世界上最大的乳制品比賽

威斯康星州舉辦了世界上最大的乳制品比賽

The largest technical cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the world starts Tuesday in Wisconsin, with a record 3,667 entries from 26 nations.

世界上最大的奶酪、黃油和酸奶技術(shù)競賽周二在威斯康星州拉開帷幕，來自26個國家的3667名參賽者參加了比賽。

The 55 judges taste, sniff and inspect the 132 classes of dairy products during the biennial World Championship Cheese Contest.

在兩年一度的世界奶酪錦標賽上，55名評委品嘗、嗅聞和檢查了132類乳制品。

The judges include cheese graders, cheese buyers, dairy science professors, and researchers from 19 nations and 14 states.

評委包括來自19個國家和14個州的奶酪分級員、奶酪購買者、乳制品科學教授和研究人員。

The last time the competition was held in 2018, a hard sheep’s milk cheese called Esquirrou made in France at Mauleon Fromagerie won top honors. It is imported by Savencia Cheese USA. This year’s winner will be announced Thursday.

上次比賽是在2018年，來自法國的一種名為Esquirrou的硬羊奶奶酪贏得了最高榮譽。它是由美國Savencia奶酪公司進口的。今年的獲獎者將于周四公布。

One judge and 30 people from a Japanese university could not attend because the university didn’t allow international travel due to the new coronavirus, according to Rebekah Sweeney, spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, which organizes the event.

據(jù)組織此次活動的威斯康星州奶酪制造商協(xié)會發(fā)言人麗貝卡·斯威尼介紹，一名法官和30名來自日本一所大學的人無法參加，因為該大學因新冠狀病毒而不允許國際旅行。

There will be extra hand-washing stations and hand sanitizers for the judges “out of an abundance of good intention,” she said.

她說，“出于善意”，將為評委增設洗手站和洗手液。