On March 12 , actors , directors , producers and other filmmakers will gather in Hollywood , California , the center of the American film industry .
3月12日，演員、導演、製片人和其他電影人將齊聚美國電影業的中心——加州好萊塢。
Some will receive Academy Awards for the best acting , directing , writing , music and other work on movies released last year .
一些人將憑藉去年上映影片中的最佳表演、導演、編劇、音樂等工作獲得奧斯卡金像獎。
The winners will receive an award called an Oscar , a small metal statue of a man , covered in gold .
得獎者將獲得名為「奧斯卡」的獎項，這是一座鍍金的小型男子金屬雕像。
The Oscar is only about thirty-four centimeters tall and weighs less than four kilograms .
奧斯卡小金人只有約34公分高，重量不到4公斤。
But the award is extremely valuable .
但這個獎項極其珍貴。
Oscar winners can earn greater fame .
奧斯卡得主可以獲得更大的名氣。
They can get offers to work on the best movies .
他們可能會收到參與頂級電影的邀約。
They can also earn much more money .
他們還能賺到多得多的錢。
On Tuesday , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored more than 300 films with Oscar nominations .
週二，美國影藝學院公布了奧斯卡提名，300多部影片榜上有名。
Among them are five movies competing for best foreign film .
其中有五部影片角逐最佳外語片獎。
European countries produced all the nominees except one : the movie Argentina , 1985 .
除了一部之外，所有入圍影片都出自歐洲國家，這部例外的影片是《阿根廷，1985》。
As you might have guessed , it comes from Argentina .
你可能已經猜到了，這部電影來自阿根廷。
The South American country is not new to Academy Award history .
這個南美國家在奧斯卡歷史上並不陌生。
Argentinian movies have won the best foreign film Oscar two times already .
阿根廷電影已經兩次獲得奧斯卡最佳外語片獎。
The most recent award came in 2009 for the film The Secret In Their Eyes .
最近一次獲獎是在2009年，獲獎影片是《謎樣的雙眼》。
Argentina , 1985 is a historical drama .
《阿根廷，1985》是一部歷史劇情片。
It tells a story about the effort to punish the country's military dictatorship after its rule ended .
影片講述了該國軍政府統治結束後，人們努力懲治軍事獨裁者的故事。
Earlier this month , it won the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe for best foreign language film .
本月稍早，該片獲得了好萊塢外國記者協會頒發的金球獎最佳外語片獎。
That awards event is considered a signal of what is to come at the Oscars .
這一頒獎典禮被視為奧斯卡結果的風向球。
Another 2023 nominee is the first Irish-language film to be considered for an Oscar .
2023年另一部入圍影片是首部角逐奧斯卡的愛爾蘭語電影。
Ireland's The Quiet Girl is based on the book Foster , by Irish writer Clair Keegan .
愛爾蘭影片《安靜的女孩》改編自愛爾蘭作家克萊爾·吉根的小說《寄養》。
The film tells about a young girl from a large , poor family living in difficult conditions .
影片講述了一個來自貧困大家庭、生活艱難的小女孩的故事。
She is sent to the home of distant relatives .
她被送到遠房親戚家。
There , she finds warmth and love but also learns of a secret .
在那裡，她感受到了溫暖和愛，但也得知了一個秘密。
The Quiet Girl has earned loud praise in Ireland and other places .
《安靜的女孩》在愛爾蘭和其他地方贏得了響亮的讚譽。
The other three Oscar nominees for foreign film come from mainland Europe .
另外三部入圍奧斯卡外語片獎的影片來自歐洲大陸。
Belgium was recognized for Close .
比利時憑藉《親密》入圍。
Like Ireland's nominee , the movie centers on children and their relationships .
和愛爾蘭的入圍影片一樣，這部影片也聚焦於孩子以及他們之間的關係。
Close explores a close but threatened friendship between two boys .
《親密》講述了兩個男孩之間親密卻面臨威脅的友誼。
Poland's EO was also nominated in the best international film category .
波蘭的《驢叫》也獲得了最佳國際影片獎提名。
EO explores the imagined life and times of a donkey raised in a circus .
《驢叫》描繪了一頭在馬戲團長大的驢子想像中的生活經歷。
Its interactions with and experiences of the human world point to deep questions about animal connections .
牠與人類世界的互動和經歷引發了關於人與動物關係的深刻思考。
EO won the Jury Prize , a major award , at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in France .
《驢叫》在2022年法國坎城影展上獲得了重要獎項評審團獎。
The final nominee for the best foreign film Oscar is Germany for its offering All Quiet on the Western Front .
最後一部入圍奧斯卡最佳外語片的是德國影片《西線無戰事》。
The film is based on the 1929 book of the same name .
該片改編自1929年出版的同名小說。
It tells a story of a soldier during World War One and explores the horror of such conflict .
影片講述了第一次世界大戰期間一名士兵的故事，展現了戰爭的恐怖。
Two earlier movie versions , both American , came out in 1930 and 1979 .
此前還有兩個美國電影版本，分別於1930年和1979年上映。
The 1930 production of All Quiet on the Western Front won the most important Academy Award of all -- Best Picture -- at the 1931 ceremony .
1930年版《西線無戰事》在1931年的頒獎典禮上獲得了最重要的奧斯卡獎項——最佳影片獎。
Check back here for more stories about other 2023 Oscar nominees in the weeks ahead .
在接下來的幾週裡，請繼續關注這裡，了解更多關於2023年其他奧斯卡提名的報導。