" People will always want to come together, " Seneviratne insisted.

“人们总是想聚在一起。”

" In 2020, they said: 'Unless you can help us with refurbishment costs, we're going, ' " said Seneviratne.

“2020 年，他们说：‘除非你能帮助我们解决整修费用，否则我们要走了，’” Seneviratne 说。

" There are people in there, " said Seneviratne, " but we don't know what they're doing."

“里面有人，” 塞纳维拉特纳说，“但我们不知道他们在做什么。”

Well versed in urban planning's technocratic vernacular, Seneviratne is also full of passionate, optimistic ideas about cities and their future.

Seneviratne 精通城市规划的技术官僚语言，他对城市和城市的未来也充满了热情和乐观的想法。

The decision to buy the lease, Seneviratne told me, was based on an acknowledgment that nothing in the city centre was certain.

Seneviratne 告诉我，购买租约的决定是基于这样一种认识：在市中心没有什么是确定的。

As Sheffield council was working on its regeneration plans through the 2010s, the man who found himself at the centre of negotiations was Nalin Seneviratne.

当谢菲尔德议会在 2010 年代制定其重建计划时，发现自己处于谈判中心的人是 Nalin Seneviratne。

The government temporarily blocked major social media and messaging services, including Facebook and WhatsApp, to prevent the spread of misinformation online, according to the president's secretary, Udaya Seneviratne.

据总统秘书乌达雅·塞纳维拉特纳透露，政府还暂时封闭了包括Facebook和WhatsApp在内的，主要社交媒体和通讯服务，防止虚假信息在网上传播。

The cost to the company of being in the building would increase, but in return, the council agreed to contribute " a considerable amount" , according to Seneviratne, to the cost of the store's first refurbishment since 1980.

根据 Seneviratne 的说法，公司在大楼里的成本会增加，但作为回报，理事会同意为商店自 1980 年以来的首次翻新成本提供 “相当大的金额”。