进入日本首相高市早苗与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普峰会的房间大约前五分钟，期间气氛轻松。共同社 ©高市在开场白结束时表示：“我们今天有许多议题要讨论，所以让我们开始会议吧。”
The media were allowed into the room for roughly the first five minutes of the summit between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump, during which the mood was light.
当她的口译员——外务省条约课课长高尾直（Sunao Takao）将这句话翻译成英文时，他要求媒体离开房间，而高市并未明确这么说过。特朗普微笑着指示在场的记者遵照高市的指示，促使他们退场。
© Kyodo "We have many issues to discuss today, so let's get started with the meeting," Takaichi said at the conclusion of her opening remarks. When her interpreter -- Sunao Takao, director of the Foreign Ministry's Treaties Division -- translated that statement into English, he asked the media to leave the room, something Takaichi had not explicitly said. Smiling, Trump instructed the journalists present to follow Takaichi's instructions, prompting them to exit.
高市于周二晚上7点过后不久在联合国大会一般性辩论上发表了日本的演讲。官员们表示，她本人反复修改了演讲稿，直到登上讲台前不久。
When her interpreter -- Sunao Takao, director of the Foreign Ministry's Treaties Division -- translated that statement into English, he asked the media to leave the room, something Takaichi had not explicitly said. Smiling, Trump instructed the journalists present to follow Takaichi's instructions, prompting them to exit.
大厅里只有大约30%的座位坐了人，但稀疏的人群与其说是对日本缺乏兴趣，不如说是由于发言时间较晚。
Takaichi delivered Japan's address to the General Debate of the General Assembly shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Officials said she personally revised the speech repeatedly until just before taking the podium.
演讲的日程安排是国家元首优先，然后是政府首脑。由于日本首相不是国家元首，日本领导人往往最终在较晚的时间发言。同样，在高市之后发言的英国首相安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）的出席人数也有限。
Only around 30% of the seats in the hall were occupied, but the sparse crowd had less to do with lack of interest in Japan than with the late speaking slot. Addresses are scheduled first for heads of state and then for heads of government. Because Japan's prime minister is not a head of state, Japanese leaders often end up speaking later in the day. Attendance was likewise limited for British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who spoke after Takaichi.
在国际舞台上提升日本的存在感并非易事。高市的政治导师、前首相安倍晋三在2013年联合国大会期间以不同的方式吸引了关注，他访问了纽约证券交易所，并以“买我的安倍经济学！”这一著名呼吁敦促投资者。高市在纽约仅停留了大约30个小时。除了在联合国总部开会和发表演讲外，她的活动基本限于她下榻的酒店以及用于举行新闻发布会的酒店。
Raising Japan's profile on the global stage is no easy task. Takaichi's political mentor, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, sought attention in a different way during the 2013 U.N. General Assembly, visiting the New York Stock Exchange and famously urging investors to "buy my Abenomics!" Takaichi spent only about 30 hours in New York. Aside from meetings and speeches at U.N. headquarters, her movements were largely limited to the hotel where she stayed and the hotel used for press events.