“女王陛下”为什么是 Your Majesty 而不是 My Majesty?
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    为什么称呼英女王时要说 Your Majesty,

    而不是 My Majesty 呢?

    影视剧里都把“Your Majesty”翻译为“陛下”,

    虽然这么翻没错,

    但会对我们造成思维定势,

    让我们无法理解 your 和 my 的问题。

    我们可以先来看外国知乎上的回答:

    The idea behind such terms of address as "your grace," "your highness," and "your majesty" is that it was once considered disrespectful to address a member of royalty directly. Instead, it was preferable to address their station or their qualities.

    使用your grace、your highness和your majesty这样的称呼是因为,直接称呼王室成员曾被认为是不礼貌的。相反,最好强调他们的地位或品质。

     

    陛下

     

    When using a phrase such as "your grace" , you are describing a (possibly presumed!) quality of the person to whom you're talking. If you say "my lord" you are probably describing a social relationship where you are deferring to the person you're addressing, although two peers might address each other as my lord .

    当使用像your grace这样的短语时,你是在描述(大概率是假定的)与你交谈的人的品质。而你说my lord,你可能是在描述你和你所称呼的人的社会关系和地位。虽然两人可能是同辈,也会互相称呼对方为my lord。

     

    陛下

     

    "Your Majesty" applies to kings and emperors (although in England kings were addrssed as "your grace" up until the reign of Queen Elizabeth I); "your grace" is how one addresses a bishop; "your eminence" applies to a cardinal; "your reverence" applies to a non-specific clergyman in general; "your honour" to a judge or magistrate; plain "sir" to a gentleman (or Sir Fred if Fred is a knight or baronet) and "Mr" to a tradesman.

    Your Majesty 目前的情况是适用于称呼国王和皇帝(尽管在英国,直到伊丽莎白女王一世统治时期,国王都被称呼为“Your grace”);“your grace”是人们对主教的称呼;“your eminence”指的是红衣主教;“your reverence”一般是指一个不具体的牧师;对法官或治安官说“your honour”;对绅士说“sir”(或者Sir Fred如果弗雷德是骑士或准男爵的话),对商人说“Mr”。

    从回答中我们可以看出

    为什么用your,her或者his的原因是

    你在说对方的品质

    majesty / mædʒɪstɪ/ n. 威严;雄伟;权威;最高权威,王权

    grace /greɪs/ n. 优雅;恩惠;慈悲;魅力

    highness n. 高度,高位;高尚,高贵

    这些都是人家的,我们总不能自夸吧

    而用my则表明了对方的社会关系,lord是一个头衔

    lord /lɔːd/ n. 领主, 君主, 贵族

    现在,你的疑惑解开了吗?

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