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Some would say Catherine's true colors showed late in life,
有些人認為凱瑟琳的本來面目在她晚年顯現(xiàn)出來
when she persecuted intellectuals for daring to suggest that Russia might not be the best of all possible worlds.
她迫害知識分子，因為他們膽敢認為俄羅斯不是世界上最好的國家
Perhaps Catherine's embittered old age is to blame for her largely undeserved reputation as a promiscuous royal airhead.
也許凱瑟琳為人詬病的暮年時代的罪魁禍首是那名不副實的生活淫亂的、皇室傻瓜的名聲
Catherine certainly had a fair share of lovers.
凱瑟琳當然有很多的情人
She promoted them to high positions, but then most of her lovers had been talented man who assisted her in governing her empire.
她授予他們高位，不過很多人都是有才之士，幫助她治理帝國
At any rate, Catherine was no more promiscuous than her immediate predecessor Elizabeth or than her personal hero, Peter the Great.
不管怎么說，凱瑟琳都不會比她的前任伊麗莎白或者她的偶像彼得大帝更加淫亂
Although she was no paragon of virtue, and her impulses often contradictory,
雖說她也不是道德楷模，而且還常常會做出 完全違反道德的事情
Catherine the Second was fully worthy of joining Ivan the Third and the Peter the First as the only Russian rulers entitled "The Great".
但是她還是足以跟伊凡三世和彼得一世齊名的，只有他們?nèi)瞬排浔环Q作大帝
Segment 19c: Alexander and Napoleon.
片段19c：亞歷山大和拿破侖
Catherine was succeeded on her death in 1796 by her son, Paul the First.
凱瑟琳1796年去世后由她兒子保羅一世繼位
Paul despised his illustrious mother not without reason!
保羅憎惡他那煊赫的母親不是沒有理由的
He thought she had deposed his father, true. Had him killed, probably untrue.
他認為她廢黜了他的父親，這是真的，而且還殺了他，這可能不是真的
And that she had turned Russia from its proper path with her liberal notions, which is open to discussion.
她用自己自由主義的觀點讓俄國偏離了正軌，這個可以討論
