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Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected president by Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday.
本周三，拉尼尔·维克勒马辛哈被斯里兰卡议会选举为该国新总统。
Despite fierce public opposition to the acting president's candidacy, he secured 134 votes in the 225-member house.
尽管民众强烈反对这位代理总统的候选人资格，但他在225名议员组成的众议院中获得了134票。
Supporters hope his long experience in government will help end the country's most crippling economic and political crisis in seven decades.
支持者希望他在政府的长期经验，将有助于结束该国70年来最严重的经济和政治危机。
After he was elected, Wickremesinghe spoke of the mass protests that led to the ouster of the previous president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
当选后，维克勒马辛哈谈到了导致前总统戈塔巴雅·拉贾帕克萨下台的大规模抗议活动。
"The economy of the country today is in a very difficult place. Young men and women are asking for change in the system.
“我们国家的经济，现在处于非常困难的境地。年轻人都在呼吁要改变制度。
There are many problems in the world and we must proceed without getting caught in them.
世界上有很多问题，我们必须继续向前进，而不要陷入其中。
To go forward we need to come up with a new program.
为了向前发展，我们需要提出一个新战略。
What the people are asking of us is not the old politics. The parliament must unite in the face of these issues."
人们要求的不是旧政治。面对这些问题，议会必须要团结起来。”
Many who took to the streets last week had wanted Wickremesinghe gone too, labelling him an ally of the Rajapaksa family.
在那些在上周走上街头抗议的人中，有许多人此前也希望维克勒马辛哈下台，并称他是拉贾帕克萨家族的盟友。
But so far, protests have been muted after the vote.
但到目前为止，选举后的抗议活动已被压制。
Wickremesinghe served as Sri Lanka's prime minister a record six times and unsuccessfully ran for president twice.
此前，维克拉马辛哈曾创纪录地六次担任斯里兰卡总理，两次竞选总统均未成功。
His experience in senior government positions, and reputation as a shrewd operator, should count in his favor as he seeks a way out of the crisis.
他在政府高级职位的经验以及精明能干的声誉，应该会在他寻找摆脱当前危机的途径时帮到他。
