One of the biggest-ever IT outages has hit companies across the world, from airlines to financial services and media groups, causing significant disruption.
有史以来最大规模的一次IT故障影响了全球各地的公司，从航空公司到金融服务和媒体集团，造成了严重的中断。
Thousands of workers in cities from Tokyo to London were unable to log on to their computers on Friday, affecting businesses and public services such as transportation and emergency services.
周五，从东京到伦敦的多个城市中，数千名工人无法登录他们的电脑，这影响了企业运营及公共服务，包括交通和紧急服务。
The outage has been blamed on a security update from US group CrowdStrike, which caused a problem with Microsoft’s Windows. PCs and servers are affected, suggesting that millions of computers may need to be fixed for the issue to be resolved.
这次宕机被归咎于美国公司CrowdStrike的一次安全更新，该更新导致了微软(Microsoft)Windows系统出现问题。受影响的包括个人电脑和服务器，这表明可能需要修复数百万台计算机才能彻底解决此问题。
“I don’t think it’s too early to call it: this will be the largest IT outage in history,” said Troy Hunt, a prominent security consultant, in a social media post. “This is basically what we were all worried about with Y2K, except it’s actually happened this time.”
“我认为现在已经不算太早了，可以说这将是历史上最大的IT故障，”著名安全顾问特洛伊•亨特(Troy Hunt)在社交媒体上发帖说。“这基本上就是我们所有人对于Y2K的担忧，只不过这次真的发生了。”
Elon Musk, Tesla chief executive, wrote on social media: “Biggest IT fail ever” followed by “Microsoft” next to an angry emoji face.
特斯拉(Tesla)首席执行官埃隆•马斯克(Elon Musk)在社交媒体上写道：“有史以来最大的IT失败”，紧接着是“微软”，旁边配有一个愤怒的表情符号。
In China, some workers welcomed an early start to the weekend after their employers told them to go home. “Thank you Microsoft for an early vacation” was briefly the most-searched term on microblogging site Weibo on Friday afternoon, with users posting pictures of blue error screens.
在中国，一些工人在雇主让他们回家后，对周末提前开始表示欢迎。周五下午，“感谢微软让我们提前放假”一度成为微博上的热搜词，用户们纷纷发布蓝屏错误的图片。