《時代》年度人物 埃博拉鬥士

This year, Time Magazine has no single Person of the Year — instead choosing to give that honor to all the people fighting ebola throughout the world.

今年，《時代》雜誌（Time Magazine）並沒有把“年度人物”稱號授予任何個人，這一榮譽的最後歸屬是全球抗擊埃博拉病毒的所有人員。

This isn’t entirely unprecedented — in the past, Time has named groups like The American Soldier or The Protestor the most influential “person” of the year.

這次的集體當選並非無例可循，此前《時代》雜誌曾經將美國士兵或抗議者等羣體提名爲年度最具影響力的“人物”。

In choosing Ebola Fighters for the award, Time noted that though Ebola has existed for decades, only this year did it come close to becoming the sort of worldwide panic that some have had nightmares of for decades. In response to that, some stepped up, writes Time editor Nancy Gibbs:

關於抗埃博拉鬥士被選爲年度人物的原因，《時代》雜誌指出，埃博拉頑疾已經存在數十年，但是今年的疫情幾近演變成爲全球性恐慌，令一些人幾十年來的噩夢變成現實。爲了阻止這一情況的發生，很多勇士站了出來，《時代》雜誌編輯南希o吉布斯寫道：

“The people in the field, the special forces of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Christian medical-relief workers of Samaritan’s Purse and many others from all over the world fought side by side with local doctors and nurses, ambulance drivers and burial teams.”

“疫區的民衆、無國界醫生組織（Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières）、基督教醫療救援組織撒瑪利亞救援會（Samaritan’s Purse）的工作人員，以及來自全世界的救援人員，他們和當地的醫生、護士、救護車司機以及喪葬隊一起並肩作戰，對抗疫情。”

Other finalists for the title included singer Taylor Swift, the protestors in Ferguson, Mo., and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

2014年年度人物的其他候選人還有美國歌手泰勒o斯威夫特、弗格森事件示威者和俄羅斯總統普京。（財富中文網）