盤點世界政壇的8位女強人大綱

1. Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea
1. 韓國總統朴槿惠

On Wednesday, South Koreans chose the daughter of South Korea’s Cold War strongman Park Chung-hee as the country’s next President. Park, the 60-year-old leader of the conservative Saenuri Party, defeated 59-year-old liberal challenger Moon Jae-in by a margin of about 3.5%. She will be the first female president of South Korea.
在本週三19日舉行的韓國第18屆總統選舉中，韓國新國家黨總統候選人朴槿惠以3.5%的微弱優勢戰勝主要競選對手文在寅，在韓國總統大選中獲勝。現年60歲朴槿惠是韓國前總統朴正熙的女兒，她成爲韓國曆史上首位女總統。

2. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
2. 德國總理默克爾

Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany and party leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel is the first woman to have become Chancellor of Germany. Angela Merkel has been described as "the de facto leader of the European Union" and her cautious response to the euro crisis is backed by most Germans and her party.
德國總理安吉拉·默克爾是德國基督教民主聯盟的領導人，她也是德國曆史上的首位女總理。在歐洲，默克爾被譽爲“歐盟的真正領導人”，她應對歐元區債務危機的謹慎反應也得到了大部分德國人的讚許。

3. Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State
3. 美國國務卿希拉里

Hillary Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She has put into place institutional changes seeking to maximize departmental effectiveness and promote the empowerment of women worldwide, and has set records for most-traveled secretary for time in office. Hillary Clinton is believed to be preparing to step down from her position as Secretary of State, sparking widespread rumors about her potentially making her own run for the White House in 2016.
希拉里·克林頓是第67任美國國務卿，服務於奧巴馬政府。在擔任美國國務卿一職以來，她致力推進爲提高部門效率的制度改革，並在全世界範圍內強調女性權利運動。她也是美國曆史上出訪國家最多時間最長的“勞模國務卿”。據信，希拉里正在準備慢慢從國務卿的位置上卸任，人們普遍認爲她有可能在2016年再次參與美國總統競選。

4. Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia
4. 澳大利亞總理吉拉德

Julia Gillard is an Australian politician who is the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Australian Labor Party since 24 June 2010. Julia Gillard has delivered a chilling message on December 6 confirming what many people around the world feared: the Mayans were right.
2010年6月24日，茱莉雅·吉拉德當選爲第27任澳大利亞總理，她也是澳大利亞共黨的領導人。吉拉德曾在今年12月6日發表過一個末日惡搞視頻，在視頻中她一臉嚴肅地“證實”全世界很多人正在恐懼的末日論：瑪雅人是正確的。5. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand
5. 泰國總理英拉

Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister and at 45 is the youngest Prime Minister of Thailand in over 60 years. During the past year, she has charmed people with her beautiful smile in Thailand and abroad. “She has her own way to convince people to agree with her”, commented by New York Times.
英拉·西那瓦是泰國首位女總理，現年45歲的她也是泰國近60年以來最年輕的總理。在過去的一年裏，英拉用美麗的笑容迷住了泰國和全世界的人們。《紐約時報》這樣描述英拉：“她總是有自己的方法讓別人同意她的觀點。”

6. Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of Burmese National League for Democracy
6. 緬甸全國民主聯盟總書記昂山素季

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician. As a pro-democracy leader, She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 years from 20 July 1989 following her fight for democracy until her most recent release on 13 November 2010. Like the South African leader Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an international symbol of peaceful resistance in the face of oppression.
緬甸反對派領導人昂山素季是提倡民主的政治家，在她的一生中，因爲支持民主她被軍政府斷斷續續軟禁於其寓所中長達15年，在2010年11月13日終於獲釋。就像南非的著名領導人曼德拉一樣，昂山素季已經成爲面對壓迫時和平反抗的國際象徵。

The Nobel Peace Prize 1991 was awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights". She finally delivered her Nobel Lecture on 16 June, 2012, in the Oslo City Hall, Norway.
1991年，諾貝爾委員會把諾貝爾和平獎頒給昂山素季，“以表彰她在爭取民主和人權上的非暴力鬥爭”。2012年6月16日，昂山素季在挪威奧斯陸補領了遲到了21年的諾貝爾和平獎。

7. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina
7. 阿根廷總統克里斯蒂娜

Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner is the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, the second woman to hold the position, and the first woman reelected to it. She was re-elected as President of Argentina in October 2011 with a landslide victory.
阿根廷現任總統克里斯蒂娜·基什內爾是已故前總統內斯托爾·基什內爾的遺孀，她是阿根廷第二位女性總統，也是阿根廷第一位由民主選舉產生的女總統。2011年10月，她以絕對優勢獲勝總統選舉，贏得連任。

8. Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
8. 巴西總統迪爾瑪

Dilma Rousseff is the first female elected President of Brazil, in addition to being the first economist to hold the office.
迪爾瑪·羅塞夫是巴西第一位女性總統，也是巴西曆史上第一位掌權的經濟學家。