这场关于争议性游行的争端再次提醒人们：和平进程尚未结束。马克·辛普森指出：“历史表明，每当北爱尔兰的政治问题演变成街头冲突时，摩擦与对立几乎不可避免。”
The dispute over the controversial parade is a reminder that the peace process is not over. By Mark Simpson History shows that when the politics of Northern Ireland are wrapped up in a street dispute, friction is seldom far away.
在斯托蒙特议会（Stormont Parliament）中，联合主义者（Unionists）与民族主义者（Nationalists）之间的激烈争论几乎每周都在发生；然而如今，基层民众之间的直接冲突已变得极为罕见。
Bitter rows in the Stormont chamber between unionists and nationalists happen almost every week, but ground-level arguments are rare these days. The Drumcree parade dispute in Portadown is a clash of political cultures.
波塔当（Portadown）的德拉姆克里游行（Drumcree Parade）事件实质上是一场政治文化之间的冲突：“奥兰治秩序”（Orange Order）是一个支持英国的新教组织，他们希望在该地区举行游行；而该地区居民大多信奉天主教，且普遍支持爱尔兰独立。
The Orange Order is a Protestant pro-British organisation. The area where it wants to walk is largely Catholic, and predominantly inhabited by pro-Irish nationalists.
这场围绕一条道路的争端绝非局部问题，它有可能影响到北爱尔兰的其他地区，以及斯托蒙特议会的权力共享机制。
This dispute over a piece of road is not just a local problem. It has the potential to affect other parts of Northern Ireland and the power-sharing arrangements at Stormont.
一位退休政治家曾说：“德拉姆克里发生的冲突永远不会只停留在那里。”
"What happens at Drumcree never stays at Drumcree," was how one retired politician put it.
20世纪90年代中期，这场游行争议首次演变成暴力事件，骚乱蔓延至其他地区，几乎使和平进程陷入停滞。尽管问题始终未能彻底解决，但在接下来的30年里争议逐渐平息。然而今年夏天，一场法律诉讼的提起再次引发了公众的关注，使得这场争论重新成为焦点。
When the parade dispute first erupted into violence in the mid-1990s, the disorder spread to other places - and almost derailed the peace process. But while it was never fully resolved, the dispute faded over the next 30 years. Its sudden re-emergence has caught most people by surprise, including many politicians. What happened was that a legal case was brought to court over the dispute early this summer, re-opening the debate.
北爱尔兰的两大主要政党——新芬党（Sinn Féin）和民主统一党（Democratic Unionist Party, DUP）在这场争论中持完全对立的观点：新芬党坚定地站在当地居民一边，而民主统一党则全力支持“奥兰治秩序”。
The two largest parties in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), have been on opposite sides of the argument. Sinn Féin are firmly behind the residents. The DUP fully supports the Orange Order.
尽管这两党在斯托蒙特议会中是合作伙伴，但在德拉姆克里问题上他们的立场截然相反。
They may be partners in the devolved government at Stormont, but when it comes to Drumcree they could not be further apart.
正如北爱尔兰一贯的情况一样，历史背景在理解这类冲突时至关重要。
As always in Northern Ireland, the historical context is important.
近年来，波塔当地区在游行问题上虽然保持了表面的平静，但“奥兰治秩序”仍认为这场争端尚未结束。
Although there has been an uneasy calm in Portadown over the parading issue in recent years, the Orange Order regards the march as unfinished business.
1998年，该组织被禁止完成其名为“Drumcree游行”的活动（该游行路线包括Garvaghy Road路段）；从那以后，他们多次申请通过该路段的通行许可，但都遭到了拒绝。在过去三十年里，他们总共提交了超过1000次申请，但全部被驳回。
In 1998, it was banned from completing its Drumcree march - which includes the Garvaghy Road - and has been repeatedly refused permission to finish the route ever since. It has applied and been turned down more than 1,000 times in the past three decades.
该组织声称，他们被剥夺的是一项可以追溯到19世纪初的传统活动权利。
It says it is being denied a traditional walk which dates back to the early 1800s.
20世纪90年代末，政府成立了专门的“游行管理委员会”来裁决此类争议，而该委员会始终拒绝批准他们使用原定路线进行游行。
A Parades Commission was set up in the late 1990s to adjudicate on marching disputes and, until now, it has consistently ruled against the route. The Orange Order's legal challenge to a ruling in June this year succeeded on procedural grounds.
今年6月，橙色军团（Orange Order）以程序性理由对相关裁决提起了法律诉讼，并最终胜诉。
The order subsequently re-applied for permission to carry out the parade, albeit a scaled-back version with only 35 participants rather than 400 - and was successful.
随后，该组织重新申请了游行许可，虽然游行规模大幅缩减（从原计划的400人减少到35人），但仍获得了批准。
Nationalist residents on the Garvaghy Road were left shocked and angry. For them, the parade is triumphalist and unwelcome in the area.
Garvaghy Road地区的民族主义居民对此感到震惊和愤怒：在他们看来，这场游行带有霸权主义色彩，对该地区来说毫无意义；他们认为这场游行只会重新激化社区间的矛盾。
Rather than being about tradition, they see the parade as an act of supremacy and say it re-opens old community wounds. During a last-minute legal battle over the march, a judge appealed for all sides of the dispute to find common ground and come to an agreement.
在围绕这次游行的最后一场法律斗争中，法官呼吁各方寻求共同点、达成和解——但这一努力显然未能成功。
Nobody was surprised when that did not happen. Feelings are running high on the issue on all sides, including among the political parties.
各方（包括各政党）对此事的情绪都非常激动；目前，北爱尔兰的权力共享政府内部的关系已处于危险的分裂边缘。
Relations in the power-sharing executive are now dangerously close to breaking point. There is a Stormont election next year which means parties tend to dig in, rather than search for compromises.
明年将举行斯托蒙特（Stormont）选举，各政党更倾向于坚持自己的立场，而非寻求妥协。
The Drumcree dispute goes to the heart of the divisions which remain in Northern Ireland.
“Drumcree游行”事件凸显了北爱尔兰内部存在的深刻分歧；最近发生的这些事件提醒人们：和平进程尚未结束，仍有很多工作需要完成。
Events of recent days are a reminder that the peace process is not over, it is ongoing - and there is still work to be done on the ground and at Stormont.