měi guó
美国
yì yuán
议员
tí yì
提议
jiāng
将
tái wān
台湾
zhù měi dài biǎo chù
驻美代表处
gēng míng
更名
U.S. Lawmakers Propose Renaming Taiwan's Representative Office in the U.S.
zuì jìn最近 ，měi guó美国yǒu有liǎng两wèi位guó huì yì yuán国会议员tí chū提出yí gè一个xīn新fǎ àn法案 。
Recently, two U.S. Congress members introduced a new bill.
tā men他们xī wàng希望bǎ把 “zhù měi guó tái běi jīng jì wén huà dài biǎo chù驻美国台北经济文化代表处 ”de的míng zì名字gǎi chéng改成 “tái wān dài biǎo chù台湾代表处 ” 。
They want to change the name of the 'Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States' to the 'Taiwan Representative Office.'
tā men他们rèn wéi认为 ，zhè yàng这样kě yǐ可以gèng更hǎo好dì地dài biǎo代表tái wān台湾rén mín人民 ，ér而bú shì不是zhǐ只dài biǎo代表tái běi shì台北市 。
They believe this better represents the people of Taiwan, not just the city of Taipei.
yì yuán议员men们shuō说 ，měi guó美国yīng gāi应该zhī chí支持tái wān台湾de的mín zhǔ民主zhì dù制度 ，yě也yào要hé和tái wān台湾bǎo chí保持hǎo好de的guān xì关系 。
The lawmakers said the U.S. should support Taiwan's democratic system and maintain good relations with Taiwan.
yǐ qián以前yòng用 “tái běi台北 ”zhè gè这个míng zì名字 ，shì是wèi le为了bù不ràng让zhōng guó中国bù不gāo xìng高兴 ，yīn wèi因为zhōng guó中国rèn wéi认为tái wān台湾shì是zhōng guó中国de的yī bù fèn一部分 。
Previously, the name 'Taipei' was used to avoid upsetting China, because China considers Taiwan a part of China.
xiàn zài现在 ，yì yuán议员men们xī wàng希望yòng用 “tái wān台湾 ”zhè gè这个míng zì名字 ，ràng让dà jiā大家zhī dào知道zhè gè这个dài biǎo chù代表处shì是dài biǎo代表tái wān台湾quán tǐ全体rén mín人民 。
Now, the lawmakers want to use the name 'Taiwan' to show that the office represents all the people of Taiwan.
zhè gè这个fǎ àn法案hái还méi yǒu没有tōng guò通过 ，hái还xū yào需要měi guó guó huì美国国会jì xù继续tǎo lùn讨论 。
The bill has not yet passed and still needs further discussion in the U.S. Congress.
rú guǒ如果fǎ àn法案tōng guò通过 ，měi guó美国zhèng fǔ政府de的wén jiàn文件hé和dì tú地图shàng上yě也huì会yòng用xīn新míng zì名字 。
If the bill passes, U.S. government documents and maps will also use the new name.
yì yuán议员men们shuō说 ，zhè gè这个gǎi míng改名bú huì不会gǎi biàn改变měi guó美国hé和tái wān台湾de的zhèng shì正式guān xì关系 ，yě也bú huì不会ràng让měi guó美国hé和zhōng guó中国de的guān xì关系fā shēng发生biàn huà变化 。
The lawmakers said this renaming will not change the official relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan, nor will it affect U.S.-China relations.
By 锺辰芳 / 美国之音中文网 |Public Domain|Modified & AI-assisted