常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

It transpired that~

ドイツのベルリンの新空港の開港がまたまた延期されることになりました。ドイツではこんなことは珍しく、大きな汚点となっています。

Berlin airport: Opening further delayed until 2013

The opening of Berlin's long-awaited new airport has been put back from June probably until March next year, because its fire safety system is not ready.

The delay is seen as a major embarrassment as the project has been beset with postponements and mishaps.

中略

The airport had originally been scheduled to open in late 2011, but that was put back until 3 June 2012. Then it transpired that there was a shortage of check-in desks. Reports also said there was not enough space for baggage handling.

Then, last week, it emerged that its firefighting systems would not be ready in time and the airport would open after the summer. According to news website Spiegel, the airport had proposed a "man-machine interface" which would involve hundreds of temporary workers who would sound the alarms and open doors in the event of a fire.

On Tuesday, Air Berlin Chief Executive Hartmut Mehdorn accepted that the airport should not open until the airlines began their winter schedule.

Two days later, Mr Mehdorn had to digest a further delay. "Through this, we are suffering harm not only to our business, but also to the image of our hub, which is hard to put a figure on," he said.

Mr Wowereit said the authorities were not satisfied with a temporary solution to the fire safety issue; as opening the airport in the winter might add risks related to the weather, the best solution was to wait until March.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18100388

transpireは、it transpired that~というパタンで、「〜が知れ渡る」という意味で使われます。語源的には「息がわたる」となりますが、ニュースが次々に人口に膾炙ていくイメージでしょう。
これから私も空港へと移動します。関係はないか...(UG)