非傳統職涯優勢
Kazuo Ueda has been nominated by Japan’s government to succeed the current governor of the country’s central bank Haruhiko Kuroda.
植田和男獲日本政府提名接替現任日本央行總裁黑田東彥。
succeed (v.)接替、繼任
If approved by parliament, Ueda would be the first academic economist to lead the Bank of Japan in the post-World War II era — he currently serves as a professor and dean at Kyoritsu Women’s University in Tokyo.
如獲得國會批准，植田將成為自二戰後首位領導日本銀行的經濟學者──他目前擔任東京共立女子大學的教授和院長。
approve (v.)正式的批准academic (adj.)學術的academic institutions 學術機構serve (v.)工作、服務
For many, Ueda’s nomination came as a surprise because “he lacks the typical background of a BOJ governor.”
對許多人來說，植田被提名令人意外，因為「他缺乏典型的日本央行總裁背景」。
come as a surprise 令人感到驚訝come as no surprise 不令人感到訝異lack (v.)缺乏、缺少
Traditionally, the position is filled by a bureaucrat or someone with extensive experience working in the Finance Ministry or central bank.
傳統上，這個職位會由官員或者是在財務省或央行有豐富工作經驗的人士擔任。
bureaucrat (n.)官員extensive (adj.)大量的、大規模的
Despite previously serving on the BOJ’s policy board from 1998 to 2005, Ueda has spent much of his time teaching in universities both in Japan and abroad.
儘管植田曾於1998年至2005年間擔任過日本央行的政策委員會委員，但他大部分時間都在日本和國外的大學教書。
board (n.)委員會、董事會
To some economists, though, Ueda’s nontraditional career path could be a benefit to the position, as he would enter the job under the pressure of needing to address Kuroda’s “decade-long experiment with ultra-easy money and rock-bottom interest rates.”
然而，對一些經濟學家來說，植田的非傳統職涯可能對該職位有益，因為他上任後將面對解決黑田「長達十年的超寬鬆貨幣政策和極低利率實驗」的壓力。
address (v.)應付、處理ultra- (prefix)超～、極～dovish monetary policy 鴿派的貨幣政策hawkish (adj.)鷹派的
Due to his neutral stance as “an orthodox academic economist,” Ueda’s lack of bias toward any one single economic policy could give him an advantage while working to right the ship of Japan’s monetary approach.
由於他作為「一名主流經濟學者」的中立立場，植田不對任何經濟政策保持偏見，這在他著手導正日本貨幣政策時可能可以為他帶來優勢。
neutral (adj.)中立的a neutral country 中立國orthodox (adj.)正統的、主流的right the ship 修正走向、導正情勢monetary (adj.)貨幣的、金融的
Regardless of Ueda’s approval, whoever takes the reins of the BOJ will “have to at some point move away from actively seeking higher inflation and containing the rise of interest rates.”
無論植田是否獲得批准，任何接任日本央行的人「遲早必須停止積極追求通膨升高和抑制利率上升」。
take the reins 掌管contain (v.)控制、抑制
This will require a gradual, smooth process that many believe will not be easy.
這將需要一個漸進、平穩的過程，許多人認為這並不容易。
Even though some experts agree that Ueda is fit to lead through these changes, the ultimate decision rests on parliament as to whether he will usher in a new era of leadership at the BOJ.
儘管有些專家認為植田有能力引領這些變革，但他是否將在日本央行引領新的時代，最終還是取決於國會。
be fit to VR 適合、有能力去～usher in 開創、開啟