The Scottish parliament is devolved and needs British permission to hold a new independence referendum.

苏格兰议会被移交，需获得英国批准才能举行新一轮独立公投。

Today, the Scottish Parliament voted to seek an independence referendum that could split the country apart.

今天，苏格兰议会经过投票同意举行可能导致国家分裂的第二次独立公投。

Sturgeon said she would ask the Scottish Parliament next week to start the process for an independence vote.

斯特金指出，她将要求苏格兰议会下周启动独立投票进程。

Some lawyers and experts have argued that the Scottish parliament could have the power to call a referendum.

一些律师和专家认为，苏格兰议会有权举行全民公投。

And what would happen is she would have to introduce a bill for a referendum in the Scottish Parliament.

她要先在苏格兰议会提出公投法案。

She's still a sitting member of the Scottish Parliament, insisted that her release - she'd return to work soon after that.

她仍是苏格兰议会的现任议员，坚持要求释放她，她很快就会回去工作。

If we get a No vote on Thursday, that will trigger a major, unprecedented programme of devolution with additional powers for the Scottish Parliament.

加入周四反对独立的阵营获得胜利，我们将会启动一项重大、史无前例的权力下放计划。 给予苏格兰议会额外的权力。

The Scottish National Party's drive for an independent Scotland faltered after it failed to win an outright majority in elections to the Scottish Parliament.

苏格兰民族党未能在苏格兰议会选举中赢得绝对多数席位后，推动苏格兰独立的努力受挫。

However, the issue has never been tested in court. Some lawyers and experts have argued that the Scottish parliament could have the power to call a referendum.

然而，这个问题从未在法庭上讨论过。一些律师和专家认为，苏格兰议会有权举行全民公投。

And then in 1385, the Scottish Parliament ordered that Scottish soldiers serving abroad in France had to wear a white X on their armour to distinguish themselves.

随后在1385年，苏格兰议会下令，在法国服役的苏格兰士兵必须佩戴带有白色交叉图案的盔甲，以方便相互辨认身份。

Voters across Britain have been taking part in a range of elections for the Scottish parliament, the National Assembly Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and more than 100 local councils in England.

苏格兰议会、威尔士国民议会、北爱尔兰议会以及100多个英格兰当地委员会举行选举，举国上下参与到选举浪潮。

The party's resurrection-it won 31 seats in the Scottish Parliament in 2016 and 29% of the Scottish vote in last year's U.K. general election- owes much to the refreshing, rambunctious style of Ruth Davidson.

该党的重新崛起——2016年在苏格兰议会赢得了31个席位，在去年的英国大选中赢得了29%的苏格兰选票——在很大程度上应归功于露丝·戴维森清新、奔放的领导风格。

The Supreme Court ruled that the Scottish parliament doesn't have the legislative powers to hold an independence referendum, and so that's a big dilemma for the SNP and for the independence movement.

最高法院裁定苏格兰议会没有举行独立公投的立法权，因此这对 SNP 和独立运动来说是一个巨大的困境。