India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi helped a diamond merchant hand over hundreds of cars as gifts to his employees last Thursday.

上周四，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪帮助一名钻石商人将数百辆汽车作为礼物送给了他的雇员。

Six hundred employees of Hari Krishna Exporters, a diamond trading company run by Savji Dholakia, received cars made by Indian manufacturer Maruti Suzuki, while around a thousand more staff were offered gifts of cash deposits and apartments in a huge outdoor ceremony in Surat, Gujarat.

在于古吉拉特邦苏拉特举行的一个大型户外仪式上，由萨瓦吉·霍拉基尔经营的Hari Krishna Exporters钻石贸易公司的600名员工，收到了由印度制造商马鲁蒂铃木生产的汽车，另有约1000名员工获得了现金和公寓等礼物。

Indians often give each other gifts in the run-up to Diwali, a major Hindu festival celebrating the triumph of good over evil that this year falls on Nov. 7.

印度人经常在排灯节前夕互赠礼物。排灯节是印度的一个重要的、为了庆祝善良战胜邪恶的节日，今年排灯节是11月7号。

Modi addressed the prize-giving in his home state of Gujarat via video link, as well as presenting some of the employees with car keys.

莫迪通过视频链接，对在他的家乡古吉拉特邦举行的这一颁奖仪式进行了发言，并向一些员工展示了汽车钥匙。

Dholakia is famous across India for giving lavish¹ gifts to his employees at Diwali, including hundreds of apartments in 2016's ceremony.

霍拉基尔因在排灯节上给员工们送奢华礼物而闻名印度，其中包括在2016年仪式上送出的数百套公寓。

The value of the 600 cars would be more than $2 million.

据悉，此次赠送的600辆汽车的价值将超过200万美元。

"The aim of this program was to reward employees' loyalty² and dedication³ towards the company," Dholakia said in a Facebook post.

霍拉基尔在脸书上的一个帖子中表示：“这个活动的目的是奖励员工对公司的忠诚和奉献。”