VOA慢速英语2012 Technology Report - ICANN Announces More Than Domain Names During its Reveal Day Last Week

 

Technology Report - ICANN Announces More Than Domain¹ Names During its Reveal Day Last Week

科技报道 - ICANN新顶级域名申请名单公布

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.

这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers last week released a new list of proposed generic² top-level domain names. A gTLD is the part of the Internet address that comes after the dot. Currently there are only twenty-two gTLDs in use. But there soon could be as many as a thousand or more.

互联网名称与数字地址分配机构（简称ICANN）上周公布了一份新申请的通用顶级域名（简称gTLD）名单。通用顶级域名是互联网地址中“.”后面的部分。目前在用的通用顶级域名只有22个。但很快就可能有上千乃至更多的通用顶级域名。

Rod Beckstrom is president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. He says ICANN received more than one thousand nine hundred requests for new gTLDs during the application period, which ended in May.

罗德·贝克斯托姆（Rod Beckstrom）是互联网名称与数字地址分配机构的总裁。他说，在截至5月的申请期间，ICANN收到了超过1900份新通用顶级域名的申请。

ROD BECKSTROM: “This is an historic day for the Internet and for more than two billion people around the world who depend upon it, because the Internet is about to change forever.”

贝克斯托姆：“这对互联网和世界各地依赖互联网的20多亿人们来说，是历史性的一天。因为互联网即将永久改变。” 

More than nine hundred of the requests for new gTLDs came from North America. Only seventeen were from Africa. Each application required a payment of one hundred eighty five thousand dollars.

超过900个新通用顶级域名的申请来自北美。只有17个来自非洲。每个申请要求缴纳185,000美元。

Some businesses, like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google, applied³ for domain name extensions. Dot-app was one of the most sought after names. ICANN received thirteen requests for the right to own that one.

一些像亚马逊、苹果、微软和谷歌的公司申请了扩展域名。“.app”是最抢手的名称之一，ICANN收到了13份申请。

There were three applications for dot-dog, but none for dot-cat. Dot-love, dot-wedding, dot-sexy and dot-porn also made the list of proposed top-level domain names. But Mister Beckstrom says none of these names are guaranteed.

有3份关于“.dog”的申请，但无人申请“.cat”。“.love”，“.wedding”，“.sexy”和“.porn”也在申请的通用顶级域名之列。

ROD BECKSTROM: “These are just applications. They are not yet approved and some of them may not be. None of them will enter the Internet until they have undergone a rigorous, objective and independent evaluation⁴.”

贝克斯托姆：“这仅仅是申请，这些域名尚未被批准，其中一些可能不会被批准。这些域名在经过严谨、客观和独立的评估之前不会进入互联网。”

ICANN began a sixty-day comment period last week. A seven-month objection period has also begun. ICANN’s Kurt Pritz says this is for anyone who wants to oppose a proposed gTLD name.

ICANN上周开始了为期60天的评估期，为期7个月的异议期也已开始。ICANN的库尔特·普利兹（Kurt Pritz）表示，任何人都可以对申请的通用顶级域名提出异议。

KURT PRITZ: “Objections will be decided⁵ in a formal independent dispute resolution process. Decisions will be made in accordance with pre-published standards of review.”

普利兹：“域名异议将通过一个正式、独立的争议解决程序，按照预先公布的审查标准来决定。” 

ICANN says it will begin processing the applications for new top-level domain names in batches⁶ of five hundred at a time. The first group is not expected to begin operating until the first part of twenty-thirteen. ICANN will approve no more than one thousand new generic top-level domain names each year.

ICANN表示将开始分批处理新通用顶级域名的申请，每批处理500个申请。首批域名预计不会在2013年第一季度前开始运营。ICANN每年将批准不超过1千个新的通用顶级域名。

Late last week, ICANN apologized for accidentally publishing some of the contact details of those requesting new gTLDs. ICANN admitted placing the mailing addresses and contact information for some individuals on its website. The group has since removed the information.

上周晚些时候，ICANN为无意发布了一些申请新通用顶级域名者的联系方式而道歉。ICANN承认自己将一些个人的邮寄地址和联系信息放到了自己的网站上。该组织已经删除了这些信息。

And that’s the VOA Special English Technology Report, written by June Simms. I’m Steve Ember.

1 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

2 generic   

adj.一般的，普通的，共有的

参考例句：

• I usually buy generic clothes instead of name brands.我通常买普通的衣服，不买名牌。
• The generic woman appears to have an extraordinary faculty for swallowing the individual.一般妇女在婚后似乎有特别突出的抑制个性的能力。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 batches   

一批( batch的名词复数 )； 一炉； （食物、药物等的）一批生产的量； 成批作业

参考例句：

• The prisoners were led out in batches and shot. 这些囚犯被分批带出去枪毙了。
• The stainless drum may be used to make larger batches. 不锈钢转数设备可用来加工批量大的料。