Albany is the capital city of New York State in the United States — not New York City, the huge famous one down on the coast. Albany sits inland, up the Hudson River, and it is where the state government works.

albany奧巴尼（Albany） is the capital city of New York State in the United States是美國紐約州的首府——not New York City, the huge famous one down on the coast不是那座在海邊、又大又有名的紐約市。albany sits inland, up the Hudson River奧巴尼位在內陸，在哈德遜河的上游，and it is where the state government works也是州政府辦公的地方。

The name is older than the American city. It came from Middle English Albany, from Medieval Latin Albania, which once meant Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic Alba, itself from an old Celtic word for the land (tied, probably, to “white,” perhaps the white cliffs of Britain).

the name is older than the American city這個名字比這座美國城市還要古老。it came from Middle English Albany它來自中古英文的 Albany，from Medieval Latin Albania而中古英文又來自中世紀拉丁文的 Albania，which once meant Scotland那個字曾經是指蘇格蘭，from Scottish Gaelic Alba再往前來自蘇格蘭蓋爾語的 Alba，itself from an old Celtic word for the land而 Alba 本身又來自一個古凱爾特語裡指「這片土地」的字（tied, probably, to "white," perhaps the white cliffs of Britain可能跟「白色」有關，也許是指英國的白色懸崖）。

In 1398 Albany was also made a Scottish dukedom for younger sons of the king, and the title later became a British one. The New York city was named in that Scottish–British tradition.

in 13981398 年，Albany was also made a Scottish dukedom for younger sons of the kingAlbany 也被定為蘇格蘭一個給國王次子的公爵封號，and the title later became a British one後來這個爵位變成英國的爵位。the New York city was named in that Scottish–British tradition紐約這座城市就是照這個蘇格蘭—英國的傳統來命名的。

Deep in history the name is a doublet of Albania, the country — same old “white land” idea — but today they are completely different places, and nobody in Albany thinks they live in Europe.

deep in history追根究柢，the name is a doublet of Albania, the country這個名字跟阿爾巴尼亞那個國家是同源的雙生字——same old "white land" idea——都出自同一個古老的「白色土地」概念——but today they are completely different places但今天它們是完全不同的地方，and nobody in Albany thinks they live in Europe住在 Albany 的人不會覺得自己住在歐洲。