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原标题：US campus protests of Gaza war lead to hundreds of arrests

Protests on US college campuses over the Israel-Hamas war continued on Thursday, as one prominent university announced it would cancel its main graduation ceremony as a result.

The University of Southern California in Los Angeles said it won't hold its main graduation ceremony, which was scheduled for May 10.

"With the new safety measures in place this year, the time needed to process the large number of guests coming to campus will increase substantially," USC said in its announcement.

The Los Angeles Police Department said 93 people were arrested Wednesday night during a protest on the USC campus for allegedly trespassing. One person was arrested on allegations of assault with a deadly weapon.

On April 15, USC announced that valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who had been opposed by pro-Israel groups, would not be delivering the commencement speech after she faced criticism for her pro-Palestinian views.

USC said that "tradition must give way to safety", after Tabassum faced threats of an "alarming tenor".

"Although this should have been a time of celebration for my family, friends, professors, and classmates, ******** and ******* voices have subjected me to a campaign of racist hatred because of my uncompromising belief in human rights for all," Tabassum, who is Muslim, said in a statement.

"This is a security decision," USC Provost Andrew T. Guzman said to the Los Angeles Times. "This is not about the identity of the speaker, it's not about the things the valedictorian has said in the past. We have to put as our top priority ensuring that the campus and community is safe."

More than 530 arrests have been made in the last week across major US universities related to the protests, according to a Reuters tally.

College officials are worried the ongoing protests could disrupt their plans for commencement ceremonies next month, as they have at USC. Some universities called in police to break up the demonstrations, resulting in scuffles and arrests, while others appeared content to wait out student protests as the semester draws to a close.

The current wave of protests was inspired by events at Columbia University in New York, where police cleared an encampment and arrested more than 100 people last week, only for students to put up tents again, in an area where many are set to graduate in front of families in a few weeks.

Columbia has said it plans to continue negotiations with protesters through early Friday.

"There is a heavy police presence. I'm sure when you entered the campus, you are aware of all of the security around here," Althea C., a 21-year-old environmental biology student at Columbia University in New York, told China Daily. "But our movement is very strong."

Professors were spontaneously standing in front of students against police officers on Monday night, wearing gowns and hoods, holding signs saying "Hands off our students".

"It's very difficult to have complicated conversations when you have 100 of your students being hauled off with zip ties around their wrists by the NYPD," Nara Milanich, a history professor at Barnard College of Columbia University, told China Daily.

As the encampment took place on the lawn, a small group of pro-Israel students also demonstrated on the steps.

"I want everyone to live in security to not have to fear for their lives. I do not wish war to be anywhere," said a pro-Israel student who requested anonymity. "I personally want an end to this war, and that includes the ceasing of rockets flying in Israel from every direction."

At Emerson College in Boston, 108 people were arrested at an alleyway encampment.

Some students protesting the war are demanding schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from certain companies that they say have enabled the conflict.

Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into ****** and have made them afraid to walk around campus.

The University of Texas at Austin campus was much calmer Thursday after 57 people were jailed and charged with criminal trespass a day earlier. University officials pulled back barricades and allowed demonstrators onto the main square beneath the school's iconic clock tower.

At Emory University in Atlanta, local and state police swept in to dismantle a camp, although the university said the protesters weren't students but rather outside activists. Jail records showed 22 people arrested by Emory police were charged with disorderly conduct.

"Several dozen protesters trespassed into Emory University's campus early Thursday morning and set up tents," the school wrote in response to an emailed request for comment.

On the campus of Princeton University in New Jersey, officers swarmed a newly formed encampment, video footage on social media showed.

But many colleges, including Harvard University, were choosing not to take immediate action against protesters who had set up tents, even though they were openly defying campus rules.

Some colleges were making new rules, like Northwestern University, which hastily changed its student code of conduct Thursday morning to bar tents on its suburban Chicago campus.

George Washington University in Washington DC said it would move its law school finals from a building next to the protest encampment to a new location, because of noise.

"We continue to follow reports about protests — including very alarming reports of ******* — on and around college campuses across the country," US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement.

Student protesters also have demanded that the US government rein in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, which Palestinian health authorities said have killed more than 34,000 people.

Israel is retaliating against an Oct 7 attack by Hamas that killed 1,200 people and led to 253 taken hostage, according to Israeli numbers.

