德國總統因腐敗醜聞宣佈辭職

German President Christian Wulff has announced his resignation, after prosecutors called for his immunity to be lifted.
德國總統克里斯蒂安伍爾夫宣佈他將辭職，主要原因是檢察院已經提出要求取消他的豁免權。

An ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Wulff, 52, stepped down over corruption claims involving a dubious home loan. He denies any wrongdoing.
52歲的伍爾夫作爲總理默克爾的一位盟友，因爲當前尚不明晰的家庭貸款案宣佈離職。他個人依舊堅持自己並沒有做錯什麼。

Mrs Merkel cancelled a visit to Italy on Friday to deal with the crisis, and said she regretted that he had quit.
德國總理默克爾取消了對意大利的訪問來應對此次危機，她表示她對於伍爾夫的離職非常遺憾。

She said she accepted his resignation "with respect but also with regret".
她說：她尊重總統的選擇，但是也對此表示惋惜。

"He dedicated himself to the interests of Germany," she said in a brief statement at 10:30 GMT, shortly after his announcement on Friday.
默克爾在當地時間10點30分，繼總統正式發佈證明之後做了一個簡短的說明：她認爲伍爾夫在任職期間始終爲了德國人民的利益而盡職盡責。

She said Mr Wulff was convinced he had "acted legally correctly" but was "stepping back from the office, from service to our people"any's political parties will now seek to agree on a new candidate for president, she said.
她也進一步表示，伍爾夫總統的行爲並沒有非法之處，僅僅只是從官方的立場以及服務人民的位置上退了下來。德國的政黨將會重新找到一位新的總統候選人。

In the interim, Horst Seehofer of the Christian Social Union (CSU), will be acting president.
在總統的過渡期間，來自於基督教社會聯盟的澤霍費爾將代理德國總統一職。