岛上的泰米尔人起源尚不清楚。
然而斯里兰卡的泰米尔人也应该高兴。
泰米尔纳依的泰米尔人是严格吃素的人。
The people of Tamilnadu, the Tamils, are strict vegetarians.
现在，泰米尔人又多了一个不满的原因。
但这也为赢得泰米尔人的忠心提供了机会。
当猛虎失败时，成千上万的泰米尔人被杀。
As the Tigers were defeated, thousands of Tamils were killed.
若干位僧伽罗国王因击退泰米尔人入侵而留名。
Several Sinhala kings are noted for driving back the Tamil invasions.
大多数僧伽罗人是佛教徒；大多数泰米尔人是印度教徒。
我们是想把泰米尔人从‘猛虎’组织的残酷控制下解救出来。
Our intention was to save the Tamil people from the cruel grip of the LTTE.
语言是泰米尔人。
而在大多数僧伽罗省中也有大量在种植园工作的印度泰米尔人。
The mainly Sinhala province also has a large population of Indian-origin Tamils working in plantations.
十九世纪八十年代，在很多泰米尔人逃离家乡后，猛虎的海外网络蓬勃发展。
The Tigers’ overseas network flourished after many Tamils fled their homeland in the 1980s.
十九世纪八十年代，在很多泰米尔人逃离家乡后，猛虎的海外网络蓬勃发展。
The Tigers' overseas network flourished after many Tamils fled their homeland in the 1980s.
因此其才有高于平均水平的经济增长率，从而使低种姓泰米尔人获益。
It has therefore delivered above-average economic growth, from which low-caste Tamils have benefited.
或者更确切一点，又回到了许多泰米尔人视为无尽轮回的另一个阶段了。
Or rather, it had reverted to a different phase of what many Sri Lankans see as an endless cycle.
在加拿大，大约有300000斯里兰卡泰米尔人，这是他们在本国以外最大的族群。
About 300, 000 Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada are the biggest group of the ethnic community outside their country.
斯里兰卡泰米尔人，其南印度的祖先曾在岛上居住数世纪，占人口12%，主要住在北部和东部。
Sri Lanka Tamils, citizens whose South Indian ancestors have lived on the island for centuries, total about 12% and live predominantly in the north and east.
他更大的愿望是，现在在没有猛虎压制的情况下，一个温和的泰米尔人的声音被斯里兰卡自己听到。
His greater hope is that a moderate Tamil voice, without the Tigers to silence it, will now be heard in Sri Lanka itself.
在马来西亚长大的我唯一所接触过的印度人就是泰米尔人。泰米尔人是印度民族的主要组成部分。
Growing up in Malaysia, the only Indians I interacted with were Tamils, who made up the majority of the local Indian population.
更加糟糕的是，对国家北部和东部的军事统治将会使那些地区泰米尔人觉得自己永远是被剥夺了自尊的二等公民。
What is more, a military occupation of the country's north and east will require the Tamil people of those regions to live eternally as second-class citizens, deprived of all self-respect.
这就是当地多数泰米尔人对上个月在斯里兰卡北部小镇贾夫纳的废弃火车站安顿下来的600多个僧伽罗人的看法。
But that is how most local Tamils view the 600-odd ethnic Sinhalese who pitched up at the derelict railway station in the northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna last month.
在这个居住着泰米尔人的国度，还有一些地位比帕利亚更低的种姓，例如鞋匠所在的种姓，以及洗衣工所在的最低种姓。
There are several castes in the Tamil country considered to be lower than the Pariahs, e.g. the caste of shoemakers, and the lowest caste of washermen.
猛虎组织成功的一个主要原因是他们的支撑基础：居住在美国，加拿大，英国以及澳大利亚的忠诚且富有的海外泰米尔人。
A main reason for the Tigers' success is their support base: a loyal and prosperous Tamil diaspora in America, Canada, Britain and Australia.
与这愚蠢的演说挑衅相匹配的还有日益不容异说、对许多泰米尔人的怀疑及对那些貌似猛虎“合作者”的威胁。
This foolish oratorical provocation has been matched by increasing intolerance of dissent, suspicion of many Tamils and threats against those seen as Tiger "collaborators".
令人费解的是，他并未提及斯里兰卡泰米尔人的遭遇。近300000名泰米尔人背井离乡，现在悲惨地生活在难民营里。
Unaccountably, he made no reference to the sufferings of Sri Lankan Tamils even though nearly 300,000 of them have been displaced from their homes and are now miserably interned in camps.
令人费解的是，他并未提及斯里兰卡泰米尔人的遭遇。近300000名泰米尔人背井离乡，现在悲惨地生活在难民营里。
Unaccountably, he made no reference to the sufferings of Sri Lankan Tamils even though nearly 300,000 of them have been displaced from their homes and are now miserably interned in camps.
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