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原标题：Community fitness center's viral ascent to fame as 'Chengdu Disney'


Many were perplexed, having only heard of Shanghai and Hong Kong Disneyland, questioning if Chengdu would be the next city to host the magical kingdom.
不少人都感到疑惑，疑问他们只听说过上海和香港的迪士尼乐园，难道成都也要建迪士尼了吗？


However, the talk was not about a new theme park, but rather a surprising turn of events involving Yu Lin seventh alley, a modest community fitness area in Chengdu's Wuhou district that became a viral phenomenon courtesy of a music video by rapper Nuomi.
不过其实，大家口中所说的并不是新的主题乐园，而是成都武侯区玉林七巷一居民区楼下的健身器材区，因为说唱歌手诺米的一首音乐MV而走红。


A netizen posted a video of people gathered around the fitness equipment, taking turns posing and snapping photos. Some even replicated the song's lyrics while using the equipment.
有网友此前晒出一条视频，视频中不少人围在一处健身器材旁排队拍照打卡，还有人一边拉起健身器材一边唱诺米的这首歌。


Many visitors said that the viral videos drew them to the area. Some visitors made special trips before leaving Chengdu, anxious to share their experience on social media and stay current with the trendy topic.
许多游客表示，，大家基本上都是在网上看到视频，觉得热度高，慕名前来。有几位来成都旅游的游客说，他们专门挤出行程，赶到这里打卡。


However, the influx of young visitors perplexed the community's elderly residents. They found it unusual and annoying that so many people would line up to ride a see-saw machine.
然而，大量年轻游客蜂拥至此让社区的老年居民多了不少抱怨，他们觉得那么多人排着队等待玩跷跷板很奇怪，也给人带来不少困扰。


On April 5, according to a Jiupai News article, Nuomi appealed to his supporters on social media to be respectful and not disturb the residents. He added that this is only where he shot the video.
据九派新闻报道，4月5日，当事人“诺米么lodmemo”发视频呼吁粉丝保持克制，不要影响小区老人休息。他表示，那里只是拍摄MV的地方。


On April 6, staff had been arranged to limit the flow and maintain order. The officers said that they had received dozens of complaints from locals and planned to continue restricting entry to maintain community peace.
4月6日，现场已经安排了工作人员进行限流。工作人员表示，他们接到几十位居民的投诉，未来一段时间会继续限流，以免给小区居民造成困扰。

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原标题：Survey finds generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators


More than a third of translators have lost work due to generative AI, a survey by the Society of Authors (SoA) has found. More than four in 10 translators said that their income has decreased because of generative AI, while more than three-quarters believe the emerging technology will negatively affect their future income.
英国作家协会的一项调查发现，生成式人工智能已经导致超三分之一译者丢掉饭碗。超40%的译者表示，他们的收入因生成式人工智能的出现而减少了，与此同时超四分之三的译者认为这项新兴技术会对他们未来的收入产生负面影响。
 

The SoA, the UK’s largest trade union for writers, illustrators and translators, ran the survey in January. It found that 37% of translators had used generative AI to support their work, and 8% used it because they were asked by their publisher or commissioning organisation.
英国作家协会是英国最大的作家、插画师和译者的工会组织。该协会在1月份开展的调查发现，37%的译者用生成式人工智能来辅助自己的工作，8%的译者使用这一技术是应出版商或委托机构的要求。
 

Thomas Bunstead, whose translations from Spanish include The Book of All Loves by Agustín Fernández Mallo, said it is important to draw a distinction between literary translators and “commercial” translators. “Though a third of translators have responded to the SoA survey saying they think they’ve lost work to AI already, literary translation remains in the hands of humans,” he said. “The work that has presumably been handed over to AI will be the kind of uncomplicated bread-and-butter stuff which doesn’t require so much nuance,” such as instruction manuals.
托马斯·邦斯特德将西班牙语作品翻译成英文，翻译作品包括奥古斯丁·费尔南德斯·马洛的《众爱之书》。他表示，有必要将文学译者和“商业”译者区分开来。他说：“尽管接受英国作家协会调查的译者有三分之一认为人工智能抢走了他们的饭碗，但文学翻译领域仍掌握在人类手中。”他指出，“被移交给人工智能处理的翻译工作是那种不复杂的实实在在的内容，没有那么多微妙之处需要翻译。”
 

