Netherlands to return treasures to Indonesia and Sri Lanka

The Netherlands is set to hand back hundreds of precious artefacts

(

taken from Indonesia and Sri Lanka during its

colonial

period

)

.

Objects

to be returned

include a

gem-encrusted

bronze cannon and a looted cache

of jewels from the "Lombok Treasure".

A report had urged the government

to return items if countries request them.

The agreed

restitution

comes as

the Netherlands increasingly confronts its colonial past.

Other countries have also begun returning precious

looted

artefacts

in recent years.

Notable examples include British and German museums

(

signing over some of the so-called Benin Bronzes

(

stolen from Nigeria during a large-scale 1897 British military expedition

)

)

.

重點詞匯釋義：

colonial 殖民的;殖民國家的;i

restitution

歸還;賠償;補償;賠款

looted 打劫，搶劫;loot的過去分詞和過去式

artefacts 人工制品，手工藝品;artefact的復(fù)數(shù)

譯文： 荷蘭將向印度尼西亞和斯里蘭卡歸還珍寶

荷蘭將歸還其殖民時期從印度尼西亞和斯里蘭卡拿走的數(shù)百件珍貴文物。歸還的物品包括一門鑲有寶石的青銅大炮和一批從“龍目寶藏”中掠奪的珠寶。一份報告敦促政府在各國提出要求時歸還物品。雙方同意歸還之際，荷蘭正日益直面其殖民歷史。近年來，其他國家也開始?xì)w還被掠奪的珍貴文物。值得注意的例子包括英國和德國的博物館簽署歸還一些被稱為貝寧青銅器的文物，這些文物是1897年英國大規(guī)模軍事遠(yuǎn)征期間從尼日利亞偷走的。來自BBC