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In many ways she truly was enlightened.
從很多方面看，她的確很開明
She had read the same social thinkers who inspired the founding fathers of the United States.
她閱讀的思想家的書籍也啟發(fā)了美國國父們
She made great strides in Westernizing the education system for men and women alike.
她大踏步地對教育體系進(jìn)行西化而不分男女
She also wrote plays, histories, and a detailed set of memoirs.
她也寫劇本，歷史書，還有非常詳細(xì)的回憶錄
But, Catherine's most important work was the Nakaz,
然而凱瑟琳最重要的著作是圣諭
or instruction to the legislative convention she called in 1767 wanting to find solutions for the Russian people's grievances.
或被她在1767年稱作是法典編纂委員會指示，以便于為解除俄國人民的苦難尋求方案
The Nakaz consisted of five hundred and twenty six sections intended to guide the delegates' discussions,
圣諭由五百二十六小節(jié)構(gòu)成，目的是引導(dǎo)代表的討論
and it was published in four languages! Russian, French, German, and Latin.
以俄語，法語，德語，拉丁語四種語言出版
Catherine's instructions were based on the equality of all people, a concept soon to appear in the Preamble to the United States' Constitution.
凱瑟琳的方針是基于人民平等的理念的，這個理念很快就出現(xiàn)在了美國憲法的導(dǎo)言里
But the Nakaz and the convention it was meant to guide and the intended reforms all came to nothing.
但是圣諭和各法典所要達(dá)到的改革都沒有成效
The absolutist in Catherine won out. She herself was the Empress and therefore had no equals.
凱瑟琳實(shí)現(xiàn)了絕對主義，她作為女皇，沒有跟她平起平坐的人
She alone could guide Russia, but for all that her writings did have international significance.
她一個人就可以引導(dǎo)俄羅斯，即使這樣，她寫的東西在國際上也有重大意義
Philosophers all around Europe read the Nakaz eagerly.
歐洲的哲學(xué)家都熱情地讀著圣諭
