欧盟检察官开始调查西班牙铁路升级资金，该线路列车相撞事故已致69人死亡作者：Alba Morgade 欧盟检察官已开始调查可能被挪用的欧盟资金，这些资金原本用于升级西班牙一条铁路线路，上周该线路发生列车相撞事故，造成69人死亡。
Prosecutors begin investigating EU funds meant for upgrading the Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people. By Alba Morgade European Union prosecutors have begun investigating the possible misuse of EU funds meant for upgrading the Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people last week.
由西班牙国家警卫队一个特别小组提供支持的检察官表示，他们正在铁路基础设施管理局和铁路安全局的办公室开展调查。
Prosecutors backed by a special unit of Spain's Guardia Civil security force said they were conducting the inquiry at the offices of Adif rail infrastructure authority and rail safety agency AESF.
10月28日发生在马德里-塞维利亚高速铁路线上的事故，是本世纪欧洲最严重的铁路灾难之一。
The 28 October accident on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line was one of the worst railway disasters in Europe this century.
这是今年针对西班牙铁路系统开启的第二起欧盟欺诈调查，此前1月在同一线路的阿达穆兹段发生事故，造成46人死亡。
It is the second EU fraud inquiry opened into Spain's railways this year, after 46 people were killed on the same line at Adamuz in January.
上周，国营运营商Renfe运营的一列列车在乌尔达村附近（位于马德里以南约130公里/80英里处）追尾撞上了一列属于西班牙私营公司Iryo的停靠列车。
Last week, a train operated by state-owned operator Renfe ploughed into the back of a stationary train belonging to private Spanish company Iryo outside the village of Urda, around 130km (80 miles) south of Madrid.
监控列车位置的LZB通信系统已瘫痪，尽管前方的Iryo列车无法重新启动，Renfe列车仍获准按正常速度运行。
The LZB communication system that monitors the position of trains had gone down, and the Renfe train had been given the all clear to start running at normal speed, even though the Iryo train ahead of it had been unable to restart.
相隔九个月在同一线路上发生的两起事故，共造成115人死亡，数十人受伤。
The two accidents nine months apart on the same line have claimed 115 lives and dozens more injuries.
欧洲检察官办公室（EPPO）周五表示，已开始在西班牙铁路管理部门采取调查措施，“此前已就可能涉及分配给马德里-塞维利亚高速铁路线翻新及安全、信号和通信系统升级的欧盟资金的欺诈行为启动调查”。
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) said on Friday it had begun conducting investigative measures at Spain's rail authorities "after the opening of an investigation into possible fraud affecting EU funds allocated to the renovation and upgrading of safety, signalling and communications systems on the Madrid-Seville high-speed railway line".
欧洲检察官办公室强调公众对此案高度关注，但表示不会公布更多细节。
The EPPO highlighted high public interest in the case, but said no further details would be made public.
作为程序的一部分，负责此案的一名西班牙法官必须确保调查符合法律保障，包括授权任何可能涉及住宅搜查或电话窃听的措施。
As part of the process, a Spanish judge assigned to the case has to ensure the investigation complies with legal safeguards, including authorising any measures that might involve house searches or phone-tapping.
乌尔达灾难损害了总理佩德罗·桑切斯领导的社会党政府的声誉，距离11月29日的大选在即，该党在大多数民意调查中落后于保守党人民党（PP）。
The Urda disaster has damaged the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez ahead of a 29 November general election and the party is trailing the conservative People's Party (PP) in most opinion polls.
桑切斯的亲密盟友、交通部长奥斯卡·普恩特本周辞职，因为在他任内今年发生了两起致命事故。
Close Sánchez ally Óscar Puente resigned this week as transport minister, after seeing two deadly accidents on his watch this year.
人民党和极右翼政党呼声党（Vox）表示，普恩特辞职还不够，他们要求桑切斯也辞职。
The PP and far-right Vox say Puente's resignation is not enough and they have demanded that Sánchez resign too.
现在许多西班牙人对乘坐火车变得谨慎，据报道出现了大范围的车次取消和空荡荡的站台。
Many people in Spain have now become wary of taking the train, with reports of widespread cancellations and empty station platforms.
为乌尔达灾难的69名遇难者举行的葬礼将于周二在托莱多主教座堂举行，灾难就发生在该省。
A funeral for the 69 victims at Urda will take place on Tuesday at Toledo cathedral, in the same province that the disaster happened.
普恩特的继任者卡洛斯·库埃尔波誓言将采取一切必要措施，“恢复西班牙人对我们高铁的信心”。
Puente's successor, Carlos Cuerpo, has vowed to take all necessary measures to "restore the confidence of Spaniards in our high-speed rail".
库埃尔波周五会见了1月阿达穆斯灾难的幸存者，他们向他提交了一份包含11项要求的清单，旨在改善西班牙铁路安全。
Cuerpo met survivors of January's Adamuz disaster on Friday and they handed him a list of 11 demands for improving safety on Spain's railways.