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The trial chamber unanimously finds you guilty...
聯合國塞拉利昂特別法庭一致裁決你有罪...
After five years, 115 witnesses and 50,000 pages of gruesome testimony, the trial reached its conclusion, finding Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone.
5年后，115名證人和5萬頁指控其罄竹難書罪行的證詞，終于讓特別法庭做出了裁決，宣判利比里亞前總統查爾斯·泰勒因資助鄰國塞拉利昂內戰中的反政府武裝，犯有戰爭罪與反人類罪。
The 64-year-old former president blinked rapidly as the verdicts were delivered, but throughout the process, he betrayed little emotion, occasionly making notes, appearing board as the judge summed up the case against him.
法庭做出這樣的判決后，這位64歲的前總統很快得眨了眨眼。然而在整個審判過程中，他表現出極少的情感，只是偶爾做一下筆記，在法官概述案情時出庭。
Taylor was a warlord in neighbouring Liberia when the civil conflicts began in Sierra Leone.
在塞拉利昂爆發內戰時，泰勒是鄰國利比亞的最高軍事統帥。
When he became president in 1997, he funded weapons and support to the rebel soldiers known as the Revolutionary United Front in exchange for diamands.
泰勒在1997年當上總統，他通過向塞拉利昂反政府武裝“革命聯合陣線”提供武器換取血鉆。
The RUF employed babaric methods: raping, child enslavement, maiming enemies with machetes. The court had graphic examples of that brutality.
“革命聯合陣線”在戰爭期間強奸婦女，招募未成年人入伍，用砍刀致殘俘虜。法院有照片證實這種暴行。
Charles Taylor's defense team acknowledged the crimes had been committed over the border, but said the crimes had nothing to do with him.
查爾斯·泰勒的辯護團隊知道他在邊境的所作所為，但還矢口否認他所犯下的罪行。
So the prosecution had to establish he had received the so-called blood diamands as payment for his support. They called witnesses including the Hollywood actress Mia Farrow and reluctant Naomi Campbell, who testified she'd been given gems by Taylor at a banquet hosted by Nelson Mandela.
所以起訴方須證實泰勒收取了提供武器所得的報酬，即所謂的血鉆。起訴方聲稱證人包括好萊塢女演員米亞·法羅和不愿意卷入此事的巴西超模娜歐米·康貝爾，后者在證詞中說她在南非前總統納爾遜·德拉舉辦的宴會上接收了泰勒贈送的珠寶。
When I was sleeping, I heard a knock at my door, and I opened my door, and two men were there and gave me a pouch and said a gift for you.
當時我正在睡覺，聽到有人在敲門，于是我把門打開，看見兩個男人站在門口，然后他們給了我一個袋子，說是送我的禮物。
Taylor becomes the first former head of state to be successfully linked to war crimes at an international court since the Nuremburg trials, and sets undeniable precedents.
泰勒是自紐倫堡審判（二戰結束時德國納粹戰犯接受的國際法庭審判）以來，首位前國家元首被國際法庭宣判犯有戰爭罪，開創了不容置疑的先例。
There were always unique facts in any prosecution, but in a broader sense, of course, it did set a precedent, because this is the first case where the accused was indicted while he was the president of a country. That has actually come to judgement.
任何起訴案件都有其獨特之處，但是從廣義來講，它確實開辟了一個先例，因為這個案件的被告是在擔任一個國家總統職位時受到指控。
Taylor will return to the court on the 16 of May as part of the sentencing process. The judges will then decide how long they believe he should spend behind bars, before making that announcement a fortnight later.
依照審判程序，泰勒3于月16號再次出庭。法官會決定把他嚴禁在監牢里多長時間，之后的兩個星期會宣布判決。
If his appeal is un successful, he will serve his sentence in a UK jail. Britain was the colonial power of Sierra Leone and offered to imprison him if the Netherlands hosted the trial.
如果上訴失敗，泰勒將被送往英國的一個監獄服刑。塞拉利昂曾是英國的殖民地，英國表示愿意提供監獄，前提是在荷蘭進行審判。
Charles Taylor's conviction is a reminder of a turbulent and violent decade in West Africa as the world flexes the legal muscle to punish those who bankrolled such monster crimes.
查爾斯·泰勒被定罪讓人們回憶起西非動蕩混亂的十年內戰。國際社會也在懲罰資助這種可怕戰爭的罪行上大顯其手。
