中石化前董事长陈同海被判死缓

Chen Tonghai, the former head of Sinopec, China's largest company, has been given a suspended death sentence after being convicted of taking $28.8m (€20.4m, £17.5m) in bribes over his eight years as a senior executive.
中国最大企业中石化(Sinopec)前负责人陈同海被判死缓，罪名是他在执掌中石化的八年时间里共受贿2880万美元（人民币1.9573亿余元)。

Mr Chen was chairman of state-owned China Petroleum & Chemical Group, better known as Sinopec, from 1999 until his detention in 2007 as he tried to flee the country.
从1999年到2007年他在试图逃往境外时被拘留为止，陈同海担任国有的中国石油化工集团公司（中石化）董事长。

The bribes total, detailed for the first time yesterday, adds up to one of the largesttaken by a Chinese official, according to public records. The largest single bribe, according to local media, was the $12m paid to a vice-mayor in charge of construction in Suzhou, a prosperous industrial city near Shanghai, in a case tried this year.
根据公开记录，昨天首次详细披露的受贿总额，构成中国官员受贿金额最大的案件之一。据当地媒体报道，最大的单笔受贿金额，是去年宣判的一桩案件中，苏州一位主管城建的副市长收受1200万美元。苏州是靠近上海的一个繁荣的工业城市。

Mr Chen's case attracted particular attention because he was a high-profile state executive and the son of a revolutionary leader.
陈同海的案件特别引人瞩目，因为他是一个著名的国企高管，也是一位老革命家的儿子。

Although Mr Chen was formally tried and convicted in court, his real trial was conducted beforehand by the Communist party.
虽然陈同海在法庭受到了正式审理并被宣判有罪，但对他的案件的真正审理，是共产党事先完成的。

The party has its own anti-corruption body with power to detain officials and investigate allegations of graft. Its findings are in effect binding on the courts.
党有自己的反腐败机构，有权拘捕官员并对贪污指控进行调查，其调查结果实际上对法庭有约束力。