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中国地方政府账本惊现"数字黑洞"！最新审计报告显示：25省中有13省去年挪用养老金超400亿元——其中有的拿去填政府债务窟窿，有的给学校装修"贴金"，还有的从农业补贴里"抽水"。微博网友神吐槽："这简直是让老鼠看粮仓！"（审计部门：我们每年只能查部分省份，剩下的"惊喜"可能更刺激...）
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**UGLY NUMBERS lurk in the books of China’s local governments.**
令人不安的数字潜伏在中国地方政府的账本中。
**An annual audit released on June 24th showed that over 40bn yuan ($6bn) of state pension funds were misappropriated last year in 13 of 25 provinces looked at.**
6月24日发布的年度审计报告显示，在被抽查的25个省份中，有13个去年挪用国家养老金超400亿元（60亿美元）。
**(There may be more dodgy practices but the auditors only have the resources to focus on certain bits of the country each year.)**
（可能还存在更多违规操作，但审计部门每年只能集中检查部分区域）
**Among other things, the money was used to repay government debts.**
这些资金被用于偿还政府债务等项目。
**Another 4bn yuan was lifted from a programme to pay for refurbishing schools.**
另有40亿元从学校修缮专项资金中被挪用。
**And billions more were diverted away from farming subsidies.**
还有数十亿元农业补贴资金被截留。
**Local officials"are always stealing our money", said one angry commenter on Weibo, a social-media platform.**
微博网友愤怒评论："官员们总在偷我们的钱"。
**"It’s like trusting the mice to look after our rice," wrote another.**
另一条写道："这好比让老鼠看管粮仓"。
（注：1."dodgy practices"译为"违规操作"保留俚语色彩；2.括号补充说明单独成段保持原文结构；3.网友评论直译保留鲜活语气）
