真实故事《国王的演讲》背后皇室与平民友谊(双语多图)
第83届奥斯卡的热门影片《国王的演讲》围绕着英国国王乔治六世和他的口吃医生之间展开，两个人物倔强的性格和真挚的友谊给观众留下了深刻的印象，并且在影片结束之后依然好奇与皇室与平民之间究竟能有怎样的交往？这里就有一篇关于乔治六世同医生真挚友谊的文章，一起来读读看。There were always three pictures of King George VI on the mantelpiece of the various houses Mark Logue lived in when he was growing up -- including one signed and dated by the king on the day of his coronation.— but as a boy in the 1970s and 1980s, Logue doesn't remember wondering why.但凡Mark Logue住过的地方，壁炉架的墙上都会挂着3张乔治六世的照片，其中一张是国王在加冕典礼当天亲笔签名并标上日期的。但在20世纪70、80年代的Logue还只是个孩子，所以当时也不明白到底为什么要挂这些照片。
Only years later, after his father died and Logue inherited a box of papers and scrapbooks, did it all begin to make sense.直到若干年后，Logue的父亲过世了，Logue继承了父亲的一盒文件及剪贴簿，这时Logue才明白了一切。
Logue's grandfather was Lionel Logue, the Australian speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush in the Oscar nominated movie "The King's Speech."Logue的祖父Lionel Logue，是一位澳大利亚语言治疗师，在奥斯卡提名影片《国王的演讲》中该角色由Geoffrey Rush扮演。
Mark Logue—born 12 years after his grandfather died — had inherited some archive: Christmas cards from the king and queen, a condolence card from George VI to Lionel Logue when his wife died, and a letter of thanks from the queen for a letter Logue wrote when the king himself died several years later.Mark Logue在他祖父去世12年后出生—他继承得到了一些东西：来自国王、王后的圣诞卡、乔治六世在Lionel Logue的妻子过世后寄给Lionel Logue的吊卡以及在几年后一封来自王后的感谢信，用来感谢当国王去世时Lionel Logue写的吊信。
The papers also include hundreds of letters exchanged by the king and the speech therapist, whom he met more than a decade before he was crowned.盒子里还装有国王和这位语言治疗师互相往来的数百封信件。
"The content of the letters between them is incredibly friendly as you'd expect between two friends," Mark Logue says. "But there is a kind of etiquette that Lionel still abides by," addressing George VI as "your Royal Highness."Mark Logue说：“书信中的内容非常友好，但是Lionel还是会对国王用一些礼仪用语”，比如他会尊称国王为“殿下”。
George VI addressed his friend as "Dear Logue," and signed the early letters "Albert" — his name before he was crowned king. The later letters are signed "George."国王称呼他的这位朋友为“亲爱的Logue”，并且在早期信件中的署名为Albert，这是国王在加冕前的名字。
Also among his grandfather's papers is what Mark Logue believes is the actual copy of the speech George VI read at the outbreak of war with Germany 1939 — the climactic scene of the movie.在这些流传下来的材料中，还有一份被Mark Logue认为就是1939年英德开战时乔治六世发表的演讲原稿，这一幕在电影《国王的演讲》中也有出现。
"In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful in our history..." the speech begins.演讲是这样开始的：“在这个庄严，甚至是我们国家有史以来最重要的时刻…”
The copy in Logue's archive contains handwritten pencil notes, indicating what words to stress and where to pause.Logue保存的材料中包括手写的演讲稿，其中标注了哪些单词该读重音，哪里该停顿等。
"The King's Speech" condenses the friendship of the monarch and commoner into about a year, but the real George and Logue knew each other for a quarter of a century.影片《国王的演讲》中将这段君主与平民间的友谊缩短成了一年，但实际上George六世和Logue认识了将近25年。
"The first thing that I came across that startled me was his appointment card," Mark Logue says.Mark Logue称：“首先让我感到惊讶的是看到了当时的这封预约卡。”