"Idiomatic, knotty and complex writing,” is likely to remain with human translators, agrees Nichola Smalley, whose translations from Swedish and Norwegian include A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson. “But perhaps the people translating crime and romance novels who are currently getting less work due to AI will all start getting into the complex stuff and we’ll all be fighting for space in that niche. I hope not!”
尼古拉·斯莫利认同这一观点，她表示“习语多、晦涩、复杂的内容”仍然需要人类来翻译。斯莫利将瑞典语和挪威语作品翻译成英文，翻译作品包括阿曼达·斯文森的《一家三口》。她说：“但可能翻译犯罪和言情小说的人现在接到的活儿会变少，因为人工智能将全面进军复杂内容，我们以后都得在人工智能尚未触及的那点空间内你争我夺。希望不会如此！”
 

Ian Giles, the co-chair of the Translators Association whose translations from Scandinavian languages into English include the forthcoming The Cuckoo by Camilla Läckberg, said that his income from commercial translation work has fallen significantly since the beginning of 2023. The loss of non-literary streams of income for literary translators will mean the “raising of the bar to entry into the industry, with only those with wealth able to translate literature for publication”. He also said that cost-cutting is not confined to non-literary translation – a publisher specialising in ebooks and audiobooks for which he previously translated has switched to a process known as post-editing, when an AI translator has a first go at translating a text before a human editor checks it and makes tweaks.
英国翻译协会共同会长伊恩·吉尔斯将斯堪的纳维亚语系的作品翻译成英文，包括即将出版的卡米拉·拉克伯格的《布谷鸟》。他表示自2023年初以来他从翻译商务资料当中获得的收入大幅减少。对于文学译者来说，失去非文学收入来源将意味着“进入这一行业的门槛提高了，只有那些不差钱的人才能翻译和出版文学作品。”他还指出，削减成本不只局限于非文学翻译工作。他之前合作过的一名专营电子书和有声读物的出版商已经转而采用一种名为“后期编辑”的流程，先让人工智能翻译文本，再让人类编辑进行检查和微调。
 

Nuanxed, a company which facilitates translation via post-editing, said that while translators are “essential in maintaining high quality literature in translation”, their “methodologies will need to evolve alongside technological advancements”. CEO Robert Casten Carlberg said that “integrating AI into the translators’ toolbox” will enhance productivity “without sacrificing creativity or quality”.
通过后期编辑来优化翻译的Nuanxed公司表示，尽管译者“对于在翻译中保持高质量的文学水准必不可少”，他们的“方法也需要随着技术的进步而进化”。该公司的首席执行官罗伯特·卡斯滕·卡尔伯格表示，“将人工智能整合到译者的工具箱中”将能在“不牺牲创造力或质量”的前提下提高生产力。
 

However, Smalley said there are concerns that post-editing can create “a lot more work” for translators, who have to carefully compare texts to catch misreadings and “poor or unidiomatic” style. “Colleagues who have done this kind of post-editing work say that it requires a far higher degree of attention, because the AI generated text often reads so plausibly,” she said.
然而，斯莫利表示，有人担心后期编辑会给译者带来“比过去多得多的工作量”，因为译者需要仔细比对文本来找出理解错误的地方以及“文笔拙劣或不符合语言习惯”的表达方式。她说：“做过这种后期编辑的同事说，这需要比以前更加高度集中的注意力，因为人工智能生成的文本读起来往往都貌似合理。”
 

Bunstead said that “translators, like all freelancers, can go through lean periods. They won’t always know for certain the reasons why, but AI is currently the obvious explanation.”
邦斯特德指出：“和所有自由职业者一样，译者可能会经历一段困难时期。他们不一定都清楚收入为何减少，但人工智能是目前最显而易见的原因。”
 

Of the 787 SoA members who responded – including writers of fiction and nonfiction, scriptwriters, poets and journalists, as well as illustrators and translators – 94% reported wanting credit or compensation when their work is used to develop generative AI tools. In light of the survey, the SoA said that there is an “urgent need” for government regulation of AI tools to ensure they are developed and used “ethically and lawfully”.
接受该调查访问的787名英国作家协会会员包括小说和非小说作家、编剧、诗人、记者、插画师和译者，其中94%的人报告称自己的作品被用来开发生成式人工智能工具时没有署名或补偿。鉴于这一调查结果，英国作家协会表示，“迫切需要”政府对人工智能工具进行监管，确保它们的开发和使用“合乎道德与法规”。
 

"I'm certain that the act of creative and literary translation will live on in one shape or another,” said Giles. “For many there is a deep-seated desire to translate and I also believe there is an audience that desires human-translated content.”
吉尔斯说：“我确信创造性和文学翻译行为会以某种形式继续存在。很多人都拥有根植心底的翻译欲望，我也相信会有一群人喜欢看人类翻译的内容。”

