A 17-year-old US mariner steered his battered sailboat into a Southern California harbour on Thursday to complete a gruelling 13-month voyage and becomes the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
一位17岁的美国水手周四将他的饱经风霜的帆船驶人加利福尼亚南部港湾,完成了他长达13 个月的艰苦旅程，自此成为历史上单人环球航海最年轻的人。
Zac Sunderland arrived in Marina Del Rey aboard his 36-foot sloop intrepid at about 10 am local time. During his 28,000-nautical-mile journey, he braved storms, equipment failures, close calls with freighters and a run-in with suspected pirates.
扎克桑德兰在当地时间早上大约10点钟驾着他的36英尺长的“勇猛”号的单桅小帆船到达 了玛琳娜得瑞港。在长达2.8万海里的旅途中，他勇敢地面对暴风雨、设备故障等难题，险些与货轮 相撞，还与疑似海盗的船擦肩而过。
“It’s awesome to be back.” Sunderland, of Thousand Oaks, California, said after he was welcomed home by a flotilla of well-wishers.
桑德兰回到老家加利福尼亚千橡市时受到许多祝福者的欢迎,他说能回来真是太好了。”
Fewer than 250 people have sailed solo around the globe, with three times that many scaling the top of Mount Everest, according to the American Sailing Association, which certified Sunderland’s feat.
美国航行协会为桑德兰的成就颁发了鉴定证书，根据这一协会 的数据显示，曾独自驾船环游地球的人不到250个，而登上珠穆朗玛 峰顶峰的人数却是它的3倍。
He left Marina Del Rey, just south of Los Angeles, on June 14, 2008，and celebrated his 17th birthday at sea while off Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
2008年6月14日，桑德兰驾船离开了洛杉矶南部的玛琳娜得瑞 港,途中在非洲好望角附近的海上庆祝了自己17岁的生日。
His return was delayed near the end of his voyage when his single-masted boat sustained a broken bulkhead in rough seas off Mexico, forcing him to stop at Vallarta long enough for his father to fly in to make repairs.
在他行至墨西哥附近的海域接近旅途结束的时候，他的单桅帆 船的隔板断了，当时海面上波涛汹涌,这迫使他不得不停靠在瓦亚 塔港口，直到他的父亲乘飞机赶到为他修理帆船。
Another tense moment occurred in the Indian Ocean off Indonesia, where the Intrepid was approached by a suspected pirate boat.
另外一个惊险时刻是在印度尼西亚附近的印度洋海域，当时， 一艘疑似海盗船的船只靠近了“勇猛”号。
The intruders fled after a plane flew overhead and Sunderland climbed onto his deck with a gun to ward them off, said Charlie Nobles, executive director of the association.
航行协会的执行董事查理?诺伯尔斯说，就在那时一架飞机从头 顶飞过，桑德兰爬到甲板上用枪对着他们，于是那些入侵者就逃走了。
Sunderland, who remained in satellite telephone contact with his father during the voyage, dumped the gun before entering Mexican waters, where it is illegal to carry private firearms.
桑德兰在航行过程中一直用卫星电话和父亲保持联系。他在进 入墨西哥水域时把那支枪扔了，因为在那里私带枪支是违法的。
He becomes the first person under 18 to circumnavigate the globe by sea alone, and the youngest to date. The previous record-holder was David Dicks of Australia, who completed his voyage in November 1996 at age 18.
他成为了 18岁以下孤身环球航海的第一人,也是至今完成这一 航行最年轻的人。之前保持这一纪录的是澳大利亚的戴维?迪克斯， 他在1996年11月满18岁那年完成了自己的环球之旅。
On the other side of the world, a Frenchman set to smash round the world record.
在另一球的另一边，一位法国男士已经出发，想要环球航海记录。
Joyon set sail in November on an adventure, some predicted would end in disaster. The father of four from La Trinite-sur-Mer in Brittany was undertaking the voyage in the 90ft trimaran IDEC, a boat of tremendous power with a huge rotating mast that had been built to be raced by a crew of up to ten.
茹瓦永在11月起航，开始了他的冒险旅程，有人预测这次航行 可能会以灾难而告终。他是来自布列塔尼半岛的La Trinite-sur-Mer地区，有4个孩子。他驾驶的是90英尺长的三体帆船爱德克。这种船的动力极大,船上安装了巨 大的旋转桅杆，是为有十名船员的团体比赛而设计的。
Many were worried that Joyon would end up exhausted and IDEC would simply flip over as she ran out of control in the Southern Ocean.
许多人担心茹瓦永最后会筋疲力尽,爱德克艇也将在南部海洋因失控而翻船。
Others predicted that Joyon would be unable to handle IDEC’s enormous sails or that the boat could lose her mast in the rough conditions that any round-the-world sailor inevitably would face.
还有人预测茹瓦永无法控制爱德克艇上巨大的帆，艇上的桅杆也可能会在恶劣的环境中折 断，这是任何一个环球航行的水手都会遇到的。
There were also all the usual dangers—collision with debris in the water, with ice around Antarctica or the possibility that Joyon would collide with a ship while sleeping.
还有各种常见的危险情况——撞到水中的残骸，撞到南极洲周围的冰块，茹瓦永睡觉的时候 也可能撞上其他的船只。
When he set off, the solo record stood at 93 days. Although Joyon was sailing a much faster boat than the previous record-holder, most saw little chance of him getting even close to 80 days.
他出发的时候，单人航海世界记录是93天。尽管茹瓦永驾驶的帆船比前世界记录保持者的快 的多，但是大多数人都认为他不太可能在近80天内完成航行。
Congratulations to all risk seekers and honor winners.
祝贺这些敢于冒险而赢得荣誉的人。