《泰晤士报》：中国政府再次就伊夫圣洛朗的铜像拍卖事件向法国施压

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【原文标题】 Beijing puts new pressure on France over Yves Saint-Laurent bronzes
【中文标题】 中国政府再次就伊夫圣洛朗的铜像拍卖事件向法国施压
【刊登媒体】 英国《泰晤士报》
【文章来源】 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article5798487.ece
【译  者】     xiongshu
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China today raised the stakes over the sale in Paris of two Chinese bronze animal heads, threatening a deeper chill in its already strained ties with France if their auction goes ahead tomorrow.
  
中国政府今天就在巴黎即将拍卖两尊圆明园铜制兽首这一事件加大了向法方施压的力度，警告法方如果拍卖会在明天如期举行，双方紧张的关系将进一步恶化。

A formal warning from the Foreign Ministry followed the rejection by a Paris court of a Chinese attempt to halt the sale of the rat and hare fountainheads that are part of the collection of the late Yves Saint-Laurent and Yves Bergé, his partner.

在中国律师团向巴黎当地法院提起诉讼试图阻止鼠首和兔首喷泉铜像的拍卖后，中国外交部也正式向法国当局提出警告，这两尊生肖铜像是已故的伊夫圣罗兰和他的同性伙伴伊夫贝尔热收藏品的一部分。

The two items, which were plundered from the Imperial Summer Palace by British and French troops in the Second Opium War in 1868, have been estimated to fetch 10 million euros each.

这两尊拍卖品，是在1868年第二次鸦片战争中被英法联军从圆明园掠夺走的，现在这两尊铜像每尊估价已高达到1000万欧元。

The sale of the items was "in contravention of the basic spirit of the relevant international treaties", the Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage said. "It has formally informed the auctioneer of our strong opposition to the auction, and clearly demanded its cancellation," said Ma Zhaoxu, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry.

“这两尊铜像的拍卖已经‘违背了相关国际公约的基本精神’”，中国国家文物局表示。“我们已经正式向拍卖方提出了强烈反对，并明确要求拍卖方停止其拍卖行为”，外交部发言人马朝旭表示。

The fresh pressure from Beijing makes clear that China aims to put President Sarkozy on the spot over the sale just as the French leader is seeking to mend fences after a year of tension over his actions around the issue of Tibet and human rights.

中国政府近日再次对这一事件施压，并明确表示希望萨科奇总统出席这次拍卖活动（意在让萨科奇出面阻止这次拍卖），法国总统在发表对涉藏问题及人权问题的不当观点后，造成现在中法双方的紧张局势，总统本人现在一直在寻求机会争取民众支持。

The French Government said that the sale was a private matter but it has been embarrassed by a statement from Mr Bergé, 79, that he would willingly return the sculptures "when China restores human rights to its people".

法国政府表示，本次拍卖是一次私人活动，但政府当局对79岁的贝尔热先生发表的评论感到十分尴尬。他表示他愿意归还两尊铜像，“只要中国政府将人权归还给中国人民”（无耻！！！）。

The Saint-Laurent-Bergé sale has caused a sensation by breaking records for art prices despite the economic downturn. The takings from the three-day auction are expected to exceed the 300 million euros that was the initial high-end forecast by Christie's auction house.

尽管目前经济持续低迷，但圣.劳伦.贝尔热的这次拍卖活动已经引起了公众的高度关注，预计这场拍卖会将会创下艺术品竞拍价格的新纪录。在这场为期三天的拍卖会上，佳士得拍卖行首次预计拍卖额将超过3000万欧元。

（以下是网友的评论）
A spurious claim - it would be impossible to overturn millenia of history & return conquered items to their original owners. What point in history would you draw the line? Should Aquitaine return to England or Scotland to the Picts? All museums would cease to exist if we took this course

这是一个荒唐的要求 - 要颠覆历史并将战利品归还给这些东西的原来的主人是不现实的。你上哪去找这一  ？难道要把阿基坦王国归还给英国？把苏格兰归还给
皮克兹人？如果我们这样做，那所有的博物馆就要关门大吉了。

HC, London,

HC，伦敦

Doesn't Victoria and Albert houses thousands and thousands of objects stolen from China? Why don't the Brits and the French do the right thing? Imperialists!

维多利亚女王和阿尔贝托公王宫殿里成千上万的不是都是从中国掠夺来的嘛。为什么英国人和法国人不做点正事？这就是帝国主义！

trevor, Champaign, USA

trevor, 尚佩恩城, 美国

Would you buy something a thief stole from someone else who is now selling for ten times the original purchase price ?
Who said there was any morality in the marketplace?
It is like selling a stolen Matisse from France in Beijing.

小偷偷了东西，现在还用10倍于原先购买价的价格出售，你会去买吗？在商业中还有道义存在，这是谁说的？这就好比偷一件马蒂斯（法国著名画家）的作品，然后放到北京去买。

DC, Taipei,

DC, 台北
This is ridiculous to auction something plundered. This is a shame. This is telling the history..

拍卖掠夺来的东西，这真是可笑至极。这就是羞辱。这就是历史的重演...(意指当年英法联军侵华，现在历史又在重演，这是伪装过的强盗行为)

LP, Sydney,

LP, 悉尼