腾讯正在深圳建设一个摩纳哥大小的“未来之城”
Technology giant Tencent has unveiled plans for an almost entirely car-free "city of the future," equivalent in size to Monaco, in the Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen.
科技巨头腾讯公布了在中国大都市深圳建设一个几乎完全无车的“未来之城”的计划，其规模相当于摩纳哥。
Dubbed "Net City," the 2-million-square-meter (22-million-square-foot) urban development will prioritize pedestrians, green spaces and self-driving vehicles, according to its designers.
据设计者介绍，这个200万平方米(2200万平方英尺)的城市开发项目被称为“网络城市”，将优先考虑行人、绿地和自动驾驶汽车。
The ambitious city-within-a-city is set to occupy a stretch of reclaimed land jutting out into the Pearl River estuary. Designed to accommodate a population of some 80,000 people, the site will primarily serve Tencent, the conglomerate behind WeChat and China's popular QQ messaging service.
这座雄心勃勃的“城中之城”计划占领一片延伸至珠江口的填海造地。该地点旨在容纳约8万人，主要服务于微信和中国流行的即使通讯服务QQ背后的企业腾讯集团。
But as well as providing company residences and offices, the neighborhood is expected to host shops, schools and other public amenities, and will be connected to the rest of Shenzhen via road bridges, ferries and the city's subway system.
不过，除了提供公司住宅和办公室之外，该社区还将开设商店、学校和其他公共设施，并将通过公路桥、渡轮和城市地铁系统与深圳其他地区相连。
The American firm behind the master plan, NBBJ, hopes that the new district's entertainment venues, parks and waterside promenade will attract visitors from elsewhere in the city.
这一总体规划背后的美国公司NBBJ希望新区的娱乐场所、公园和海滨长廊能吸引来自城市其他地方的游客。
With an unusually large vacant plot to work with, NBBJ -- which won an international competition to design the site -- was able to rethink the car's role in urban planning, Ward said.
沃德说，由于有一块异常大的空地，NBBJ赢得了一次设计场地的国际竞赛，能够重新思考汽车在城市规划中的作用。
"Our main goal was to provide a place where innovation can really flourish," he explained. "To do that, we tried to minimize the impact of the car as much as possible.
他解释说:“我们的主要目标是提供一个创新能够真正蓬勃发展的地方。”“为了做到这一点，我们尽量将汽车的影响降到最低。
"Going 'car-free' is still a little bit challenging in our world, so we spent a lot of time designing the city to be as low-impact as possible, removing (cars from) where they don't need to be and focusing on people."
“在我们的世界里，实现‘无车’仍然有点挑战性，所以我们花了很多时间来设计这座城市，使其对环境的影响尽可能低，把汽车从不需要的地方移开，把重点放在人身上。”
Interconnected planning
相互关联的规划
As well as integrating with Shenzhen's wider urban fabric, NBBJ's master plan is designed to offer what it calls an "interconnected, human-focused organic ecosystem."
除了与深圳更广泛的城市结构相结合，NBBJ的总体规划旨在提供它所称的“相互关联、以人为中心的有机生态系统”
For Tencent employees, this may mean eroding the distinction between their work and private lives -- an idea that has become all the more relevant in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ward said.
沃德说，对于腾讯员工来说，这可能意味着他们的工作和私人生活之间的界限被弱化，而在Covid-19大流行的背景下，这一想法变得更加有意义。
