Donald Trump, the former star of The Apprentice, became the official Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday evening after winning a majority of the votes from delegates at the party’s convention in Cleveland.

周二晚在美国共和党(Republican Party)于克利夫兰召开的全国代表大会上，《学徒》(The Apprentice)节目中的明星唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)赢得了大多数党代表票，正式成为共和党总统候选人。

Mr Trump secured the 1,237 votes he needed when his son, Donald Jr, announced the support of his home state of New York, “Congratulations Dad, we love you.” The final tally was 1,725 votes.

当特朗普之子小唐纳德(Donald Jr)宣布其家乡纽约州对特朗普的支持、并表示“恭喜爸爸，我们爱你”时，特朗普已拿到了其所需的1237张党代表票。特朗普最终拿到的票数为1725张。

Mr Trump will not formally accept the nomination until his primetime speech on Thursday, but the result marks the official end of the Republican primary, one of the most acrimonious in recent history. Mr Trump ousted 16 rivals as his populist campaign caught fire among the Republican base, and managed to avoid a contested convention after hammering his final rivals, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, in the last of the primary races.

特朗普要等到周四黄金时段发表讲话后才会正式接受这一提名，不过，上述结果已标志着共和党初选正式结束。这是近期历史上角逐最激烈的共和党初选之一。特朗普的民粹主义竞选造势抓住了共和党基本盘的人心，令他得以击退16位竞争对手、并在初选后程大败最后的对手特德•克鲁兹(Ted Cruz)和约翰•卡西奇(John Kasich)后避免了“僵局代表大会”(contested convention)的上演。

Leading up to the result, the head of each state delegation announced their votes, saying in many cases that they were proud to vote for “the next president of the United States of America, Donald J Trump”. As the vote progressed, Mr Trump tweeted, “The ROLL CALL is beginning at the Republican National Convention. Very exciting!”

在上述结果出炉前，各州代表团的领头人宣布了他们投的票，并多次表示他们为把票投给“美利坚合众国下任总统唐纳德•J•特朗普”而骄傲。在投票进行的同时，特朗普在Twitter上发帖称：“共和党全国代表大会开始唱票了。太激动人心了！”