是，首相现代版 （2013）

Well, override their private misgivings
会打消他们所有的不安
and accept the onerous responsibility
为了民族的整体利益
in the widest interests of the nation.
接过重担
Which nation?
哪个民族
Our nation.
我们民族
Well, you can tell both his colleagues
那么你去告诉那两个同事
that they're not getting his job.
可以打消这个念头了
Certain people have found
某些人
quite a lot of members who'd be prepared
已经找到许多潜在支持者
to support them if necessary.
必要时给予必要的支持
Mind you...
要知道
there's a way you can make yourself invulnerable!
有一种方法 可以让你坚不可摧
Oh, yes?
真的吗
Jim, Scotland is a proud and unique nation.
吉姆 苏格兰是个骄傲而独特的民族
For 300 years, we've been occupied,
我们被占领了三百年
labouring under the English yoke,
被英格兰奴役着
subdued, suppressed,
压制着 镇♥压♥着
subjected to an alien government.
听命于一个外来政♥府♥
Alien?! Are you... Are you referring to me as an alien?
外来 你说我是外来人员吗
We'd better send you to the Immigration Detention Centre
那应该送你去哈芒斯沃斯的
at Harmondsworth, Prime Minister!
移♥民♥滞留中心 首相
All the important decisions that affect us
所有对我们有影响的重要决定
are taken in London.
都是伦敦下达的
Have you any idea what that feels like?
你能体会我们的心情吗
Of course I have.
当然能
All the important decisions that affect us
所有对我们有影响的重要决定
are taken in Brussels!
都是从布鲁塞尔下达的
Jim, it's time to set the people of Scotland free.
吉姆 该让苏格兰人♥民♥重获自♥由♥了
Oh, they are free.
他们本来就是自♥由♥的
As free as anyone else in the UK.
和其他的英国人♥民♥一样
Independence.
独♥立♥
Anyone who offered us that would be guaranteed
任何人要是答应这个条件
the loyal, the undying support of my colleagues
就能得到我的同事们
the entire Scottish nation.
以及整个苏格兰民族的支持
Rory, I entirely agree with you about the Scottish nation.
罗里 我同意你对苏格兰民族的看法
Great people.
伟大的人♥民♥
Some of my best friends are Scottish.
我有好几个苏格兰密友呢
But independence?
但说到独♥立♥
I'm sure its time will come.
独♥立♥会有的
But if any of my loyal Cabinet colleagues are offering it to you,
但若是内阁成员中有人向你这样允诺
they're lying.
那就是在说谎
Well, there is a halfway house, you know, Jim?
可以一步步来的 吉姆
Well, you've got that already. Your own parliament.
你们已经有自己的议会了
That's just a glorified borough council.
不过是美化版的自治市议会
Dear me.
真是的
No, we pay all our taxes to you,
我们把税收全数交给你们
you take your big cut off them
你们划走一大块以后
and then you parcel our share into tiny little bits
把剩下的一丁点分成几小份
and tell us what we're to spend it on.
要求我们花在特定的地方
Like pocket money for kids.
就像给小孩子发零用钱一样
That's how government works.
政♥府♥就是这样运作的
That's what it does.
这是它的职能所在
Government is about taking money from the people and spending it.
所谓政♥府♥ 就是拿人♥民♥的钱 花人♥民♥的钱
We do exactly the same to the English.
我们对英格兰人也是这么做的
Well, we want our taxes to go to Edinburgh,
我们想把税收上缴给爱丁堡
not London.
而不是伦敦
We pass some of the revenue on to you
当然 我们也会向中♥央♥政♥府♥
for central-government expenditure, of course.
缴纳部分税收
But the rest, the rest would be Scottish people
但其余的都属于苏格兰人♥民♥
spending Scottish money in Scotland
把苏格兰的钱花在
on Scottish communities for Scottish needs.
苏格兰人♥民♥的需求上
What could be wrong with that?
这不是天经地义的吗
They're going to hold a referendum next year.
明年要举♥行♥公♥投♥
I haven't agreed to that!
我可没同意这事
Well, this is a Scottish matter for the Scots to vote on.
苏格兰的事 苏格兰人投票决定
It's none of your business.
不关你们的事
It's up to us to decide
是否留在英国
whether we want to stay in the United Kingdom.
