马来西亚两任总理马哈蒂尔·莫哈末已入院观察，其办公室周三证实，这是这位101岁高龄老人最新的一次健康惊吓。
Malaysia’s two-time prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to hospital for observation, his office confirmed on Wednesday, in the latest health scare involving the 101-year-old.
马哈蒂尔于周二晚被送入国家心脏中心，仅比他结发妻子茜蒂·哈斯玛·莫哈末·阿里在同一家医院去世晚了一天。
Mahathir was admitted to the National Heart Institute on Tuesday night, barely a day after his wife of 70 years, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, died at the same hospital.
目前尚不清楚这位前领导人入院的具体原因。马哈蒂尔的长期助手苏菲·尤索夫告诉记者，他们正在等待医生的诊断结果。近年来，马哈蒂尔多次住院，引发公众对其健康状况恶化的担忧。
It is unclear why the former leader was admitted. Sufi Yusoff, Mahathir’s long-time aide, told reporters that they were awaiting diagnosis by his doctors. Mahathir has had a series of hospitalisations in recent years, triggering public concern over his deteriorating health.
今年1月，他在家中跌倒导致右髋骨折，住院三周，医生因其年龄原因排除了手术方案，使他实际上只能依靠轮椅行动。
In January, he was warded for three weeks after fracturing his right hip in a fall at his home, effectively consigning him to a wheelchair after his doctors ruled out surgery due to his age.
就在几个月前，他在7月出席庆祝其100岁生日的野餐活动后因疲劳入住心脏中心。2024年10月，他因肺部感染住院两周。
Just a few months prior, he was admitted to the heart institute for fatigue after attending a picnic to celebrate his 100th birthday in July. In October 2024, he was warded for two weeks after contracting a lung infection.
马哈蒂尔有心脏病史，分别于1989年和2007年接受了两次搭桥手术。
Mahathir has had a history of heart problems. He underwent two bypass surgeries in 1989 and 2007.
本周早些时候，随着马来西亚民众和地区领导人就其妻子突然离世致以哀悼，这位前领导人重新进入公众视野。
The former leader came back into the spotlight this week, as condolences poured in from Malaysians and regional leaders over the sudden loss of his wife.
在其社交媒体账号发布的一段短视频中，马哈蒂尔在与彭亨州苏丹阿卜杜拉·阿末·沙交谈时，表达了对妻子去世的难以置信。“我没想到今天会失去她，”他说。
In a short video posted on his social media accounts, Mahathir was seen sharing his disbelief over her death when speaking with Pahang ruler Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah. “I did not expect to lose her today,” he said.
作为一名终身马来民族主义者，马哈蒂尔是东南亚那个时代最后一位在世的强人。
A lifelong Malay nationalist, Mahathir is Southeast Asia’s last surviving strongman of his era.
在1981年至2003年的首任总理任期内，他将马来西亚的农业经济重塑为该地区的工业巨擘之一，拥有纵横交错的高速公路网络和蓬勃发展的制造业，支撑起该国至关重要的出口经济。
In his first term as prime minister from 1981 to 2003, he reshaped Malaysia’s agrarian economy into one of the region’s industrial juggernauts with sprawling highway networks and a burgeoning manufacturing sector feeding the country’s all-important exports.
马哈蒂尔也因拯救国家免于陷入深重债务而受到赞誉，他在1990年代末亚洲金融危机最严重时拒绝向国际货币基金组织贷款，转而选择将林吉特货币与美元挂钩以稳定经济。
Mahathir was also credited with saving the country from falling into deep debt when he refused to take a loan from the International Monetary Fund at the height of the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, opting instead to peg the ringgit currency to the US dollar to stabilise the economy.
但他也因对异见零容忍而臭名昭著。在他担任首相的早期，超过100名反对党政客、活动人士和记者在“拉朗行动”下被拘留，该行动针对批评其政府的声音。
But he was also famously intolerant of dissent. In his early years as prime minister, over 100 opposition politicians, activists and journalists were detained under Ops Lalang that targeted voices critical of his administration.
马来西亚在他第一个任期即将结束时登上国际头条，当时他促成了副总理安瓦尔·易卜拉欣入狱，罪名是贪污和鸡奸，此前两人已决裂。约瑟夫·西帕兰 报道
Malaysia made international headlines towards the end of his first term, when he saw to the jailing of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim – then his deputy – on charges of corruption and sodomy after the pair had fallen out. By Joseph Sipalan