英国前首相玛格丽特•撒切尔(Margaret Thatcher)周一去世。在全球领袖和政界领导人记忆中，她是一位改变了英国政治和经济格局并塑造了国际关系的领导人，但她同时也是一位极具争议的人物。
Global and political leaders across the world remembered former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday, as a leader who altered the U.K.'s political and economic landscape and shaped global relations, even as she sharply divided opinion.
来自全球的前任和现任领导人纷纷向她表达了敬意，其中包括美国总统奥巴马(Barack Obama)、美国前总统小布什(George W. Bush)、前苏联领导人戈尔巴乔夫(Mikhail Gorbachev)以及英国政界的领导人和英国女王伊丽莎白二世(Elizabeth II)。虽然许多人对她坚强的性格和巨大的成就表示赞赏，但同时也有一些贬低她的人认为她的政策曾经对英国造成伤害。
Tributes poured in from past and present leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as British political leaders and Queen Elizabeth II. While many praised her strength of character and hailed her achievements, some detractors said her policies had been damaging to the U.K.
周一上午,享年87岁的撒切尔夫人去世。消息公布后，全球政要随即做出反应。撒切尔夫人的发言人贝尔(Timothy Bell)说，马克•撒切尔(Mark Thatcher)和卡罗尔•撒切尔(Carol Thatcher)满怀悲痛地宣布，他们的母亲、撒切尔女男爵周一上午突发中风，平静地去世。
The reaction followed the announcement on Monday morning of the death of Mrs. Thatcher, aged 87. 'It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning,' said Mrs. Thatcher's spokesman, Timothy Bell.
撒切尔夫人1979年出任英国首相，成为英国首位也是迄今唯一一位女首相，其首相生涯直到1990年结束。她对自由市场经济和个人选择的拥护转变了英国经济，她在冷战结束的过程中也发挥了作用。
Mrs. Thatcher took office in 1979, becoming the U.K.'s first and only female prime minister, and remained there until 1990. Her championing of free-market economics and individual choice transformed Britain's economy and she played a role in the end of the Cold War.
奥巴马说，美国失去了一位真正的朋友。在美国，很多美国人将永远不会忘记她肩并肩地同里根(Ronald Reagan)总统站在一起的画面。这一幕在提醒世界，我们不只是被动地被历史浪花推着前进。我们能用道德信念、不屈不挠的勇气和钢铁般的意志塑造历史。
'America has lost a true friend,' Mr. Obama said. 'Here in America, many of us will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President [Ronald] Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history─we can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will.'
曾同撒切尔夫人建立密切关系的前苏联领导人戈尔巴乔夫在戈尔巴乔夫基金会(Gorbachev Foundation)网站上发表声明说：撒切尔夫人是一位话语分量很重的政治家。
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, with whom Mrs. Thatcher formed a close relationship, said in a statement on the Gorbachev Foundation's website: 'Thatcher was a politician whose words carried big weight.'
戈尔巴乔夫说：我们在1984年的首次会面为日后的关系奠定了基础。这段关系有时复杂，但总是平等的，双方都是认真和负责的。最终我们成功地实现了相互理解，这为前苏联和西方之间不断变化的氛围以及冷战的结束做出了贡献。
'Our first meeting in 1984 laid ground to the relationship that was at times complex, but always even and on both sides serious and responsible,' Mr. Gorbachev said. 'In the end we managed to achieve mutual understanding, and this was a contribution to the changing atmosphere between our country and the West, and to the end of the Cold War,' he said.
英国现任首相、撒切尔夫人所属的保守党现任领袖卡梅伦(David Cameron)说：我们失去了一位伟大的首相，一位伟大的领袖，一个伟大的英国人。卡梅伦缩短了他的欧洲之行，周一下午返回英国。他说：撒切尔挽救了我们的国家。我相信，她将作为和平时期最伟大的英国首相被载入史册。
David Cameron, the U.K.'s current prime minister and leader of Mrs. Thatcher's Conservative Party, said: 'We've lost a great prime minister, a great leader, a great Briton.' Mr. Cameron, who cut short a Europe trip to return to the U.K. on Monday afternoon, added: 'She saved our country and I believe she will go down as the greatest British peacetime prime minister.'