也是我们自己的事
The future of Scotland is a matter for the Scottish people alone.
只有苏格兰人才能主宰苏格兰的未来
Prime Minister, wait a minute.
首相 稍等片刻
Rory, I need to think about this for a moment.
罗里 我得好好考虑一下
I'm going to...
我要去
Take some soundings.
征集一些意见
Soundings.
征集意见
Why would Humphrey want to help us?
为什么汉弗莱会想帮我们
He won't care if they dump me.
他才不在乎我被赶下台
He'll care about the break-up of the Union.
但他在乎联盟的分♥裂♥
And if he doesn't?
要是他不在乎呢
He'll care when you tell him what Rory just said,
告诉他罗里刚说的话 他就在乎了
that the first thing they'll do after they dump you
他们踢掉你后的第一件事
is dump him.
就是踢掉他
Rory didn't...
罗里没说...
Good idea!
好主意
Do you think the Government's really in danger, sir Humphrey?
汉弗莱爵士 政♥府♥真的情况危急吗
Of course not, Bernard.
当然没有了 伯纳德
Well, things are looking pretty grim for the PM.
首相的局势不容乐观
He's very worried.
他很着急
The Prime Minister may be in trouble, yes.
首相可能是有麻烦 没错
The coalition may be in trouble,
联合政♥府♥可能也岌岌可危
but the Government's not in trouble.
但政♥府♥没事
But the coalition IS the Government.
但联合政♥府♥就是政♥府♥啊
No, Bernard. We are the Government.
不 伯纳德 我们才是政♥府♥
Well, yes, I know, but...
好吧 是的 我知道 但
Bernard, the Prime Minister is our Head of Public Relations.
伯纳德 首相是我们的公♥关♥主任
That's what the job actually is.
这是他的职能所在
You're saying that politicians are really just useless puppets?
您是说 政♥治♥家只是无用的傀儡吗
No... Bernard!
当然不是 伯纳德
They are vitally important puppets.
是非常重要的傀儡
Ah! Good meeting, Prime Minister?
会面顺利吗 首相
Oh, not a good meeting, Prime Minister?
不顺利吗 首相
Do you know what he wants?
你知道他想要什么吗
All of Scotland's resources to go to Scotland.
所有苏格兰的资源都要为苏格兰所用
Tax revenue to Edinburgh, not London.
向爱丁堡缴税 而不是伦敦
And if I won't agree, they'll kick me out
要是我不同意 他们就把我踢了
and replace me with the Foreign Secretary or the Chancellor.
找外交大臣或财政大臣代替我
Oh, that would be a tragedy.
那真是不幸
And not just for me. For Britain.
不仅是我个人的不幸 是整个英国的不幸
Yes, indeed it would, Prime Minister.
没错 确实如此 首相
But we cannot give in on taxation.
但在税务问题上我们不能妥协
That would be the first step on a very slippery slope.
那可是滑向堕落的第一步
I think perhaps you'd better tell him, Prime Minister.
你最好还是告诉他吧 首相
Tell me? What?
告诉我什么
McAlister says they'll be getting rid of you too, Humphrey.
麦卡利斯特说他们也要把你换掉 汉弗莱
What?
什么
As their first priority.
而且是他们的首要任务
I said I'd take soundings and get back to him.
我说要先征集意见 再反馈给他
So, go ahead.
说吧
Sound.
提意见
He wants independence for Scotland?
他想要苏格兰独♥立♥
He does. Give it to him.
没错 那就答应他
So keeping your job is more important
看来保住你自己的饭碗
than holding the United Kingdom together?
比国家的统一更重要
That is very droll, dear lady. No.
真幽默 亲爱的女士 不是的
No, it's just that the balance of advantages and disadvantages
只是某些宪制安排
of certain constitutional arrangements
平均利弊的做法
can become so unfavourable to the major entity,
对大多数人来说可能不利
as opposed to the minor or peripheral ethnicity,
但却有利于某些少数民族
that a judicious, well, integration of possible dis-embarkation
因此要整合可能分崩离析的联盟
of the relations should be pre-emptively instigated by the former,
应该由前者先发制人
rather than attempting the perpetuation of a relationship
而非勉强维系这份关系