When this leaked out, Mr Steinbruck had to be crowned in a hurry.

于是消息一经泄露，施泰因布吕克只得被迫匆忙上任。

Mr Steinbruck is on the right of his erstwhile Socialist party.

施泰因布吕克也一直给社会党右派做工作。

Wooing its left wing is Mr Steinbruck’s first task.

讨好左派是施泰因布吕克现在的首要任务。

Absolutely not, insist both Mr Gabriel and Mr Steinbruck, claiming that they overlap ideologically only with the Greens, the other centre-left party.

绝不可能，加布里尔和施泰因布吕尔都坚决否认，他们声称他们的思想理念只和另一个中左党派绿党（the Greens）有异曲同工之妙。

Mr. Steinbruck was referring to Beppe Grillo who was a professional comedian before entering politics and the scandal tainted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

施泰因布吕克指的是前职业喜剧演员贝佩·格里洛，以及丑闻不断的前总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼。

“It won’t be a boring campaign, ” Mr Steinbruck promised wryly on October 1st, after the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) nominated him.

10月1日在被社民党（SPD）领导人提名为候选人后，施泰因布吕克带点自嘲地地保证“不会让选战太无聊”。

Mr Steinbruck has, however, become embroiled in a sustained debate about the speaking fees he has been earning on the side 1.25m since 2009, the highest of any Bundestag member.

然而，施泰因布吕尔卷入到一场有关他在位期间所得的高额演讲费的持续辩论中（从2009年至今高达125万欧元，德国联邦议员中的最高值）。

The president of Italy Giorgio Napolitano has cancelled a dinner engagement in Berlin with the German opposition leader Peer Steinbruck after the latter said he was shocked that the Italian election had been won by two clowns.

意大利反对派领袖佩尔·施泰因布吕克说，两个小丑在意大利的选举中胜出，他对此感到震惊。听闻此消息，原定与他在柏林举行餐会的意大利总统乔治·纳波利塔诺取消了这次会面。