In tiny handwriting, Logue assessed his new patient, Albert, Duke of York in 1926.在1926年，Logue医生记录下了他的新病号的病情。
The Duke saw Logue almost every day for next two or three months, in advance of a royal visit to Australia, Logue's records show.根据Logue的记载，在接下来的2、3个月中公爵几乎每天都会来复诊，一直持续到他去澳大利亚进行访问。
The friendship lasted for the rest of their lives, although it seems they were never photographed together.他们之间的这份友谊在两人接下来的生命中一直得以延续着，尽管他们貌似都没正儿八经地合过一张影。
At the Coronation in 1937, Logue is seated in the royal box, with his wife, Myrtle. They are so high up, she's using opera glasses.在1937年国王的加冕典礼上，Logue和他太太Myrtle应邀坐进了皇室包厢。这使得两人的身份倍显尊贵，Logue太太当时还用着小型的双眼望远镜呢。(在当时这可不是一般人能用得上的呢。)
Myrtle died suddenly of a heart attack after World War II, prompting the king to write: "Dear Logue, I must send you one line to tell you how terribly sorry I was to hear of your bereavement. And I send you all my deepest sympathy in your great grief ...I do so feel for you as I know you had a perfect companionship with her. I am yours sincerely. George."二战后，Logue的太太Myrtle因心脏病发作意外死亡，国王特意写吊信给Logue：亲爱的Logue，当我听到这个不幸的消息后，不得不提笔告诉你我有多难受。对于你所承受的所有悲痛，我深表同情。我亦深知你与太太感情深厚。George。”
Mark Logue gets choked up reading the letter generations later.即使时隔几代人之后，当Mark Logue看到这封信时，依然能体会到当时的悲伤，感同身受。
The archive inspired him to write a book with the author Peter Conradi.正是因为看到了这些被保存下来的材料，Mark Logue最终决定和Peter Conradi来写一本与此有关的书以示纪念。
"King's Speech" director Tom Hooper starting looking at Logue's material about seven weeks before starting filming, Logue says—and was able to add some details to the movie as a result.导演Tom Hooper在《国王的演讲》开拍前7周看到了这些材料，于是决定在影片中加入一些具体情节。
Hooper hadn't known, for example, that the king took off his jacket and stood to deliver the 1939 speech, since photos of the event show him seated and in full military uniform.当然，Hooper导演还有一些不知道的细节，比如：国王当时是先把夹克脱掉后站着发表演讲的。因为从当时的照片来看，国王是身着军装正襟危坐的。
And, from Logue's diary, a joke was added.另外，从Logue的日记中还发现了一个小笑话。
"I went to Windsor on Sunday for the broadcast... only one mistake... W in weapons," Logue wrote. "After the broadcast I shook hands with the King and congratulated him. And asked him why he stopped on the W. He replied with a grin. I did it on purpose. I exclaimed -- on purpose ? And he said yes -- if I don't make a mistake they won't know it's me."“星期天我赶去温莎参加国王的演讲直播…当天他只读错了一个地方…就是在Weapons这里的W音时停顿了一下。”直播结束后我和国王握手并对演讲的成功表示祝贺。同时我还问他为什么在这里要停顿下。他笑着说是故意的，不然大家怎么知道真的是George本人在演讲呢！
The movie did make some changes, of course: The real Lionel Logue was more deferential than Geoffrey Rush's character, and rather shorter than his movie counterpart.当然，影片《国王的演讲》确实也做了些改动，比如：真正的Lionel Logue可要比Geoffrey Rush在片中扮演的那个Logue医生恭敬些呢，而且他本人略显矮小些。
And another thing the movie does not tell audiences is that the king and the therapist remained close until the end of their lives. George VI died in 1952. The following year, his friend Lionel Logue died too.影片中还有一点未透露的是：Logue和国王的友谊一直持续到他们的晚年，1952年乔治六世过世，次年，Logue也去世了。
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