【BBC紀錄片】凡爾賽宮 第6期:法國——時尚之國的淵源

Louis liked to display his power.

路易喜愛展示權力

After winning a war against Spain,

戰(zhàn)勝西班牙后

he celebrated with a huge party in the gardens of Versailles.

他在凡爾賽花園里開辦大型慶祝會

It was also a chance for the King to show off the woman,

同時國王也可向人們炫耀

who had now replaced Louise as his favourite mistress.

他用以取代露易絲的新情人

Her name was Madame De Montespan,

她名叫德·蒙特斯潘夫人

and she was one of the most beautiful women in France.

她是法國最美的女子之一

Montespan is such an attractive figure, I think.

蒙特斯潘是個充滿魅力的美人

She was a tremendous goer.

她凡事都愛參與

She loved everything to do with pleasure.

極其熱愛享樂

She loved jewels, she liked marvellous clothes,

她熱愛寶石 華服

she liked food, flowers, gardening.

美食 鮮花 和園藝

And above all she liked sex, you see, and he did too,

尤其是性愛 這點與路易相同

so he found the absolutely the right maitresse-en-titre for him.

因此她成了路易最佳的候選情人

And she knew about having wonderful feasts,

她懂得如何享受盛宴

and about having entertainments.

尋找消遣

So she was exactly the kind of person Louis envisaged,

她就是路易設想中

as being suitable.

最合適的情人

At the same time she was so beautiful that ambassadors thought,

與此同時 大使們認為

she contributed to the legend of the Sun King.

她的美貌也證實了太陽王的傳奇

The Sun King's festivities were about more than pleasure.

太陽王盛宴的意義超越了享樂

They had real political significance.

它們具有重要的政治意義

Louis was slowly turning his new palace into the most important

路易正逐漸將他的新殿變?yōu)闅W洲

and the most fashionable seat of power in Europe.

最重要最時尚的權力中心

The parties at Versailles,

凡爾賽宮的宴會

they've been described as Pagan Masses.

被描繪成異教徒的集會

Fireworks, rides along the canal in gondolas,

貢多拉游船沿運河表演焰火和馬術

balls for 3,000 people under the stars.

三千人參與的星光舞會

Plays, ballets with a hundred dancers by Lully.

呂利創(chuàng)作的戲劇 百人芭蕾

Everything you can possibly imagine, all at once,

你能想象到的所有娛樂

in this tremendous circus of celebration for the King.

都匯集在國王盛大的慶祝儀式上

The great parties were intended to show the nobility

舉行聚會是為了

and the rest of Europe how powerful the King of France was,

向貴族及整個歐洲展示法王的權勢

what wonderful artists he had,

他麾下的頂尖藝術家

what wonderful musicians,

與音樂家 與其他歐洲王室相比

how superior his court and his culture were,

他的宮廷與文化

to every other court and culture in Europe.

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