尼泊尔政府宣布，在8月发生特大洪水后，对数千名失踪人员的搜救行动将终止。
The Nepalese government has announced an end to search and rescue operations for thousands of people still missing after a massive flood in August.
尼泊尔加德满都，比纳吉·古鲁巴查里亚报道——尼泊尔宣布，将停止对8月26日洪灾受害者的搜救行动。此次洪灾已造成至少1455人死亡，另有数千人失踪。
BINAJ GURUBACHARYA KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal announced its intention to cease search and rescue operations for victims of the Aug. 26 flood that killed at least 1,455 people with thousands more still missing.
仍有5285人下落不明，其中包括数百名外国公民。他们的家人对此反应不一：有人感到宽慰，也有人对该国政府周一晚间宣布的决定表示不满。
Family members of 5,285 people who remain unaccounted for, including hundreds of foreign nationals, expressed mixed reactions, with some relieved and others unhappy with the decision by Nepal’s government announced late Monday.
总理巴伦德拉·沙阿办公室表示，政府将把重点转向灾后恢复和重建工作，包括修复被洪水切断的道路和桥梁，尤其是在偏远地区，受损的基础设施给援助物资的运送带来了困难。
The office of Prime Minister Balendra Shah said the government will concentrate on rehabilitation and reconstruction including restoring roads and bridges cut off by floods, particularly in remote areas where damaged infrastructure has made aid deliveries difficult.
政府估计，重建和恢复工作将耗资47.7亿美元。此次洪灾已影响近3.3万人，约7500所房屋受损或毁于一旦。
The government estimates reconstruction and recovery will cost $4.77 billion. Nearly 33,000 people have been affected and about 7,500 homes were damaged or destroyed.
9月4日，两名尼泊尔工人在特里苏利水电站项目的地下隧道中被救出，两天后，救援人员又在同一地点发现一名中国男子，这重新点燃了人们寻找幸存者的希望。
Hopes for finding survivors were revived after two Nepalese workers were rescued from an underground tunnel at the Trishuli hydropower project on Sept. 4, and again two days later when rescuers found a Chinese man at the same location.
其他洪灾受害者的家人已在尼泊尔举行抗议和守夜活动，呼吁改善搜救工作。
The families of other flood victims have held protests and vigils in Nepal to call for the search efforts to be improved.
乌莎·卡特里反对政府终止搜救行动的决定。她已在多条河流流经以及已发现尸体的城镇中，连续多日搜寻自己的丈夫。
Usha Khatri opposed the government’s decision to end rescue operations. She has spent days searching for her husband in many of the towns where the river flows and bodies have been recovered.
卡特里周三表示：“政府放弃搜救行动，而仍有数千人失踪，这让我非常愤怒。我们仍然怀有希望，认为亲人可能还活着，他们怎么能这么做呢？”
“I am so angry at the government for giving up on search and rescue with thousands of people still missing. I just don’t understand how they can do that when we still have hope left that our loved one can still be found,” Khatri said Wednesday.
在持续搜寻的过程中，她还查看了已发现但为等待身份确认而暂时安葬的遇难者遗体照片。
During her ongoing search she has checked photos of bodies that were recovered but buried for preservation until identification is made.
“他们要么放弃寻找遗体，要么拿出确凿证据，证明我丈夫已经失踪，只有这样才能宣布他死亡，”卡特里说。
“Either they have to give up the body or show some solid proof that my husband is gone and then only they can declare him dead,” Khatri said.
其他家庭成员则欢迎这一决定，并表示他们正在寻求政府签发的死亡证明。
Other family members welcomed the decision and said they are seeking government-issued death certificates.
“经过这么多天、这么多周，找到任何幸存者的希望已经微乎其微。我们确信没有家人能够幸存，我们只是在寻求一个了结，”尼拉詹·普德尔说，他在洪灾中失去了五名家人。
“After so many days and weeks there is little or no hope of finding anyone alive. We are sure that none of our family members survived and we are just looking for a closure,” said Nirajan Poudel, who lost five family members in the flood.
一些亲属仍然失踪的人已经举行了象征性的葬礼。火葬是印度教传统中重要的最后仪式，即使没有遗体举行这一仪式，也能让一些家庭获得精神上的解脱。
Several people whose relatives remain missing have performed symbolic funerals Cremation is an important final rite in the Hindu tradition and performing the ceremony even without a body provides a sense of spiritual release for some families.
普德尔表示，政府至今拒绝签发死亡证明，称需要先修改法律。在尼泊尔，死亡证明是家庭获得赔偿、保险和继承财产所必需的。尼泊尔政府尚未立即回应美联社关于死亡证明的更多信息请求。法律专家表示，关键问题在于确定被洪水冲走的人数。
Poudel said the government has so far refused to issue death certificates, saying laws need to be amended first. Death certificates are necessary in Nepal for families to receive compensation, insurance and inherit properties. Nepal’s government did not immediately respond to a request by The Associated Press for more information about the death certificates. Legal experts said the key issue was determining the number of people who were swept away by the flood.
“这更多涉及实际困难，而非法律问题，”最高法院律师哈迪克·苏贝迪说。“目前尚未启动能够签发死亡证明的流程。”
“There is more to do with practical complications than legal provisions,” supreme court lawyer Hardik Subedi said. “The process has not been initiated that facilitates the death certificate.”