Overall, the Holy Roman Empire in the modern world would be an absolute powerhouse.

总的来说，神圣罗马帝国在现代世界将是一个绝对的强国。

Anyway, what would the world look like if the Holy Roman Empire was for whatever reason resurrected today?

不管怎样，如果神圣罗马帝国今天因为某种原因复苏了，世界会变成什么样子？

I say Empire in air quotes because the history of the Holy Roman Empire and the way it operated is incredibly complicated.

我说帝国是加了引号的，因为神圣罗马帝国的历史及其国家的运作方式非常复杂。

The Holy Roman Empire was never really an empire or holy or Roman.

-神圣罗马帝国从来都不是真正的帝国、神圣或罗马帝国。

James Bryce had even discovered the Holy Roman Empire.

詹姆斯布莱斯甚至发现了神圣罗马帝国。

Normandy itself had been lost by King John to the French crown, while the multicultural Kingdom of Sicily was now part of the Holy Roman Empire.

诺曼底本身已经被约翰王割让给了法国王室，而多元文化的西西里王国成为了神圣罗马帝国的一部分。

Many historians cite this as the  official start of the Holy Roman Empire.

许多历史学家将此视为神圣罗马帝国的正式开端。

This act established what the Frankish Emperors  would eventually call the Holy Roman Empire.

这一法案建立了法兰克皇帝最终称之为神圣罗马帝国的国家。

Richard had made enemies from Sicily to Cyprus during his crusade and alienated his allies in France and the holy Roman empire which quickly came back to haunt him.

理查在十字军东征期间，从西西里岛到塞浦路斯都树敌无数，还疏远了他在法国和神圣罗马帝国的盟友，这些盟友很快就回来困扰他。

Roman, and not imperial Holy Roman Emperor, was Marie Antoinette’s brother. I should note, by the way, that at this point, the Holy Roman Empire was basically just Austria.

既不圣神 也不是罗马 更不是帝国的 圣神罗马帝国的皇帝同时也是玛丽.安托瓦内特的哥哥 顺便一说 此时的神圣罗马帝国基本等于今天的奥地利。

Historically and up to the present day to an extent, Afghanistan continues to operate in a way that's more similar to the holy Roman empire than the European Union.

从历史上到今天，在某种程度上，阿富汗的国家运转形式更类似于神圣罗马帝国，而不是欧盟。

The first was medieval -- it was called the " Holy Roman Empire." In fact, the emperor's castle still towers above Nuernberg.

第一个是中世纪——它被称为“神圣罗马帝国”。 事实上，皇帝的城堡仍然耸立在纽伦堡之上。

The Swiss Confederation got its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499, making it the oldest independent nation on this list.

瑞士联邦于 1499 年从神圣罗马帝国获得独立，使其成为这份名单上最古老的独立国家。

Voltaire famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire Wits neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire; but the Habsburgs, who presided over it for more than 300 years, often had other ideas.

伏尔泰曾对其做了一个很有名的评价，他指出神圣罗马帝国既非神圣、亦非罗马、更非帝国；但统治罗马300多年的哈布斯堡人，往往有其他想法。

He also appealed to the scores of other German states and free cities to refuse to accept a female ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

他还呼吁其他数十个德国州和自由城市拒绝接受神圣罗马帝国的女性统治者。

Her father was Emperor Charles VI, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and head of the House of Habsburg.

她的父亲是神圣罗马帝国统治者查理六世皇帝、奥地利大公、匈牙利和波西米亚国王以及哈布斯堡王朝的首脑。

For example, some Mozart scholars believe the Queen of the Night symbolizes Maria Theresa, the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire who opposed Freemasonry and banned it in Austria.

例如，一些莫扎特学者认为，夜之女王象征着反对共济会并在奥地利取缔共济会的神圣罗马帝国女皇玛丽亚·特蕾莎。

He decamped first to England and then to Germany, where he served as a military advisor to the government of Bavaria, so impressing the authorities that in 1791 he was named Count von Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire.

他先逃到英国，然后来到德国，在那里担任巴伐利亚政府的军事顾问。他深深打动了当局，1791年被授予神圣罗马帝国伦福德伯爵的称号。

The Salian dynasty ended when the last male heir  died childless. The next family to rule the Holy Roman Empire was the Hohenstaufen,   also known as the Staufer Dynasty.

萨利安王朝在最后一位男性继承人无子而死时结束。统治神圣罗马帝国的下一个家族是 Hohenstaufen， 也被称为 Staufer 王朝。

Goethe's first proper job after law school was as an assistant at a national tribunal, judging cases between the many minor German states that, at that time, made up the Holy Roman Empire.

歌德从法学院毕业后的第一份正式工作是在国家法庭担任助理，审判当时组成神圣罗马帝国的许多德意志小邦之间的案件。