熟悉情况的人士表示，央行政策制定者对克里斯蒂娜·拉加德拒绝就其未来提供明确信息的态度日益不耐烦。
Central Bank policymakers are getting impatient with Christine Lagarde’s refusal to offer clarity on her future, people familiar with the matter said.
这些人士称，数月来的猜测导致的累积挫败感因总统对其可能提前离职的含糊回答而加剧。他们因讨论涉及私密事项而拒绝透露身份。
Cumulative frustration from months of speculation has been fueled by the president’s cryptic answers on her possible early exit, said the people, who declined to be identified because discussions on the matter are private.
他们还补充说，有人担心此事对欧洲央行的形象造成不良影响。另一些人则指出，拉加德的回忆录将于一月份出版，她在任期间愿意宣传该书，这也是令人不安的方面。
There is also concern that the saga is a bad look for the ECB, they added, while others highlight the release of Lagarde’s memoir in January and her willingness to promote it while in office as an area of unease.
熟悉情况的人士表示，一些官员对她计划缺乏明确性并不太在意，坚持认为政策制定可以不受影响地继续进行。欧洲央行发言人拒绝就同事如何看待总统的行为发表评论。
Some officials are less bothered about the lack of clarity on her plans, insisting that policymaking can carry on unaffected, the people said. A spokesperson for the ECB declined to comment on how colleagues view the president’s actions.
一个可能阻碍拉加德在其任期结束前（即明年十月）提前离职的问题是法国目前的债务困境。随着市场紧张局势持续，欧洲央行正朝着第三次加息迈进，她和同事们在公开场合一直聚焦这些议题，而回避讨论总统职位的问题。
One issue that may be impeding Lagarde’s exit before the end of her term next October could be France’s current bond troubles. With market tensions persisting and the ECB moving toward a third increase in interest rates, she and colleagues have focused on those issues in public while skirting the matter of the presidency.
然而，拉加德可能提前离职的信号以及另外两个职位即将出现空缺，意味着领导层问题目前仍然是一个热点议题。
Signals over a possible early departure by Lagarde, and impending vacancies for two other roles, mean however that leadership is very much a live issue.
路透社周四援引接近该组织的人士报道称，世界经济论坛可能在下个月由其受托人投票任命她为主席。欧洲央行发言人拒绝就此事发表评论。
On Thursday, Reuters reported that the World Economic Forum could appoint her chair in a vote by its trustees as soon as next month, citing people close to the organization. The ECB spokesperson declined to comment on that.
拉加德可能为了该日内瓦职位而辞职的猜测已经持续了一年多。七月份被问及她的计划时，总统告诉记者，他们不会在2027年前“看到我的背影”，并表示“当前方有乌云时，船长会留在船上”。这一回答暗示她可能在任期结束前离职。上个月的新闻发布会上，她没有提供进一步的暗示。
Speculation that Lagarde might quit for that job in Geneva has swirled for more than a year. Questioned on her plans in July, the president told journalists that they wouldn’t “see the back of me before 2027” and that “when there are clouds on the horizon, the captain stays on the ship.”That answer implicitly allowed for an exit before her term ends. At the press conference last month, she offered no further hints.
“如果有关我个人的消息需要报道，你们会是第一个知道的——仅次于我的孙辈们，”拉加德当时说道，“目前并无任何可报道的内容。”
“When there is something to report about me personally, you will be the first one to know — after my grandchildren,” Lagarde said then. “There is nothing to report.”
在9月30日发表的一篇报纸访谈中，她并未排除在任期结束前“几个月”离任的可能性。两天后，意大利财政部长詹卡洛·乔治蒂表示，“有必要澄清此事。”虽然希腊总理预测各国之间会就行长职位及其他两个即将空缺的席位达成某种协议，但目前仅有伊莎贝尔·施纳贝尔的席位处于空缺状态。提名截止日期为10月28日，德国显然希望继续保留其在执行委员会中的席位。
In a newspaper interview published Sept. 30, she declined to rule out leaving “a few months” before her term concludes. Two days later, Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said that “it would be opportune to clear up this matter.”While Greece’s prime minister has predicted a “grand bargain” between nations over the presidency and the two other seats coming due, only that of Isabel Schnabel is currently up for grabs. Nominations are due by Oct. 28, with Germany likely to want to keep its place on the Executive Board.
显而易见，欧盟各国正在为必要的谈判做准备。德国总理弗里德里希·默茨在周四接受《金融时报》采访时称，如果拉加德提前离任，“我们已做好了准备。”
What is clear is that EU nations are getting ready for the requisite negotiations. If Lagarde does leave early, “we will be prepared,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Financial Times in an interview published Thursday.
拉加德计划出版回忆录——许多知名人士在职业生涯结束后都会这么做——这也为整个事件增添了新的变数。
Lagarde’s plans to publish a memoir, the sort of thing many famous people do after the end of their career, is another twist in the story.
在上个月的欧洲央行新闻发布会上，这位行长表示不会利用央行的资源来宣传定于1月底出版的这本书。不过她又“极力鼓励”记者们购买此书。
The president said at the ECB press conference last month that she won’t market the book, due out at the end of January, on the central bank’s time. Lagarde went on to “strongly encourage” reporters to buy it.
本周，欧洲央行内部员工的不满情绪终于公开化。在致央行合规事务主管的一封信中，员工委员会负责人询问：行长出版回忆录的打算以及其谋求其他职务的举动在道德层面是否站得住脚。
Disquiet at the level of ECB employees broke out into the open this week. In a letter to the institution’s chief compliance officer, the head of the staff committee asked how the president’s publishing plans and talks to gain another role stack up ethically.