希腊称德国欠其战争赔款达2790亿欧元

　　Germany owes Greece 279 billion euros in compensation for war damage. At least that’s what the Greeks say. The Germans say the claim is nonsense.

　　希腊认为德国欠其2790亿欧元战争赔款，但德国称这种说法是无稽之谈。

　　The issue of German war debt towards Greece has been raised many times before -- most recently in 2010 and 2012, when Greece was negotiating the terms of its 240 billion euros ($260 billion) international bailout package. But this is the first time Athens has put an official number -- roughly $300 billion -- on World War II reparations。

　　德国的战争赔款之前已经被希腊提了很多次，最近的几次是在2010年和2012年，希腊磋商的国际救助计划达到了2400亿欧元(2600亿美元)。但这是雅典首次官方宣布了二战赔偿金额，将近3000亿美元。

　　The German government has -- again -- dismissed the claims, saying the matter has long been closed. "They won’t get their debts paid by conjuring up German obligations from World War II," German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told German media last month。

　　德国政府再次驳斥了这种说法，称此事依然没有任何可能。“我们不会再承担德国在二战中造成的赔偿责任。”德国财政部长Wolfgang Schaeuble上个月对德国媒体说道。

　　Germany paid Greece 115 million marks in 1960, as required by reparation agreements. On top of that, it also paid compensation directly to individual victims of the Nazi regime in Greece -- forced laborers, for example。

　　根据赔偿协议，德国在1960年已经赔偿希腊1.15亿马克。除那以外，德国还直接向纳粹政权在希腊强制劳动的个人受害者赔偿。

　　Berlin says the issue of reparations was settled once and for all by the international treaties that cleared the way for German reunification in 1990. Greece did not lodge a protest against those agreements at the time. But the Greek government now says the 1960 payments were not enough。

　　柏林方面称，1990年通过国际条约一次性解决了赔偿问题，为两德统一铺平了道路。当时，希腊没有对这一条约提出反对。但希腊政府认为1960年的赔款是不够的。

　　"The 1960 agreement provided reparations only for the victims of Nazism in Greece, not for the damage inflicted on the country itself," Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras said in March, when he launched a commission to establish the size of the claim and suggest ways of resolving the dispute。

　　“1960年的赔款协议只针对纳粹在希腊的受害者，而并不是对国家受到的损害。”希腊总理Alexis Tspiras在三月份参加一项旨在确立索赔金额和解决争端途径的会议时说道。

　　Athens also says those reparations did not cover an interest-free loan that occupied Greece was forced to make to the Nazis in 1942. The loan was never repaid. The estimate of damages comes as Germans are losing patience with Greece over its attempts to renegotiate the terms of its massive bailout. Germany itself has lent Greece 56 billion euros。

　　雅典还认为，这些赔款不足以偿还1942年被占领的希腊强制向纳粹德国提供的无息贷款。贷款一直没有偿还。本来希腊正寻求德国大规模援助计划，但预估战争赔偿让德国对此失去了耐心。德国之前已经向希腊借款560亿欧元。

　　The Greek government has not made any formal request for reparations but opinion polls show a claim would have widespread popular support in Greece, which is struggling to avoid another financial collapse。

　　希腊政府没有做出任何有关赔偿的正式请求，但是民意调查显示这一要求在希腊得到广泛的支持，希腊正在努力避免另外一场金融崩溃。

　　But Tspiras went as far as suggesting Greece could start confiscating German assets if Berlin refuses to pay. That was described as "bizarre and impertinent" by German media。

　　但是希腊总理Tspiras甚至暗示如果柏林拒绝赔偿，希腊将开始没收德国资产。德国媒体称之为“无礼无据”。