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原标题：Postgraduate candidate rejected by Nanjing University after allegedly torturing cats caught in public opinion after attempting to transfer to Lanzhou University


A candidate who was rejected by Nanjing University supposedly for torturing cats was once again caught in a storm of public opinion and sparked heated discussion after he recently applied for a transfer to Lanzhou University.
近日，网传一报考南京大学研究生的男子因虐猫被刷，之后被发现进入兰州大学复试调剂名单。这一事件引起舆论热议。
 

Many netizens left messages on the official Weibo account of Lanzhou University to suggest that the university maintain appropriate standards for postgraduate enrollment, with many saying that candidates with moral issues should not be enrolled in any course.
于是，在兰州大学官微下方，众多网友在兰大官方微博上留言，希望校方对该生采取慎重态度，秉持适当的研究生招生标准。许多人表示，“不应录用品行恶劣的学生”。
 

The candidate, surnamed Xu, had scored the highest among all the candidates in the written exams for the professional courses of the major which he applied for at Nanjing University. However, he failed to pass the interview component of the postgraduate entrance exam after netizens exposed online that he had allegedly engaged in torturing cats.
考生徐某报考南京大学的专业课笔试成绩排名第一，但网友在网络平台曝光其曾涉嫌虐杀猫，徐某也未能通过复试。
 

Before the exam results were announced, several netizens filed complaints to the university that Xu had serious character issues and had filmed himself torturing cats at his university dormitory at the School of Civil Engineering of Southeast University where he finished his undergraduate studies. Netizens said that he also joined an online group who abuse cats for fun.
据悉，之前多名网友向学校反映，该生存在严重素质问题，本科时曾在东南大学土木工程学院的宿舍里录视频虐杀猫，还加入过一个以虐猫为乐的网络团伙。
 

A faculty member of Nanjing University said on April 3 that Xu failed the second-round exam, noting that the university applies comprehensive criteria when it comes to enrollment and Xu’s cat-abusing behavior could also have some impact on the university’s assessment.
4月3日，南京大学接受采访的工作人员称，徐某未能通过考核，学校在招生时会综合考量，徐某的虐猫行为有可能会影响最终结果。

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原标题：Homework video from Paris was fabricated

The Ministry of Public Security has debunked a video that sparked a nationwide search after it was widely circulated on social media.

The video, depicting homework booklets supposedly lost by a Chinese first grader in Paris, was revealed to be a meticulously crafted ploy for online attention.

The ministry's expose was part of a broader effort to combat online rumors. On Friday, it presented details of 10 prominent cases, highlighting the Paris homework incident as a prime example.

The video was uploaded in February by a blogger surnamed Xu, from Zhejiang province. It showed a Parisian restaurant worker supposedly returning homework found in a restroom. The video said the homework belonged to Qin Lang from Class Eight, without specifying the school. That sparked a social media frenzy, with many netizens attempting to locate the child.

However, the narrative quickly unraveled. A user claiming to be Qin Lang's uncle appeared in the comments section, providing an unverified school name. Subsequent investigations revealed the person making the comment, a person surnamed Yang from Jiangsu province, was another participant in the scheme to gain online attention and was not related to Xu.

Further investigation by authorities exposed the entire charade. Police discovered that Xu, along with her company director, surnamed Xue, scripted the video, purchased generic homework booklets online and staged the entire scene.

Facing administrative penalties and demands for public apologies, Xu admitted her initial lack of "legal awareness" but expressed remorse for the widespread attention and disruption caused by the video. Her social media accounts, boasting millions of followers across many platforms, have been suspended.

The incident underscores China's intensifying efforts to combat online misinformation.

In December, the ministry launched a nationwide campaign against online rumors. Over 80,000 leads and 10,000 cases have been investigated, with over 1,500 suspects apprehended and 10,700 individuals facing administrative penalties.

The ministry has vowed to continue its crackdown, targeting individuals who spread rumors, fabricate news or exploit trending topics for personal gain. Law enforcement authorities will increase inspections of major social media, livestreaming and short video platforms to identify and address malicious online activity.

