China can really help Bihar.

中国确实能够帮助比哈尔。

And if Bihar can turn around, any Indian region can.

如果比哈尔邦都能够完成大变身，那么印度任何一个邦也一样可以。

Today Bihar has pot-holes, where formerly it didn’t have roads.

今天的比哈尔邦道路上有些小洞，可是以前是连路都没有的。

Yet, as in much of Bihar, a prosaic present belies a poetic past.

但是，和比哈尔其他地方一样，在如今缺乏活力的外表下沉睡着另一个诗意般的过去。

The northern state of Bihar used to be even more of an embarrassment.

过去，北部比哈尔邦是更加让人难堪的地方。