And if you do have a brokered convention.

如果你有一个协商会议的话。

That's what we talk about with the brokered convention.

因此我们要讨论协商会议。

And it could trigger something unique in American politics, a brokered convention.

这会引发美国政坛中独具一格的协商会议。

So, will it come down to a brokered convention?

因此, 会演变成协商会议吗?

A brokered convention happens when no one candidate has a majority of the delegates needed to secure the nomination.

在没有一名候选人获得需要确保提名的多数代表时就可以开始协商会议。

As the primary fight continues to heat up, we keep hearing people talk about the possibility of a GOP brokered convention.

随着初选选战持续升温, 我们不断听到人们谈论共和党协商会议的可能性。

It's likely Trump is going to be the nominee, but then we might have a brokered convention if he's not.

特郎普很可能将成为共和党候选人, 但如果他不是的话可能会演变成协商会议。

If no candidate wins a majority of delegates, meaning no candidate gets to 1,991 delegates on the first ballot,that's when a convention becomes contested or brokered.

如果没有候选人赢得大多数代表，也就是没有候选人能在第一轮投票中获得1991名代表的支持，此时就会产生“讨价还价会议”。

So what is a brokered convention, and could it keep Trump out of the presidential race?

那么什么是斡旋大会，它能让特朗普退出总统竞选吗？

Since then, the US has only seen two brokered conventions, the last for Republicans being in 1948.

从那以后，美国只出现过两次由斡旋促成的大会，最后一次是共和党人在 1948 年召开的。

With the reality of Trump getting the Republican nomination, Republicans may turn to a last resort: a brokered convention.

鉴于特朗普获得共和党提名的现实，共和党人可能会求助于最后的手段：通过斡旋召开大会。

And with the GOP actively engaged against a Trump presidency, a brokered convention would almost certainly mean the end of his campaign.

随着共和党积极参与反对特朗普担任总统，在斡旋下举行的大会几乎肯定意味着他的竞选活动结束。

The candidate who gets the most votes at a brokered convention ultimately wins the nomination, regardless of their number of delegates going in.

在经斡旋的大会上获得最多选票的候选人最终赢得提名，无论他们有多少代表参加。

But if a candidate doesn`t win enough delegates to clinch his or her party`s nomination before that, a brokered or contested convention is possible.

但是，如果候选人在此之前没有赢得足够的代表来获得他或她的政党提名，则有可能通过斡旋或有争议的大会。

But it's still too early to conclude that Trump has cinched the nomination, or that the elite will block him in a brokered convention.

但现在断定特朗普已经获得提名，或者精英们会在斡旋的大会上阻止他， 还为时过早。

But if Trump’s numbers can be staved off by the remaining two other candidates, and nobody gets the magic number, then the Republican National Committee holds, what is called, a “brokered convention”.

但是，如果剩下的两名候选人可以阻止特朗普的数字，并且没有人获得神奇的数字， 那么共和党全国委员会就会召开所谓的“斡旋大会”。