A rat in Cambodia has been heralded a hero and awarded for saving lives.
柬埔寨有一只老鼠因拯救生命而被授予了英雄称号。
Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, was given a gold medal by the British veterinary charity People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) for his work detecting undetonated landmines in Cambodia.
一只名叫麦格沃的非洲巨鼠，因其在柬埔寨探测未爆地雷的工作，被英国兽医慈善机构PDSA授予了金奖。
Decades of conflict have left the Southeast Asian country littered with millions of landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other explosive remnants of war that still kill or injure dozens of people each year.
几十年的冲突使这个东南亚国家布满了数以百万计的地雷、未爆弹药和其他战争遗留爆炸物，每年仍有数十人死亡或受伤。
Cambodia, with assistance from other countries, has spent years slowly clearing the land of explosives, but it's difficult and dangerous work.
在其他国家的帮助下，柬埔寨花了数年时间慢慢清除爆炸物，但这是一项困难而危险的工作。
This is where Magawa comes in.
这时候，麦格沃就派上用场了。
Magawa was trained by non-governmental organization APOPO (which in Dutch stands for "Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling," or in English, Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development).
麦格沃接受了非政府组织APOPO的培训(APOPO在荷兰语中意为“Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling”，英文意为“杀伤人员地雷探测产品开发”)。
The organization, which was founded in Belgium and is headquartered in Tanzania, trains rats like Magawa to detect the scent of the explosive chemicals used in landmines and point them out to their handlers.
该组织成立于比利时，总部设在坦桑尼亚，它训练像麦格沃这样的老鼠探测地雷中使用的爆炸性化学物质的气味，并把它们指出来给它的主人。
Magawa is larger than your average pet rat -- but still light enough he would never set off a landmine by walking over it, the way human de-miners might.
麦格沃比普通的宠物鼠要大，但仍然足够轻，它不会像人类的扫雷人员那样从地雷上走过而引爆地雷。
In seven years, he has discovered 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance, helping clear more than 141,000 square meters (nearly 35 acres) of land, according to PDSA -- making him the charity's best performing rat.
据PDSA介绍，七年间，他发现了39枚地雷和28枚未爆弹药，帮助清理了超过14.1万平方米(近35英亩)的土地，这使他成为该慈善机构中表现最好的老鼠。
"Magawa is a hero rat. We're thrilled to celebrate his life-saving devotion by awarding him the PDSA gold medal," PDSA's Director General Jan McLouglin said in a virtual presentation of the medal, which was specially designed to fit on Magawa's work harness.
“麦格沃是一只英雄鼠。PDSA署长扬·姆克劳格林在虚拟颁奖仪式上说:“我们非常激动地将金牌授予麦格沃先生，以表彰他对拯救生命的奉献精神。”这枚勋章是专门为麦格沃的工作装备设计的。
The PDSA Gold Medal, part of the organization's Animal Awards program, is "the highest honor for outstanding animal bravery and exceptional dedication in civilian life," according to its website.
PDSA的网站上说，这枚金牌是该组织动物奖励计划的一部分，是“对杰出动物勇敢行为和在平民生活中杰出贡献的最高荣誉”。
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