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，演员、导演、制片人和其他电影人将齐聚美国电影业的中心——加利福尼亚州好莱坞。
Some will receive Academy Awards for the best acting , directing , writing , music and other work on movies released last year .
一些人将凭借去年上映影片中的最佳表演、导演、编剧、音乐等工作获得奥斯卡金像奖。
The winners will receive an award called an Oscar , a small metal statue of a man , covered in gold .
获奖者将获得名为“奥斯卡”的奖项，这是一座镀金的小型男子金属雕像。
The Oscar is only about thirty-four centimeters tall and weighs less than four kilograms .
奥斯卡小金人只有约34厘米高，重量不到4公斤。
But the award is extremely valuable .
但这个奖项极其珍贵。
Oscar winners can earn greater fame .
奥斯卡得主可以获得更大的名气。
They can get offers to work on the best movies .
他们可能会收到参与顶级电影的邀约。
They can also earn much more money .
他们还能赚到多得多的钱。
On Tuesday , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored more than 300 films with Oscar nominations .
周二，美国电影艺术与科学学院公布了奥斯卡提名，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语片奖。
European countries produced all the nominees except one : the movie Argentina , 1985 .
除了一部之外，所有入围影片都出自欧洲国家，这部例外的影片是《阿根廷，1985》。
As you might have guessed , it comes from Argentina .
你可能已经猜到了，这部电影来自阿根廷。
The South American country is not new to Academy Award history .
这个南美国家在奥斯卡历史上并不陌生。
Argentinian movies have won the best foreign film Oscar two times already .
阿根廷电影已经两次获得奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。
The most recent award came in 2009 for the film The Secret In Their Eyes .
最近一次获奖是在2009年，获奖影片是《谜一样的双眼》。
Argentina , 1985 is a historical drama .
《阿根廷，1985》是一部历史剧情片。
It tells a story about the effort to punish the country's military dictatorship after its rule ended .
影片讲述了该国军政府统治结束后，人们努力惩治军事独裁者的故事。
Earlier this month , it won the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe for best foreign language film .
本月早些时候，该片获得了好莱坞外国记者协会颁发的金球奖最佳外语片奖。
That awards event is considered a signal of what is to come at the Oscars .
这一颁奖典礼被视为奥斯卡结果的风向标。
Another 2023 nominee is the first Irish-language film to be considered for an Oscar .
2023年另一部入围影片是首部角逐奥斯卡的爱尔兰语电影。
Ireland's The Quiet Girl is based on the book Foster , by Irish writer Clair Keegan .
爱尔兰影片《安静的女孩》改编自爱尔兰作家克莱尔·吉根的小说《寄养》。
The film tells about a young girl from a large , poor family living in difficult conditions .
影片讲述了一个来自贫困大家庭、生活艰难的小女孩的故事。
She is sent to the home of distant relatives .
她被送到远房亲戚家。
There , she finds warmth and love but also learns of a secret .
在那里，她感受到了温暖和爱，但也得知了一个秘密。
The Quiet Girl has earned loud praise in Ireland and other places .
《安静的女孩》在爱尔兰和其他地方赢得了响亮的赞誉。
The other three Oscar nominees for foreign film come from mainland Europe .
另外三部入围奥斯卡外语片奖的影片来自欧洲大陆。
Belgium was recognized for Close .
比利时凭借《亲密》入围。
Like Ireland's nominee , the movie centers on children and their relationships .
和爱尔兰的入围影片一样，这部影片也聚焦于孩子以及他们之间的关系。
Close explores a close but threatened friendship between two boys .
《亲密》讲述了两个男孩之间亲密却面临威胁的友谊。
Poland's EO was also nominated in the best international film category .
波兰的《驴叫》也获得了最佳国际影片奖提名。
EO explores the imagined life and times of a donkey raised in a circus .
《驴叫》描绘了一头在马戏团长大的驴子想象中的生活经历。
Its interactions with and experiences of the human world point to deep questions about animal connections .
它与人类世界的互动和经历引发了关于人与动物关系的深刻思考。
EO won the Jury Prize , a major award , at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in France .
《驴叫》在2022年法国戛纳电影节上获得了重要奖项评审团奖。
The final nominee for the best foreign film Oscar is Germany for its offering All Quiet on the Western Front .
最后一部入围奥斯卡最佳外语片的是德国影片《西线无战事》。
The film is based on the 1929 book of the same name .
该片改编自1929年出版的同名小说。
It tells a story of a soldier during World War One and explores the horror of such conflict .
影片讲述了第一次世界大战期间一名士兵的故事，展现了战争的恐怖。
Two earlier movie versions , both American , came out in 1930 and 1979 .
此前还有两个美国电影版本，分别于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《西线无战事》在1931年的颁奖典礼上获得了最重要的奥斯卡奖项——最佳影片奖。
Check back here for more stories about other 2023 Oscar nominees in the weeks ahead .
在接下来的几周里，请继续关注这里，了解更多关于2023年其他奥斯卡提名的报道。