But Sri Lankan Tamils should also rejoice.
然而斯里兰卡的泰米尔人也应该高兴。
Most Sinhalese are Buddhist; most Tamils are Hindu.
大多数僧伽罗人是佛教徒;大多数泰米尔人是印度教徒。
The people of Tamilnadu, the Tamils, are strict vegetarians.
泰米尔纳依的泰米尔人是严格吃素的人。
If not for these innocent Tamils we should have crushed LTTE within hours, he said.
如果没有这些,我们应该在几个小时内粉碎泰米尔猛虎组织无辜的,他说。
The mainly Sinhala province also has a large population of Indian-origin Tamils working in plantations.
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。
About 300, 000 Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada are the biggest group of the ethnic community outside their country.
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。
Sri Lanka's almost wholly literate inhabitants, 75% of them Sinhalese and 12% Sri Lankan Tamils, share an understandable pride in their island.
斯里兰卡几乎所有识字的居民——75%是锡兰族人,12%是泰米尔·斯里兰卡人——共同拥有对这个岛屿的可被理解的自豪。
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.
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。
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.
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.
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。
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