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原标题：Goldman Sachs ups China's 2024 growth outlook


Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised its outlook for China's economic growth this year as the country's factory activities have accelerated more quickly than expected.
基于制造业的强劲表现，高盛上调2024年中国经济增长预测。


In a recent report, economists from Goldman Sachs, led by Shan Hui, the group's chief China economist, said that Chinese economy is likely to have expanded at an annualized pace of 7.5 percent in the first quarter compared to the prior three months, surpassing their previous estimates of 5.6 percent.
在最新报告中，高盛中国首席经济学家闪辉及其团队表示，中国经济一季度环比年化增速可能达到7.5%，高于此前预期的5.6%。


As a result, the group has raised its forecast for China's economic growth to 5 percent in 2024, rather than the 4.8 percent previously predicted.
因此，高盛将2024年中国经济增长预期从此前的4.8%上调至5%。


According to the team's calculations, about two-thirds of the 1.7 percentage point improvement in China's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index in March is related to seasonal factors, while the remaining one-third reflects an improvement in manufacturing growth momentum on a month-on-month basis. Other data also point to outstanding performance in the manufacturing sector.
高盛测算，中国制造业采购经理指数（PMI）3月份环比上升1.7个百分点，其中约三分之二与季节性因素相关，剩余三分之一反映出制造业增长动能环比有所改善。其他数据也指向制造业优异的表现。

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原标题：A special 'café' brings comfort to guests who have lost a loved one


Making arrangements at a funeral parlor for a loved one lost can be an upsetting experience.
在殡仪馆为逝去的亲人安排葬礼可能是一种令人不难过的经历。

 
One undertaker staffed by young people is trying to alleviate the agony by creating an environment where the bereaved can pour out their hearts about perceptions of life and death.
一家由年轻人开的店正试图通过创造一种环境来减轻这种痛苦，创新地将殡葬服务与咖啡结合，让失去亲人的人们能够倾诉他们对生死的感悟。


Called Baiduren, or "Ferrymen" — a reference perhaps to Charon in Greek mythology, the ferryman who took souls across the river that separated the living and the dead.
咖啡馆馆名“摆渡人”的灵感或来源于希腊神话中的摆渡人卡戎，他负责将亡魂带到冥河的另一边。


The Baiduren salon is decorated in a modern style, with soft lighting that contrasts with traditional funeral homes that are dim, full of funeral regalia and heavily scented by joss sticks.
“摆渡人”的装饰风格现代，灯光柔和，与传统殡仪馆昏暗、充满丧葬用品和浓郁的香烛味形成鲜明对比。

 
Inside Baiduren, which looks by outward appearances like a café, relatives of the dead can tell staff stories that they may not be able to share with friends and family for number of reasons. A team of staff 40 years and younger lends their ears.
“摆渡人”看上去就像一家咖啡馆，在这里，逝者的亲属可以向工作人员讲述因种种原因而无法与亲友分享的故事，店里的员工年龄都在40岁及以下，他们会认真倾听。

 
"Our job initially was funeral planning and handling related affairs like portrait design for customers, after a few years in business, we felt that we wanted to make a breakthrough in the industry because there are still so many stereotypes about and biases against funeral homes," said Xiaolin, leader of what Badiruen calls the "life experiencing project."
摆渡人“生命体验项目”负责人晓林解释道：“我们最初的工作是策划葬礼并处理相关事务，比如为顾客设计肖像，然而经过几年的经营，我们发现人们对殡仪馆仍存在很多刻板印象和偏见，我们想在这个行业取得突破。”

 
On one wall of the salon, messages from customers are pinned.
沙龙的一面墙上钉着顾客的留言。

 
Reading through them, one senses that no matter how sad or desolate people may feel when they walk in the door, voicing emotions eases the pain by the time they leave.
翻阅这些留言，人们会感觉到，无论人们进门时感到多么悲伤或凄凉，当他们离开时，说出自己的情感都会减轻他们的痛苦。

 
The salon, from the standpoint of both staff and customers, points to a change in how people — especially the young — view death and funerals.
从员工和顾客的角度来看，这家特别的“咖啡馆”表明了人们，尤其是年轻人，对死亡和葬礼看法正在改变。

 
Its customers shun a common belief that the rituals of death are taboo to be shrouded in darkness.
“咖啡馆”的顾客回避了一种普遍的观念，即死亡仪式是一种被掩盖在黑暗中的禁忌。

 
And those searching for jobs no longer regard undertakers as a profession to be avoided at all costs.
找工作的人也不再把殡葬业者视为不惜一切代价都要避免从事的职业。

 
Indeed, many on the team at Baiduren come from different career tracks, often never thinking they would end up in the funeral business when in college.
事实上，摆渡人团队中的许多人都来自不同的职业领域，他们在大学时往往从未想过自己会从事殡葬行业。

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