MANILA — A Cambodian who has devoted his life to documenting the killing of almost two million of his countrymen in the 1970s was named Thursday among the winners of this year's Magsaysay Awards, widely regarded as Asia's version of the Nobel prize.

星期四，一位曾经献身于记录20世纪70年代近两百万柬埔寨人被害事件的柬埔寨人被任命为今年的麦格塞塞奖获奖者，该奖被普遍认为是亚洲的诺贝尔奖。

Youk Chhang, 57, was given the award for his role as head for more than two decades of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, an institute that investigates atrocities committed under the Khmer Rouge.

57岁的友昌因其二十多年来对柬埔寨档案中心的领导而获奖，该中心负责调查红色高棉犯下的暴行。

红色高棉是一个凶残的极端主义组织，1975至1979年使柬埔寨四分之一的人口丧生。

Youk's organization aims to help victims of the brutal regime come to terms with their ordeal while ensuring that future generations do not forget the events.

友昌的组织旨在帮助残暴政权的受害者应对磨难，同时确保后代不会忘记这些事件。

Youk, who experienced torture and saw the death of many family members at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, said he undertook the work for his mother, who also suffered extensively during the genocide. "I want her to be a free woman, not to carry all the tragedy in her heart and in her life," he was quoted as saying.

友昌经历了酷刑，看到许多家庭死在红色高棉手上。他说，他为母亲工作，在灭绝种族期间，母亲也深受其害。“我希望她是个自由的女人，而不是为了挑起她内心和生活中所有的悲剧。”他说。

The Manila-based Ramon Magsaysay Award, named after a Filipino president killed in a plane crash, was established in 1957 to honor people and groups tackling development problems.

拉蒙·麦格塞塞奖是1957年成立的，该奖以在飞机失事中丧生的菲律宾总统之名命名，旨在表彰解决发展问题的人民和团体。

Two Indian nationals were separately honored this year: Sonam Wangchuk, 51, who promotes alternative education systems in his home Himalayan region Ladakh; and Bharat Vatwani, 60, a psychiatrist who started a foundation to rescue people living on the streets with mental health problems. Polio victim Vo Thi Hoang Yen, 52, was awarded for her work in assisting the disabled in Vietnam, while 56-year-old Maria De Lourdes Martins Cruz received an award for founding an institute to help the poor in her native East Timor,

今年，两名印度国民分别获得荣誉：51岁的Sonam Wangchuk，他在喜马拉雅地区拉达克的家中推广替代教育系统；60岁的Bharat Vatwani，精神科医生，创立了基金会，拯救那些生活在街头有精神健康问题的人。此外，52岁的脊髓灰质炎患者Vo Thi Hoang Yen因在越南帮助残疾人而获奖。56岁的Maria De Lourdes Martins Cruz则因创立一家援助东帝汶穷人的机构而获奖。

Another awardee, Howard Dee, 87, was once head of a major Philippine drug company but gave up his career to help the poor including through peace efforts with local communist guerrillas and Muslim separatists. — AFP

另一位获奖者霍华德·迪曾一度是菲律宾一家主要药品公司的负责人，但他放弃了工作，去帮助穷人，包括为当地的共产主义游击队和穆斯林分离主义者之间的和平做出努力。