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。

the candidature file

2020年の夏季五輪招致で、国際オリンピック委員会(IOC)の評価委員による東京視察が始まりました。

Tokyo readies for crucial Olympic evaluation tour

The JOC has also been working feverishly on damage control in the wake of a whistle-blower scandal in which more than a dozen female judo wrestlers accused their coach, Ryuji Sonoda, of physical and verbal abuse. Sonoda stepped down, but the scandal could not have come at a worse time for Tokyo.

The capital does not plan to bring up the issue since the commission’s focus will be on assessing the candidature file — but IOC members still could bring up the issue.

“Unless we are asked, there is no reason for us to make it the topic of discussion,” one JOC senior official said. “But we have to have a rock-solid contingency to answer them.”

One senior member of the Tokyo bid committee has said: “Violence toward women is frowned upon overseas more than Japanese people realize. We can’t easily brush this away.”

Tokyo must also tamp down possible IOC concerns about radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which suffered a triple meltdown in March 2011 after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the facility.

“We want to present the IOC with data on radiation dosage and countermeasures against tsunami to convince them of the city’s safety,” Takeda said.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/04/national/tokyo-readies-for-crucial-olympic-evaluation-tour/#.UTRQEKVdobw

candidature file(立候補ファイル)は、 五輪開催地招致の際にIOCに提出する資料のことです。オリンピック招致委員会でその英語版を見ることができます。(GP)
http://tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/candidature/index.html