When the British flag was first hoisted in Singapore in 1819, there were only about 150 people living on the island: some 30 Chinese and about 120 Malays .

1819年,当英国国旗首次在新加坡升起的时候,岛上的居民才不过150人左右-30名华人,120名马来人。

We have only read about the Maria Hertogh riots that broke out in 1950 that involved the Malays and the Europeans.

1950年马来族群和欧裔人,因为荷兰籍女子玛丽亚抚养权问题发生的种族暴动,我们只从书本中得知。

During the disaster age about 2000 years ago, the earth was stricken by severe cold, terrible quakes 'and monstrous floods, which brewed wars and massive migrations. Numerous peoples from south China migrated southward to become part of Siamese, Malays , Philippines, Indonesians and Papuans.

公元2000年前的夏禹宇宙期,地球上灾害频仍,严寒、地震、洪水接踵而至,酿成战祸,诱发大规模移民。华南的百越三苗被迫南移,成为暹罗人、马来人、菲律宾人、印尼人和巴布亚人的祖先。

"The Chinese, Malays and Indians all have their own traditional festivals from which they derive "a sense of belonging to a particular community"."

华人、马来人、印族人过各自的传统节日,他们就有了"我是这个民族的成员"的自我意识。

Each of these communities makes its own contributions to the well-being of Singapore without losing its respective cultural and intellectual heritage as Singaporean Chinese, Singaporean Malays , Singaporean Indians or Singaporean Eurasians.

每个族群都对新加坡的福祉作出各自的贡献,与此同时却没有失去新加坡华人、新加坡马来人、新加坡印度人或新加坡欧亚裔的文化和知识遗产。

In multiracial Singapore, we have besides the Chinese; Malays and Indians, who have the language and close kinship ties to Malaysia, Indonesia, parts of Thailand and India.

新加坡是个多元种族的国家,除了华人、马来人和印度人,很多新加坡人还和马来西亚、印度尼西亚、泰国的部分地区及印度有着很近的血缘关系,并能使用他们的语言。

malay associations have also organised courses for malays who are keen to pick up Mandarin

一些马来团体也开办华语会话班,方便马来人学习华语。

met stiff resistance from ordinary Malays

遭到普通马来亚人的强烈反抗

It allows a disproportionate amount of the benefits of affirmative action to accrue to well-off Malays , who can afford to buy the shares set aside for them at IPOs, for example, or to bid for the government contracts Mr Najib is reserving for them.

《平权法案》造成福利的分配不成比例，就像那些可以买得起上市公司股份的马来人都可以得到福利，或Najib先生给这些人投标政府合同的机会。

Steering so many benefits to Malays —developers are even obliged to give them discounts on new houses—has created a culture of entitlement and dependency.

福利政策已多倾向于马来人，房地产商甚至有义务给买新房的马来人打折扣，这也创造了一个补贴帮扶的社会氛围。

Most recipients would still be Malays .

接受福利的主体人群还是马来人。

Many poorer Malays vote reflexively for UMNO, the Malay party that introduced affirmative action in the 1970s and has dominated government since then, for fear that another party might take away their privileges.

唯恐其他党派会掠走他们的特权，很多贫困的马来人一而再地给巫统投票，巫统在20世纪七十年代执行平权法案，并自那以后一直主宰政府。

Malays have stopped thinking of affirmative action as a temporary device to diminish inequality. As descendants of Malaysia's first settlers, they now consider it a right.

作为马来西亚第一代定居者的子孙，马来人不再认为《平权法案》是一个减少不平等的临时工具，而是他们的一项权利。

Foreign component-makers, put off by Malaysia's rules that give advantages to ethnic Malays , have set up shop in Thailand instead.

国外零件厂商，厌恶了马来西亚的地方保护政策，已经将店铺转而设立到泰国去了。

Other ethnic groups include Malays in the south, Mon, Khmer and various indigenous hill tribes.

另外是南部的马来族，汶族，高棉族以及各种本地的山民。

The Malays and Moors are Muslim, the majority of whom practice Sunni Islam.

马来人和摩尔人是穆斯林且多数是逊尼派的伊斯兰教徒。

He said he favoured a return to his father's original vision of improving conditions for the poor of all ethnic groups, not only Malays .

他表示，他支持将该政策回归到父亲最初的设想上——即改善各个民族贫穷群体的生活条件，而不仅仅是马来人。

Most of them are ethnic Malays and they are mostly concentrated in the south, where they form a strong majority in four provinces.

他们大多是马来族，集中住在南部，形成四个省中强有力的部分。

It also worries about its brain drain (over 300, 000 university-educated Malays work abroad).

它同时担心它本身的人才外流（超过30万受过大学教育的马来西亚人在国外工作）。

Mr Ibrahim, who is accused by opponents of race-baiting, says Malays are still not ready to compete on a level playing field.

伊布拉希姆先生被反对派谴责进行种族迫害。他说马来人仍然没有准备好在公平竞争环境中进行竞争。

The policy of preferential treatment for Malays , known as the New Economic Policy, has contributed to this trend.

优待马来人的新经济政策（NewEconomicPolicy）造成了这一趋势。

United Malays National Organization

马来民族统一机构