Macaque monkeys appear to have become an unlikely roadblock in the development of internet services in the northern Indian city of Varanasi.
在印度北部城市瓦拉納西，獼猴已經(jīng)成為互聯(lián)網(wǎng)服務(wù)發(fā)展道路上一個(gè)看似不可能出現(xiàn)的障礙。

The authorities in Varanasi have been increasing the network of optical fibre cables as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan of improving internet services in India.
作為印度總理納倫德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）改善印度互聯(lián)網(wǎng)服務(wù)計(jì)劃的一部分，瓦拉納西一直在增設(shè)當(dāng)?shù)氐墓饫w電纜網(wǎng)絡(luò)。

The federal government has planned to lay 700,000 kms (434,960 miles) of broadband cable to connect India's 250,000 village clusters within three years.
聯(lián)邦政府計(jì)劃在三年內(nèi)鋪設(shè)70萬(wàn)公里寬帶電纜，連接印度的25萬(wàn)個(gè)村莊。

But officials in the city in Uttar Pradesh state are struggling to stop monkeys from eating the fibre-optic cables, the Reuters news agency reports.
但據(jù)路透社報(bào)道，北方邦城市瓦拉納西一直以來(lái)都在與獼猴抗?fàn)?，防止其咬斷光纖電纜。

"We cannot move the temples from here. We cannot modify anything here, everything is built up. The monkeys, they destroy all the wires and eat all the wires," communications engineer AP Srivastava told the news agency.
“我們無(wú)法把寺廟遷走。我們無(wú)法對(duì)任何地方進(jìn)行改動(dòng)，這里所有東西都是已經(jīng)建成的。這些獼猴毀掉了所有的線(xiàn)路，咬斷了所有的線(xiàn)路。”通訊工程師AP·斯利里瓦斯塔瓦（AP Srivastava）告訴路透社。

Varanasi, which is also the parliamentary constituency of Mr Modi, is know as as a holy city and millions visit its famous banks along the Ganges river every year.
瓦拉納西是莫迪總理的國(guó)會(huì)下院選區(qū)，也是一座圣城，每年都有數(shù)百萬(wàn)的印度教徒聚集在恒河沿岸。

Many such tourists, and even locals, consider macaque monkeys sacred and often feed them.
其中很多游客，乃至不少當(dāng)?shù)厝耍颊J(rèn)為獼猴是神圣不可侵犯的，經(jīng)常給它們喂食。

Mr Srivastava told the news agency that his team was now looking for alternatives, but there are few to be found.
斯利里瓦斯塔瓦向路透社表示，他的團(tuán)隊(duì)正在尋找替代性措施，但幾乎找不到什么辦法。

Varanasi is a crowded city and its infrastructure has hardly changed in the past decades.
瓦拉納西是一個(gè)擁擠的城市，過(guò)去幾十年來(lái)，其基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施幾乎沒(méi)有什么變化。

Houses and building are too close to each other, making it difficult for authorities to consider laying underground cables.
房屋和樓房間距太近，也讓當(dāng)局鋪設(shè)地下電纜的想法難以實(shí)施。

And chasing away the monkeys is also not an option because it may anger local residents.
而趕走獼猴也不是辦法，因?yàn)檫@勢(shì)必會(huì)觸怒當(dāng)?shù)孛癖姟?/p>

Vocabulary

macaque monkey：獼

roadblock：障礙物

optical fibre：光纖

（翻譯：清歡君 編輯：江?。?/p>