Celebrating your 18th birthday is a momentous occasion for anyone, but for tiny Jyoti Amge the milestone is even bigger news。

　　18歲生日對(duì)于每個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)都是人生的一個(gè)重要時(shí)刻，但是對(duì)于嬌小的Jyoti Amge來(lái)說(shuō)，這里程碑式的日子更是一件大事。

　　The 62.8com-tall teenager is already a mini celebrity in her hometown of Nagpur, India, but is now set for a huge record when she is officially declared the world's smallest woman。

　　身高僅62.8厘米的Jyoti在家鄉(xiāng)印度那格浦爾已經(jīng)是一個(gè)小小名人，而今她又準(zhǔn)備摘得一項(xiàng)重要記錄，她被官方宣布為世界最嬌小的健在女性。

　　And despite her miniature stature, Jyoti hopes to celebrate being crowned the world's shortest woman by launching a Bollywood movie career。

　　雖然體格迷你，Jyoti卻憧憬著開(kāi)始自己的寶萊塢電影事業(yè)，以此慶祝加冕世界最矮女性的頭銜。

　　A teary-eyed Jyoti, dressed in one of her finest saris, called the honor an 'extra birthday present' and said she felt grateful for being small, as it had brought her recognition。

　　生日會(huì)上，Jyoti穿著她最好的莎麗服，眼含淚水，將此頭銜稱(chēng)為“額外的生日禮物”。Joyti感激上天給予她嬌小的身材，這讓她能夠?yàn)槭廊瞬毮俊?/P>

　　She also blew out candles on a birthday cake which was comfortably bigger than her. Even the Guinness World Records book at the ceremony came up to Jyoti's waist。

　　Jyoti吹滅了生日蛋糕上的蠟燭，而蛋糕比她本人還要大。就連生日會(huì)上那本世界基尼斯記錄冊(cè)都到她的腰了。

　　Jyoti weighs just 12lbs(5.5kg) - only 9lbs more than she did at birth - and has a form of dwarfism call achondroplasia, which stopped her growing after her first birthday。

　　Jyoti體重僅有12磅(5.5千克)，只比出生時(shí)重了9磅。她患有軟骨發(fā)育不全癥(屬于侏儒癥的一種)，使得她從一周歲生日后就停止了生長(zhǎng)。

　　She has brittle bones and is likely to need care for the rest of her life, but that has not stopped her tall ambitions of cracking the movie industry.[/en

　　她的骨骼很脆弱，在未來(lái)的人生中可能需要特別照顧，但是這并沒(méi)有阻礙她沖擊電影界的遠(yuǎn)大志向。

　　Budding actress Jyoti, who is set to appear in two Bollywood films next year, told The Sun: 'I want to make people happy.'

　　明年將在兩部寶萊塢電影中亮相的新進(jìn)女星Jyoti對(duì)《太陽(yáng)報(bào)》說(shuō)：“我想成為大家的開(kāi)心果。”

　　As a teenager at school in Nagpur, Jyoti had her own small desk and chair, but said the other students didn't treat her any differently。

　　作為那格浦爾一所學(xué)校的學(xué)生，Jyoti有專(zhuān)門(mén)為她定制的小型桌椅，但是同學(xué)們對(duì)她也是一視同仁。

　　Jyoti insists in being treated like a normal young woman, and likes nothing more than doing her make-up, going clothes shopping with friends or enjoying DVDs。

　　Jyoti堅(jiān)持要求大家將她作為一個(gè)普通的年輕女性來(lái)對(duì)待，而她喜歡做的事也無(wú)非是化化妝、和朋友們一起買(mǎi)衣服、或者看看DVD。