维京史话（2012）

It's decorated with 144 emeralds,
王冠上镶嵌了一百四十四颗翡翠
sapphires and amethysts.
蓝宝石和紫水晶
Back then, the technique of cutting facets into precious stones was unknown.
那个年代的人还没有掌握切割宝石的技术
Instead, they were polished into these smooth shapes.
所以，他们只是把宝石表面磨光
They look a bit like boiled sweets, to be honest.
所以宝石看上去有点象是一颗颗糖果
Although a lot more expensive.
当然它们非常昂贵
And they're then mounted to let light shine through them.
宝石巧妙的镶嵌使得光线可以穿过它们
The final touch are the four picture plates,
还有四片装饰的金箔画
which depict messages from the Old Testament.
描绘的是圣经旧约里的故事
And most important, most tellingly for our story,
最重要最显著的一个
is this one on the corner.
是角上的这幅画
It shows Jesus Christ enthroned as the Lord of Hosts.
画的是耶稣基♥督♥被加冕为万王之王
And above his head, in red enamel, are the words in Latin,
他头上面是红色珐琅的拉丁字母
"Per me reges regnant" -
"Per me reges regnant"
"By me, kings rule."
“帝王藉我坐国位”
And this idea, this concept of divinely ordained kingship,
“君权神授”这个观点这个概念
was something Canute was very enthusiastic about.
正是卡努特所热心鼓吹的
When the Holy Roman Emperor was crowned,
神圣罗马皇帝加冕时
Canute the Great walked as part of the Imperial procession.
卡努特大帝担当了皇家仪仗队员
And afterwards, the Emperor even arranged for his own son
后来皇帝甚至安排自己的儿子
to marry Canute's daughter
娶了卡努特的女儿为妻
to cement a powerful political alliance.
以期巩固强大的政♥治♥联盟
Canute's attendance at that coronation
卡努特出席加冕仪式
showed that he was a major European player, he had arrived.
显示了他是当时欧洲主要的政♥治♥家
And he clearly believed that he was the equal of the Holy Roman Emperor.
他坚信他和神圣罗马皇帝是平起平坐的
Because when he got home, he had one of these made for himself.
返回国内之后，卡努特也给自己打造了一顶同样的王冠
Canute's reign lasted less than two decades.
卡努特在位时间不到二十年
But in that time, he had utterly changed his Scandinavian world.
但这段时间内，他完全改变了斯堪的纳维亚世界
He had been born a Viking,
出生时身为维京人
but he died a European.
而去世时却是(基♥督♥教)欧洲人
Canute himself had left four children
卡努特有四个子嗣
and his empire was divided.
而他的帝国也随之一分为四
Norway, Denmark and Sweden soon found their own new rulers.
挪威、丹麦和瑞典不久就有了各自的新国王
It was the end for the great Jelling dynasty.
伟大的耶灵王朝至此走到了终点
And, with it, the entire Viking age.
随之一起没落的还有——整个维京时代
But, by then, Scandinavia was no longer a remote, pagan backwater.
至此，斯堪的纳维亚已不再是异教盛行的穷乡僻壤了
The violent, plundering men from the north had become colonisers, Christians,
狂暴而劫掠成性的北地蛮夷变成了殖民者、基♥督♥徒
nation and empire builders.
和帝国的奠基者
It had been an incendiary time in European history.
这是欧洲历史上一个激♥情♥动荡的时代
But it had burnt itself out.
而激荡的岁月最终也毁于自己本身
Nonetheless, the impact of the Vikings on modern Europe
尽管如此，维京人对现代欧洲(形成)所造成的影响
is inescapable.
是不容置疑的
The politics, the economics, the national and religious identities were forged,
(欧洲的)政♥治♥、经济、民族和宗教特征的形成
at least in part, by their exploits.
至少在一定程度上是受到维京人的开拓影响的
The Vikings had raided and pillaged coastlines across northern Europe.
维京人的劫掠遍布整个欧洲北部地区的海岸线
They'd set out on journeys beyond the knowledge of any other Europeans...
他们远征到达的范围是任何欧洲人所没有到过的
..colonised uninhabited lands...
在无人居住的小岛上定居
..and traded goods from the distant empires of the Far East.
和远在东方的帝国进行贸易往来
In little more than two centuries,
在短短的两个多世纪内
the Vikings had expanded the Western world,
维京人扩展了西方的世界
voyaging from Newfoundland in the west to Constantinople in the east.
远征到了西边的纽芬兰岛和东方的君士坦丁堡
A world far, far bigger than even they could have imagined possible.
维京人到达的范围远远大于他们所能想象的
And they're still with us today
他们至今仍与我们同在
in our towns and cities, in our culture,
在我们的乡镇和城市中，在我们的文化中
in our language and in our blood.
在我们的语言和血脉中
And in the very existence of the modern nation-states of northern Europe.
还存在于所有的北欧国家中
But that's not what we remember, or why.
但这些并非是让我们牢记他们的原因
The truth is, the myth and the legend of them,
真正让我们难以忘怀的是维京人的神话和传奇
the excitement and the adventure,
他们的激♥情♥还有探险
is all there in the sound of one word -
有一个词将一直在岁月深处回响！
Vikings.
维京
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd
字幕翻译: BY LONELGUY