终于等到你！今天起坐动车可以自己选座啦！
据中国铁路总公司，自今天(10月12日)开始，全面推出动车组列车“自主选座”服务。旅客通过12306网站或手机客户端购票时，可以根据系统提供的C、D、G字头动车组列车座位示意图选择座位，当剩余座位无法满足旅客需求时，系统将自动进行配座。
Seat selection available for bullet train passengers
Starting Thursday, passengers will be able to select seats when buying bullet train tickets online, China Railway Corp said.
When entering the ticket purchase page on 12306.cn or the mobile phone application, passengers can choose seats before submitting payment. If the available seats do not meet customers' preferences, the system will automatically choose a seat instead.
旅客通过12306网站或手机客户端购票时，可以根据系统提供的C、D、G字头动车组列车座位示意图选择座位，当剩余座位无法满足旅客需求时，系统将自动进行配座。
The railway department launched a pilot trial service to allow passengers to choose their seats on the bullet train in the round-island high-speed rail in South China's Hainan province in December of 2016.
关于动车组列车“自主选座”，该负责人表示，铁路部门于2016年12月起在海南环岛高铁开展该项服务试点的基础上。
According to a statement released by China Railway Corp, passengers can log on to 12306.cn, the national railway official website, for further information.
You Can Now Choose Seats on China's High-Speed Trains
Woo hoo! China Railway's official high-speed train booking services are finally offering passengers the option to choose specific seats, which is sure to be welcome news for all you travelers out there who strictly identify as either a window or an aisle* seat kind of person. (Or middle seat too, if you're some sort of masochist*).
*aisle seat 靠走道座位
aisle：a long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, cinema, or church （客机、电影院或教堂座席间的）走廊，过道
Would you like an aisle seat or would you prefer to be by the window?
您想要靠近过道的座位还是靠近窗户的？
*masochist ['mæsəkɪst] a person who gets pleasure from being hurt by another person 受虐狂者；被虐待狂
The option, currently available on the official railway ticketing website (12306.cn) and mobile app, will be especially useful for groups who want to travel and sit together.
The seat selection option will be available for bullet train services starting with the letters C, D and G.