撒切尔夫人在英国政界是个非常有争议的人物，从她的经济政策到对欧策略，都被批评者们批得一无是处。
But Mrs. Thatcher was a hugely divisive figure in British politics, with her detractors criticizing everything from her economic policy to approach to Europe.
爱尔兰政界人士、新芬党主席亚当斯(Gerry Adams)说，玛格丽特•撒切尔担任英国首相期间对爱尔兰和大不列颠人民造成了严重的伤害，由于她的政策，英国的工人阶级团体遭遇了毁灭性打击。
'Margaret Thatcher did great hurt to the Irish and British people during her time as British prime minister,' said Irish politician Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein party. 'Working-class communities were devastated in Britain because of her policies.'
亚当斯将她在国际事务中扮演的角色描述为“总是一样的好战”，说她支持智利独裁者皮诺切特(Augusto Pinochet)，并拒绝对实行种族隔离的南非实施制裁。并且，亚当斯说，在爱尔兰，她所奉行的严厉军国主义政策导致战争久拖不决，给人们带来了巨大的苦难。
Mr. Adams called her role in international affairs 'equally belligerent,' saying she supported Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and opposed sanctions against apartheid South Africa. And, in Ireland, 'her espousal of old draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering,' Mr. Adams said.
爱尔兰总理肯尼(Enda Kenny)说，撒切尔夫人是一位让人敬畏的政治领袖，她对英国、欧洲乃至世界政治都有重大的影响。
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Mrs. Thatcher was 'a formidable political leader who had a significant impact on British, European and world politics.'
肯尼说，在她执政期间，英国和爱尔兰的关系正处于严峻时期，当时北爱暴力冲突升级到了最严重的程度，然而，撒切尔夫人签署的英爱协定(Anglo-Irish Agreement)为南北关系的改善奠定了基础，并最终促成了北爱和平协议(Good Friday Agreement)的签署
'While her period of office came at a challenging time for British-Irish relations, when the violent conflict in Northern Ireland was at its peak, Mrs. Thatcher signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement which laid the foundation for improved North-South cooperation and ultimately the Good Friday Agreement.'
在英国，主要反对党工党(Labour Party)领袖米利班德(Ed Miliband)说，工党对撒切尔夫人所做的一切多不赞同，她将永远是一位富有争议的人物。但他也说，我们可以持不同意见，但我们也非常敬仰她的政治成就和个人能力。
In the U.K., the head of the main opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband, said his party disagreed with much of what she did and that 'she will always remain a controversial figure.' But he added, 'We can disagree and also greatly respect her political achievements and her personal strength.'
米利班德还说，她将作为一位独特的人物被大家缅怀，她重塑了整整一代人的政治格局。
'She will be remembered as a unique figure. She reshaped the politics of a whole generation,' Mr. Miliband added.
英国副首相、自由民主党领袖克莱格(Nick Clegg)将撒切尔夫人称为“现代英国政坛决定性的人物之一”。他说，无论你站在政坛的哪一方，你都不可否认作为一位首相，撒切尔夫人在她所服务的国家留下了独特、持久的印记；在她政坛生涯中可能存在争议，但今天所有人都将站在一起，铭记她的个人魅力和政治影响力。
Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, called Mrs. Thatcher 'one of the defining figures in modern British politics.' He added, 'Whatever side of the political debate you stand on, no one can deny that as prime minister she left a unique and lasting imprint on the country she served. She may have divided opinion during her time in politics but everyone will be united today in acknowledging the strength of her personality and the radicalism of her politics.'
英国王室发言人说，女王伊莉莎白听到撒切尔女男爵去世的消息非常悲痛，女王陛下将向她的家属发去私人慰问信。
Queen Elizabeth was 'sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher,' a spokesman for the British monarch said. 'Her majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family.'
撒切尔夫人的葬礼将在伦敦圣保罗大教堂举行。之后将举行不向外界开放的火葬仪式。
Mrs. Thatcher's funeral service will be held at London's St. Paul's Cathedral, which will be followed by a private cremation.