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Margrethe II of Denmark
丹麥王室才女
Margrethe II (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark, and meanwhile she is a talented artist. Margrethe's name can be heard everywhere in Denmark, in people's chat or on TV. Every Wednesday, she will receive the Danish who comes to visit. She is more famous than any pop stars and enjoys a high prestige among the Danish people.
瑪格麗特二世是現(xiàn)任丹麥女王,她于1972年成為了丹麥第一位執(zhí)政女王。同時(shí),她也是一位才華橫溢的藝術(shù)家。在丹麥,閑談中、電視上都可聽到女王瑪格麗特二世的名字。每個星期三女王都會接見前來探訪的丹麥人,傾聽他們的心聲。她不是明星勝似明星,在丹麥人心中享有很髙的威望。
Margrethe received an all-around and strict education since she was a child. She learnt from her tutors coming from Britain or France as the formative education. Then She studied prehistoric archaeology at Girton College, Cambridge during 1960-61, political science at Aarhus University between 1961-1962,at the Sorbonne in 1963, and at the London School of Economics in 1965. In order to be a competent monarch, she joined the army for a while to learn military affairs. King Frederik IX died in 1972. On the occasion of her accession to the throne on 14 January 1972, Queen Margrethe II became the first female Danish Sovereign under the new Act of Succession when she was 31.
瑪格麗特自幼便接受了全面而嚴(yán)格的教育。來自英國和法國的家庭教師對她進(jìn)行了啟蒙。之后她進(jìn)入哥本哈根女子中學(xué),1960-1961年在劍橋大學(xué)格頓學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)史前考古、1961-1962年奧爾胡斯大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)政治學(xué),1963在索邦大學(xué),之后1965年又在倫敦經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)。為了做一個稱職的君王,她還曾進(jìn)入丹麥軍隊(duì)服役,學(xué)習(xí)軍事。1972年,腓特烈九世因心臟病去世,同年1月14日瑪格麗特根據(jù)丹麥的新繼承法,繼承了父親的王位,時(shí)年31歲。
Besides being a monarch, she is an accomplished painter, set designer, translator and she is also interested in archaeology. The Queen's talent in art can be tell from her works: her watercolours and oil paintings were highly praised when exibited in Denmark; she made book illus-trations for several fairy tale books; she designed the costums for pantomimes based on Anderson fairy tales. In addition, she has ever designed the costum and set for the Denmark Royal Ballet. When the master introduced her to the audiences, they applaused enthusiastically for her artistic contribution.
她不僅是丹麥女王,而且還是出色的畫家、舞臺設(shè)計(jì)師、翻譯家,她還對考古學(xué)感興趣。在眾多的藝術(shù)領(lǐng)域里,女王都顯露出難能可貴的藝術(shù)天賦:她的水彩畫和油畫在丹麥展出,博得一片贊譽(yù);她為童話故事繪制插圖,為《安徒生童話劇》設(shè)計(jì)戲服: 還為丹麥皇家芭蕾舞團(tuán)出演的劇目制作了服裝和布景。當(dāng)芭蕾舞團(tuán)團(tuán)長向觀眾介紹這位女士時(shí),觀眾對她的藝術(shù)貢獻(xiàn)報(bào)以熱烈的掌聲。
She is a master of several foreign languages, French, English, Swedish, German and good at writing. Every new year's eve, she would give a speech on TV to her people. What makes it special is that the Queen will draft and revise it by herself to present her own style and show her cordiality.
瑪格麗特精通法語、英語、瑞典語、德語等多門外語。她還擅長寫作,每年除夕下午6時(shí),她都要通過電視向全國發(fā)表新年祝辭,與眾不同的是,對于這種文字要求很高的特殊演講稿,女王一般都是親自起草和修改,突顯她的個人風(fēng)格,以便更貼近百姓。
On 10 June 1967, Princess Margrethe of Denmark married a French diplomat, Henrik, now the Prince Consort of Denmark. They have two sons, Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim.
1967年7月10日,當(dāng)時(shí)還是公主的瑪格麗特嫁給了一位法國的外交官,就是現(xiàn)在的丹麥親王亨里克。他們育有兩個孩子,腓烈特王子和約阿希姆王子。