國際貨幣基金組織總裁拉加德在法國出庭受審
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde went on trial in France last Monday for negligence over a massive state payout to a businessman when she was finance minister in 2008.
因在2008年任法國財政部長期間同意向一位商人支付鉅額國家賠償，國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)總裁拉加德被控犯有瀆職罪，於上週一在法國出庭受審。As finance minister of then-president Nicolas Sarkozy, she approved an award of 404 million euros to Bernard Tapie for the disputed sale of a firm.
拉加德曾在時任法國總統薩科齊麾下任財政部長，她批准了就一樁公司買賣糾紛向塔皮支付4.04億歐元的賠償。
Tapie had supported Sarkozy in the 2007 presidential election. She is accused of allowing the misuse of public funds, rather than corruption. She denies any wrongdoing.
塔皮曾在2007年爲薩科齊競選總統提供支持。拉加德未面臨貪污指控，而是被控允許濫用公共資金。拉加德本人否認自己有任何過錯。
Member of her legal team Christopher Baker said that Lagarde was pleased to be able to lay out her case.
她的律師團隊成員克里斯托弗·貝克表示，拉加德很願意闡明自己的立場。If Lagarde is convicted, she could face up to a year in jail and a fine of 15,000 euros. And a maximum sentence could raise questions about the widely respected policymaker's ability to continue as head of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund.
如果被定罪，拉加德可能面臨一年的監禁和15000歐元的罰款。如果被判處最高的懲罰，則這位備受尊敬的決策者還能否繼續擔任IMF總裁一職將存疑。A panel of 15, including 12 lawmakers from both the lower and upper houses of parliament, will hear the case, which is scheduled to run until December 20.
在15人的陪審團中，有12人是來自兩院（上、下議院）的立法者，將會參與審理此案，而庭審定於12月20日結束。
