蘇格蘭發表獨立白皮書 年9月公投
Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has launched his government's independence blueprint, calling it a "mission statement" for the future.
蘇格蘭首席部長亞歷克斯·薩爾蒙德發佈了蘇格蘭政府起草的獨立白皮書，稱之爲“致未來的使命宣言”。
The 670-page White Paper promised a "revolution" in social policy, with childcare at its heart.
這份670頁的獨立白皮書聲稱將展開蘇格蘭社會政策“革命”，兒童福利政策將是社會政策革命的核心領域。
The launch came ahead of next September's independence referendum.
獨立白皮書發佈之後，明年9月，蘇格蘭將舉行獨立公投。
Alistair Darling, leader of the campaign to keep the Union, branded the document a "work of fiction, full of meaningless assertions".
支持英聯邦統一的英國政治領袖阿利斯泰爾·達林稱，這份獨立白皮書只是“童話故事，毫無意義的斷言。”
On 18 September, Scots voters will be asked the yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
明年9月18日，蘇格蘭人民將投票回答這個問題：“你是否認爲蘇格蘭應該是一個獨立的國家？”
Launching the paper - titled Scotland's Future: Your guide to an independent Scotland - in Glasgow, Mr Salmond said: "This is the most comprehensive blueprint for an independent country ever published, not just for Scotland but for any prospective independent nation.
這份名爲《蘇格蘭的未來：獨立蘇格蘭指南》的獨立白皮書是在蘇格蘭最大城市格拉斯哥發佈的。首席部長薩爾蒙德稱，“蘇格蘭獨立的指導方針是史上包含最廣、最仔細的獨立藍圖，不只爲蘇格蘭設計，更適用於任何盼望獨立的國家。”
"But more than that, it is a mission statement and a prospectus for the kind of country we should be and which this government believes we can be.
“不僅如此，這份獨立白皮書還是一份使命宣言，一張藍圖，它描繪了我們理應成爲、政府篤信我們將成爲的國家的景象。”
